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Halloween: The Original Story of Michael Myers

October 20, 2023 • Ken Palmer • Episode 31

Trick..or treat.. or DIE! Journey through Halloween '78, Halloween 2, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and the 6th installment.. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as we take a deep dive into the original story of The Shape himself. We review every Halloween movie from the original timeline, plus we also briefly discuss the long lost tome- the Halloween novelization book by Curtis Richards, which fills in a ton of gaps in Michael's story in Halloween '78. Taking Shape: Developing Halloween From Script to Scream is also a huge recommend!

We begin with John Carpenter's 1978 accidental masterpiece ,'Halloween,' which took the world by storm, giving birth to the embodiment of evil, the Shape, the Boogeyman, Michael Myers himself. We discuss the entire original story of Michael Myers as told by Halloween '78, Halloween 2, 3, 4, 5, and the Revenge of Michael Myers! We take a deep dive into the Haddonfield slasher, the mythos surrounding Michael and how the Shape was born, and the Halloween films, plus a ton of behind the scenes trivia, what could have been, and a lot more fun facts! Find out how Michael Myers became a titan of the American horror zeitgeist!

To 1981 we go & we have Halloween II (2) , directed ALMOST by David Lynch but ends up in the hands of Rick Rosenthal, screenplay by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, and after the original cut was viewed by the master himself, 11 + minutes were reshot by Carpenter and that gave us the theatrical version of the film.

Halloween 3: Season of the Witch famously omits Myers in favor of the original anthology idea, but after bombing at the box office our babysitter stalker was back in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)! The Boogeyman awakes on Halloween Eve with vengeance on his mind after hearing he has lineage still alive, 7 year old Jamie! Michael returns to Haddonfield, following the true curve-ball of a story line from the 2nd installment of the Halloween franchise. Buckle your seatbelts, because it gets even weirder..

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989). The Shape returns to Haddonfield once more in the craziest installment yet, w/director Dominique Othenin-Girard taking Michael Myers to territory off the beaten path and into the great unknown- druids, cults, and the Thorn! DOG also was brought on for Halloween Kills (2021) as the AD, which is just one of the cool facts and trivia we explore in the Halloween franchise on this episode!

The finale of the original story of the '78 Michael Myers and Halloween... 1995's Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. Directed by Joe Chappelle we have the most insane entry in the entirety of the 13 movie Halloween franchise! The Cult of Thorn, the man in black, 2 VERSIONS of this movie, and Paul Rudd's cinematic debut all play a part in this wild ending to the original Michael Myer's story- don't miss it!

We walk you through the entire original story of the boogeyman himself, Michael Myers, starting in 1978 and ending up in 1995, uncovering facts, behind the scenes antics, why and how each movie was made, and just what drives the infamous Babysitter Murderer! We also get into fun Halloween trivia, this is truly a deep dive into one of the most iconic franchises in American cinematic history- come along with us horror, Halloween, and spooky season fans! Impress your friend group with knowing EVERYTHING about the OG Michael Myers! From the influence of Hitchcock on John Carpenter, to the behind-the-scenes disagreements on where the story should go, and even some extremely fun what-could-have-beens in directing and casting! But truthfully we navigate through the story of the scariest on-screen slasher of all time and get to the heart (or lack thereof) behind his story.

Michael Myers became an American horror fairy tale, journey with us to find out how.