Wayne Byrne is an Irish author and film historian. His books include Welcome to Elm Street:: Inside the Film and Television Nightmares, Walter Hill: The Cinema of a Hollywood Maverick, and Hired Guns: Portraits of Women in Alternative Music, amongst others.He has written on film, music, and literature for a variety of publications such as Hot Press Magazine, The Irish Times, Film Ireland, Books Ireland, and The Dark Side.

• Acknowledgments ixIntroduction xi“Halloween”: No Slash in the Pan by Tony Timpone xiii1 The Night Horror Came Home 12 Santa Mira, Silver Shamrocks, Samhain, andStonehenge: We’re Not in Haddonfield Anymore! 433 Severing Family Ties 594 A New Dimension 1265 All in the Family 1946 Evil Dies Tonight: Halloween Lives Forever 216Index

Through candid conversations with author Wayne Byrne, a variety of directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, composers, and actors from across the Halloween films offer exclusive insights into their careers, their unique aesthetic approaches, and their experiences of working on one of the most celebrated horror franchises within the history of American Cinema.