Daily Dialogue — October 31, 2013

Laurie: Was it the boogeyman?
Dr. Sam Loomis: As a matter of fact, it was.

— Halloween (1978), written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is Halloween, suggested by Bretton Zinger.

Trivia: The original script, titled “The Babysitter Murders”, had the events take place over the space of several days. It was a budgetary decision to change the script to have everything happen on the same day (doing this reduced the number of costume changes and locations required) and it was decided that Halloween, the scariest night of the year, was the perfect night for this to happen.

Dialogue on Dialogue: From Wikipedia:

A bogeyman (also spelled bogieman, or boogeyman) is a mythical creature in many cultures used by adults to frighten children into compliant behavior. The monster has no specific appearance, and conceptions about it can vary drastically from household to household within the same community; in many cases, he has no set appearance in the mind of an adult or child, but is simply a non-specific embodiment of terror. Parents may tell their children that if they misbehave, the bogeyman will get them. Bogeymen may target a specific mischief — for instance, a bogeyman that punishes children who suck their thumbs — or general misbehavior, depending on what purpose needs serving. In some cases, the bogeyman is a nickname for the Devil.

How many Nemesis figures in horror movies qualify as boogeymen?

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