{"id":2110216,"date":"2025-10-23T11:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2110216"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:05:04","slug":"why-did-michael-myers-start-killing-his-halloween-origin-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-did-michael-myers-start-killing-his-halloween-origin-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Michael Myers Start Killing? His Halloween Origin Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Halloween&#8221; consistently ranks among lists of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.looper.com\/195527\/the-best-slasher-movies-of-all-time-according-to-rotten-tomatoes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:best slasher movies of all time;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">best slasher movies of all time<\/a>. And it should \u2014 it essentially pioneered the slasher genre. Originally a low-budget film conceptualized by John Carpenter, the 1978 film focused on Michael Myers, an escaped patient at a psychiatric hospital, and his murder spree through the quiet fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. With its many sequels and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.looper.com\/167250\/the-entire-halloween-story-finally-explained\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:splintering timelines;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">splintering timelines<\/a>, the original reason that Myers began killing can be forgotten. Faithfuls of the franchise, however, may recall that the impetus for the series was quite simple: There <em>was<\/em> no reason that Michael started killing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Carpenter&#8217;s intent with Myers was to create the embodiment of evil. The concept of evil has no reason \u2014 it simply is. To further his vision, the adult Myers is actually referred to as &#8220;The Shape&#8221; in the end credits of the first film. The horror of &#8220;Halloween&#8221; is the reality that evil can strike even &#8220;good&#8221; people unexpectedly for no reason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read more: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.looper.com\/36840\/shocking-movie-endings\/?zsource=yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Most Shocking Movie Endings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Most Shocking Movie Endings<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Sibling rivalry<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Michael Myers stares down Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in Halloween. &#8211; Compass International Pictures<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If John Carpenter had his way, &#8220;Halloween&#8221; and its message would have been left uncomfortably open-ended as a single film. In an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2014\/10\/john-carpenter-qa-halloween-sequels-michael-myers-861942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Deadline<\/a>, Carpenter explained how he didn&#8217;t feel the film needed a sequel, but the success of the first film led him to reluctantly agree to one. &#8220;Michael Myers was an <em>absence<\/em> of character. And yet all the sequels are trying to explain that. That&#8217;s silliness \u2014 it just misses the whole point of the first movie, to me. He&#8217;s part person, part supernatural force. The sequels rooted around in motivation. I thought that was a mistake,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The &#8220;motivation&#8221; he referred to was the revelation in &#8220;Halloween II&#8221; that Myers and Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) were siblings. Most subsequent entries in the franchise played on this familial relation. Whether it was Laurie, her daughter Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris), or Jamie&#8217;s newborn child, Myers&#8217; quest to vanquish his remaining family members was the reason he kept killing anyone who got in his way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you enjoyed this article, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.looper.com\/newsletter-syndicated\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sign up to our free newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">sign up to our free newsletter<\/a> for the biggest movie and TV news delivered straight to your inbox. 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