Passes the Bechdel test
Halloween
2018. Directed by David Gordon Green, written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill and Jeff Fradley.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
12 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 10 scenes out of 121. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers (Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney), the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
- Released
- 19 Oct 2018
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Horror
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 67 / 100
- Awards
- 4 wins & 27 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Laurie 75 lines, woman
- Allyson 68 lines, woman
- Officer Hawkins 46 lines, man
- Dr. Sartain 42 lines, man
- Shanah 41 lines, woman
- Aaron 39 lines, man
- Vicky 39 lines, woman
- Cameron 31 lines, man
- Dana 29 lines, woman
- Dave 25 lines, man
Full cast, 50 people
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode
- Judy Greer as Karen
- Andi Matichak as Allyson
- James Jude Courtney as The Shape
- Nick Castle as The Shape
- Haluk Bilginer as Dr. Sartain
- Will Patton as Officer Hawkins
- Rhian Rees as Dana Haines
- Jefferson Hall as Aaron Korey
- Toby Huss as Ray
- Virginia Gardner as Vicky
- Dylan Arnold as Cameron Elam
- Miles Robbins as Dave
- Drew Scheid as Oscar
- Jibrail Nantambu as Julian
- Michael Harrity as Warden Kuneman
- William Matthew Anderson as Guard Haskell
- Diva Tyler as Caretaker
- Brien Gregorie as Father
- Vince Mattis as Lumpy
- Omar J. Dorsey as Sheriff Barker
- Pedro Lopez as Lynch
- Charlie Benton as Officer Richards
- Christopher Allen Nelson as Officer Francis
- Teresa Ann Johnson as Onlooker
- Jonathan Bruce as News Reporter
- Charlie Donadio as Corey
- Stephanie Butts as Shameel
- Davol Garrett as Stanford
- Michael Smallwood as Hunky Doctor
- Carmela McNeal as Sexy Nurse
- Miguel Macario Mata as Cowboy Kid
- Kurt Deimer as Teller
- Chris Holloway as Officer #1
- Roger Antonio as Officer #2
- Jacob M. Arnold as Pirate Kid
- Sophia Miller as Young Karen
- Colin Mahan as Loomis (voice)
- P. J. Soles as Teacher (voice)
- Angela Anderson as Nurse (uncredited)
- Marian Green as Gina Panchella / Sandwich Woman (uncredited)
- W.F. Bell as Community Center Member (uncredited)
- Willie Tyrone Ferguson as Police Officer / CSI (uncredited)
- Johnny Price as Criminally Insane Patient (uncredited)
- Aaron Christian Paderewski as Mechanic (uncredited)
- Omar Azimi as Mental Patient (uncredited)
- Rob Niter as Deputy Sheriff Walker (uncredited)
- Anthony Woodle as Onlooker (uncredited)
- Ross Bacon as Lance Tivoli (uncredited)
- Sandy Johnson as Judith Myers (archive footage)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 121
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 to 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 25 | 13 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 to 18 | 9 | 6 |
| 19 to 21 | 28 | 20 |
| 22 to 24 | 14 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 to 33 | 32 | 28 |
| 34 to 36 | 2 | 15 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 to 42 | 6 | 1 |
| 43 to 45 | 3 | 1 |
| 46 to 48 | 4 | 4 |
| 49 to 51 | 11 | 11 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 5 |
| 55 to 57 | 13 | 11 |
| 58 to 60 | 6 | 8 |
| 61 to 63 | 10 | 1 |
| 64 to 66 | 6 | 6 |
| 67 to 69 | 10 | 10 |
| 70 to 72 | 2 | 4 |
| 73 to 75 | 6 | 12 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 2 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 1 |
| 82 to 84 | 5 | 5 |
| 85 to 87 | 11 | 39 |
| 88 to 90 | 10 | 4 |
| 91 to 93 | 9 | 19 |
| 94 to 96 | 2 | 1 |
| 97 to 99 | 7 | 6 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 7 |
| 103 to 105 | 5 | 9 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 7 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 2 |
| 112 to 114 | 3 | 0 |
| 115 to 117 | 7 | 2 |
| 118 to 120 | 8 | 0 |
| 121 to 121 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
SHANAH: I rescheduled my last session, so I'll be able to make it tonight. ALLYSON: You didn't have to do that. It's not that big of a deal.
ALLYSON: My mom is a liar. She told me she invited my Grandmother tonight but she didn't. VICKY: How do you know? ALLYSON: She never even called her.
VICKY: What's your mom's deal? Why would she say that? ALLYSON: She just tries to keep me away from her. Says she turns into a nutcase this time of year. VICKY: Your grandmother is Laurie Strode. If I were her I wouldn't celebrate either. I'd put up a Christmas tree instead. Just skip over all the sp… VICKY: Does she ever talk around it?
ALLYSON: No. I think people made up the bit about them being related because it made them feel better. Like it couldn't happen to anyone. VICKY: To have a bunch of your friends get slaughtered by some random crazy person... how awful.
VICKY: Yes, please. ALLYSON: Go for it.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 47 are women's.
264 lines from women, 295 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
12 women and 25 men in the cast. 6 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 595.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 19 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 44% of the words (2,926), men 56% (3,745). Women have 47% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
36
Two men
29
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Gordon Green (man)
- Written by
- David Gordon Green (man), Danny McBride (man), Jeff Fradley (man)
- Produced by
- Jason Blum (man), Malek Akkad (man), Bill Block (man)
- Shot by
- Michael Simmonds (man)
- Edited by
- Timothy Alverson (man)
- Music by
- John Carpenter (man), Cody Carpenter (man), Daniel Davies (man)
- Production design by
- Richard A. Wright (man)
- Costumes by
- Emily Gunshor (woman)
- Cast by
- Sarah Domeier Lindo (woman), Terri Taylor (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
10 women, 11 men, 4 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 17 men
-
Art
3 women, 4 men, 8 not listed
-
Other crew
6 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men, 8 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 0 men, 10 not listed
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Writing
1 women, 4 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 40 on average. Men: 59 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Andi Matichak 24, Rhian Rees 32, Judy Greer 43, Jamie Lee Curtis 59
Men
Jefferson Hall 40, Toby Huss 51, James Jude Courtney 61, Haluk Bilginer 64, Will Patton 64, Nick Castle 71
Exhibit H: the money
It made 26.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $260 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 121 scenes and 595 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
