Why this movie is rated "R"

ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE

When Jimmy is checking out Marion's house for an intruder swipes some beers from her fridge.

Laurie tells her students (about their upcoming field trip), "No musical sleeping bags, no booze, no drugs."

Laurie has wine in a restaurant, and guzzles down her glass after ordering a refill.

Charlie shoplifts a bottle of liquor from a store.

Laurie pulls a bottle of vodka from the freezer, pours herself a large "shot" and drinks it. Later, she drinks straight from the bottle.

BLOOD/GORE

We see Jimmy with an ice skate impaled into his face.

Another body falls out onto Marion.

Myers slits Marion's throat with a knife and the blood pours out.

We see some photos that show somewhat bloody victims and weapons.

We see Charlie with a corkscrew in his neck resulting in alot of blood.

Sarah's leg is bloody after Myers cuts her, later a dumb waiter slams onto her leg crushing it and her leg is very bloody after that.

John and Molly find and follow a large blood trail on the floor and then find Sarah, hollowed out, hanging from a lightbulb with the lightbulb inside her stomach.

We see a small pool of blood around Ronnie, who's just been shot, and Laurie picks up her hand from touching it and it's covered with blood.

When Will is stabbed and lifted from the floor is bloody and blood spills from his mouth.

We see blood dripping from a door knob.

Laurie and Myers are bloody toward the end of the movie.

Ronnie shows up who's quite bloody.

We see a freshly decapitated head.

DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE

Obviously Myers has both for killing everyone (he also steals a woman's old truck).

Laurie has a little for smothering and over protecting her 17-year-old son, who in turn doesn't go on the field trip and instead secretly stays at the school with his friends and girlfriend.

A teenager checking out a neighbor's house for an intruder swipes some beers from her fridge.

Charlie shoplifts a bottle of liquor from a store.

FRIGHTENING SCENES

Marion returns home and finds that someone has broken into her house. Going next door, she also hears some weird noises, but then returns to her home with Jimmy and his friend. Jimmy goes inside and tentatively walks around and is surprised when an in-wall ironing board suddenly falls from the wall. He then leaves, and Marion goes inside where she discovers that the power is out. We then see the killer back behind her, but she runs next door to discover that several people are dead. The killer then comes after her with a knife and slits her throat.

A mother and her young daughter sit in separate and closed stalls in a public rest stop restroom. Suddenly the mother hears the door close, someone grabs her purse and she partially sees Myers lurking about through the door hinge crack. When she thinks he's left, she slowly opens her stall door.

Laurie occasionally sees visions of Myers in the reflections in windows.

From the moment Myers finally gets onto the school grounds, the tension pretty much builds nonstop from that point on (especially as night falls).

Sarah goes looking for Charlie who's disappeared.

Charlie drops a corkscrew down into a sink's garbage disposal and reaches down to get it while Myers comes up behind him.

Sarah finds Charlie dead and must get inside a dumb waiter as Myers comes after her and eventually catches her.

John and Molly find and follow a large blood trail on the floor, leading to Sarah hanging from a light bulb.

Myers then chases them into a scene where they drop some keys after locking a gate and Myers ends up just feet from them, wildly swinging a knife.

From that point on, Myers chases after Laurie and company until the end, including several close calls between Myers and Laurie.

GUNS/WEAPONS

Knives: Used by Myers to Marion, Jimmy's friend, Sarah , and Will.

Handgun: Carried by Laurie and accidentally used by Will to shoot someone believed to be Myers.

Corkscrew: Used by Myers to kill Charlie.

Flagpole:Used by Laurie to impale Myers.

Handgun: Laurie grabs an officer's gun and takes an official van.

Axe: Used to decapitate someone.

IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR

Phrases: "F*ck me" (nonsexual), "Sucky" and "Shut up."

Charlie shoplifts a bottle of liquor from a store.

Sarah tells Mr. Brennan that they are going to "pick up some guys, drop some rufies in their drinks, have a whole date rape evening."

JUMP SCENES

Marion and suddenly runs into Jimmy and his friend.

Ronnie turns and is surprised by John and Charlie.

Some kids startle Laurie on the street, and later some accidentally bang against a restaurant window

John suddenly grabs Molly while she's walking through the school's basement.

Norma startles Laurie

Keri and Will opens a door to reveal Ronnie standing there.

Myers grabs Molly as they start to run away.

PROFANITY

More than 25 "f" words, 21 "s" words, 1 slang term for male genitals ("d*ck"), 3 hells, 2 asses, 1 crap, 1 damn, and 3 uses each of "Oh my God" and "Oh God," 2 uses each of "Jesus" and "God" and 1 use each of "G-damn" and "Christ" as exclamations.

SEX/NUDITY

Charlie mentions that their foursome could have an orgy if they don't go on the field trip, and late he responds to the query of "What's the plan?" by saying "animal sex."

Laurie tells her students (about their upcoming field trip), "No musical sleeping bags, no booze, no drugs."

Ronnie reads his wife some passages of his soft core erotic novel over the phone (suggestive stuff, not explicit -- "She took off her clothes revealing her femininity...I want to invade every part of your being...." ).

Will kisses Laurie on her chest (she's still clothed).

When searching for Charlie, Sarah says, "No sex games until I've eaten."

SMOKING

Marion is a chain smoker... Sarah also is smoking when Mr. Brennan knocks on their door.

VIOLENCE

Myers kills three people, one with an ice skate jammed into the face, another with a knife in the back, and the third by slitting the person's throat (after that person repeatedly hit him with a fireplace poker).

We see that Myers has killed Charlie (we only see the bloody results), and he slices a knife at Sarah, cutting her leg.

After Myers cuts the rope, a dumb waiter crushes Sarah's leg.

Myers pins Sarah's head to the floor and then repeatedly stabs her (we hear, but don't see, the impact).

Later, we see her hanging in another room.

Myers grabs Molly, and John repeatedly punches him until Myers stabs him in the leg. Molly then picks up a rock and hits Myers with it.

Will grabs Laurie's gun and repeatedly shoots Ronnie coming around the corner (whom he thought was Myers).

Myers stabs a knife into Will and lifts them from the ground with it.

Myers breaks through a door and Laurie clocks him with a fire extinguisher.

Laurie smashes the security gate control.

Laurie puts an axe in Myers' shoulder and he slices her with a knife, and she then gets him with a flagpole.

She then throws kitchen knives at him before stabbing him several times.

Myers flies through the windshield of a van, and is then hit by the van that moments later careens down a cliff smashing that person against a tree.

Myers is decapitated.