John Carpenter - (1978) Halloween

[@cjqnsnyc]

Right from the start, Laurie KNOWS something is wrong, while her friends are completely oblivious. That's why she survived and they did not.

[@cjqnsnyc]

@Sharon Jensen Indeed!!

[@ccjjpp1966]

Yes, but what always made no sense was Laurie seeing The Shape stalking her after school and then shutting down Tommy later on it when he told her that he saw the Boogeyman outside. She quickly forgot about being stalked just a few hours prior.

[@cjqnsnyc]

@@ccjjpp1966 That's easily explained. Tommy was a child on Halloween night, probably with an overactive imagination. This is most likely what she thought. There's no way she would have connected what Tommy "thought" he saw..according to her, and the strange man following her around. She was probably having trouble trying to understand what was happening to her. Although she instinctively seemed to 'know" something was wrong, she couldn't have realized just how much danger she was in until she was attacked by that same man. This man must have been responsible for what she had just seen only moments before. Not until she hit the floor after her fall did she REALLY know what was happening. I LOVE how quickly she went into a defensive posture, not wasting even a second of time. Classic!

[@justinjanicki6561]

Still doesn’t explain why she disregards Tommy seeing a boogeyman when she’s been seeing a weird masked man all day.

[@cjqnsnyc]

@@justinjanicki6561 She obviously didn't believe him. Why would she? After all, he's child on Halloween night, watching a scary movie. Is she going to take him seriously and call the police? Of course not! How could she possibly think what he saw (or didn't see, in her mind) was the same man that's been following her around? She probably wasn't even sure what that was about. SOMETHING was up, but she more than likely wasn't exactly sure what aside from being a bit worried. Remember, it's 1978 in a suburban neighborhood. People were different then, trusting and much more gullible. The serial murderers of that period had no trouble convincing most of their victims to go with them for that very reason, unfortunately.

[@armando7060]

This after school walk is one of my favorite scenes. From the camera work, the dialogue, the music, and Michael stalking them.

[@luiscarvalho91]

One of my favorite parts of the movie as well

[@LuisAngel-mu4zv]

This is the coziest horror film ive seen its creepy yet so relaxing i love the calm music the long and wide shots of isolated streets

[@johnmayes761]

It's classic Friday the 13th could never compare or nightmare on elm strest Halloween is the greatest of alltime

[@josepunkthrashdude]

I always liked when they were smoking a joint in the car while listening to blue oyster cult. Probably cuz its relatable lol

[@sKid-ry1ne]

Yes very good scene. Gives you that walk home from school feel

[@johnmayes761]

Him standing by the bush is legendary

[@abhijithanilkumar4959]

Him standing between the hanging clothes and staring from his home as Tom say it were badass too

[@TheHailstorm77]

Him standing behind the bathroom door and you taking a dump and looking at the feet scares you and you better hope you have enough 🧻 or you’re SOL.

[@luvlibabygirl]

Creepy ass hell

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

Totally

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

Totally

[@tomvecchione3475]

This scene is so well conceived and shot, masterful. Gives sense of the era and the community while maintaining the feeling of horror to come. John Carpenter's finest work!

[@maxpaschke2297]

Absolutely!!!

[@justinjanicki6561]

"Totally "

[@travzimmerman1340]

Except for the midwest on Oct 31st looks NOTHING like this

[@dobmaster4412]

now a days they'd just enhance the lighting and give it a grey like atmosphere

[@thefrankonion]

Totally!

[@theamplifiedgamer9393]

This scene takes place in the day time and it's still scary.

[@arthurchallat8530]

@Joshua ColdStone Just like Suspiria and Shining You feel extremelay uncomfortable...Even though the scenes takes place in daylight. Brilliant ♥

[@fiend1385]

I think that makes it even more scary

[@WilfredMattew]

😢tggg❤❤ujjhgyhuttty5756rhhh huhjyuyyuy

[@Spunky3]

@@arthurchallat8530 I agree as I didn't realise how vulnerable you can be walking home from school until I saw this scene in the movie.

[@EddieG-x2g]

This will always I'm talking always be creepy. 100 years a thousand years a million years it doesn't matter

[@caliden3785]

I can watch this anytime of the year..... absolutely awesome....

