The Future Of The Halloween Franchise Discussion Thread

[Zivouhr]

Halloween Season of the Witch, one consistency was the robot goons in suits were relentless terminators too, like Michael Myers, after the hero. Then he found their weakness.

With Michael, setting up a death trap seems to be his only weakness. So he's after the hero, and then he walks into the trap and dies. The trick would be showing he's smart enough to sense something is off, and stop before getting captured, then the hero having to improvise.

Maybe have that "How will we trap Myers" as the new twist. Like Halloween Kills.

What if they captured him and had his mask removed? What would be underneath? Would evil somehow find a way to escape? I think maybe that was covered in one of the movies.

Just set it in the past and have a new character that he goes after and they can repeat that "Death Trap" formula for awhile.

Originally Posted by wonderer99

I have said many times before the issue with Halloween is that its such a simple concept that has absolutely zero scope for elaboration before what makes it effective is eroded. The original movie does EVERYTHING it can do as a concept. There is nothing left to do.

Michael Myers in the original is essentially a guy walking round stabbing people. That's it. The horror and mystery come from the fact we know little about him and the motivations. So sequels have two choices, either just repeat that over and over with no elaboration or do what most sequels do and try to expand the story, the character and lore.

Either option doesn't allow for repeated and frequent sequels without a serious erosion in quality. Again, the original did everything the concept allows, at least for me.

Good points.

[Donl1282]

I know most people wouldn’t like this but I would like a new Halloween film that has segments of Michael before Halloween 1963 and during the 15 years he was locked away. I think they can do a good job with it if done in the style of the extra TV version footages of the original film and not in the style of Rob Zombie remake.

[stvn1974]

Do it in real time. Fifteen year long movie of Michael staring out of a window for twenty four hours a day in the hospital. Terrence Malik could direct.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

Do it in real time. Fifteen year long movie of Michael staring out of a window for twenty four hours a day in the hospital. Terrence Malik could direct.

Michael Myers at the Clothesline | Horror Ambience 3 Hours - YouTube

[Zivouhr]

What's interesting is he's seen driving a car in one of the movies. I wonder if he could get his own car. Maybe a 1970s muscle car could fit his character. He'd sense his prey was leaving town, hop into his car and peel out in their direction.

I'd also be interested to see a character show him a new Star Trek Captain Kirk mask. Or maybe Michael would consider trying on a Spock mask to change things up.

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Originally Posted by stvn1974

Do it in real time. Fifteen year long movie of Michael staring out of a window for twenty four hours a day in the hospital. Terrence Malik could direct.

Terrance Malick during his The New World time frame.

Originally Posted by mwynn

Michael Myers at the Clothesline | Horror Ambience 3 Hours - YouTube

I think Myers is controlled by an evil being or supernatural force, for him to be so patient and only focus on one thing.

[BloodshotUSA]

Originally Posted by bobbyh64

Personally, I’m glad Corey was not set up to be the new Shape in future installments. He’s not the boogeyman. We know why he’s doing what he’s doing and we sympathize with him (up to a point).

Trying one film with him as the new Shape wouldn't have killed the franchise. If the franchise could survive Halloween: Resurrection and Rob Zombie's Halloween 2, then it could survive a Corey focused movie.

The intrigue of Corey is that he would've been a new kind of boogeyman/Shape. He's got whatever evil Michael definitely passed onto him in the sewers. But he can talk and he can act like a normal person. It makes him a different kind of dangerous since he can operate in the open, hiding in plain sight, unlike Michael.

The film could have had done something different like Corey operating in a big city, with plenty of potential victims on every corner. You could even have him still after Allyson and explain that she left Haddonfield after Ends. That would also explain Laurie not being there so the franchise could move on from Jamie Lee Curtis. One of Carpenter's early ideas for Halloween 2 had Michael stalking Laurie in a Highrise apartment building.

If it didn't work, then they can just scrap it and do a reboot (which is probably what they're doing now).

Originally Posted by bobbyh64

With Michael there’s no sympathy and no reason or explanation for his actions.

I know. That's why I love the Halloween franchise more than any other horror series and the original is one of my favorite movies. Michael is just an empty void who kills. But that's also been Michael's MO for the last 47 years. I wouldn't mind at this point if they gave something else a try. Again, if it didn't work they could always reboot which they're doing now anyway.

[Kubrick DeLarge1989]

I love this franchise so much, but I don't think we need another Halloween movie for at least 5 or 6 years and honestly, I don't know what they could do at this point, we came back from Halloween 5 and Resurrection, but Ends is going to be tough

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Kubrick DeLarge1989

we came back from Halloween 5 and Resurrection, but Ends is going to be tough

Yep, Ends finally gave me a satisfying conclusion.

[bobbyh64]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

What's interesting is he's seen driving a car in one of the movies. I wonder if he could get his own car. Maybe a 1970s muscle car could fit his character. He'd sense his prey was leaving town, hop into his car and peel out in their direction.

Kind of like the Zodiac Killer. I think it would be interesting if Michael stalked his victims like in this scene from Zodiac (2007) starting at 2:35.

Zodiac (2007) - Darlene Ferrin and Michael Mageau assassination - HD - YouTube

Myers is kind of like this in the original film when he toys with his victims during the “Speed kills” scene and later on when he follows the girls by car. I think it would be interesting if they focused more on Myers as a serial killer and not so much as the boogeyman. He’d still have that supernatural element about him and he could referred to as the boogeyman, but the direction of the series could be more suspense thriller than horror.

There are several scenes in Zodiac that have some good suspense and creepiness and I think that type of feeling would work well for the Halloween franchise.