Social media didn’t exist then, hell the internet didn’t exist then. It is hard it imagine how little information there was about this sort of thing.
When Halloween III came out all we had to go on was the poster and it was seen by basically no one in its cinema run.. It was mainly shown in drive-ins as most cinemas didn’t bother screening 18+ rated movies.
So, no, no one really knew or cared who Myers was or that he was not in it.
The Halloween series and horror in general did not take off until home video did and that was still in its infancy.
It was probably at least 5 years after its release that I watched it.
If you were not at a major university the internet and usenet did not exist until about a decade later.
I remember it really landing big and blowing minds at university in 1992. Even a year or so earlier and you were lucky if there was even a crude form of internal network.
Social media didn’t exist then, hell the internet didn’t exist then. It is hard it imagine how little information there was about this sort of thing.
When Halloween III came out all we had to go on was the poster and it was seen by basically no one in its cinema run.. It was mainly shown in drive-ins as most cinemas didn’t bother screening 18+ rated movies.
So, no, no one really knew or cared who Myers was or that he was not in it.
The Halloween series and horror in general did not take off until home video did and that was still in its infancy.
It was probably at least 5 years after its release that I watched it.
Usenet groups existed. Couldn’t find nothing from Halloween but here’s some conversation from 1982 about a star war
I have to ask, how old were you in 1983?
Do you know how many people have pc’s at that time?
Do you know how many had access to a modem and usenet at that time?
I do. The answer is basically no one.
I was at a very expensive private school in '83 and our school didn’t even have any usenet access and forget about the students.
If you were not at a major university the internet and usenet did not exist until about a decade later.
I remember it really landing big and blowing minds at university in 1992. Even a year or so earlier and you were lucky if there was even a crude form of internal network.
I know…
But some discussions can still be found online.