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Mark Cerulli's "'Halloween' Unmasked 2000" is a 26-minute documentary from 2000 that takes behind the scenes into the making-of of the American cult classic Halloween that is producing sequels and spin-offs until this very day. You get to see director John Carpenter, some cast members and others elaborating on the production of the movie that always gains a lot of extra traction in late October, but is also pretty famous during the rest of the year. I personally haven't seen Halloween yet (I think), so it's really bound to happen soon I think, but admittedly this documentary here does not get me much more curious about it. We hear some solid references and information about the actual shooting of the film, also in terms of make-up and costumes including a little William Shatner reference, but the focus is mostly on the Michael Myers character. Also we hear some anecdotes from the cast what it was like to see the film themselves. Some of the anecdotes may be on a level where one does not need to be famous or associated with the project to tell such story, but it adds an element of normalcy and that makes it worth again. Many making-of documentaries do basically nothing but glorify their product (*cough*Game of Thrones*cough*), but not so this one here. It was the decent watch I expected and I give it a thumbs-up. Especially worth seeing for big Halloween fans (the film(s), not the event), but I suppose they probably did so anyway.

This special program is located on the special Restored edition of Halloween after the excellent movie starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis! Featuring in interviews in this brief making of the film Halloween are Dee Snider, Debra Hill, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle, P.J. Soles, Tommy Lee Wallace, Dean Cundey, Irwin Yablans, Joseph Wolf, Brian Andrews, and Moustapha Akkad. There are some amazing parts and facts of this feature. The Director and Composer John Carpenter and Co-Producer Debra Hill has a good amount of screen time on this feature so if you are one of their fans then this'll be good for you to check out! I thought that this was a great feature I strongly recommend the classic and thrilling film!