14. “SHUT THE FACE UP”: Watch a TV edit of an R-rated movie, you fairy godmother.

While the Halloween TV cut is an edited version of the 1978 movie with limited gore, not that Halloween had much, and re-dubbed swear words. That left around 12 minutes to extend the film, and luckily, John Carpenter was on the set of Halloween II.

The new moments hint at the revelation of the second movie, as we see that Michael has written “sister” on a door, there are moments in the high school, Dr. Loomis discusses young Michael’s dangerous nature at Smith’s Grove, Loomis talking to young Michael about fooling the doctors but not him as they move him to minimum security, and a moment where “Lynda visits Laurie Strodes at home and borrows a blouse just as Annie calls trying to borrow the same blouse.” Also, the final confrontation with Michael was retooled so you can only hear the gunshots and not see the shooting.

All of this footage was re-worked into an extended edition for home video.

There was once a TV edit of Halloween II that had tons of differences, too. There’s a messy cut of Mrs. Elrod’s death, as, instead of seeing the blood on her hands, the camera cuts to Michael’s face. This moment was taken from Michael killing Karen at the hospital, so he looks as if he’s in green lighting, unlike the rest of this scene.

According to 45 Lampkin Lane, there’s also:

• A deleted scene of Janet and Jimmy talking to one another in the hallways. Janet informs Jimmy that Laurie cracked a bone and that she’s going to have a scar on her shoulder. Jimmy asks if she’s still awake, to which Janet replies that Dr. Mixter gave her a double dose. “If she can keep her eyes open, she’s made out of steel.”
• Bud’s filthy version of “Amazing Grace” is changed to “Amazing grace, come show me your face. Don’t make me cry, I tell no lie.”
• An added scene where Jimmy tells Karen that he’s going to see the Ben Tramer car crash.
• The hammer killing Mr. Garrett is removed.
• A less gross take of the autopsy of Ben Tramer.
• A dream sequence where Laurie, as her younger self, meets Michael at the sanitarium.
• Karen’s death is less intense.
• The theatrical cut ends after Laurie gets into the ambulance. On TV, a white sheet rises inside the ambulance, but it’s Jimmy. They smile at one another as the ambulance drives away.

Here’s the original 1981 airing with commercials!