Halloween
JOHN CARPENTER: THE SHAPE OF DREAD, PART II
A shoestring budget, a cheap rubber mask, and a haunting piano melody combined to permanently change the landscape of independent cinema. These episodes offer the complete production history of HALLOWEEN, tracing the journey from a simple pitch about stalked babysitters to a multi-million-dollar box office phenomenon. By looking at the creative desperation, the technical ingenuity, and the brilliant post-production choices that saved the movie from obscurity, this definitive account captures the true scale of an independent masterpiece that changed the face of horror forever.
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Credits
Directed by John Carpenter
Screenplay by John Carpenter | Debra Hill
Starring Donald Pleasence | Jamie Lee Curtis | P.J. Soles | Nancy Loomis | Nick Castle
Music by John Carpenter
Cinematography by Dean Cundey
Edited by Tommy Lee Wallace | Charles Bornstein
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Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
This episode was written, produced and edited by Gary Horne & Justin Bishop.
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