Jamie Lee Curtis Pays Tribute to the Original HALLOWEEN Movie on Its 45th Anniversary
Jamie Lee Curtis recently took to social media to pay tribute to John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic Halloween on its 45th anniversary. This is the film that launched her career. Her role as Laurie Strode is a character that she’s enjoyed reprising over the years and her time as the character may have very well concluded with Halloween Ends. This is a franchise that she’s loved and appreciated. and here’s what she had to say about it:
"45 years ago today, a 17-day shoot, no-budget horror film, Halloween, set in Haddonfield, Illinois, where a young babysitter, Laurie Strode, met the man who would terrorize her and her community was released. It was written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill and was directed and scored by [John Carpenter] and a motley crew of young, independent filmmakers, who slammed together for an intense three weeks in 1978. Little did any of us know that 45 years later we would be retelling and retelling that same, simple story of good versus evil, and that it would give birth to a feminist icon, the final girl. This movie and Laurie Strode, gave me my career that I continue to get to have because of her."
The Halloween franchise will live on as Miramax is currently developing a film and TV "cinematic universe.” I have no idea what that is going to entail, but they feel that there is still a lot of life in this franchise, and horror fans will witness the return of Michael Meyers as he embarks on a lot more killing sprees.
It is pretty crazy that the original horror film spawned this crazy horror franchise. You can see Curtis’s Instagram post below.