20 Things You Didn't Know About Halloween (1978)

8. Lindsey Wallace's Lineage

Halloween 1978
Paramount

It was no coincidence that Kyle Richards was cast in the role of Lindsey Wallace.

Kyle's sister, Kim Richards had played Kathy in John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. It was not a pleasant role for Kim - a child actress at the time - to play, as Kathy is brutally shot in the chest by a member of the Street Thunder gang whilst she is trying to buy ice cream.

Perhaps knowing how explicit that film had been, Carpenter deliberately went for a more implied approach when directing Halloween and it is noticeable that The Shape does not actually attack any of the children who appear in the film.

Leslie L. Rohland would briefly portray Lindsey Wallace in Halloween 4: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1988), whilst Kyle Richards will reprise the role herself in the upcoming Halloween Kills.

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