[@jimmyo1123]

Def!!👍🏽

[@yayoeliasgiron4892]

TOTALLY.

[@aaronnantz2289]

Same i love this movie and friday the 13th.

[@rubbingisracing6951]

Im.watching right now

[@phenomskllz2502]

This scene is really soothing to me, I just like their friendship dynamic and the environment is really nice, it reminds me of when I was in high school, simple times.

[@aislingdonnelly2912]

That's true.

[@TonyChurch112]

I’m still in high school at 22. I kept failing so I had to re take my grades. Love it

[@cherylthompson2731]

I miss that.

[@nassauguy48]

Kind of interesting that these two "BGOCs" (Big Girls on Campus) befriended the geeky and serious Laurie!

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

What makes the film so real is that Carpenter holds a single shot and lets the scene develop in front of it. Like here, from 0:13 to 0:54 it is a single perspective. No fast cut editing. No changing perspectives every 2 seconds. When you talk to someone, you have a single perspective. This just shows that it doesn't take much to be a director these days, and the audiences don't have any alternatives to the fast cut editing that "directors" think people want. Yet their films will never have the life of Halloween.

[@hawrnball]

There are very few shots in that whole sequence, and they’re only cut when they need to be. Carpenter was a master at shooting great coverage.

[@EddieG-x2g]

The the cinematography I know what you're saying. How the camera pans are followed in a certain way angle length or whatever. Very creepy scary as hell. It makes you feel uneasy

[@v3lv3lv3lv]

this was one of my favourite parts of the film. when he drives by and the music gets louder and further out of key it literally gives me goosebumps

[@lockandloadlikehell]

What does out of key mean ?

[@texasboy9036]

Totally

[@Takumi_Did_Nothing_Wrong]

I like how subdued Laurie's reaction to seeing Michael by the bush. Like, she's obviously unsettled, but she still looks calm and composed, as if she's trying to rationalize in her head what's going instead of immediately panicking. It makes sense given her character and the fact that this happens very early in the movie before shit really hits the fan.

[@PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom]

Ive always loved how the theme slightly pitches up and speeds up a bit during the “speed kills!” line

[@icecubegames9089]

I like how the music sped up when Michael stopped

[@balabanasireti]

@Andrew Reed Of course. There's a giant man with a mask walking around.

[@chrisp.5954]

@@balabanasireti Giant? He was 5’10 in this.

[@SunStar-lc6sj]

For some reason IIRC it doesn’t speed up in my 35th Anniversary Blu-ray. I wonder why?

[@johndetheshape3095]

@@chrisp.5954proably 5 11ft or 6ft With military Boots on

[@EddieG-x2g]

Michael Myers you know he's riding the the the one station wagon and they think it's another guy I think that's funny

[@elizabethspedding1975]

This is a true classic.

[@absoluteacw]

.. Hey Jerk! Speed kills! What a line that is. Those three should have had a show of their own. Great scene.

[@wendyjones6077]

Speed Kills was a slogan at the time - on commercials, etc. Not sure who put it out - some government agency. It was like "click it or ticket".

[@wendyjones6077]

I was around at the time - the speed limit on highways nation wide had just been lowered to 55 mph. The Carter administration considered it necessary to conserve energy. The slogan of "Speed Kills" went with it and it was all over the place. I doubt it was a drug reference in this case.

[@absoluteacw]

@@wendyjones6077 Thanks for that info.

[@chuckjammy9251]

These 3 should have a show of their own? Are you on fucking crack? This movie has some of the worst acting ever out of all the all time great films

[@absoluteacw]

@@chuckjammy9251 Calm down. Its just a movie scene.

[@thesilentknight4554]

The moment she shouts, Speed kills! Michael marked them for later... *Best to keep quiet sometimes 🤐*

[@StarKushExoticGalaxy]

I would’ve cussed him out. Not scared of the boogeyman

[@Bazooka_Momma]

Laurie IMMEDIATELY after “Y’know Annie someday you’re gonna get us all into deep trouble” 💀

[@ryotanu]

Well i think he would have killed them anyway

[@Chibitoodlesaltarc]

They should've said Halloween Kills™

[@BloodWarden585]

Michael: OKAY YOU- I’ll deal with them later.

