Discover Your ‘Halloween’ Horror Score

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It’s spooky season, so that means it’s time to curl up in front of a scary movie. The first Halloween movie was released in 1978, followed by 12 more films in the franchise, offering plenty

of thrills and chills. And when you’re done watching, take our quiz to see how well you remember the murderous Michael Myers’ on-screen exploits.

Halloween was the breakout role for which second-generation Hollywood actress?

Curtis, the 19-year-old daughter of Psycho star Janet Leigh, only had a few TV credits to her name when she was cast as babysitter Laurie Strode. She would star in hit movies like Trading

Places and True Lies before returning to the Halloween franchise in the late 1990s.

Which job didn’t John Carpenter do on the set of the first Halloween film?

Carpenter cowrote, directed and scored the independent film himself.

What was serial killer Michael Myers’ signature wardrobe item?

The movie was on a tight budget, and production designer Tommy Lee Wallace picked out the Captain Kirk mask at a Hollywood costume shop and modified it himself. William Shatner later

confirmed that Myers’ face covering was a copy of a death mask that had been made for Star Trek: The Original Series. He was a good sport about it, even wearing one when he took his kids

trick-or-treating once.

Who was Myers’ first victim?

Myers was only 6 years old when he stabbed his teenage sister, Judith, to death on Halloween night in 1963. Why? Instead of taking him trick-or-treating, she invited her boyfriend over to

fool around instead. Michael then spent 15 years in a psychiatric hospital — during which time he never spoke — before he escaped.

What is the name of Myers’ hometown?

Myers returned to his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, after escaping from the psychiatric hospital.

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