Donald Pleasence

That's what this movie is like.

And then in the opening credits, the first actor name you see is Donald Pleasence.

So that kind of sets it right there for those of us that grew up seeing Jamie Lee Curtis.

She's introduced later as introducing Jamie Lee Curtis, who her mom, Jamie Lee Curtis's mom is actually Janet Lee, who was in Psycho.

They didn't have a budget.

Therefore, they didn't have a budget for wardrobe or lights.

Donald Pleasence was the highest paid actor in the movie, and he was paid $20,000.

They shot it in 20 days.

Yes, yes, yes.

So the original is starring Donald Pleasence.

Pleasence, Pleasence, Pleasence.

The

But now we're going to have

another Donald Pleasence Waking Fright.

Nah, yeah, yeah.

It's not all about Waking Fright, but it is all about Donald Pleasence.

Okay.

We'll leave him.

so we're

not going to talk about any moves.

It's just kind of whatever to me.

I do like it because it goes a long way into building the myth of Michael Myers because that's when Donald Pleasance keeps going around.

I shot him six times.

And it's John Carpenter and Debra Hill returning to do the screenplay, which is huge.

But the big thing it's got going for it is it has the continuity of having Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis back.

For sure.

And that continuity, even though the film doesn't hit, that continuity of the same screenwriters, the same lead actress, and Donald Pleasance coming back, I think that's where it kind of gets me.

My number six, this

Nice.

So the Kevin Williamson opener, which was not shown, was that this lady is supposed to be, according to Kevin Williamson, the daughter of Dr. Loomis, who was played by Donald Pleasence in the first two movies.

Well, in the first

all of the movies.

Except for three.

Except for three, sorry.

But Donald Pleasence, apparently, by this point, has passed on, both narratively and realistically, has passed on, has shuffled off the mortal coil.

As a matter of fact, they couldn't get the original audio for this, so when you hear Donald Pleasence's voice in the intro to this movie, what you're actually hearing is actor Thomas Kane doing an impression of Donald Pleasence for this movie, which is kind of crazy to me.

Big horror movie nerd loves all the scary stuff.

But he sent me a clip of Donald Pleasance, who played Dr. Loomis in all the Halloween movies is he's on set.

for the original halloween he's doing an interview with a british tv reporter and tells the reporter that he doesn't really like the script he doesn't understand why some of the characters are making the decisions they're making like he just kind of he kind of just craps all over the movie while he's filming it and says yeah but i didn't write it i took on this role i'm going to do the lines like john copper never wanted me to do it and then a year or two later it's a follow-up and he's like i didn't understand it oh Did I lose myself? Headphones went out.

You can still hear me? Yeah, you're good.

Thank you, sir.

Dr. Loomis is my favorite character in any horror movie.

You got to love Donald Pleasance.

I do.

It's not like isolation.

You have a priest played by Donald Pleasance, who gives an amazing performance.

Of course.

You already knew that from Halloween.

like the devil's daughter being born and then like pulling the devil out of the hell that image that image holy

shit

and that entire build up to that sequence yeah when donald pleasance is just praying behind a wall and the music is amazing it's john carpenter like cooking as good as he ever has of course I was blown away, like jaw dropped by how good that sequence was and how scared I was.

I think one of my favorite shots from it is a follow-up to the hand shot is when she's stuck in the mirror after Donald Puz is like, get away, demon! And then

Okay.

Directed by John Carpenter, it stars Nick Castle, Jamie Lee Curtis, Charles Cyphers, Nancy Loomis, Donald Pleasence, and P.J. Soles.

The film grossed approximately $47.2 million domestically, making it the 10th highest-correction film of 1978.

In 2017, Complex Magazine named the film the best slasher movie of all time.