[@terrortower666]

When horror used to be about great build up, tension, fear and pure dread. The kind that use to leave with chills down your back within minutes. Not about excessive, over the top bloody gore, constant jumpscares and loud jolting sounds. God I miss classic horror. Why I appreciate directors like Jordan Peele, Mike Flanagan and Robert Eggers. They appreciate real horror.

[@amityislandchum]

Most horror from this era was the same kind of complete garbage you just described. It's just forgotten now. Horror wasn't better back then, you're just looking only at the critically acclaimed classics and assuming it was all like that. In reality, for every 1 movie of "Halloween" quality from the '70s, there are 20 "Slaughter Hotel"s.

[@CharlieTru]

sharksandsheep Exactly.

[@terrortower666]

sharksandsheep r/iamverysmart

[@amityislandchum]

@@terrortower666 Lmao... You go ahead and post it there, bud. See what they say. 😂

[@paulgreen6824]

@@amityislandchum you can say horror movies back in the day had lots of over the top gore but nearly none didn't have all the stupid jump scares and loud noise as of today trash horror also why is it so damn dark you can't see most of the killings

[@speedymyers]

One of the most iconic scenes in the Halloween franchise I love it

[@DaisyLee1963]

Saw this in a movie theatre in Israel in 1980 with my best friend. In English with Hebrew subtitles. The Israeli audience went bananas at the jump scares. Total classic. Never gets old.

[@catherinemiller4186]

Expertly shot - what a master at building tension, John Carpenter is....and that bit with Michael behind the bush, then disappearing is genius and gets us wondering is this man real or supernatural- he disappears into thin air. One of my top 3 horrors.

[@AlwaysHalloween000]

Agree about Carpenter but he didn't pickup on the nosy real life neighbor watching the filming from his porch stairs 04:26 upper right hand corner

[@wooweezymoviestar601]

Trev , I noticed that lol

[@sherylsimmons8111]

@@AlwaysHalloween000 I never noticed that before.😃

[@ThaiThom]

@@AlwaysHalloween000 There is something said in the movie about an old neighbor watching her.

[@paulanthony5274]

@@AlwaysHalloween000 Well spotted T

[@GnosticHermes]

I love the fact that as she says "you're seeing men behind bushes", you can actually see two crew members behind the bush.

[@whiterunguard5633]

Wait, what? Which scene?

[@juandelpueblo92]

@@whiterunguard5633 4:26

[@ultimategrimreaper6499]

@@juandelpueblo92 omg your right. I see them

[@ItJustDon]

@Jarred Mello-Neyhart-May lol yeah they was someone did a video about it saying people live there

[@davidmoody1235]

@@juandelpueblo92 If you look even closer you can see Micheal Myers standing next to the guy on the porch.

[@ciadella1971]

Debra Hill wrote all the girls dialogue. She did such a great job

[@SillyGoose2024]

She apparently was from my hometown of haddonfield, NJ

[@shanefolan9175]

it's hardly a hard task now, we were all teenagers ourselves so not really hard to know the kind of stuff they'd talk about at 17.

[@VampireA1056]

She Totally did

[@karami8844]

Yup, she nailed what girls talk about after school.

[@ccjjpp1966]

Except for the line "I hate a guy with a car and no sense of humor." That line is cringe worthy.

[@strangebrew1231]

Daytime horror is really hard to pull off. And this movie does it marvelously

[@absoluteacw]

@@strangebrew1231 Yes.

[@joewhitehead3]

I didn’t realize that

[@marcusmcsharry60]

Best horror film ever!

[@MichaelMyers66793]

Marcus Mc Sharry not only best horror movie one of the best movies of all times

[@sameyabinanti9722]

I miss the old movie video rental stores, Great memories.

[@sameyabinanti9722]

The Carrie Movie,

[@sameyabinanti9722]

It was about a young girl harassed and picked on for not being like the others.

[@sameyabinanti9722]

Her peers secretly try to bait her into coming into a popular event, Red flag alert and Was attempt to invite a nerd into a popular event but Their motive was not to invite her to be apart of the party.

[@BoxChevyCaprice22]

Take this all in folks! You’ll never get another scene put together like this again.

