Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Nancy Kyes
Audio problem: While Lynda is filing her nails just as Michael enters the scene wearing a sheet and glasses, the sound of her filing continues despite her pausing.
Audio problem: When Laurie's crying near the end her mouth isn't moving in sync with the audio.
Factual error: There's no way that the knife that killed Bob was long enough to go through his body and impale the wall behind him. And a butcher knife cannot "pin" a human body to a wall and just stay put, they aren't strong enough.
Brackett: You know, it's Halloween. I guess everyone's entitled to one good scare.
Trivia: Michael Myers' mask is a Captain Kirk mask painted white with ruffled hair and a few other tweaks. William Shatner has said that he's never received any royalties from this franchise for using his likeness.
Question: Where did all of the kids' parents go that required babysitters for the entire night? Seems like a small town such as Haddonfield would not have many options.
Answer: Annual Halloween party as evidenced in the following instalment. Dr Mixtner was drunk and was at a party. The Strodes were also at a party, the same one if I recall correctly as the doctor.
Also we only SEE two families have babysitters. Other families could have had babysitters. We just don't see this. (I'm not sure if this adds anything additionally to the question asked, tho).
And why did Laurie's parents not come to the hospital? Did they not know she was there, even after the news release about the attack?
Answer: There are only two families that hire babysitters in the film, the Doyle and Wallace families. Where they went is never explained, but it could be potentially anywhere. They could have gone on a trip out of town for the night, they don't have to be in Haddonfield.
BaconIsMyBFF
Where did it state this was all night? It could have been a few hours. Remember that in the next one, it is still the same night and stays night through the entire movie.