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Halloween spawned seven sequels, and a remake — titled Halloween and directed by Rob Zombie — released in 2007.[49][50] Of these films, only Halloween II (1981) was written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Halloween II begins exactly where Halloween ends and was intended to finish the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. Carpenter did not direct any of the subsequent films in the Halloween series, although he did produce Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), the plot of which is unrelated to the other films in the series.[51]

The sequels feature more explicit violence and gore, and are generally dismissed by mainstream film critics. They were filmed on larger budgets than the original: in contrast to Halloween's modest budget of $325,000, Halloween II's budget was around $2.5 million,[52] while the most recently released sequel, Halloween: Resurrection (2002), boasted a budget of $25 million.[53] Financier Moustapha Akkad continued to work closely with the Halloween franchise, acting as executive producer of every sequel in the series until his death in the 2005 Amman bombings.[54]

With the exception of Halloween III, the sequels further develop the character of Michael Myers and the Samhain theme. Even without considering the third film, the Halloween series is plagued with storyline continuity issues, most likely stemming from the different writers and directors involved in each film.[50]




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1.   ^ a b Halloween at Box Office Mojo; last accessed April 19, 2006.
2.   ^ a b c James Berardinelli, review of Halloween, at ReelViews.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
3.   ^ Adam Rockoff, Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978 – 1986 (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2002), chap. 3, ISBN 0-7864-1227-5.
4.   ^ a b c d e f g h i j Behind the Scenes at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
5.   ^ Irwin Yablans, Fangoria interview, quoted at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
6.   ^ a b c d John Carpenter, Entertainment Weekly interview, quoted at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
7.   ^ a b c Halloween business statistics at the Internet Movie Database; last accessed April 19, 2006
8.   ^ Moustapha Akkad, Fangoria interview, quoted at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
9.   ^ a b c d e f g Debra Hill, Fangoria interview, quoted at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
10.   ^ Halloween Filming Locations
11.   ^ "Synapse Finds Complete Halloween Negatives," August 29, 2006, at Fangoria; last accessed September 3, 2006.
12.   ^ "Holy Grail of Halloween Footage Found" at Dread Central; last accessed on September 3, 2006.
13.   ^ a b Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest, documentary on Divimax 25th Anniversary Edition DVD of Halloween (1978; Troy, Mich.: Anchor Bay, 2003), ASIN B00009UW0N.
14.   ^ Donald Pleasence casting information at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
15.   ^ Nancy Loomis casting information at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
16.   ^ P. J. Soles casting information at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006
17.   ^ Nick Castle casting information at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
18.   ^ Nicholas Rogers, Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002), p. 111, ISBN 0-19-516896-8.
19.   ^ a b Roger Ebert, review of Halloween, Chicago Sun-Times, October 31, 1979, at RogerEbert.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
20.   ^ J.P. Telotte, "Through a Pumpkin's Eye: The Reflexive Nature of Horror," in Gregory Waller, ed., American Horrors: Essays on the Modern American Horror Film (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992), p. 116, ISBN 0-252-01448-0.
21.   ^ Telotte, "Through a Pumpkin's Eye," pp. 116 – 117.
22.   ^ Rogers, Halloween, p. 111.
23.   ^ David Scott Diffrient, "A Film is Being Beaten: Notes on the Shock Cut and the Material Violence of Horror," in Steffen Hantke, Horror Film: Creating and Marketing Fear (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2004), p. 61, ISBN 1-57806-692-1.
24.   ^ Jamie Lee Curtis interview, quoted at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
25.   ^ Dan Wyman's faculty website at San José State University; last accessed April 19, 2006.
26.   ^ Halloween Soundtrack information from HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
27.   ^ a b Distribution at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
28.   ^ Tom Allen, review of Halloween, The Village Voice (New York), November 6, 1978, pp. 67, 70.
29.   ^ Saturn Award Nominees and Winners, 1979 at Internet Movie Database; last accessed April 19, 2006.
30.   ^ Press Release for films inducted into National Film Registry on Dec. 27, 2006. National Film Registry 2006.
31.   ^ Halloween at Rotten Tomatoes; last accessed June 12, 2007.
32.   ^ Pauline Kael, review of Halloween, The New Yorker, 1978, at TheManWiththeHypnoticEye.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
33.   ^ TV Guide review of Halloween at TVGuide.com; last accessed May 19, 2007.
34.   ^ a b Rogers, Halloween, pp. 117 – 118.
35.   ^ Mick Martin and Marsha Porter, Video Movie Guide 1987 (New York: Ballantine Books, 1986), p. 60, ISBN 0-345-33872-3.
36.   ^ John Kenneth Muir, Wes Craven: The Art of Horror (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 1998), p. 104, ISBN 0-7864-1923-7.
37.   ^ Carol J. Clover, Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1992), p. 189, ISBN 0-691-00620-2.
38.   ^ Vera Dika. Games of Terror: Halloween, Friday the 13th, and the Films of the Stalker Cycle (Cranbury, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1990), p. 138, ISBN 0-8386-3364-1.
39.   ^ Tony Williams, "Trying to Survive on the Darker Side: 1980s Family Horror," in Barry K. Grant, ed., The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996), pp. 164 – 165, ISBN 0-292-72794-1.
40.   ^ Rogers, Halloween, pp. 121.
41.   ^ John Carpenter, quoted in Alan Jones, The Rough Guide to Horror Movies (New York: Rough Guides, 2005), p. 102, ISBN 1-84353-521-1.
42.   ^ Rockoff, Going to Pieces, p. 42.
43.   ^ Jim Harper, Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies (Manchester, Eng.: Headpress, 2004), p. 126, ISBN 1900486393.
44.   ^ Rick Worland, The Horror Film: A Brief Introduction (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2007), p. 106, ISBN 1405139021.
45.   ^ Halloween: Extended Version (1978; DVD, Troy, Mich.: Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2001), ASIN B00005KHJT.
46.   ^ Curtis Richards, Halloween (Bantam Books, 1979), ISBN 0-553-13226-1; 1982 reissue ISBN 0-553-26296-3.
47.   ^ Review of Halloween video game at X-Entertainment.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
48.   ^ Gregory D. George, "History of Horror: A Primer of Horror Games for Your Atari" at The Atari Times; last accessed April 19, 2006.
49.   ^ HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed September 1, 2007.
50.   ^ a b Rob Zombie stated in a 2006 interview that the title so far is simply Halloween. Rob Zombie interview, June 16, 2006, at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
51.   ^ Behind the Scenes of Halloween III: Season of the Witch at HalloweenMovies.com; last accessed April 19, 2006.
52.   ^ Business statistics for Halloween II at Internet Movie Database; last accessed April 19, 2006.
53.   ^ Business statistics for Halloween: Resurrection at Internet Movie Database; last accessed April 19, 2006.
54.   ^ "Moustapha Akkad," London Telegraph, 12 November 2005, at news.telegraph; last accessed April 19, 2006.

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