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| “ | My suggestion is termination. Death is the only solution for Michael. There is nothing to be gained from keeping evil alive. One shot of sodium thiopental would render him unconscious. I'll be with him to make sure his life is extinguished, my ear on his chest to hear for myself that his vitals no longer function and immediately incinerate the body. It needs to die, it needs to die! It needs to die! | „ |
| ~ Samuel Loomis on Michael Myers |
Michael Myers is the main antagonist of the "2018" timeline of John Carpenter's Halloween franchise, serving as the main antagonist of the original 1978 film, its 2018 sequel of the same name, and the 2021 film Halloween Kills and one of the two main antagonists (alongside Corey Cunningham) of the trilogy's 2022 finale Halloween Ends.
In this timeline, his wounds have not regenerated but he remained alive regardless, and is not Laurie Strode's brother. After being locked up 40 years ago in an asylum, Michael escapes on Halloween night and continues on his killing spree in Haddonfield, massacring anyone who gets in his way.
For some scenes of the trilogy, while masked and for his breathing sound effects, he was portrayed by Nick Castle, who also played the character in the original film. For all three films, while masked, he was mainly portrayed by James Jude Courtney.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- All of the crimes he committed in the original 1978 movie, which include:
- Killing his teenage sister Judith while only six because she left him trick-or-treating all alone so she could have sex with her boyfriend.
- Stealing his sister's gravestone and later placing it over Annie's body.
- Going on a killing spree across Haddonfield.
- Killing Laurie Strode's friends, Annie and Lynda.
- Trying to kill the children Laurie was babysitting.
- Killing 2 dogs and eating them.
- In a 1978 flashback, he caused the death of a police officer by strangling him, which led his friend to accidentally shoot him.
- He turned Laurie into an extremely paranoid mother, causing her family members to distance themselves from her, and coming back to kill everyone she loves after Laurie tries to resume a normal life.
- He kills a father and his preteen son by breaking their necks. This is also noticeably the first time Michael is shown killing an underage person onscreen.
- He uses Aaron as a battering ram and slams his head onto the bathroom door to get to Dana, who is implied to be his romantic partner and leaving him to bleed to death as he strangled her in front of him.
- He kills and disfigures 3 other people at a gas station to get his mask back.
- He once again goes on a rampage around Haddonfield, killing people in their houses.
- While he did spare an infant after killing his mother, he only did it because killing it wouldn’t amuse him. or he doesn't kill what he can't scare. Also, he still left it on its own, meaning it could have died anyway unless it was retrieved by any neighbors or relatives.
- He kills the friends of Laurie's granddaughter, Allyson.
- He kills his psychiatrist, Dr. Ranbir Sartain. To be fair, Sartain had it coming for unleashing him despite fully knowing the danger he posed, but Myers killing him is totally ungrateful as he would have been executed long ago if it hadn't been for Dr. Samuel Loomis' passing and Sartain setting him free for his research.
- He murders two police officers and turns one of their heads into a Jack-o-lantern.
- He killed Allyson’s father, Ray, and shortly after his death, he grabbed Ray's corpse from outside and stuffed it into a nearby wardrobe, shocking Laurie, who happened to discover it while searching for him.
- He tries to kill Laurie's granddaughter Allyson.
- He murders 11 firefighters even though they saved his life from being burned alive in Laurie's house.
- He killed Phil and stabbed Phil's wife, Sondra, in the throat, which left her mute, and he sadistically continued to stab her husband's corpse with other knives while she watched.
- He kills a kid named Dennis off screen and takes his skull mask; he also attempts to kill the other kids in the park.
- He killed multiple people who were in the park and attempted to kill Lindsey Wallace, and later he posed their bodies in the park with masks on them.
- He brutally kills the new residents of his old house, Big John and his husband Little John, and after that he places the couple's corpses together next to a photo, morbidly mirroring their happier times together.
- He indirectly causes an angry mob to chase a harmless mental patient until the patient committed suicide.
- He kills the now-adult Lonnie, and he tortures and kills Cameron in front of Allyson, his girlfriend, while she begs him to stop.
- He brutally kills a mob of Haddonfield residents.
- He kills Laurie's daughter, Karen Nelson, at the end of Halloween Kills.
- He allows Nelson Christopher to become his servant who helps him lure and kill a few people.
- He probably took and killed a few people who came by the sewer after living in there as it shown several people has been missing.
- It was mentioned and implied by Nelson Christopher he took people into the sewer and ate them due to skinned skeletons being found by Corey.
- Despite letting Corey go it is not out of sympathy or and humanity in Michael he only let him go seeing the “evil” in him.
- He caused paranoia and fear to spread among the residents, resulting in many acts of violence, with some residents even committing suicide as a result.
- He corrupts Corey Cunningham with his influence, causing him to become a serial killer just like him - thus making Michael indirectly responsible for all the murders Corey did as the new "Boogeyman".
- He and Corey went to the home of a doctor and a nurse, and while Corey was murdering the doctor, he ambushed the nurse and killed her by pinning her to the wall.
- He murders Corey just for stealing his mask.
- He attempts to kill Laurie one last time in a climatic vicious fight between them, and would've succeeded were it not for Allyson intervening on her grandmother's behalf - which ultimately leads to Laurie finally killing Michael once and for all.
- His death is not played for sympathy, as all the residents watch his corpse’s disposal just so people will feel relief from his death given how dangerous and destructive he was.
Trivia[]
- When asked by Cinemablend on why did Michael Myers spare an infant in the 2018 Halloween film, director David Gordon Green disclosed the crew's feelings that in spite of Michael's status as Pure Evil, him sparing the infant was an inexplicably moment of doing the right thing, though Gordon Green admitted himself that he can't justify why Michael took that decision, yet found fascinating that humane moment. If it were confirmed that Michael spared the infant out of pity or because he couldn't bring himself to kill such a defenseless creature, it would strip him of his Pure Evil status.
- Though this is highly unlikely, because he is shown to be very sadistic throughout the trilogy and even in the original film, as he likes to scare his victims and even bring fear into the hearts of those he kills or doesn't kill, thus he may have spared the infant because it cannot be scared, be afraid or even comprehend him, which is why he is referred to as The Boogeyman because he lives off of other people's fear.
External Links[]
- Michael Myers on the Villains Wiki
- Michael Myers on the Halloween Wiki
- Michael Myers on the Halloween Trilogy Wiki
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