This Tuesday, the
Halloween II: 30th Anniversary Edition made its Blu-ray debut. Already the release has stirred up controversy as it appears that executive producer Moustapha Akkad has had his name removed from the credits of the film. A credit once reading "Moustapha Akkad Presents" has been replaced with "Universal, an MCA Company, Presents." According to those
who have seen the Blu-ray, the new change appears in a noticeably different style from the rest of the film's credits.
Ryan Turek, managing editor at
ShockTillYouDrop.com recently contacted Moustapha's son Malek regarding the change, and the younger Akkad had some harsh words. Malek commented that "It's disgusting...It's a disgrace, obviously, bias, objectively, any horror fan would find this as an insult to the man who has done so much to the series. And to come after his tragic death, he's not even around to defend himself. It's classless. I'm talking to Universal now and they're 'looking into it.' "
Adding to the confusion is the inconsistency of the credit change; while the film proper contains the altered version, the Blu-ray packaging still displays the original "Moustapha Akkad Presents" credit.
Fans of
Halloween II have created a Facebook page
here calling for a boycott of the current Blu-ray.