Q 01/05

Who created the character of Michael Myers?

A) Wes Craven

B) John Carpenter

C) Sean Cunningham

D) George A. Romero

Answer · why

B) John Carpenter

John Carpenter took a flat $10,000 to direct, co-write and score Halloween in 1978, plus ten per cent of the profits from what became a huge independe...

Q 02/05

Under what name is the masked Michael Myers billed in the closing credits of Halloween (1978)?

A) The Shape

B) The Boogeyman

C) The Stranger

D) The Figure

Answer · why

A) The Shape

The Shape is what the screenplay calls the masked figure, and the cast and crew used the same name for him on set.

Q 03/05

Who wore the Michael Myers mask for most of the original 1978 Halloween?

A) Tyler Mane

B) George P. Wilbur

C) Dick Warlock

D) Nick Castle

Answer · why

D) Nick Castle

Nick Castle, a USC film-school friend of the director, played the masked Michael in nearly every scene; he later directed The Last Starfighter.

Q 04/05

In Halloween (1978), what was the main instruction to the man playing Michael Myers?

A) Just walk

B) Never blink

C) Count steps

D) Hold your breath

Answer · why

A) Just walk

Just walk, he was told, and don't act. The man behind the mask was a film-school friend who had only dropped by to watch the shoot and was paid a toke...

Q 05/05

Michael Myers's blank white mask was made from a shop-bought mask of which actor's face?

A) Leonard Nimoy

B) William Shatner

C) Charlton Heston

D) Steve McQueen

Answer · why

B) William Shatner

It was a William Shatner Captain Kirk mask, bought for under two dollars, then widened at the eyes and spray-painted white to give a blank, expression...