[@philipdraper7284]

I don’t understand why not though. Given this was made on a shoestring. I think it’s because audience IQs have dropped dramatically since 1978 and filmmakers are more obsessed with telling and not showing. It’s similar to films made in the 30s through to the end of the 50s. A lot of the noir films did so little and conveyed so much. It’s a lost art but it’s not impossible to resurrect imo

[@aaronnantz2289]

Its cause now a days people are lazy and just want to cgi everything if they used more actors and make up artist they could make the movies have a better feel to it. Thats why the 70's ans 80's horror movies were the best cause movies now a days have to much cgi and make it feel weak.

[@davemustaki134]

You mean we'll never see people in a movie walking down a street again?

[@deontaedouglas]

I love Halloween, This is where it all started

[@donikquac]

Yup

[@ericcap9713]

70s,,, the kind of music, photograpy, house styles, furnitures.... I have almost 50 and i remember my infancy... that scenes the kids watching television and the MIchael Myers in the front the neighbor...so scared....

[@DarkFortressPictures_Official]

There’s something about the way Michael moves that makes him Terrifying than others. It’s just that subtle movement of his body.

[@mella8296]

“He wants to take you out tonight.” ALL THE WAY OUT!

[@MichaelAnthonyJacksonjr]

I just realized that this is really a heartbreaking scene, considering that Lynda would never see her two friends again.

[@skar8009]

When she said "hey jerk...SPEED KILLS!" I felt that.

[@Dissonante.dissidente]

I've always thought that the reason this film is so wonderful is because above all of the gorgeous fall color photography

[@beardedbaldie2698]

It was filmed in California in the spring, so they had to paint leaves and scatter them around (then sweep them up) to try and make it look like fall in Illinois 😂

[@Dissonante.dissidente]

@@beardedbaldie2698 yep, exactly, it was a masterpiece of photography

[@donikquac]

Yesss it really put u in that fall season mood ❤

[@harrycallahan9143]

0:55 The creepiest part of the whole film for me and always has been, Laurie only turned around due to forgetting her book to then realise she is being followed home, Michael standing by the school earlier looking at Laurie was odd but this scene really proves to her she's being stalked, creepy as hell.

[@drby0788]

This scene alone is why the OG Myers will NEVER be beat

[@donikquac]

Yup ❤❤❤❤

[@hereforit2347]

This was actually South Pasadena in the spring of 1978. That part of town has more trees than most of Los Angeles proper. The fake falling leaves helped a lot in making it resemble a MidWestern suburb in fall. 🍂 🍁

[@toddprater14]

What a nice area and kinda looks back easty a bit love the trees and lawns that are stackEd higher with cement border and the lower sidewalk area. Seems to be a Cali thing. Pasedena really nice looking aon google maps as well.love this whole scene for the homes and the greenery🎃

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

The TV series of the same era as this movie, “Family” (which Kristy McNichol became a breakout star of as a teen, and Meredith Baxter Birney also starred in before “Family Ties”) was set in Pasadena and the exterior of the house they live in is in Pasadena. The street looks like it could be right around the corner from this scene.

[@M.N.K.792]

I thought was central illinois??

[@hereforit2347]

@@M.N.K.792: No. It’s California.

[@M.N.K.792]

@@hereforit2347 Woooau he look so much like Illinois,,..all this years I thought was really a Midwest Suburbia Town.

[@julieshelley-fd5kp]

Scary, watched this movie every year. Seen this 200x still spooks me! The music is waht gets me..

[@tohopes]

Rule 1 about yelling jokes at the unbeatable psycho killer: DON'T.

[@stevennieto9898]

God, can't he take a joke??

[@NotTheRealShady]

@@stevennieto9898 no.

[@aaronnantz2289]

He has no sense of humor

[@EddieG-x2g]

I think it's funny when Michael Myers is riding in the station wagon and they think it's somebody else

[@jerudaheubanks9914]

Halloween has the best music I love this theme music especially when he's lurking

[@sethdarque3904]

"There's a lot of TOTALLY in this dialogue!"....Lolol.....however this is a TOTALLY classic movie!

[@walkerhodge]

This Is My Favorite Halloween. #Classic

[@leew1598]

Loved the suburban setting, so much more plausible than a haunted castle movie. You can sort of tell this was shot in May not October from the trees but never mind.

