History Recap / FilmRerollHalloween1978

* PowerTrio: Loomis, Danny and Jeff fit the CombatDiplomacyStealth variant quite well. Danny is quickly established as a badass capable of taking on Michael Myers in a fight, Loomis at least ''tries'' to be diplomatic by begging Michael to stop and warn other people that they are in danger (not that all of them listen to him), and Jeff -- despite having NoIndoorVoice -- proves himself to be surprisingly stealthy when he sneaks up on Michael Myers and shoots him in the back.

--->'''Jeff: There's a man in the basement! It's me!

* LethalJokeCharacter: Considering how incompetent Jeff is, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to assume that he ''doesn't'' know how to use a gun, but he manages to subvert everyones expectations by sneaking up on Michael Myers and shooting him in the back.

* SequelHook: Michael Myers is ([[JokerImmunity probably]]) dead, but we still don't know exactly what he was or where his powers came from, and there are hints of a larger conspiracy going on in Haddonfield. A sequel adressing most of these plot threads ''was'' [[Recap/FilmRerollHalloweenII eventually made.]]

* TheWormThatWalks: After Danny tells a story where something thought to be demonic sounds turned out to simply be a beehive in the wall, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint the players start theorizing that maybe Michael Myers is just a bee swarm in a trench coat]]. ([[CaptainObvious This is -- in all likelihood -- not actually true.]])

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Reverend Doyle makes a reference to Exodus 34:7 when he's telling Loomis that Michael and Judith Myers' father blamed himself for what happened to his family, but is interrupted before getting a chance to explain. (It's the famous Bible verse about the sins of the fathers being visited upon their children, which raises the question of what sins Donald Myers felt he was being punished for through his children...)

* DawsonCasting: Invoked by Paulo's narration when he introduces Laurie and her "ordinary teenage friends, all of which look about 28".
** RealityIsUnrealistic: While Nancy Kyes (Annie) and P.J. Soles (Lynda) ''were'' pushing 30, Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie) was only 20 at the time.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Here, Lynda lives through being attacked by Michael Myers. And while she is still seriously injured, the sequel confirms that she survived and made a full recovery.

When the infamous killer Michael Myers escapes from the asylum the night before All Hallows Eve, Doctor Sam Loomis teams up with Danny Hodges -- the former boyfriend of one of Michael's previous victims -- and the rather incompetent police officer Jeff to take the murderer down. Meanwhile, Laurie Strode -- the daughter of the town sheriff -- gets ready to celebrate Halloween as well as she can while babysitting two children, unaware that she is about to get a personal visit from the criminal...

* SequelHook: Michael Myers is ([[JokerImmunity probably]]) dead, but we still don't know exactly what he was or where his powers came from, and there are hints of a larger conspiracy going on in Haddonfield. A sequel ''was'' [[Recap/FilmRerollHalloweenII eventually made.]]

** Averted with Dr. Loomis and Danny Hodges. Both are injured while fighting Michael, yet both are still alive by the end, and both live to see the sequel.

* SequelHook: Michael Myers is ([[JokerImmunity probably]]) dead, but we still don't know exactly what he was or where his powers came from, and there are hints of a larger conspiracy going on in Haddonfield. A sequel ''was'' [[Recap/FilmRerollHalloweenII1981 eventually made.]]

Followed by [[Recap/FilmRerollStandByMe Stand By Me.]] For the [[SequelEpisode sequel campaign,]] go [[Recap/FilmRerollHalloweenII1981 here.]]

** Danny Hodges was originally a minor character who only appeared just long enough [[SpeedSex to sleep with Michael's sister Judith very quickly.]] Here he is a major character throughout the story, [[TheLancer basically becoming the Jonathan Harker]] to [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Dr. Loomis' Van Helsing.]]

** It is hinted that Michael Myers is part of some kind of [[TheIlluminati Illuminati]]-like conspiracy, possibly implying a future appearance by [[Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers the Cult of Thorn]] in a sequel.

