Halloween References in Popular Culture [Archive] - The Official Halloween Message Board

Franchise

03-27-2005, 11:26 PM

Have you heard the theme song on a TV show? Have you heard the name Michael Myers in a song? Have you seen the white mask on another show? Post it here. I was thinking about this earlier and could think of more examples than I thought. I've heard it in music in some songs by Twiztid and sampled by Dr. Dre. So, throw out the ones you know of.

Nightmare13

03-28-2005, 04:03 AM

Great thread! All I can think of is when the kids watch Halloween in Scream. Halloween: H20 was going to feature in Scary Movie, but it didn't. ;)

theoutfieldguy

03-28-2005, 06:32 AM

H2O themes and Keri screams in the song "More Than Myself" by Sadistik.

ironman7845

03-28-2005, 06:48 AM

Originally posted by Nightmare13
Halloween: H20 was going to feature in Scary Movie, but it didn't. ;)

Really? I did not know that. It sucks that they didn't. It would have been funny!

Ultimate Killer

03-28-2005, 07:16 AM

Good thread, even though I have nothing to add :o

Nightmare13

03-28-2005, 07:27 AM

Originally posted by ironman7845
Really? I did not know that. It sucks that they didn't. It would have been funny!

If you have the DVD, one of the extras for your PC is the script viewer, most of it is new stuff. One person says "How can you watch this crap?!", and Shorty says "Because it's great promotion for Miramax!". By the end of it, Shorty is telling us the rules of how a black person can survive a horror movie.

I think Akkad may be one reason this wasn't featured. Their's a bit on the trailer where they scream and "Ohh!", while watching something.

Icebreaker_8605

03-28-2005, 07:30 AM

First thing I can think of is the Halloween movie playing in Adventures in Babysitting on the t.v. so far.

ten31

03-28-2005, 07:51 AM

In the movie The Hazing you see someone dressed as Myers walking around in the background.

Cruel Intentions

03-28-2005, 07:58 AM

I remember at the Oscars (the one before last) Jamie Lee came to present with the HalloweeN theme playing.

Superman

03-28-2005, 08:03 AM

A few weeks ago on The Simple Life 3 with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, the family the girls were staying with, one of the little boys in the family said he wanted to show the girls something...he left the room and came back in wearing a Myers mask. He said who it was and the girls just looked at each other and started laughing. The kid had to be no more the 7 yrs old. I thought that was pretty cool. :)

ironman7845

03-28-2005, 08:27 AM

A couple of months ago my sister saw someone dressed up as Myers on MTV. I have no idea what show it was but I think it had something to do with a contest with the scariest costume or something.

MMyers89

03-28-2005, 10:18 AM

For the Simpsons treehouse of horror 2 years ago, the Halloween theme was played during the commercials for it.

ten31

03-28-2005, 10:24 AM

In Niagara falls they have the House of Frankenstein which is a haunted house attraction. On the loud speakers they constantly crank out the Halloween theme which can be heard up and down Lundy's lane.

HEcamehome

03-28-2005, 02:01 PM

At the beginning of The Philosopher (not sure if I spelled that correctly) by Death, the Halloween theme can be heard.

Johnathon

03-29-2005, 04:19 PM

I remember my sister was watching Ally McBeal, and Ally and her friends were watching Halloween, and Lucy Lui kept on rewinding the closet scene. Then Halloween mentioned on I Love The 70's, and the Mad TV parody H90210.

MMyers89

03-29-2005, 04:20 PM

The guy from the band "Cold" wears a Myers mask while performing.

MyersFan927

03-29-2005, 05:18 PM

I've recently seen Bride of Chucky and noticed Michael's mask in the beginning of the movie, locked behind a gate-like security door.

MyersFan75

03-29-2005, 05:22 PM

I'll have to remember what I was going to add - but, until then, I'll just say Great Thread here Mike!

Mark Warner

03-29-2005, 06:06 PM

Originally posted by Superman
A few weeks ago on The Simple Life 3 with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, the family the girls were staying with, one of the little boys in the family said he wanted to show the girls something...he left the room and came back in wearing a Myers mask. He said who it was and the girls just looked at each other and started laughing. The kid had to be no more the 7 yrs old. I thought that was pretty cool. :)

I saw that too. I loved the look that Paris and Nicole give to each other. They must have been thinking "What the hell are we in for?"

When I saw that, I almost freaked out, because strangely enough I was thinking to myself "What if he came back with a hockey mask on or even a Myers mask on? That would be awesome" Then I kind of blew it off but when I saw that, I just kind of was shocked that I was right.

