New Jersey Stage Issue 52 | Page 82

Halloween SHARE BUTTON In 2013, John Carpenter’s Hal- loween received a 35th anniver- sary blu-ray release. The accom- panying booklet credited the following line of dialogue to Ja- mie Lee Curtis’s babysitting her- oine Laurie Strode: “Was it the NJ STAGE - ISSUE 52 by Eric Hillis boogeyman?” Of course, that’s a misquote. In the scene in ques- tion, Laurie admits to herself that “It WAS the boogeyman,” to which Donald Pleasence’s Doc- tor Loomis solemnly replies, “As a matter of fact, it was.” INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 82