** Possibly Michael Myers himself. In the original movie, he was shot several times before falling out of a window, but they NeverFoundTheBody, implying that he survived, but could still be dying. The sequels then revealed him to have supernatural powers, making him NighInvulnerable. Here however, he arguably gets a more devastating death scene than he got in any of the movies, [[RasputinianDeath as he is hit by a car, driven through a into a building, has said building collapse on top of him, is decapitated]] ([[http://halloweenmovie.wikia.com/wiki/Michael_Myers which at least the Halloween wiki]] theorized ''might'' kill him) [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill and then has his disembodied head stepped on by Laurie]]. After all of that, he is definitely dead, and it remains to be seen if he will be resurrected in a sequel or not.
** Averted with Dr. Loomis and Danny Hodges. Both are injured while fighting Michael, yet both are still alive by the end of the campaign.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Here, Lynda survives being attacked by Michael Myers, but is still seriously injured.

Followed by [[Recap/FilmRerollStandByMe Stand By Me.]]

* SequelHook: Michael Myers is ([[JokerImmunity probably]]) dead, but we still don't know exactly what he was or where his powers came from, and there are hints of a larger conspiracy going on in Haddonfield. The players have confirmed that there ''will'' be a sequel, though they will focus on other campaigns first.

Starring Jocelyn "Joz" Vammer as Laurie Strode, Andy Hoover as Danny Hodges and Annie Brackett, Scott Aiello as Sam Loomis (FirstAppearance,) and Paulo Quiros as the Dungeon Master.

Starring Jocelyn "Joz" Vammer as Laurie Strode, Andy Hoover as Danny Hodges and Annie Brackett, Paulo Quiros as the Dungeon Master, and introducing Scott Aiello as Sam Loomis.

Episodes 16-17 of Podcast/FilmReroll.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In between the two episodes, Scott crafted a theory that trying to enact a new, thirteenth Station of the Cross. It was only after Dr. Loomis succeeded on an IQ roll that he remembered there are already fourteen stations of the cross. Especially notable in that two players were Catholic, and and Scott himself attended sixteen years of Catholic school.

When the infamous killer Michael Myers escapes from the asylum the night before All Hallows Eve, Doctor Sam Loomis teams up with Danny Hodges - the former boyfriend of one of Michael's previous victims - and the rather incompetent police officer Jeff to take the murderer down. Meanwhile, Laurie Strode - the daughter of the town sheriff - gets ready to celebrate Halloween as well as she can while babysitting two children, unaware that she is about to get a personal visit from the criminal...

* AmbiguousDisorder: Jeff the Police Officer is not very smart, has an underdeveloped, childlike personality, and is outright said by Laurie outright to have a brain different from those of other people. However, the story never gives him any specific condition or disorder.

* TheCassandra: Dr. Loomis has a hard time convincing any authority figure that they need to help him hunt dwn the great evil that is Michael Myers. Granted, it is implied that some of them are part of the conspiracy.

* DeathByAdaptation: Possibly Michael Myers himself. In the original movie, he was shot several times before falling out of a window, but they NeverFoundTheBody, implying that he survived, but could still be dying. The sequels then revealed him to have supernatural powers, making him NighInvulnerable. Here however, he arguably gets a more devastating death scene than he got in any of the movies, [[RasputinianDeath as he is hit by a car, driven through a into a building, has said building collapse on top of him, is decapitated]] ([[http://halloweenmovie.wikia.com/wiki/Michael_Myers which at least the Halloween wiki]] theorized ''might'' kill him) [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill and then has his disembodied head stepped on by Laurie.]] After all of that, he is definitely dead, and it remains to be seen if he will be resurrected in a sequel or not.

--> '''Jeff:''' [[TooDumbToLive "There is a man in the basement, it's me."]]

-->'''Lynda:''' [[{{Catchphrase}} "Totally... Totally..."]]

* OriginalCharacter: Jeff, a [[TheDitz ditzy]] police officer with about the same level of competence and maturity as [[Videogame/LegoCityUndercover Frank Honey.]] He is teamed up with Dr. Loomis, as this version of Sheriff Leigh Brackett doesn't take the threat seriously enough to go himself.
* PowerTrio: Loomis, Danny and Jeff fit the CombatDiplomacyStealth variant quite well. Danny is quickly established as a badass capable of taking on Michael Myers in a fight, Loomis at least ''tries'' to be diplomatic by begging Michael to stop and warn other people that they are in danger (not that all of them listen to him), and Jeff - despite having NoIndoorVoice - proves himself to be surprisingly stealthy when he sneaks up on Michael Myers and shoots him in the back.

* TheWormThatWalks: After Danny tells a story where something thought to be demonic sounds turned out to simply be a beehive in the wall, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint the players start theorizing that maybe Michael Myers is just a bee swarm in a trench coat.]] [[CaptainObvious (This is - in all likelihood - not actually true.)]]

