Without a doubt, one of the most iconic characters in the horror genre is Michael Myer, who over the decades has positioned himself as one of the public’s favorites.
in the saga of Halloweenwe have seen few survivors and many victims of this bloodthirsty being that normally stalks the population of Haddonfield.
Let us remember that his first crime began in 1963 on Halloween night where Michael murdered his sister Judith Myers when he was just a child, and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital from which he escaped years later in search of revenge.
In the story created by John Carpenter, Myers stalks a young babysitter named laurie strode and every October 31 he returns to achieve his goal of killing her.
This Thursday, what seems to be for now, the last part at least of the saga of 40 years later, has been released, “Halloween Ends” in which it will be known who wins the final battle after so long.
True story behind Halloween and Michael Myers
The director of the original film assured that was inspired by a visit he made to a psychiatric hospitalwhile studying at Western Kentucky University, which would have marked him for life.
This was part of his history of psychology and it was there that met a patient who inspired him to create Myers and even had a look that characterized the character.
“We visited the sickest patients, the ones with the most serious problems. And there was this boy, who must have been about 12 or 13 years old, with that look … ”, he indicated in the documental A Cut Above the Rest.
“It was a schizophrenic look, a really demonic look… It was traumatizing for me, probably the most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen,” he added.
This characteristic was one of the most notorious, since the character of the Doctor Loomis (Donald Pleasence) within the saga he specifically mentions the gaze of his patient.
There are those who claim that it is based on the murderer named Stanley Steers, who at the age of 11 committed crimes in Iowa, United States, on the night of October 30 and 31, where his sister was one of the victims, Carpenter has never said that they are related.
It has also been commented that it has a bit of inspiration from the famous assassin ed kemperwho at the age of 16 murdered his grandmother and did it again with his wife and grandfather, years later, he killed students and finally his mother.
Now that you know a little more about the history behind the Halloween saga, you can enjoy the premiere of the last part of the Michael Myers story.
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