The ‘Halloween’ Pinball Is a Love Letter to John Carpenter’s Movie

Rahul KumarJul 05, 2021Entertainment

If you’re a fan of pinball, John Carpenter’s Halloween, and have some cash to spend, you’re about to drop a lot of quarters. That’s because Spooky Pinball has provided us with all the details on their upcoming limited-edition Halloween pinball machine and it’s a beautiful love letter to John Carpenter’s movie.

The first thing you’ll notice is the amazing custom artwork by Jason Edmiston. As you’ll see on the back glass, cabinet side art, and inside the pin, Edmiston has created such memorable work that the pin is worth owning just to have his artwork on display. It’s almost too good to place other pinballs around this machine to block the side art.

While an amazing looking pinball is cool, it all comes down to the features of the game and, thankfully, Spooky Pinball has you covered as the pinball features:

Dual Inlane Lifters
Triple interactive Michael Hedge Toy
Four Custom Stainless Ramps
Judith Meyers Tombstone Drop Target Ball Lock
Lighted Jack-O-Lantern Drop bank
Three upper Playfields (One Playable Smith’s Grove Sanitarium Playfield, One Playable House Playfield, One Passive Playfield.)
360 Degree LED Flashers
Sculpted Pumpkin with 360 LED Flasher inside
Custom Metal Ball Drop Down Mech
Dual Spinner Loop
150 Interactive RGB Lighting.
Upper Playfield RGB Strip Lighting
Seven Physical Ball Locks

At this point some of you are already thinking how do I buy this machine? The main thing to know is they’re only making 1250 units of the Halloween pinball machine and three versions (Standard, Blood Sucker, and Collector’s Edition) each of which come with certain add ones. Obviously the more you spend the more you get. Also keep in mind it’s not 1250 units of each edition. It is 1250 machines total. So, if they sell all of them as collectors editions, they won’t make any of the other releases. In addition, Spooky Fang Club members get early access to game sales (sign up here). Right now the plan is for the games to go on sale at 9 a.m. central time on Wednesday July 7th.

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As you scroll further down the page you’ll see a lot more images, video, and specs on the different releases and the game rules. But before going any further, a pinball machine doesn’t happen without a lot of work behind-the-scenes. Here’s the team behind the game:

Game Design – Koris Barloff…
Game Animations- Ryan Policky
Game Code- David Fawzma
Licensing- David “Bunyip” van Es
Artwork- Jason Edmiston
Rules- Bug Emery and David Fawzma
Engineering- Spooky Luke
Wiring/ Nasty Nuts and Bolts- AJ
Custom Music- Matt “Count D” Montgomery
Sculpts- Matt Reister

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Halloween Game Rules:

Halloween Guide To Survival/Massacre

Use flippers to change location of skill shot. Then launch and shoot fast!
Lock a ball behind each hedge to start hedge multiball. Reveal Michael behind each hedge by shooting the left ramp. Then hurry to shoot Michael Jackpots! Shoot the Michael Super Jackpot to complete mode.
Shoot the right ramp to get to the Smith Grove Sanitarium Playfield. Then shoot the scoop to start Sanitarium Mode. Complete all red lit shots for Michael to escape! Then gather patients for super Jackpot.
When Hedge Multiball and Smith Grove Sanitarium have been visited, you can qualify House mode by shooting the center ramp twice. Now get to that uppermost playfield! Complete orbits to battle Michael and shoot the balcony to win! (Hold the flipper on the upper playfield orbit for a wicked combo;)
Start pumpkin modes by shooting either left or right orbit and clear the center drop target bank. Now shoot the pumpkin to start mode! Follow lit shots and directions to help Michael get victims/help Laurie Strode escape! By finishing each mode to full completion, Jack-O-Lantern Multiball will be lit.
After visiting Hedge Mode, Sanitarium, House Mode, and all Six Jack-O-Lantern Modes, Boogeyman (sub) Wizard mode will begin. Lock all 7 balls in the order given to you to complete Boogeyman Wizard mode, the enjoy your victory lap multiball!!
If you’ve completed all modes to their fullest extent, Night He Came Home Wizard mode will be lit.
1-4 Players

Halloween Price Plan/Features

Standard – $6995

$1,000 initial payment
No add ons
Built last

Blood Sucker Edition – $7995

$1500 initial payment
Built before all standards!
Clear plastic protectors
Interior graphics
Knocker kit installation
Shaker kit installation
Interactive RGB speaker kit and standard grill
Target decals
Coin box and lid
Powder coated to match bill acceptor ready door(bill acceptor not included)
Custom metallic flake powder coat
Blood Sucker Edition numbered plaque
Flipper button protective armor

Collector’s Edition – $8995

$2,000 initial payment
Built 1st!
Orange plastic protectors
Interior graphics
Knocker kit installation
Shaker kit installation
Coin box and lid
Target decals
Interactive RGB speaker kit and custom grills
Powder coated to match bill acceptor ready door (bill acceptor not included)
Custom gold vein powder coat
Custom laser cut side rails
Collector’s edition numbered plaque
Custom interactive lighted licensed topper
Custom sculpted shooter rod
Additional licensed decorative toy

Obviously, this is a lot of money and not aimed at the casual fan. But what I love about the exploding popularity of pinball the past few years are releases like this. If you haven’t been to your local barcade or pinball establishment, they’re popping up everywhere and there is nothing like playing pinball because no game is ever the same. Check out some video of the pinball below along with more images.

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