Halloween director John Carpenter reflects on the production of the 1978 slasher film, opening up about his experience when making the horror classic.
Acclaimed director John Carpenter reflects on the production of Halloween when looking back at his filmmaking career, opening up about his experience when making his incredibly influential 1978 slasher film. Carpenter's third feature film starred Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence. It introduced audiences to the dreaded masked serial killer Michael Myers, who stalks the streets of Haddonfield after escaping from a sanitarium on a fateful Halloween night.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY As part of a more extensive interview with Variety discussing his filmmaking career, Carpenter was asked about his experiences developing several of his most celebrated films. When asked about the original 1978 Halloween's production, the director emphasized that the shoot remained one of his most fondly remembered filmmaking experiences from his career, explaining that he found the production easygoing and enjoyable despite involving many night shoots.
"“Halloween” was probably the best experience as a director I’ve ever had. It was so much fun. We were a bunch of kids who were out to make a movie and make it fast. We shot primarily in Hollywood, which is right near where I was. It was a lot of nights, but it wasn’t hard. No, that one was very easy.
As well as leading to studios reconsidering the horrors of their films, Halloween's success also saw a change in how the lead characters of horror were developed, as Curtis' Laurie Strode became an influential "Final Girl." Coined by Carol J.
While Halloween spawned a franchise that's continued for 44 years, the original 1978 film has remained one of the franchise's most celebrated entries. While later installments would build on the tale of Michael Myers through surprise family connections, magic, and the character's effect on Haddonfield, the original stories tale of survival against a faceless, near-unstoppable evil remains instantly accessible to modern audiences through a simple yet captivating premise.
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