It shows what happens when you love a horror series so much that you can guess when the villan is going to show up.

halo thirty one

03-29-2005, 06:12 PM

after halloween 4 was released a tag team in wcw or nwa wrestling, i forget which but it was on tbs, came out to the halloween theme wearing the H4 myers mask.

boogeyman87

03-29-2005, 06:23 PM

Heck, I'll throw Evanescence into the mix. They thank some people from the Halloween franchise in their Liner notes from the cd and one of the band members is known to wear a Michael Myers shirt and have a sticker on his guitar.

Franchise

03-30-2005, 12:57 AM

The song Whatthefuck? by Twiztid has 2 scenes dialogues played from H3. The "I just brought him out of the rain" and the burning the factory down speech.

AnnieAnimosity

03-30-2005, 04:23 AM

The song "Psycho Bitch" by Tech9 has the 'Halloween' theme being played throughout the entire song.

Evil Never Dies

03-30-2005, 09:13 AM

A show called, "BANZAI" was on and for one game on it they played the Halloween theme. :)

shrike

03-30-2005, 10:13 AM

the other day on the food channel...I saw the shape hosting a retro show........

oh wait nevermind...that was shatner...buried face deep in the powdered doughnuts.

but really....

went to a Nas concert, and his intro music was "the shape strikes or whatever its called...its the music thats played while the shape stalks his victims.

rapper juicy J from triple six mafia's alias is Michael Myers

the group UNLV has a classic diss track from 96..the main theme is sampled as the background music.

and me personally, as an artist...took the speech from the H4 trailer and used it as my intro cut for my album.

ironman7845

03-30-2005, 03:23 PM

They were playing the Halloween theme song on ESPN last Halloween.

Turd Ferguson

04-06-2005, 03:51 PM

In some horror movie some people said they are going in town to see Halloween.
EDIT ooh ooh ooh also this shit movie called chameleon killer the killer wears a Michael Jason Freddy and other masks.

Superman

04-06-2005, 05:08 PM

Ha ha this is not popular culture...but today at school just as recess was beginning 2 little Kindergardeners were talking about playing a game. One told the other "Lets' play chase...you can be Michael Myers"..the first one started running away and the second one started running after him. The first one stops and says to the other one" N0!....Michale Myers does not run...he walks..you have to walk". The first one runs away and the second one follows walking after him. A few minutes later I see them still playing their stupid little game. Now I like (love) Halloween as much as the next person, but...Kindergadeners? Playing this at recess? Their parents let them watch this kind of stuff at 5yrs of age? No wonder we have a society of psychopaths. :rolleyes:

MMyers89

04-06-2005, 07:27 PM

Wow, kindergardners playing Halloween, and they actually knew the rules, I didn't know the rules til 5th grade. ;)

TheShape2005

04-18-2005, 03:56 PM

this was about a almost last season on Nascar at the first part of the show the had the Halloween theme playing and showing some of the cars in the race and smoke going around the cars and a guy wearing a michael mask walking around the cars.

Khorne23

04-18-2005, 05:14 PM

They played the Halloween title music at a hockey game I went to when the opposition team skated out onto the ice.

I heard that the emblem for the Calgary Hitmen hockey team in the WHL was based on how Michael Myers looks.

I was bouncing a nightclub one Halloween night, and the DJ would play the title music or quotes from Loomis' voie over at the beginning of H20 every so often.

The title music was used in a documentary I saw on the development of the Abrams main battle tank.

TheShape2005

04-18-2005, 05:48 PM

I was at a theme park one time and I was going on the WOODEN Coster and the Park is made of seasons and when I was getting on the Coster the HalloweeN theme Remixed. it wasn't any from the films but it was it. and they played other movie themes!

Samloomis

04-24-2005, 09:13 PM

Originally posted by Khorne23
They played the Halloween title music at a hockey game I went to when the opposition team skated out onto the ice.

I heard that the emblem for the Calgary Hitmen hockey team in the WHL was based on how Michael Myers looks.

I was bouncing a nightclub one Halloween night, and the DJ would play the title music or quotes from Loomis' voie over at the beginning of H20 every so often.

The title music was used in a documentary I saw on the development of the Abrams main battle tank.

The Hitman's symbol is actually based on Bret The Hitman Hart's symbol.

TheShape2005

04-24-2005, 09:18 PM

Originally posted by Samloomis
The Hitman's symbol is actually based on Bret The Hitman Hart's symbol. Just to let everybody know that it says on Halloweenmovies.com that the Halloween theme is one of the top 10 hottiest Ringtones! cool huH! I got it as mine!!!

Khorne23

04-24-2005, 11:14 PM

Originally posted by Samloomis
The Hitman's symbol is actually based on Bret The Hitman Hart's symbol.

Is it really? I must have heard wrong, then. I didn't know that Bret Hart had a symbol.

Khorne23

04-25-2005, 08:01 PM

Dear Samloomis;

Originally posted by Samloomis
The Hitman's symbol is actually based on Bret The Hitman Hart's symbol.