[@awnaur0no919]

"sort of " it look absolutely nothin like central illinois in october lol, which make sense bc it was filmed in california xD

[@Priscilla-bw1ps]

I saw this a few times, with different people-- boy friend, the quartet i sang with, my best friend, etc . It's something that teenagers did , in a cold climate, in the 70s. The visuals were effective , but as a musician , it was the music that really got to me

[@jimdean5020]

Laurie, my Dear He want's to take you out tonight

[@albavela]

@Andrew Reed Glmombo flmmbon

[@mikeesernia4281]

Jimmy Dean scared another one away. 😎

[@adamsbriee6330]

bEn TrAmErRrRr 😏😏

[@jimdean5020]

It was the Boogeyman. As a matter of fact it was.

[@eddievenuto1862]

For 1978 this movie is one of the greatest horror movies ever not just for that year but for any year. I mean this shot is a panoramic shot it's like an entire shot of the scene and it's remarkable and chilling at the same time. This movie is the first slasher movie that did different things with the camera angle and make the viewer interest in the whole movie from start to finish

[@charthers8903]

Beautiful empty neighborhoods huge streets and roads full of old trees.. Lucky people..

[@toddprater14]

South pasedena and pasedena California,,I love it too wish I could live there

[@beardedbaldie2698]

I love American suburbia. We don’t have anything like this in the UK. I wonder if these streets still look this beautiful 40 years on.

[@evapaiz596]

@@beardedbaldie2698 yes, they do; very beautiful indeed, especially the area around CalTech University. Can personally vouch for it. So much shade, so many oak trees.

[@itachiuchiha1714]

@@beardedbaldie2698 also from the uk. Wish we had something similar to this. I love our countryside but american suburbia is something else

[@beardedbaldie2698]

@@itachiuchiha1714 Exactly. It’s so unfair. Americans are so lucky. The UK has beautiful countryside and villages, but our city suburbs are drab, grey, ugly and full of rows and rows of terraced housing, or a semi if you’re lucky!

[@EddieG-x2g]

I think this movie is Halloween from 1978 is the best horror movie of all time. In the history of horror movies. Right from the start the cinematography is so interesting. How the camera changes and pans or whatever. The shots are amazing. This movie from start to finish is just so exciting I never get tired of it. Long live John Carpenter

[@Purplenpinkk]

Agree so much. The tension build up and the subtle creepiness is chef’s kiss, as well.

[@donikquac]

My thoughts exactly ❤

[@EddieG-x2g]

@donikquac thank you b

[@user-xo4om8qv6m]

I grew up in a big city and saw this movie as a kid and I remember thinking no way is a street that lonely in the middle of the day, a few years later we moved to the suburbs beautiful wide tree lined streets and very very quiet, the first thing I thought of was this scene ,, yup love this movie and this is my favorite scene

[@hectorlopez1069]

This movie still scares me when i watch it at night.

[@cobyhearns4667]

Annie and Linda we're not even caring about who the stalker was the thought just went out of their heads like normal teenagers! But Laurie was the only one who was smart an aware that something wasn't right about this person because she was so viligent! She was very mature at 17!! That's why i like Halloween 1978!! ❤️

[@AstonishingSodApe]

What a beautiful street. I can see the appeal of small towns.

[@toddprater14]

South pasedena ,ca

[@crazymoosee]

This is actually filmed in Pasadena lol

[@karolmcgonigle1689]

I learned today that they used leaves to make it look like October when the film was actually shot in May. They pulled it off convincingly, too, as your eye doesn't actively search for the trees.

[@mapleleafsbleedblue2210]

Lynda loves the word ''Totally''

[@LuisAngel-mu4zv]

Totally

[@caliden3785]

Well that's how teens talked then...

[@44excalibur]

She was a pioneer since the phrase would be popularized in the 1980s, which was just two years away.

[@mahmamia5100]

Lynda totally loves the word "totally." FTFY

[@adamjustadam]

In the book it says and I quote: “She was also known for trendy phrases, which she used to exhaustion for a month, then dropped from her vocabulary forever, to everyone's relief. In July the word was weird; in August it was gross; In September, she was calling everyone “Jack”. The October word was totally.”

[@Eddie-k4y]

The way he was looking at them when he drove by... I always wondered though if he really heard Annie yell that far, there's no way unless he had ears like an owl.😊

[@86blackberrywhite]

IMO this scene demonstrates how the Final Destination franchise owes much of its success to Halloween. The fact that the main character can see signs of death (in this instance Laurie with Michael Myers) before it happens while the others are completely oblivious until it's too late.

