Jamie Lee Curtisis reflecting on past Halloweens with her late mom Janet Leigh.TheHalloween Killsactress, 62, posted a pair of black-and-white photos onInstagramSunday, including a snapshot that showed her curled up with Leigh on the couch with a trick-or-treat bag. Curtis is the daughter of actor Tony Curtis and thePsychoactress Leigh, whodied in 2004 at age 77.“HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I never felt HOTTER than when I went trick or treating as a little Dutch girl,” wrote Curtis. “When I was young we often had my birthday party on Halloween as my birthday isn’t for a month but because it falls near the Thanksgiving holiday and anyone who has a birthday near a holiday can attest you feel a little gypped because you’re friends can’t come.““I must’ve been around eight as I was missing my front teeth,” she continued. “Also my mother hired a professional photographer to get group and individual pictures of each of the kids in their costumes and the before at the early dinner and the after picture, where my sister, Kelly and I are exhausted from our candy hunt with our tired mom posing as a tired mom. The joys of innocence. The thrill of wearing a costume.““Can’t wait to see what people will wear this year. Be safe everyone,” concluded Curtis, adding, “Love and misses to my mother, the OG SCREAM QUEEN, Janet Leigh!“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Earlier in October, Curtisdressed up as her mom for the premiereof her latest filmHalloween Kills, wearing a light-blue dress and carrying a blood-spattered shower curtain to channel Leigh’s famous role as Marion Crane inPsycho.She completed the look with black heels, a black purse and a blonde wig like Leigh’s famousPsychohaircut.Amy Sussman/Getty Images"I am honoring my beautiful late mama, Janet Leigh, but … it’s a little more meta than that,” Curtis toldEntertainment Tonighton theHalloween Killsred carpet. “I am actually going asScarlett Johanssonas Janet Leigh in the movieHitchcock. So it’s meta because we never knew what color Janet Leigh’s dress was because it was a black-and-white movie.“Johanssonstarredas Leigh in the 2012 filmHitchcock,which tells the story of the making ofPsycho.“Now because of theHitchcockmovie, we know it was pale blue,” Curtis explained toET. “And mommy did a little DIY art project the other day. I was worried you would see this and just think I looked like a ’50s housewife. So I thought, you know, maybe I need a little bloody shower curtain.”
Jamie Lee Curtisis reflecting on past Halloweens with her late mom Janet Leigh.
TheHalloween Killsactress, 62, posted a pair of black-and-white photos onInstagramSunday, including a snapshot that showed her curled up with Leigh on the couch with a trick-or-treat bag. Curtis is the daughter of actor Tony Curtis and thePsychoactress Leigh, whodied in 2004 at age 77.
“HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I never felt HOTTER than when I went trick or treating as a little Dutch girl,” wrote Curtis. “When I was young we often had my birthday party on Halloween as my birthday isn’t for a month but because it falls near the Thanksgiving holiday and anyone who has a birthday near a holiday can attest you feel a little gypped because you’re friends can’t come.”
“I must’ve been around eight as I was missing my front teeth,” she continued. “Also my mother hired a professional photographer to get group and individual pictures of each of the kids in their costumes and the before at the early dinner and the after picture, where my sister, Kelly and I are exhausted from our candy hunt with our tired mom posing as a tired mom. The joys of innocence. The thrill of wearing a costume.”
“Can’t wait to see what people will wear this year. Be safe everyone,” concluded Curtis, adding, “Love and misses to my mother, the OG SCREAM QUEEN, Janet Leigh!”
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Earlier in October, Curtisdressed up as her mom for the premiereof her latest filmHalloween Kills, wearing a light-blue dress and carrying a blood-spattered shower curtain to channel Leigh’s famous role as Marion Crane inPsycho.She completed the look with black heels, a black purse and a blonde wig like Leigh’s famousPsychohaircut.
Amy Sussman/Getty Images
“I am honoring my beautiful late mama, Janet Leigh, but … it’s a little more meta than that,” Curtis toldEntertainment Tonighton theHalloween Killsred carpet. “I am actually going asScarlett Johanssonas Janet Leigh in the movieHitchcock. So it’s meta because we never knew what color Janet Leigh’s dress was because it was a black-and-white movie.”
Johanssonstarredas Leigh in the 2012 filmHitchcock,which tells the story of the making ofPsycho.
“Now because of theHitchcockmovie, we know it was pale blue,” Curtis explained toET. “And mommy did a little DIY art project the other day. I was worried you would see this and just think I looked like a ’50s housewife. So I thought, you know, maybe I need a little bloody shower curtain.”
source: people.com
