That alone sounds like a bad idea – they would’ve used body doubles and CG to recreate a young Laurie and Dr. Loomis.
Luckily, the new Halloween we got is a pretty dang good one. Gallery – 20 References To the Old Halloween in the New Halloween (SPOILERS!):
The Shape CHOKES Loomis, who struggles against the wall.
But a new report from Bloody Disgusting reveals Green and his co-writers, Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, almost took things a step further: changing the ending of Carpenter’s Halloween to kill off Loomis.