'But yes, Debra was also working within a male-dominated industry, and what the film needed was three basic types. So therefore you had the flirty cheerleader and the sarcastic, cynical one. And then you had Laurie Strode, who was the serious student, the romantic, the virgin'. 

'I'm just trying to find the right tools and toys and make a fun movie. I sat down with her at a coffee shop in Beverly Hills, and it was very funny because [of] how recognized she is in a world I don't necessarily inhabit. 

'But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove. He returns to his quiet hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he looks for his next victims'.

'So it was cool to be able to take that character full circle to a sequence we have on the playground where she has a very similar, protective moment with kids on a playground. It was fun to be able to see her role reversal, her maturity as a character.'

'She was fun. In the 1978 film, you see that moment with her and Tommy upstairs in the hallway after their confrontation with Michel Myers, PTFE-Based and Non-Asbestos Gasket Cutting Projects Laurie is pleading with them to get out of the house and go get help, and she's their protector. 

She said: 'Well, it was a different world and hindsight is what college professors get paid for. But my feeling is that Debra Hill [the movie's late producer] was a feminist and that Laurie Strode is a feminist hero'.

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