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Michael Myers is a character from the slasher film series Halloween. He first appears in 1978 in John Carpenter's Halloween as a young boy who murders his elder sister, Judith Myers. Fifteen years later, he returns home to Haddonfield, Illinois, to murder more teenagers.
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Nov 4, 2023 · Michael Myers was originally called "The Shape" in the first Halloween film, a nickname used by John Carpenter in the script to describe his masked character hiding in the shadows.
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Michael Audrey Myers, (born October 19, 1957) also known as the Shape or the Boogeyman, is the main antagonist of John Carpenter's Halloween franchise. He is an emotionless, mute serial killer who at the age of six murdered his older sister Judith in cold blood on Halloween night.
screenrant.com · halloween-1978-movie-john15 Things You Didn't Know About John Carpenter's Halloween
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- The Unlikely Origin of The Halloween Theme. One of the most distinctive elements (if not the most distinctive) of Halloween is its hauntingly minimalist musical score, which was composed by Carpenter himself.
- It Broke Box Office Records. Halloween is one of the most profitable films of all time. Made for a mere $300,000, the horror movie would gross more than $47 million in the United States and $70 million worldwide (the equivalent of $267 million when adjusted for inflation).
- The Ambitious Opening Shot. Carpenter wanted to make Halloween look far more expensive than its budget would allow, and so he gambled on an extremely ambitious opening scene that featured an extended camera take with a Panaglide -- an early version of the Steadicam -- which provided for smooth movements with a handheld camera using a harness.
- The Television Cut Has Additional Scenes. John Carpenter knew that Halloween would need to be edited for its initial premiere on network television, given that it contained several scenes featuring profanity and nudity (and bits of graphic violence--although it's worth noting Halloween is quite possibly the least gory film in the slasher genre).
Halloween (advertised as John Carpenter's Halloween) is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with its producer Debra Hill. It stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut), P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis.
Horror movies don’t come simpler or more effective than Halloween, director John Carpenter’s 1978 classic that helped revitalize the slasher genre and, of course, created one of the most ...
Oct 31, 2002 · The Shape in John Carpenter's Halloween (1978). By creating this expectation, Carpenter was later able to set up scenes where we simply watch blank space, and the fact that there is nothing there becomes equally frightening, because if the Shape isn't there...he could be anywhere .
