Insane killer Michael Myers (Dick Warlock) entered a home where an elderly couple named the Elrods lived (the husband was asleep in front of the television, playing Romero""sNight of the Living Dead (1968)).Zira quickly identified and answered the first question, prompting Dixon to say: "She seems to be pretty smart.A so-called ""director""s cut"" version of the film, threatened with an NC-17 rating when submitted to the MPAA ratings board in 1993 prior to a re-release in 1994, held up the film""s re-release for many months.In the next scene, a taxicab delivers he aging Riedenschneider, his face half-hidden to raise curiosity, o a questionnable neighborhood (according to the driver) composed of run-down warehouses - specifically to the establishment of a slimy, bow-tied bookie named Cobby (Marc Lawrence).He expresses reverence for the hunt with its various rituals.His all-male code, expressed in sexual slang, emphasizes he quickness with which the prey (or enemy target) in life is taken "with one shot" - to avoid cruelty.