Carpenter Calls HALLOWEEN 2 Sibling Twist Terrible & Stupid Idea
Mike Sprague
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Blumhouse’s new Halloween has done away with the twist that Michael Myers and Laurie Strode are secretly brother and sister. But what does John Carpenter think of this amend from his Halloween 2 screenplay, which he co-wrote along with Debra Hill?
Turns out he’s for it as – it seems – he was drunk when he came up with the plot development.
“Well, okay. Here’s how it was,” Carpenter told The Daily Beast. “I made Halloween, and then Halloween was sold to NBC to show it. But it was too short—they needed it to be a certain length. So I had to go back and shoot some more footage to make it longer. And I was absolutely stuck. I didn’t know what to do. I mean, the movie is the movie—I don’t want to touch it. But everybody will be happy with me, and they’ll make money, and that’s great. So I had to come up with something. I think it was, perhaps, a late night fueled by alcoholic beverages was that idea. A terrible, stupid idea! But that’s what we did.”
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Synopsis:
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence), Michael Myers (Dick Warlock) has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she’s been admitted for Myers’ attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.
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