He really wasn't joking, but that was more than the kid needed to know. And if they WERE somehow in the middle of a demon infestation, knowing probably would only scare Howard.

So Sam grinned, with every bit of skill he had for lying with his face. He'd been doing it since long before he was Howard's age. "Well, it's been a long time since I've seen the movie, but I'm relatively sure it wasn't the entire town."