** Danny Hodges did nothing particularly badass in the film. Here however, he punches the young Michael Myers in the face and throws him down the stairs in the DistantPrologue. Years later, during the main story, he manages to shoot him (albeit after many failed attempts), [[spoiler:hit him with a car and drive him through a wall, seemingly killing Myers.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Jeff]] ends up saving both Dr. Loomis' and Danny Hodges' lives by [[spoiler: shooting Michael Myers. At that point, Danny promises to never make fun of Jeff again. [[BackFromTheDead Alas, it wasn't enough to keep Myers down for good.]] ]]

** [[spoiler:Michael Myers' death is similar to the way he -- [[RetCon or rather the ambulance worker disguised as him]] -- died at the end of ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater'', [[SerialEscalation though more over the top.]]]]
** [[spoiler:After killing Michael Myers,]] Laurie worries that she might become so traumatized by it [[Film/HalloweenResurrection that she will end up in a mental institution.]]

* TheCassandra: Dr. Loomis has a hard time convincing any authority figure that they need to help him hunt dwn the great evil that is Michael Myers. [[spoiler: Granted, it is implied that some of them are part of the conspiracy.]]

* DarkMessiah: Michael Myers apparently considers himself to be a Christ figure of sorts. [[spoiler: After [[DisneyDeath seemingly killing]] Myers,]] Dr. Loomis theorizes that his obsession with the number 13 was connected to the thirteenth [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stations_of_the_Cross#Stations Station of the Cross,]] i.e. the death of Jesus. Now what came after that station? [[spoiler: Jesus' burial and [[OhCrap resurrection.]]]]

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Possibly Michael Myers himself. In the original movie, he was shot several times before falling out of a window, but they NeverFoundTheBody, implying that he survived, but could still be dying. The sequels then revealed him to have supernatural powers, making him NighInvulnerable. Here however, he arguably gets a more devastating death scene than he got in any of the movies, [[RasputinianDeath as he is hit by a car, driven through a into a building, has said building collapse on top of him, is decapitated]] ([[http://halloweenmovie.wikia.com/wiki/Michael_Myers which at least the Halloween wiki]] theorized ''might'' kill him) [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill and then has his disembodied head stepped on by Laurie.]] After all of that, he is definitely dead, and it remains to be seen if he will be resurrected in a sequel or not.]]
** [[spoiler: Averted with Dr. Loomis and Danny Hodges. Both are injured while fighting Michael, yet both are still alive by the end of the campaign.]]

* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: Lynda]] gets one after her encounter with Michael Myers.
--> [[spoiler:'''Lynda:''' [[{{Catchphrase}} "Totally... Totally..."]]]]

* PowerTrio: Loomis, Danny and Jeff fit the CombatDiplomacyStealth variant quite well. Danny is quickly established as a badass capable of taking on Michael Myers in a fight, Loomis at least ''tries'' to be diplomatic by begging Michael to stop and warn other people that they are in danger (not that all of them listen to him), and Jeff - despite having NoIndoorVoice - proves himself to be surprisingly stealthy [[spoiler: when he sneaks up on Michael Myers and shoots him in the back.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Michael Myers is ([[JokerImmunity probably]]) dead, but we still don't know exactly what he was or where his powers came from, and there are hints of a larger conspiracy going on in Haddonfield.]] The players have confirmed that there ''will'' be a sequel, though they will focus on other campaigns first.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Here, Lynda survives being attacked by Michael Myers, but is still seriously injured.]]

* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: Dr. Loomis fears that Michael Myers might do this, and wants to destroy his remains before that happens. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Myers is one step ahead of them. He came back to life and left before he was even found or brought to the morgue.]]
* WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities: Danny Hodges being a construction worker initially just seems like a segue to a story about an event in his past [[DoingInTheWizard where something seemingly supernatural turned out to have a perfectly normal explanation.]] However, it becomes important later on, when he uses his knowledge of house construction to [[spoiler: drive Michael Myers into the hardest parts of a building.]]

** The Creator/JimmyStewart impression [[CallBack returns from the]] Film/TheWizardOfOz episode, now as the voice of the Sheriff. Also, during the sex scene in the opening, [[HeadTiltinglyKinky Danny suggests that Judith could put on her Cowardly Lion costume to spice things up.]]