I consulted my source, who is very knowledgable about both the Calgary Hitmen and Bret Hart, and according to this person, Bret Hart designed the Hitmen's logo, but it is not based on his logo, or any symbol Bret Hart has ever used. Evidently, when Mr. Hart used a symbol at all, it was either a heart, a pair of wrap-around mirrorshades, or a rifle cross-hairs.

So there's that, then.

shrike

04-25-2005, 08:20 PM

at once point he had a skull inside a heart.

which could be seen as the calgary hitmen logo.

Kara Strode

04-25-2005, 08:39 PM

according to this weeks Entertainment Weekly, the Halloween theme is the 10 most downloaded ringtone.

Too bad I have it..and it's on the phone my mom is using

MyersFan927

04-25-2005, 08:42 PM

Take a look at this page on hm.com if you haven't already. It lists a whole slew of movies which reference Halloween, and even vice versa. http://www.halloweenmovies.com/site/lobby.html

Originally posted by TheShape2005
Just to let everybody know that it says on Halloweenmovies.com that the Halloween theme is one of the top 10 hottiest Ringtones! cool huH! I got it as mine!!!

Interesting. Too bad I don't own a cell phone as of now, I'd have it as a ring tone all year round :p

bundy

05-20-2005, 09:31 AM

The theme is played in Ice T's "The Tower"

FranchiseHatesMe

05-24-2005, 06:34 PM

Originally posted by AnnieAnimosity
The song "Psycho Bitch" by Tech9 has the 'Halloween' theme being played throughout the entire song. Finally, I meet another N9ne fan on the board.

Fuck TWIZTID put in a old school ESHAM album he says a verse about Michael Myers or him being The Boogieman almost 3 times in every album.

xmiserysignalsx

06-09-2005, 12:15 AM

after halloween 4 was released a tag team in wcw or nwa wrestling, i forget which but it was on tbs, came out to the halloween theme wearing the H4 myers mask.

Best find so far. Not only is it sweet that someone remembers this from when H4 actually came out, but also that it pertains to 80s wrestling. Sweet.

Khorne23

06-09-2005, 12:54 PM

Ja wanna reference to Halloween in 1980s wrestling?

In the summer, 1987 issue of Wrestling Superstars, a magazine published in the same family of wrestling magazines as ProWrestling Illustrated, a list of the 10 most feared men in pro wrestling was published. Among the luminaries of the squared circle who were featured in this article were Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Ric Flair, the Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal), and Andre the Giant.

The Halloween reference comes from the entry in this article on Abdullah the Butcher, a notoriously blood-thirsty 400 pound madman supposedly from the Sudan (actually he's from Kitchener, Ontario). The author of the article remarks that Abdullah is an unstoppable engine of destruction like the psychotic killer Michael from the Halloween movies, more concerned with harming others than he is even with injuries caused to himself.

What's interesting about this article is that it came out in the hiatus of Halloween films between Halloween 3 (1882) and Halloween 4 (1988). Michael had only appeared on film in two movies at that time, and there was no Halloween film in theatres during the summer of 1987 - the most recent Halloween film hadn't even featured him as a character. The only thing I can think of is that the author of the article "the 10 Most Feared Men in Pro Wrestling" must be a serious fan of our dear Shape to work in a reference to Michael in his article, since there had been six Friday the 13th films to date, five with Jason, and part 6 might still have been in theatres when the article was written.

Only a fan would be thinking of Michael when Jason was on everyone else's mind.

MyersFan75

06-09-2005, 03:27 PM

Originally posted by Khorne23
Ja wanna reference to Halloween in 1980s wrestling?

In the summer, 1987 issue of Wrestling Superstars, a magazine published in the same family of wrestling magazines as ProWrestling Illustrated, a list of the 10 most feared men in pro wrestling was published. Among the luminaries of the squared circle who were featured in this article were Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Ric Flair, the Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal), and Andre the Giant.

The Halloween reference comes from the entry in this article on Abdullah the Butcher, a notoriously blood-thirsty 400 pound madman supposedly from the Sudan (actually he's from Kitchener, Ontario). The author of the article remarks that Abdullah is an unstoppable engine of destruction like the psychotic killer Michael from the Halloween movies, more concerned with harming others than he is even with injuries caused to himself.

What's interesting about this article is that it came out in the hiatus of Halloween films between Halloween 3 (1882) and Halloween 4 (1988). Michael had only appeared on film in two movies at that time, and there was no Halloween film in theatres during the summer of 1987 - the most recent Halloween film hadn't even featured him as a character. The only thing I can think of is that the author of the article "the 10 Most Feared Men in Pro Wrestling" must be a serious fan of our dear Shape to work in a reference to Michael in his article, since there had been six Friday the 13th films to date, five with Jason, and part 6 might still have been in theatres when the article was written.

