She escaped before being burned alive, as Crawford and Graham led units of police squad cars to Dolarhyde""s residence and rescued her.A little later, screams brought he group up a spiral staircase to a second-story bedroom, where Chris found Shelly in an armoire with an axe embedded in his bloody forehead -- it was another of his annoying pranks to garner attention.Its director-writer team of Paul Verhoeven (known for earlier filmsRobocop (1987)andTotal Recall (1990)and thenShowgirls (1995)) and Joe Eszterhas (known forJagged Edge (1985)) created this exploitative, soft-porn, excessive, controversial film known for its negative portrayal of lesbianism, violence, initial X-rating, and voyeuristic, sensational, gratuitous sex.The young boy Danny Strode (Devin Gardner), who slept in Michael Myers"" bedroom, was experiencing nightmares of a knife-wielding Voiceman ("He says things, bad things"), and was comforted by his single mother Kara Strode (Marianne Hagan), Laurie Strode""s cousin.