[@Playswithsquirrels311]

My favorite part about this movie is how Michael Manages to make a Tuesday afternoon, broad daylight and all eerie and uneasy

[@jimikguitar]

Carpenter must be a music genius... Indeed

[@77jcarva]

Like the way Linda says she looses all her books!! She seems so responsable!! Lol

[@Rob-m7r2o]

The score, the car stopping, and something about this 70s quiet neighborhood that gives it a more eerie feel than when it was replicated in Rob Zombie's version

[@mehmetokay7073]

This scene, with the branches arching and stretching overhead like evil fingers reaching, that the girls are completely oblivious to, was inspired by the work of some French director who apparently influenced John Carpenter. And in the dialogue, Linda Kloch mentions she forgot her French book.

[@travzimmerman1340]

Chemistry book

[@kristinachaney7391]

She forgot all her books

[@myeshiajean5608]

I absolutely loved the feelings of this whole part. I feel like it set a tone for the girls. They did a great job with it! A natural classic they gave the back then feelings of a horror movie I absolutely love it!

[@NoMoreNever]

I still get chills as they walk down the street past all the hedges even in broad daylight. When Laurie turns to look back over her shoulder and there's only the leaves being blown by the wind makes it even more scary for some reason...

[@juliannfloress3490]

A clear example of you dont need 300 millon dolars to make a masterpiece..

[@alluneedislove7005]

One of my favorite scenes

[@Jaymz-b5t]

Still the scariest horror movie, hands down.

[@ra5838]

This movie is a classic and I still love it

[@masterm537]

Halloween, Texas chainsaw massacre, Friday the 13th, A nightmare on elm street and Alien are great slasher horror movies.

[@aaronnantz2289]

Their the best slasher movies Halloween and Friday the 13th were my favorites I like jason better than micheal but I like the Halloween characters better but both are horror legends.

[@johnmayes761]

Michael was the master at diaspering in one second

[@JavaScrapper]

My mom calls me Myers since I appear behind and and just vanish

[@adamjustadam]

@@JavaScrapper That’s actually really funny 😂

[@JavaScrapper]

@@adamjustadam she’ll be washing clothes in the washer And I’ll just appear right next to her And she’ll be given a heart attack

[@leew1598]

I liked it the first time it happens but then it happens like 4-5 times and it just starts to get a bit silly but that's just my opinion.

[@simplyjay0748]

@@leew1598 movies are supposed to be silly

[@user-Echo00]

Jamie Lee Looks so Young In this , Its still the Best One for the Fear Factor of Something Watching You . 🎥 🍿

[@desertrose1226]

It’s a shock seeing her look so old in H Ends. Jamie looks good still but the Laurie character looks really old and tired. It’s rather sad.

[@laurengriggs7752]

Its funny how when it hits this time of year all I do is watch the Halloween movies! They're all so good I can't decide which is my favorite. Either the 1989 one or the 2018 one.

[@JavierSalcido-k8p]

He wasn’t even speeding. 😂😂 lol that’s why Michael got pissed off.

[@Cognitivestress]

This is TOTALLY awesome

[@marioeduardoferreiraruiz]

This is my #1 movie, can’t wait until October starts and I begin my 31 days of horror movies!🪦☠💀🧌⚰🧙‍♀🦇🎃🥳🎉

[@IlllllIlIIllIII]

Evil doesn’t die , It changes shape ~ Laurie Strode

[@FNTPAUnderwriting-fc1qx]

Love this movie even the illogical parts: everything still green even though it’s late October and while walking home the girls don’t see or pass another person or kid, not even a kid on a bike riding by.

[@davidcox1396]

Nick Castle As Michael Myers Jamie Lee Curtis As Laurie Strode Donald Pleasence As Dr Sam Loomis Original Halloween 1 (1978)

[@maneevent1508]

Thanks captain obvious

[@jennifer-ey3xq]

I love the way he just stopped the car and kept going like bitch what the hell did u just say

[@lexilexi6362]

Exactly lol

[@rubbingisracing6951]

I love how he can just drive around in a hospital station wagon and no one ever sees him lmao

[@cherylthompson2731]

78. Good year.

[@davidtaylor328]

This scene is Classic but so is this whole movie !!! 👍🏻🎃👍🏻

[@user-pc3xb4hd8i]

Amazing scene. So scary because its subtle and realistic.

