Once a Peaceful Night in Haddonfield


Loomis' iconic description of Michael, his patient, to Brackett in "Halloween" (1978) is obviously the most notably quoted but besides "I SHOT HIM SIX TIMES!!!" by Loomis in the sequel, I think he has another "mythos building" that rarely gets discussed much. I got around to watching my beautiful Blu Ray version tonight finally and I quite appreciate just a great dialogue piece when Deputy Hunt (taking over for the grieving Sheriff Brackett once he found out about his daughter's death) and Dr. Loomis in Halloween II (1981) when they reach the Myers house as locals were throwing rocks and debris into it out of rage (the wake for which Loomis describes the angered "tribe"): 

"Haddonfield was a pretty quiet town before tonight." - Hunt

"There was a force inside him biding its time. The staff grew accustomed to his immobility and silence. In many ways he was the ideal patient. He didn't talk. He didn't cry. He didn't even move. He just waited. The staff was unprepared. They didn't know what he was." - Loomis

"Did you know?"- Hunt

"Yeah, I knew." - Loomis

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