8 More Horror Movie Fan Theories That Make The Films Even Creepier
1. Psycho's Sam Loomis Is Michael Myers' Psychiatrist - Halloween
Sam Loomis isn’t really a popular name, so it popping up in both Psycho and Halloween has of course been chalked up to more than a mere homage. With a little bit of creativity, Dr. Loomis can easily be a part of both movie universes, with his humble beginnings being chronicled in Hitchcock’s seminal work as Marion Crane’s boyfriend.
In that story he serves as the man who discovers Norman Bates’s true identity, finding the killer dressed in his mother’s clothing and getting his stab on. Apprehending Norman and handing him over to the police - Loomis is some sort of hero, but it all comes too little, too late. Marion is already dead, and the guilt drives him to a life of redemption by taking on psychiatry as his new profession.
Training as a doctor, Loomis becomes Dr. Loomis, treating psychopaths over the country before one Michael Myers, a child that has killed his sister, comes under his care. He’s a young man in Hitchcock’s 1960s thriller and ages appropriately (if quite badly) by the time Halloween is released in 1978 - and Michael’s treatment is the closest he’s ever come to rehabilitating someone akin to Norman Bates.
Loomis reacts so viscerally to Michael’s escape and consequent killing spree as it parallels Norman’s state of mind, and he can’t bear to lose people to these murderers twice. He knows that the only thing that will stop Michael is killing him - which is why he irrationally pursues the guy for five freaking films.
It’s not professionalism, but obsession, born from experience.
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