Outside of the horror genre, theres only one human character who never ages, never slows down and can survive being shot, stab, burned, electrocuted, run over and thrown down a mine shaft. That man is Logan, aka Wolverine. Myers and Wolverine are cut from the same cloth: both have dark, disturbing pasts, both like sharp objects and theyve both been played by Brad Loree, who did stunts on Halloween: Resurrection and X2. Unlike Wolverine, Myers invulnerability is attributed to the notion that you cant kill the Bogeyman a cop out if ever there was one. Far more credible is the idea that the CIA took inspiration from William Stryker and gave Myers an adamantium skeleton coupled with animal-keen senses. This is not outside the bounds of credibility adamantium was introduced in July 1969, when pre-pubescent Michael was locked away in Smiths Grove sanitarium.
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.'
