halloween launched jamie lee curtis to stardom and made carpenter the king of things that go bump in night. >> i was just this kid with long hair trying to make a movie with a bunch of all. >> look what came out of it? >> great. i was lucky. it was fun. god it was fun. >> the critics weren't enthusiastic at first. but word of mouth soon spread. it became one of most profitable independent films of its time. >> i remember this famous screening where i got this, just, to sit outside and listen to the audience scream at halloween. it was lake a symphony. the most beautiful thing i have ever heard. they screamed at all the places i wanted them to scream. and i thought, oh, man that's something. there half been so many halloween seek wumquels it is h count. >> my idea never make a sequel. >> didn't want to? >> no story left. nothing left to say. boy was i wrong, huh. >> carpenter is long passed being asked what scares him. he always seemed to tap into whether it was death, lurking in fog. >> reverse. reverse. >> possessed plymouth in christine. or evil awakened in prince of darkness. and