Earlier this year, I discussed Halloween: Nightdance and declared it as one of the Gems of the Warehouse. This week, Tyler Mane (who played Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Halloween and Halloween II) will be at the store as will Josh Blalock, the publisher of Halloween: Nightdance. Some people asked me recently about Halloween: Nightdance and about which “version” of Michael Myers is uses to tell its horrific story.
See my original review of Halloween: Nightdance by following this link.
Halloween: Nightdance is a Gem of the Warehouse
The Versions of Michael Myers
Essentially, there are two versions of the character which have played out in movies over the years. There is the one which portrays an insane human and the one which is more of a paranormal and superhuman monster. The first two movies in the original Halloween series used the insane human version of Michael Myers while the later movies made him more of a monster which could withstand being blown up, burning, and being shot in the head. Rob Zombie’s version made him moe human than superhuman.
Halloween: Nightdance and Michael Myers
In my initial review, I spoke about how the story in Halloween: Nightdance harkened back to the original telling of the Michael Myers story. This holds true in that the portrayal of the character is more of an insane human than a superhuman behind a mask. Since the Rob Zombie version of the character uses the same methodology, you could say that the Michael Myers in Halloween: Nightdance uses the same type as the original movies or of the Rob Zombie remakes. While Micheal Myers’ body handles a ton of punishment in Halloween: Nightdance, it does not handle anything which could not be endured by a person under the influence of insanity.
