20 Things You Didn't Know About Halloween (1978)
16. The Killing Of The Dog
The killing of the Wallaces' dog is one of the more unpleasant sequences in Halloween, particularly given that, in the previous scene, the audience learns that Michael has been feeding on a dog when Dr. Loomis and Sheriff Brackett (Charles Cyphers) inspect the Myers House.
The actual way in which the Wallaces' dog is killed is left open to the viewer's interpretation. However, the filming of the scene was comparatively straightforward: a crewmember was holding the dog in his arms and then dropped it.
The film was then slowed down to make it seem as though the unfortunate animal was writhing in agony when, in fact, it had purely been dropped from a comfortable sitting position to a position where it was only being held by its upper body. Readers will be pleased to know that the poor animal survived the filming process.