Halloween:
Halloween has alot of Alfred Hitchcock references.Tommy Doyle’s name was from Rear Window and Sam Loomis’ name is from Psycho.Also John Carpenter(director of Halloween)casted Jamie Lee Curtis(daughter of Janet Leigh)
John Carpenter is a big fan of George A.Romero,in one scene a man could be seen watching,“night of the living dead.”
The name of the sheriff is “Leigh Brackett”. Leigh Brackett was also the name of the screenwriter of Howard Hawks’ classic Rio Bravo, which is one of Carpenters favorite films.
Halloween was filmed around 20 days and cost 300,000 to make,it went to make 55 million in the box office.It is one of the most famous independent films.
Yul Brynner’s robot character from Westworld was the inspiration for the character of Michael Myers.
