Halloween: Every Franchise Easter Egg And Reference Explained

8. A Ton Of Stuff - Halloween (1978)

There are dozens of references to the original film peppered all throughout this new one.

Some are obvious narrative references, like when Laurie speaks about the night in 1978 or when a voice recording of Dr. Loomis can be heard, but the far more interesting references are the ones in the form of the film itself. The new film frequently sets up direct parallels to moments from the original film, often for the purpose of subverting the payoffs.

Moments like Laurie falling off the second-story balcony at the end, only to then disappear from the front lawn when Michael looks back are direct inversions of the original film, where it's Michael who falls and disappears.

There's also some deeper cuts like some of the kills being exact replications of frames the original film, the actual creation and production of a 'I Wish I Had You All Alone' song (a jingle Jamie Lee and John Carpenter made up on the set of the original), or the subtle inclusion of the children's chorus of chanting that opens the original film.

Green's new film is filled to the brim with love and affection for that original film, and it absolutely shows.