[@inkey2]

TRIVIA: An eccentric car collector in the USA actually owns that grey wagon. I found this information by total accident. He was able to verify it's authenticity by matching the vehicle identification plate on the front window edge. The car was in rough shape but eventually restored. He did state it was not that easy finding missing replacement body parts. Especially small parts. It's comforting to know that the car "still lives".

[@ChiefCedricJohnson]

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. Psalm 143 : 4

[@CRL365]

Somehow being in broad daylight makes Mike’s drive by even creepier

[@TonyMontana-bl3qe]

1978 was my favorite year, I was 17. at the time. 😁

[@haydenclaireheroes]

"Totally!"

[@TheGodKingOfMusic]

Those looking for an area with a similar feel to this film should visit Old Towne Orange in Orange County, CA. The city kept a lot of the original houses from the 1900’s and it gives the area this same feel from Haddonfield, especially at Halloween time!

[@nassauguy48]

"I am so TOTALLY about to be strangled to death tonight! TOTALLY!"

[@chrisedwards563]

Michael just heard the word "Jerk" and thought he was going to get his pickle tickled for the first time in his life, which is why he stopped the car so abruptly, Fact.

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

Chris, what you wrote is called "projection".

[@DannyFrio]

buzzcrushtrendkill what he wrote is called a “joke”.

[@johnbutler7240]

Mike don't play

[@dallaz7048]

I love this movie, however the fact that he could hear her from a car about 70 yards away is funny.

[@jjrrhh1983]

Myers has a pickle?!!! I wonder if it's way bigger than a $5 foot long If so Michael might have a new career in another industry. Hit it Charlie!!

[@PoeCompany]

great location scouting for this scene. Well done

[@TheSkeletonGoth]

Fun fact: When Laurie gets closer to the hedge, a cloud of smoke breezes by the camera. John Carpenter himself admitted in bonus commentary that he was smoking a little too close to the camera while they shot that scene. Thus, his cigarette smoke was forever captured in the movie.

[@CiaoSkywalker]

“ I think he’s cute” I laugh every time I I watch this scene

[@ZakRios333]

It’s about that time of the year again

[@JSC178]

3:26 If you look closely, you can see Dr. Loomis' car parked across the street that Michael stole and has been driving around Haddonfield with. I love that little attention to detail.

[@dillonx11]

2 fun facts about this scene. 1. The smoke you see at 3:58 on the left side of the screen was John Carpenter's cigarette off camera. And 2. after they walk pass the hedge you can see a crew member stand up on the porch behind Laurie and Annie at 4:28...I'm a nerd when it comes to Halloween 🎃

[@markmac2206]

was it really a crew member? i know theres a debate over if it was or not. honestly i never noticed it until my 100th viewing.

[@77acacosta]

it appears there are two people if you look closely, man with dark hair and black clothing is standing to the right of the guy in the white shirt. Nick Castle🤔

[@BassGods]

4:28 If you look even closer, Michael is standing next to him, wearing the iconic mask. Although this video is not the clearest. "But he's definitely there"

[@maneevent1508]

Good catch

[@petedog1017]

I thought it was a guy that lived in that house and didn't know they were filming a movie and that's why he peaked his head over the hedge to see what was going on

[@A.I-GAMING]

" guys think I'm too smart " foreshadowing what a formidable opponent she would be for Jason.

[@kristinachaney7391]

Jason??

[@crimsontide1980]

Jamie Lee Curtis was so damn gorgeous in the first Halloween 😍

[@nassauguy48]

I will bet that Paul (Annie's boy friend) was very grateful that his parents grounded him and made him stay at home that night!

[@annabrown7302]

LOVE THIS SCENE FROM HALLOWEEN 1978❤

[@JedidiahLilly]

Fun fact the actors of Laurie’s friends actually lived on the same street in Halloween as well as the actors of Linsy and Tommy and the actor nick casel who played Miceal

[@pathologicallyfriendly]

Watched Curtis's mom in Psycho last night, and just finished this. 💀👍

[@Ace1000ks]

The last time I saw this was in 1985 on television.