Scream’s Halloween Reference Gets The 1978 Movie Totally Wrong – Screen Rant

Scream has many references to the 1978 classic Halloween, but one of those got an important detail about the movie totally wrong. Here's what it is.

Scream has a lot of references to John Carpenters Halloween, but one of those got the 1978 horror classic wrong. In 1996, Wes Cravens Scream arrived to change the horror genre with a combination of comedy and slasher, all through a critical lens that fired shots at some of the genres biggest clichs. In the process, Scream introduced a new killer known as Ghostface and a new final girl in Neve Campbells Sidney Prescott, while also reviving the slasher genre.

Scream went on to become a franchise with a total of four movies (and a fifth one now in development) and an anthology TV series set apart from Sidneys storyline. Given its satire of horror clichs, Scream included various references to many horror classics, including Cravens A Nightmare on Elm Street. However, the movie that was referenced the most, in both subtle and obvious ways, was Carpenters 1978 classic Halloween.

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One of Screams most obvious references to Michael Myers debut movie can be found in one of the scenes at Stus party, when Randy and company are watching Halloween. Moments before he stands up to share the rules on how to survive a horror movie, the guy next to him says that the blood is all wrong and is too red, but thats actually a big mistake when talking about Halloween. Though the movie is part of the slasher genre (and a very important one as it set the basis for many others), Carpenter took it easy with the amount of blood shown on screen, and the scene that Randy and the rest are watching doesnt show a single drop of blood.

Carpenters decision to not include lots of gore and blood came after his experience making Assault on Precinct 13, where he killed off Kim Richards character and the audience wasnt pleased with it. The only scenes in Halloween where blood is shownare at the beginning (when Judith Myers is killed), when Laurie discovers Annie and Bobs bodies, and when Michael cuts her arm, and they are all very toned down compared to other slasher movies. While the guy at Stus party might have had a point in saying the blood in Halloween was too red (its all about perspective, really), the comment was out of place as there was no blood in that particular scene.

Its a detail thats very easy to miss, as everyone is shouting and talking loudly while the guy complains about the blood, and its specially forgettable as seconds later Randy explains the famous rules to successfully survive a horror movie, but it serves as a reminder of Carpenters attention to detail when making Halloween.

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Adrienne Tyler is a features writer for Screen Rant. She is an Audiovisual Communication graduate that wanted to be a filmmaker, but life had other plans (and it turned out great). Prior to Screen Rant, she wrote for Pop Wrapped, 4 Your Excitement (4YE), and D20Crit, where she was also a regular guest at Netfreaks podcast. She was also a contributor for FanSided's BamSmackPow and 1428 Elm. Adrienne is very into films and she enjoys a bit of everything: from superhero films, to heartbreaking dramas, to low-budget horror films. Every time she manages to commit to a TV show without getting bored, an angel gets its wings.

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