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1	* ActorLeavesCharacterDies: Creator/JamieLeeCurtis declined to return, so Laurie Strode was written out and mentioned as having died in a car accident. This was later retconned.
2	* BTeamSequel: This was where Creator/JohnCarpenter bailed on the series. He had wanted to an anthology series since the second film, as opposed to continuing the Michael Myers story, but after being somewhat forced to work on the second film on the promise that it would be the last Michael Myers film and the failure of the third film, the producers brought Myers back and Carpenter took his leave.
3	* ChristmasRushed: Not so much the film itself, but Alan B. [=McElroy=] wrote the screenplay in 11 days in order to finish it before the WGA went on strike, handing it in only ''hours'' beforehand.
4	* DawsonCasting: All the teenage characters were played by actors in their early-mid 20s.
5	* DeletedRole: The girl who drives Rachel and Jamie to the discount mart, Lindsey, was meant to be Lindsey Wallace from the first film, who would have a bigger role as a friend to Rachel. She was cut from the script for budget reasons.
6	* DeletedScene: Michael's attack on the police station was filmed, but ended up cut due to time.
7	* FollowTheLeader: Creator/JohnCarpenter's initial script was rejected in favour of following the formula of the popular slasher movies of the day.
8	* OnSetInjury: While filming a rooftop scene, Ellie Cornell accidentally slipped and her torso was cut by a large nail. She lost a large amount of blood but recovered, going on to continue on with the film.
9	* TheOtherDarrin: George P. Wilbur replaces Dick Warlock as Michael Myers.
10	* RefittedForSequel: A planned sequence where Michael would throw the desks over in search of Jamie while trapped in the school ended up being used in ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater''.
11	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
12	** There was some discussion of killing off Michael for real at the end, and making ''Jamie'' the new killer.
13	** Creator/JohnCarpenter did pen a script for the film, though it was far more cerebral and Michael was more akin to a psychic force (as in this version, he was actually dead).
14	** The film would have opened with an explosion similar to the one at the end of the second - only this time it would show Dr. Loomis being thrown from the hospital to explain how he survived.
15	** Another draft was written by author Dennis Etchison and was to be directed by Creator/JoeDante. This version had a much more supernaturally powered Michael killing on the tenth anniversary of the events of the original movie. Tommy Doyle and Lindsey Wallace, the children who were being babysat in the first film, were to return as teens and main characters.
16	** One early draft had Ben Meeker dying while fighting Michael. The house was also to be set on fire starting at the basement (hence giving them a good reason for running away on the roof).
17	** Creator/RebeccaSchaeffer had also auditioned for Rachel, and Creator/MelissaJoanHart was a top contender to play Jamie.
18	** The original ending had [[spoiler:Rachel getting stabbed by Jamie after taking a shower. This was changed in the final film to Darlene, but the scene of Rachel getting killed after a shower was RefittedForSequel and had Michael killing Rachel]].

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