I have to wonder then if there was some vague intention to take the Michael plot line into the territory that we get in Part 6 way back in 1979–80 when Part 2 was written.
Don't forget Loomis jokingly saying "maybe someone around here gave him driving lessons" in the original film. Imagine those teachers faced with the responsibility of guaranteeing Michael stopping the car, getting out and handing back the keys!
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H2 is where the family/mysticism narrative started. Even though H2 was supposed to be the last one, it provided material for future sequels (like H4-H6) to build upon.

So the Halloween (I) novelization declares Michael as "the victim" of his evil and it's canon to the Halloween III movie?

Be-God yer roish!
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Good owl' Dan! He's good craic, so he is.
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Still get a kick out of it every time he pronounces Samhain incorrectly!
Me too!
Having grown up in Ireland where the word originated, it makes me wince when I hear Pleasence mispronounce it.
Thank heavens Dan O'Herlihy was on hand for the next movie to better inform them!
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I'm reading a book on the Titanic now from, Reader's Digest that's quite interesting. What about you?
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no, I haven't - perhaps I misspoke?
I had meant that the Halloween novelization helped to bolster the pagan theme and one could keep it in mind while viewing HI-HIII and then from that perspective, there would be an overarching Halloween theme that runs through those
I think I saw an ebook or the audio reading of HIII on youtube but I haven't read/listened yet if my memory is correct
any good books you read lately?
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That is interesting, Dr. You've read the novel for III too?
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I always figured it was good to go for the book, but not really a part of the movie canon - a little bonus for taking the time to read - I love additional content that only enhances without drastically changing anything or spelling it out for me
it actually helped connect III to the first two movies, just as far as pagan lore being the thread through all 3 of those when keeping the novelization in mind

I’m in America and I pronounce it correctly.

Go hiontach ar fad!
I suppose we get revenge by pronouncing the Maryland in Chicken Maryland as if it's Mary Land instead of Maralind.

I know. I'm just joshing you. And it depends how long he's been in America, I guess. People lose their accent, dialect, whatever after living in a place and being around the inhabitants long enough.
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You are the "cat" I'm referring to. You say that Americans pronounce things different than people from other countries. Loomis isn't American, he's English. Don't you think he would pronounce the word closer to what the Irish would rather than how an American would?

No, he's okay. He's just confused is all, Leo. He's not American.
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Well Samhain is not a American word. It is A Irish word. It is Pronounced Sowin. No matter if you are from America or not.
You're wasting your time trying to reason with this cat. Him and logic mix like oil and water.

Americans pronounce words differently. Like schedule. In England the emphasize the H like Shedule. In America it's more like skedule. There's many others.
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"In America we pronounce it Samhain. Not Sowhain, or however it's spelled"
Well Samhain is not a American word. It is A Irish word. It is Pronounced Sowin. No matter if you are from America or not.

And he did. In America we pronounce it Samhain. Not Sowhain, or however it's spelled.
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Dr. Dan, it's been a few years, but I definitely remember that. I own the book. It is a neat little add on. Sadly, since it was book only and not in the movie, it's not exactly canon, but more of "Curtis Richards" licensed embellishment meant to fill pages.
In other words, not Carpenter's idea.
mav, at least Halloween III got it right. I think Halloween 6 producer's cut got it wrong again though. Loomis was a doctor, not a warlock/male witch like Cochran. Loomis wouldn't know how to pronounce it, but Cochran definitely would.
"He came home." - Dr. Sam Loomis from the original HalloweeN

Still get a kick out of it every time he pronounces Samhain incorrectly!
Cheers mate!

You should read the Halloween (I) novelization - it actually starts out with a curse from hundreds of years ago that also caused Michael's great grandfather to snap

The first movie is set on
Halloween
night, aka Samhain in the ancient celtic traditions, for a reason.
It's not like in the middle of Home Alone 2 they realised that subsequent Home Alone movies could exploit and expand on the idea of Christmas and Christmas trees, Christmas presents etc in that movie.
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