Michael Myers
Halloween (1978)
The lore
At age six he stabbed his sister Judith on Halloween 1963 in Haddonfield, Illinois. Fifteen years later he escapes Smith’s Grove Sanitarium and stalks babysitter Laurie Strode.
The look
- Navy-blue mechanic coveralls
- White mask
- Kitchen knife
Behind the screams
The famous blank face is a cheap Captain Kirk (William Shatner) mask, spray-painted white with the eyeholes widened. The film cost roughly $300K and earned about $70M. Carpenter borrowed the name from a British film distributor.
Credits
- Created by
- John Carpenter & Debra Hill
- Brought to life by
- Nick Castle played “The Shape”
- Tony Moran was the unmasked face
