Film Appreciation
In 1978, Halloween, which was directed and scored by John Carpenter and starred Jamie Lee Curtis, premiered in Kansas City, Missouri. The slasher film became the first installment of the Halloween franchise.
The story takes place in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois (actual film location was Pasadena, California), where a six-year-old boy named Michael Myers dressed in a clown costume and murdered his sister. Myers then escapes from a psychiatric hospital to find and kill his younger sister Laurie Strode, who is played by Jamie Lee Curtis.
Interestingly, there has been speculation that the film is based on actual events that occurred in 1920s Iowa, where a kid named Stanley Stiers murdered his family on a Halloween night. You can read more on that theory HERE.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(1978_film)
http://mysticinvestigations.com/paranormal/michael-myers/
http://horrorfreaknews.com/13-facts-probably-didnt-know-michael-myers
http://thennowmovielocations.blogspot.com/2012/01/halloween-1978.html
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