Written by Sun Tzu, The Art Of War is the definitive text on strategy that explains the importance of planning, locating an enemys weak points and varying your tactics. Once youve destroyed your enemys transportation and communications, Sun Tzu claims, you can begin wearing them down with a war of attrition. This is clearly Michaels preferred style because he seems to enjoy stalking people more than he does actually killing them. Imagine the effort it takes to steal your sisters headstone, place it over a carefully arranged corpse, and then arrange for another two corpses to be found at key moments. Poor Jamie Lee Curtis never knew what hit her. Given how easy it was for Mikey to enter the hospital in Halloween II, youd think that locating Jamie would be a piece of cake, but no, Myers has to go all Sun Tzu and work his way through the supporting cast, killing them and leaving their bodies to be discovered later on. All this playfulness does is give Dr Loomis time to stage a rescue, proving that book-smart people arent so smart.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
