<P> George P. Wilbur, who was cast as Michael Myers for this film, wore hockey pads under the costume to make himself look more physically imposing . During filming, the cast and crew made it a point to take it easy on Danielle Harris, as she was only a young child at the time, and made sure that she was not scared too badly and knew that none of it was real; to this end, Wilbur regularly removed the mask in front of her in order to remind her that it was just a movie and he was not going to hurt her . </P> <P> The late night scenes caused issues with the cast . Garlan Wilde, a gaffer for the film, was injured during the scene between Brady and the Shape when he dropped a light and accidentally slit his wrists . He was rushed to the hospital . In addition, while filming the rooftop scene, Ellie Cornell cut her stomach open on a large nail while sliding down the roof, though she continued filming the scene despite losing a sizable amount of blood . During most of the night scenes, Donald Pleasence became so cold that he wore a hat for most of the scenes, unbeknownst to the crew . This caused over six hours of footage to be re-shot . The shoot lasted about 41 days and Ellie Cornell and Danielle Harris were required to be on set for 36 of those days . </P> <P> During filming, it was considered that the customized 1975 Captain Kirk mask be reused for this film . However, the mask was long gone and a new one was purchased from a local costume shop . The producers wanted to test and see what it would look like without the edits . The school scene was filmed and when reviewing the producers did not like how the mask turned out . It was allegedly customized again but did not live up to the original, and the producers felt it was too old and went for a new mask . Some scenes had to be re-shot with the new mask . The only scene left in is when Loomis is thrown through a glass door; as Michael comes up behind him, the unaltered face and blonde hair is visible . </P> <P> After viewing the film's rough cut, director Dwight H. Little and producer Moustapha Akkad decided that the film's violence was too soft, and so an extra day of "blood filming" commenced . Special effects make - up artist John Carl Buechler (director of Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood) was brought in to create the thumb in the forehead kill and neck - twisting of the redneck seen in the film's final cut . </P>

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