Only a fan would be thinking of Michael when Jason was on everyone else's mind.

Nice point and speculation there, Khorne.
That is a pretty neat one to hear.

:)

Cruel Intentions

07-21-2005, 06:41 PM

Wasn't there some refrence to halloween on that 70s show? Can someone help me out on what that was?

fatbob

07-21-2005, 07:17 PM

In Rage Against The Machine's "Ashes in the fall" the halloween theme is in the opening of the song and real heavy near the end of the song. They don't credit John Carpenter for writing that part soo if they don't watch out they might get sued. Still an awosome song.

yensed

07-21-2005, 09:19 PM

Originally posted by fatbob
In Rage Against The Machine's "Ashes in the fall" the halloween theme is in the opening of the song and real heavy near the end of the song. They don't credit John Carpenter for writing that part soo if they don't watch out they might get sued. Still an awosome song. Actually the "Halloween theme" parts of that song are different then the Halloween Theme by a couple notes. It sure sounds like the theme but its different enough that they couldn't get sued.. Its like the Ludacris song "Number 1 Spot" and the Austin Powers Theme, There are only a 1 note difference..

fatbob

07-21-2005, 09:39 PM

Originally posted by yensed
Actually the "Halloween theme" parts of that song are different then the Halloween Theme by a couple notes. It sure sounds like the theme but its different enough that they couldn't get sued.. Its like the Ludacris song "Number 1 Spot" and the Austin Powers Theme, There are only a 1 note difference..

What aboot Vanillia Ice though? Didn't Queen sue him? His was like a note different.

JWILL2

07-21-2005, 10:39 PM

in a eminem freestyle he says "The way i bounce back gotta be like Michael Myers"

in a diplomats song they say..."when i kill you n****s thats for fun im freddy, jason, michael myers all wraped in one"

and as much as i fkin hate the red sox...they have a relief pitcher named mike myers and he come out to the halloween theme...

yensed

07-21-2005, 10:54 PM

Originally posted by fatbob
What aboot Vanillia Ice though? Didn't Queen sue him? His was like a note different. They both agreed not to sue.

fatbob

07-22-2005, 07:53 PM

Originally posted by yensed
They both agreed not to sue.

O I see.

myersRUNNER2

07-22-2005, 08:08 PM

Originally posted by BreakfastClub85
Wasn't there some refrence to halloween on that 70s show? Can someone help me out on what that was?
Do u mean "I love the 70's" because they showed some halloween stuff. Meaning that it was made in the 70's

Superman

07-22-2005, 08:18 PM

Originally posted by myersRUNNER2
Do u mean "I love the 70's" because they showed some halloween stuff. Meaning that it was made in the 70's No it's called: That 70's show. Not I love the 70's. That's the stupid VH1 program.

I do not know if Halloween was ever mentioned in an episode, I did see a halloween themed episode, but Halloween( the movie) was not mentioned in the one. Hhmm..that's something to keep an eye out for.

sam loomis421

07-25-2005, 08:16 AM

in 2pacs song one of them he says''every halloween check out the murder scene can't help but duplicate the violence seen on the screen'' i think he met michael but im not sure

Johnathon

08-12-2005, 02:21 PM

In my new Rolling Stone magazine I got, its say the Halloween Theme is one of the top free ringtones that people choose.

Here's the code to download it for free.

Text this code: AL96601

...to this number: 40100

I think it only works on color screened phones though. I just got it and it sounds cool.

ironman7845

08-12-2005, 04:40 PM

William Shatner was in a driver's ed video about road safety.

SamhainxDreamz

08-14-2005, 01:07 AM

Like someone said before, the guy from Cold wears a Michael mask at concerts. I went to a Staind/Cold/Godsmack concert a few years ago and he did then--it was pretty awesome to see someone reference Halloween like that.

Then on one of the "scary" Dawson's Creek episodes they reference Halloween. I can't remember the episode, but when I have time I'll check my dvd's if anyone's THAT interested.

myersRUNNER2

08-14-2005, 02:40 PM

Originally posted by Superman
No it's called: That 70's show. Not I love the 70's. That's the stupid VH1 program.

I do not know if Halloween was ever mentioned in an episode, I did see a halloween themed episode, but Halloween( the movie) was not mentioned in the one. Hhmm..that's something to keep an eye out for.
Oh, ok. I get ya.

Originally posted by Johnathon
In my new Rolling Stone magazine I got, its say the Halloween Theme is one of the top free ringtones that people choose.

Here's the code to download it for free.

Text this code: AL96601

...to this number: 40100

I think it only works on color screened phones though. I just got it and it sounds cool.
Is it a "real" tone or a Polyphonic?