<P> After viewing Carpenter 's film Assault on Precinct 13 ( 1976 ) at the Milan Film Festival , independent film producer Irwin Yablans and financier Moustapha Akkad sought out Carpenter to direct a film for them about a psychotic killer that stalked babysitters . In an interview with Fangoria magazine , Yablans stated , `` I was thinking what would make sense in the horror genre , and what I wanted to do was make a picture that had the same impact as The Exorcist . '' Carpenter and his then - girlfriend Debra Hill began drafting a story originally titled The Babysitter Murders , but , as Carpenter told Entertainment Weekly , Yablans suggested setting the movie on Halloween night and naming it Halloween instead . </P>
<P> After viewing Carpenter 's film Assault on Precinct 13 ( 1976 ) at the Milan Film Festival , independent film producer Irwin Yablans and financier Moustapha Akkad sought out Carpenter to direct a film for them about a psychotic killer that stalked babysitters . In an interview with Fangoria magazine , Yablans stated , `` I was thinking what would make sense in the horror genre , and what I wanted to do was make a picture that had the same impact as The Exorcist . '' Carpenter and his then - girlfriend Debra Hill began drafting a story originally titled The Babysitter Murders , but , as Carpenter told Entertainment Weekly , Yablans suggested setting the movie on Halloween night and naming it Halloween instead . </P>
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Irwin Yablans
Irwin Yablans