John CarpenterAmerican film director Michael Jackson, one of the most important horror film directors of all time, responded to a controversial social media post about his 1978 film HalloweenUsing his own X/Twitter account, Carpenter was “kind” enough to clear things up about a brand new clip from Halloween Which the audience presumably did not see. In Carpenter's words: “There is no different version of Halloween where Michael dies. That's complete bullshit!”
Carpenter was referring to a tweet by @horrormuseum, which claims to have a never-before-seen version of the 1978 horror classic. The film is supposedly 95% different, and Michael Myers eventually dies. The source is cited as “a friend who worked on restoring the Blu-ray disc,” so it’s not trustworthy, as Carpenter brutally demonstrated.
However, they seem to be taking the reactions somewhat personally, although they have not seen Carpenter's thoughts on the matter at the time of writing. In their subsequent posts, they seem to insist that the story is not actually an urban legend and that they have seen some footage from it.
Since the man behind the original film denies the existence of such a mysterious clip, it’s not hard to see who the internet is inclined to believe. However, it’s funny that the horror icon was open enough to tweet about it, as he doesn’t often address this type of content directly.
There are several versions of Halloween, but we've probably seen them all.
The original 1978 movie Halloween The film revolves around Michael Myers, a madman who brutally stabbed his sister when he was six years old. Fifteen years later, he escapes from the institution where he spent most of his life and returns home to Haddonfield, Illinois. It is Halloween night, and Michael begins committing new murders. However, when he meets Laurie Strode, the fearsome man of Haddonfield becomes more than a match for him.
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There are several versions of HalloweenBut as far as anyone knows, they’ve all been made available at some point, either on TV, home video, or, as is the case now, on streaming. Carpenter was asked to reshoot some scenes when the film was released on TV, but those scenes aren’t very important to the story. Fangoria reported years ago that a box of negatives containing additional footage from the film was discovered, but that story seems to have drifted into obscurity pretty quickly. Ultimately, it seems that while fans of the film will always have different cuts to choose from, they’re more likely to have seen the final version in Carpenter’s original theatrical release.
You can broadcast
Halloween
(1978) on Shudder, but we can't say which version you'll be watching.
