In Halloween H2O (1998), Norma is played by Janet Leigh, who played Marion in Psycho (1960). She also owns the same car as Marion.

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KKW_KMG · 2021-04-15T10:31:18+00:00

Janet Leigh is also Jamie Lee Curtis' mother.

GreyStagg · 2021-04-15T10:30:24+00:00

You missed out (to me) the best thing about this. A piece of the score from Psycho plays when Norma first walks towards the car.

Raggedy-Man · 2021-04-15T11:41:52+00:00

Marion = I Norma

Checks out

Orion_possibly · 2021-04-15T15:22:55+00:00

There are several layers of references in this once scene

Janet Leigh is the real life mother of Jamie Lee Curtis.
Janet Leigh plays Marion Crane in Psycho (1960), and in this scene in Halloween H20 (1998) Leigh’s character, Norma, is driving the same car has her character, Marion, in Psycho
A small section of the score from Psycho is played when Norma gets out of her car Halloween H20
Leigh’s character in Halloween H20 is named Norma after “The Mother” character in Psycho, Norma Bates. Not to be confused with her son, Norman Bates

Future_Victory · 2021-04-15T11:47:10+00:00

Marion has come back from the dead! Maybe she took revenge on Norman Bates off-screen? Who knows

mayoroftuesday · 2021-04-15T13:10:53+00:00

Was she Jim Carey’s secretary in Liar Liar?

lanceturley · 2021-04-15T12:00:12+00:00

The car looks great! Slight water damage, though.

feebleposition · 2021-04-15T12:38:27+00:00

Man, I have this movie downloaded and have yet to watch it. I recently have been going back and watching all the old scary movies. Halloween, FT13th, NOES, etc. This movie is next on my list!

Dead by Daylight inspired me haha

rxsuperhero · 2021-04-15T13:11:35+00:00

The 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 two door hardtop. Beautiful!!!

obeythed · 2021-04-15T13:40:57+00:00

They’re also in The Fog together

Bullbladder · 2021-04-15T14:43:26+00:00

Also if you listen to the music as she walks toward the car, it sounds just like the Psycho theme music.

bbuck96 · 2021-04-15T13:34:33+00:00

Why is it that the only license plate I can remember is KFBR-392?

D-List-Supervillian · 2021-04-15T15:49:47+00:00

Alternate universe where she didn't stop at that hotel.

duckerby-6 · 2021-04-15T12:23:39+00:00

That's a really cool detail /Easter egg.

Better than a lot of stuff that seems to crop up on this sub which is often interpreting meaning? (no offense)

Architect81 · 2021-04-15T12:45:20+00:00

Its her mum as well

ProbablyASithLord · 2021-04-15T15:59:24+00:00

I just watched psycho for the first time and was soo impressed. It holds up so well as a horror movie, and you can immediately spot the scene that Tarantino adapts for pulp fiction, which is pretty neat.

Sgtwhiskeyjack9105 · 2021-04-15T16:25:19+00:00

I would have assumed the fact that Janet Leigh is Jamie Lee Curtis' mother would have been mentioned also.

2021-04-15T15:16:45+00:00

Also JLC’s real mom.

DeusoftheWired · 2021-04-15T15:44:10+00:00

Leigh was also the inspiration for Ari Aster to name Ellen Leigh in Hereditary.

Christmas_Panda · 2021-04-15T12:06:28+00:00

By chance do you think it was the actress' personal vehicle?

alemanimani · 2021-04-15T10:25:26+00:00

Awesome

ian007i · 2021-04-15T17:07:36+00:00

Thats some serious boomer shit right there

digitaleJedi · 2021-04-15T13:08:18+00:00

Is she a teapot?

PM_Nightly · 2021-04-15T13:41:30+00:00

Now THIS is a movie detail!

2021-04-15T13:51:56+00:00

Now THIS is a movie detail!

raudssus · 2021-04-15T13:54:09+00:00

Wow............... the best Movie Detail so far. That is fantastic!

ExtracurricularLoan · 2021-04-15T13:54:46+00:00

Outfit reminds me of “Vertigo”

ravageprimal · 2021-04-15T14:19:00+00:00

She was in a really good episode of Columbo

soulless-tomato · 2021-04-15T14:21:33+00:00

dang. janet just can't get away from these serial murderers can she

redditor_aborigine · 2021-04-15T14:24:01+00:00

Marion Crane was an especially unappealing character.

1ncitatus · 2021-04-15T14:40:09+00:00

That's a good one.

slardybartfast8 · 2021-04-15T14:46:08+00:00

This is a really good one. I love it. Thanks OP

Mild-Ghost · 2021-04-15T14:56:29+00:00

Still the dumbest name for a horror sequel.

