Halloween 4K UHD (1978)

[dvining]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

They should scrap Loomis entirely. Just have Laurie screaming, 'Back off, Patriarchy!' and performing a roundhouse kick which sends Michael flying out the window at the end.

I'm sorry, but if Michael doesn't explode at the force of Laurie's kick, then the patriarchy will win.

[Kyle15]

Y'all I really do not appreciate the use of the word e*plode, it is extremely insensitive to those with diarrh*a. Thanks!

[questrider]

Laurie is in a state of shock and on the verge of uncontrolled sobbing so she is choking up a bit stating, "‛Twas the boogeyman..." The fact that she does not say "It was" and uses the contraction was just Jamie Lee Curtis's way of conveying the desperation of the situation and moment through her line delivery.

[balthazar_bee]

Carpenter wanted to go out with a dance number. The line, "Who wants to bogey, man?" is a holdover from an earlier draft of the script.

[Show spoiler]She's definitely saying, "(It) was the bogeyman." There was a discussion thread over at the old IMDb (RIP) with endless, endless back-and-forth from very passionate people on both sides. Ultimately, for me, the delivery from Loomis simply doesn't work as a response to "What's the bogeyman?" But also, the point is that Laurie has come to understand the unstoppable evil she's faced; within the context of a movie, in which she is constantly reassuring Tommy that there is no bogeyman, it's a powerful moment of realization for the character.

[happydood]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

They should scrap Loomis entirely. Just have Laurie screaming, 'Back off, Patriarchy!' and performing a roundhouse kick which sends Michael flying out the window at the end.

I'll say it again: I can't believe somebody was allowed to make a movie exploiting someone with mental illness just so you vultures could watch him get shot 6 times until he falls out a window. Appalling. Just appalling.

[dylrichard02]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

They should scrap Loomis entirely. Just have Laurie screaming, 'Back off, Patriarchy!' and performing a roundhouse kick which sends Michael flying out the window at the end.

Ahh, channeling her inner Busta-rhymes.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by balthazar_bee

She's definitely saying, "(It) was the bogeyman." There was a discussion thread over at the old IMDb (RIP) with endless, endless back-and-forth from very passionate people on both sides. Ultimately, for me, the delivery from Loomis simply doesn't work as a response to "What's the bogeyman?" But also, the point is that Laurie has come to understand the unstoppable evil she's faced; within the context of a movie, in which she is constantly reassuring Tommy that there is no bogeyman, it's a powerful moment of realization for the character.

As your first quote indicates, the 'it' at the start of the sentence was kinda lost as Laurie chokes out the words, but that's definitely what she says. And not only does Loomis' reply make no sense to "what's the boogeyman?" (which itself makes zero sense as a line), Laurie doesn't say it with an upward inflection at the end to denote a question. She's making a statement, not aksing a question. It WAS the boogeyman

[malicedoom]

I'm enjoying how this thread has gone off the deep end (seriously).

[Donl1282]

Why did they change Dr. Loomis’ reaction to Michael disappearing at the beginning of Halloween II?

[Croweyes1121]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

As your first quote indicates, the 'it' at the start of the sentence was kinda lost as Laurie chokes out the words, but that's definitely what she says. And not only does Loomis' reply make no sense to "what's the boogeyman?" (which itself makes zero sense as a line), Laurie doesn't say it with an upward inflection at the end to denote a question. She's making a statement, not aksing a question. It WAS the boogeyman

I actually always hear it as “was it the boogeyman”, with the “it” kinda getting lost. Might be wrong, but it’s how I like to interpret it.

[Cruel Angel]

Originally Posted by Croweyes1121

I actually always hear it as “was it the boogeyman”, with the “it” kinda getting lost. Might be wrong, but it’s how I like to interpret it.

That's actually how I hear it as well, and fits with Loomis' reply.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

Why did they change Dr. Loomis’ reaction to Michael disappearing at the beginning of Halloween II?

Why did they have Loomis shoot him 7 times?

Why does he fall from the front balcony?

There's only one answer...

[Aloha from Hawaii 73]

H4 mask was okay but not as creepy as H1 mask imo

[Kyle15]

Halloween

[DR Herbert West]

October 31, 1978

[Kyle15]

The
Night
He
Came
Home!

[questrider]

Originally Posted by Aloha from Hawaii 73

H4 mask was okay but not as creepy as H1 mask imo

Halloween 4 used the same model of Don Post Shatner mask was used for Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981) except the one used for Halloween 4 has the eyebrows painted black (and the director of photography also didn't light it correctly). Eyebrows are too expressive and ruin the expressionless blank-face beauty of the original mask so I'm convinced that's what all of the sequels until Halloween (2007) did wrong.

[Deciazulado]

[dallywhitty]

That reminds me of that beautiful Michael Jackson meme.

[Geoff D]

Love that 'hee hee!' at the end