Rewatchables Reference

Ben Tramer's death was unanimously voted by all 3 hosts as the most rewatchable scene.

• A kid walking downtown with a boom box at 11 PM.
• A Datsun truck.
• Nurses in old-fashioned outfits with little hats.
• The razor blade in the apple Halloween urban legend.
• Turning on a transistor radio to get the news.
• Walkie talkies.

• CR: The structure of saving the setup for 30 minutes, plus the technique of making you horny before disgusting you with violence.
• Van: The variety of kills – hammer, scalpel, scalding water, hypodermic needle.
• Bill: Donald Pleasence hosting SNL on Halloween 1981 to promote this movie, during the legendary Fear/Eddie Murphy episode. Also Loomis's repeated "this isn't a man" bit.

CR: Myers appearing behind Nurse Jill when she finds Doctor Mixter with the needle in his eye – Myers just steps into the background.

"Mr. Sandman" by The Chordettes.

• CR: Laurie Strode – she's incapacitated the entire film, in a fugue state, with nothing to do.
• Bill: Dick Warlock as Myers – too short, too stiff, too robotic. The mask doesn't fit his head right. Myers plays like he has CTE from falling off the balcony.

• Bill: Jamie Lee Curtis's wig (she had shorter hair for another movie).
• CR: The acting and directing – the Marshall's facial expression when Marion Chambers shows up, and the cop driving the car staring blankly when told Laurie is Michael's sister.
• Van: The fake blood – Annie's slit throat looks super fake on modern screens.
• Craig: The hot tub scalding scene.

• Bill: Laurie Strode's parents are the worst movie parents of all time – worse than the 'Home Alone' parents. They never show up at the hospital the entire night.
• Van: Michael Myers was radicalized by the OJ trial. He didn't kill any black people on screen until 'Halloween' Resurrection (2002).

None! Bill said he couldn't find any.

Bill: The old ER doctor, who plays the character as openly drunk.

• Bill: Leo Rossi (Bud, the creepy paramedic – also later played one of the rapists in The Accused).
• CR: Jeffrey Kramer (the mortician – was also Roy Scheider's deputy in 'Jaws' and 'Jaws 2').

Bill: Ben Tramer's death scene – hit by a cop car, jackknifed into a van, and incinerated, all in 45 seconds.

• Tom Hanks as Jimmy (the paramedic).
• Heather Thomas as the blonde nurse.
• Catherine Bach as the Pamela Shoop character (Nurse Karen).

• They originally considered setting the sequel years later with Myers tracking Laurie to a high-rise apartment building.
• Morningside Hospital (filming location) at 8711 S Harvard has been torn down; it's now Harvard Yard Senior Apartments.
• Pamela Shoop said the hot tub water was actually cold and dirty, gave her an ear infection.
• Carpenter said the original cut was "as scary as Quincy" and they had to reshoot and add scenes.
• Dick Warlock played two roles: the Shape and the cop who hits Ben Tramer.
• Carpenter came up with the sister plot twist while drunk.
• The mask turned yellow because Deborah Hill kept it under her bed and was a heavy smoker.

No apex mountain for anyone – not for Myers, Jamie Lee Curtis, or Pleasence. Not the apex of same-night sequels (that's 'Rocky' 2) or slasher-era movies.

Too difficult to determine, since this is Rosenthal imitating Carpenter's style.

The Leo Rossi part (Bud, the creepy paramedic). Like Freddie from 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'.

• Downtown Haddonfield is still very active at 11 PM on Halloween night.
• No cops guarding Laurie at the hospital.
• Nobody reacting to the smell of Ben Tramer's still-smoking burned body.
• The hot nurse being with the creepy paramedic.
• Myers breaking into the school to write "Samhain" and stab a family painting while supposedly busy being shot 6 times.
• Lifting someone in the air with just a scalpel.
• Myers's hands not burning in the scalding hot tub.
• Craig: The paramedic making injured Laurie step up into the ambulance without a stretcher.

They've already done everything with this franchise – sequels, reboots, remakes.

• Bill: Sam Jackson as the guy driving the car when Loomis demands they turn around, or as the security guard Mr. Garrett, or even as Loomis himself.
• CR: Chris Collinsworth as the color commentator type. Byron Mayo as Bud (the hot tub scene).

Van: The score (with some hesitation).

• Did Sheriff Brackett get divorced after his daughter's death?
• Did Ben Tramer's parents sue the city of Haddonfield?
• When Laurie's parents finally reached her, how did that conversation go?
• What would have been the funniest Dana Carvey use in this movie?
• CR: The cop who killed Ben Tramer – suspension without pay, or brought right back because they were short-handed?
• How would Michael know how to drive? How would he know what Samhain is?
• Craig: Since when do all the hot young people work at a hospital?

• Bill: The mask from the first two movies – would be worth millions (estimates at least $2 million). The mask that started 50 years of horror movies.
• Van: The actual mask was listed on eBay in 2012 with an asking price of $1 million.

Find your kids when there's a homicidal maniac on the loose in your neighborhood. Have a phone chain.

CR: 'Halloween' 1 – watch them back to back since the sequel picks up right where the original left off.

• Bill: Michael Myers.
• CR: Donald Pleasence (Loomis) – he's in the most scenes, goes on an arc, and is incredibly committed to the bit.

• Craig: These are his type of horror films – the perfect sweet spot. The town is charming and warm, the score is fantastic, the unintentional comedy is great, and the movie is 90 minutes.
• The 'Halloween' franchise basically has a monopoly on horror films set around Halloween.