2021-04-15T14:58:38+00:00

Alternate timeline where Marion gets away with the money and changes her identity?

ghandi3737 · 2021-04-15T15:03:23+00:00

So she became mother?

thepotawatomi · 2021-04-15T15:04:14+00:00

Bad mom's take no responsibility and get all the credit. I'll Lynch this b**** because you won't.

ReservoirDolphin · 2021-04-15T15:11:32+00:00

Though pretty much all subtlety was ripped away when they played the music from Psycho in the scene.

SeptemberEnded · 2021-04-15T16:00:05+00:00

We’re all entitled to one good scare.

martiandude00 · 2021-04-15T16:18:28+00:00

I think they just reused a prop there buddy.

Obandigo · 2021-04-15T16:41:42+00:00

1957 Ford Custom 300, if anyone is wondering.

Anna_Clayton · 2021-04-15T17:05:48+00:00

auto for centuries :)

wixsta · 2021-04-15T17:28:18+00:00

KFBR392

MooneyGWhiz · 2021-04-15T17:34:34+00:00

So, funny Janet Leigh story, whom I met right about this time (we were sat next to each other at a luncheon for reasons not relevant to the story). She was telling everyone at the table how exciting it was that suddenly, years after Psycho, she was suddenly a hot property again and getting asked to do all kinds of interesting things (like this film). “That’s so great,” said I, then proceeding to put my foot firmly in my mouth, “It’s like everything old is new again.” Knew the second it came out of my mouth what an asinine thing that was to say. She froze for a second. “Well, yes... I suppose...”, she said, then turned away. Didn’t say another thing to me for the entire meal—rightly so. I spent the rest of the meal mentally slapping myself upside the head.

DADDYR0UNDR0UND · 2021-04-15T17:43:43+00:00

Idk if it’s been said but they play a version of the psycho song as she gets in her car and drives away

SantosTNT · 2021-04-15T17:51:29+00:00

r/HolUp

TheDivine_MissN · 2021-04-15T17:53:09+00:00

I love this little Easter egg.

Gabecush1 · 2021-04-15T18:43:01+00:00

There more then one

Xeviic · 2021-04-15T18:46:45+00:00

And she says that there is a problem with the showers

Fallenangel152 · 2021-04-15T18:55:33+00:00

Anyone else been calling this movie Halloween aich-two-oh for 20 years? Found out a few years ago that it's Halloween H-twenty because it was released 20 years after the original.

FapplePie85 · 2021-04-15T19:02:14+00:00

Halloween H20 is not nearly as shitty as people say.

Kohgahn · 2021-04-15T19:49:52+00:00

Also, the Psycho theme song plays when she returns to her car.

Elysian-Visions · 2021-04-15T19:56:13+00:00

And Norma is a play on Norman (Bates).

flakk14 · 2021-04-15T21:14:47+00:00

All in the little deets

Phan2112 · 2021-04-15T21:15:34+00:00

So we now know that somewhere, Norman Bates and Busta Rhymes exist in the same universe.

amayagab · 2021-04-15T21:38:00+00:00

Finally, some good fucking Movie Details

tealfan · 2021-04-15T22:23:27+00:00

And she's probably carrying embezzled money in that purse as well!

Dabrigstar · 2021-04-15T23:09:00+00:00

Dammit, according to Halloween canon, this movie no longer exists!

2021-04-15T23:31:22+00:00

is it just me, or did anyone else think it was christopher walken in the top photo for a second?

kyler32291 · 2021-04-16T00:46:04+00:00

There's a great Halloween podcast. "In Myers we Trust With Gyers and Rust. It's Matt Gourley and Paul Rust. Heh.

kimkardashean · 2021-04-16T00:51:31+00:00

Is this woman also Fletchers secretary in Liar Liar?

D_NEEVES_201 · 2021-04-16T00:51:55+00:00

Never noticed that before.

BigLebowski0324 · 2021-04-16T11:57:05+00:00

H2O was seriously underrated IMO. They had little Easter eggs like that, that show the writers really put a lot of thought into the script they were making. Unlike the majority of “rush it on out” so we can make a dollar sequels that we get these days. Also bringing back nurse Chambers was a nice addition. The two worst things about Halloween H2O were A: Josh Hartnett’s unibrow and try to hard to look “edgy” greasy messy hair and B: Creed’s “What’s This Life For” closing out the end credits. Halloween H2O received a lot of scrutiny for seeming to much like another Scream movie which were popular at the time, rather than sticking to its more traditional roots which is what made Halloween a successful franchise in the first place. We already had the latest Scream movie plus the I Know What You Did Last Summer series and Urban Legends.

bigbubbuzbrew · 2021-04-16T19:05:01+00:00

Halloween CO2 rumored to be in discussions with Greta Thunberg as the "lead" character.

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