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Michael Myers is heavily regarded as horror's most iconic figure. He is notorious for igniting the slasher genre and inspiring many other fictional killers in pop culture, most notably Jason Voorhees. Even now over forty years later, he remains among if not the most popular fictional serial killer in horror history. It was Halloween II, and when I went in to interview for the stunt coordinator job, I told Debra I had never seen the original. “You should take a look at it,” she said. “It’s a continuation.” At the end of the movie, I asked Debra if I could keep parts of the costume. She said, “Sure. We’re never going to do anything with this character again.” I took home the mask from the first Halloween, the mask from Halloween II, the coveralls, the scalpel, the butcher knife and Michael’s boots. All five of us went in and sat with the director and first assistant director. It came to me and one other guy, and ultimately the decision was based on who the filmmakers wanted to hang out with over the next two months. The other guy had a bit of a spark in his eye. You got the sense he could go off at any second. I'm a pretty chill guy. And I was Donna’s first recommendation.

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Mane played Michael Myers in Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009) , the two-film, 2000s reboot written and directed by Rob Zombie. In the first two Halloween films, Michael's iconic white mask was in reality a Captain Kirk mask, repainted and with its features removed. The mask itself was derived from a cast of William Shatner's face done for the 1975 horror film The Devil's Rain. There is an unwritten rule in the Halloween films that Michael Myers does not kill children. There is no real explanation for this, as we've seen Michael dispatch teenagers, adults, and even animals without prejudice. It seems particularly odd Michael would draw the line at children when his whole purpose in life is killing. We do, however, see numerous instances when he chooses not to kill children. For example, Michael spares both Tommy and Lindsey when he could have easily killed them in the original film. In Halloween (2018), Michael encounters a baby crying in their crib, and he leaves them alive even though killing them before their crying could draw unwanted attention would have been in his best interest. Regenerative Healing Factor: In Halloween (1978), Michael gets his left eye poked out, but in Halloween II (1981) which takes place that same night, his left eye appears to be just fine and by the end of the film, both of his eyes are shot out with a gun. However, in Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (1998), both of his eyes are fully recovered (along with his skin which was burned in H2).

I don't think anyone could have predicted what Halloween has become. When I saw it, I thought it was a great, scary horror film. Once it was available to watch at home, I discovered not only my friends loved it, but my friends’ parents loved it, as well. That’s when I first realized it was a big deal—and the popularity grew year and after year. When they made the sequel, you just knew it was going to be huge. I researched infamous serial killers, such as John Wayne Gacy and The BTK Killer. Is a stone cold killer really just a stone cold killer? Or is there more to these people? The Great British Baking Show': Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith Sent the Wrong Baker Home during "Party Week" I used basic mindfulness concepts. I tried to let go of any preconceived idea and just be empty, which was difficult because Michael Myers had been around for 40 years at this point. To perform him, you can’t look from the outside in. You have to just feel it. There are lots of firefighters, cops and service members who are fans. A lot of working class people, too, and horror fandom is how they choose to spend their time and money. They have me sign photos, knives, masks, action figures. They discuss the kill scenes with you in excruciating detail.

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We didn’t model Michael Myers after Frankenstein or any classic horror character. I put no pretty much zero thought into playing the role. I asked John, “What do you want out of this walk?” And he would say, “Just walk.” The first is the natural discomfort people feel when they encounter someone in a mask. People often associate masks with fear, and it's because they play on an inherent fear of the unknown. A mask is usually designed to mimic human visages and expressions, but they are emotionless and hide the truth of what is beneath them. Even if the mask is pleasant or beautiful, it can still be unsettling. For that reason, masked killers in horror films became a staple. Concealing the identity of a person makes them even more terrifying, right?Armstrong plays the 1978 version of The Shape in Halloween Kills , the most recent film in the franchise. (Meta, I know.) Immortality: In the Thorn timeline, Michael survives multiple fatal events such as being blown up, shot multiple times and acids. I called upon my spiritual work to inhabit the role. I’ve done lots of shamanic work — doing peyote with a North American shaman, ayahuasca with a shaman in South American and ibogaine with a shaman in Africa.