Halloween 2018: Everything We Know So Far
6. Michael Myers Is Going Back To His Roots
Michael Myers has been shot countless times, burned alive and even battered with a lead pipe by Paul Rudd at the lowest point in his slasher career. He's gained a reputation as an invincible killing machine over the years, but the next sequel will retcon his most outlandish elements.
Danny McBride has spoken at length about his vision for Halloween and explained how his screenplay takes Michael Myers back to his roots, which basically means he'll be a largely unseen figure that stalks prey from the shadows without rhyme or reason while unsettling piano music rings out.
The actor told Empire...
I think we’re just trying to strip it down and just take it back to what was so good about the original. It was just very simple and just achieved that level of horror that wasn’t corny. And it wasn’t turning Michael Myers into some supernatural being that couldn’t be killed - that stuff to me isn’t scary. I want to be scared by something that I really think could happen. I think it’s much more horrifying to be scared by someone standing in the shadows while you’re taking the trash out as opposed to someone who can’t be killed pursuing you.
So, in short, Halloween is going back to basics. Expect Myers's victims to catch fleeting glimpses of him lurking on the periphery while they take out the trash or hang out the washing, with the coup de graces coming out of nowhere, delivered by a Shape that's more fallible than his counterpart in Halloween IV onwards.