chise spun a unique yarn. Later,
when I discovered the dubious
joy of Michael Myers, it soured
my opinion of this film. Now I actually consider it second only to
the first movie as far as its series
ranking goes.
Cult British Sci-Fi writer Nigel Kneale was brought on for
scriptwriting duties. John Carpenter, still involved as producer, was a huge fan of Kneale’s
Quatermass scripts for BBC television and Hammer Films. Car-
penter would even pay homage
by adopting the pseudonym of
Martin Quatermass for his Prince
of Darkness screenplay. Rumour
has it Kneale’s script was loosely
based on an idea previously
rejected by the BBC for being
too disturbing, given its infanticide theme. Director Wallace
would ultimately rewrite large
parts of the script due to a perceived anti-Irish bigotry, leading
Kneale’s name to be replaced by
Wallace in the final credits. (Per-
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