Ahead of the release of Halloween Ends, director David Gordon Green reveals whether he thinks Michael Myers is a supernatural being. First introduced in John Carpenter's original Halloween in 1978, Myers has since become one of the most iconic horror movie killers of all time. After several disappointing installments in the mid-2000s, Green rebooted the franchise with 2018's Halloween, bringing back Jamie Lee Curtis' final girl Laurie Strode. The movie was a hit with critics and audiences alike and was followed by Halloween Kills in 2021. Now, Halloween Ends is set to bring Green's trilogy to a close.
Halloween Ends takes place 4 years after the events of Halloween Kills and Myers' shocking killing of Laurie's daughter Karen (Judy Greer). Trailers have already teased that the upcoming film will feature a very intense final showdown between Laurie and Myers, including a particularly brutal kitchen fight sequence. Although Laurie appears to have the upper hand in some cases, Halloween Kills demonstrated that Myers is not so easily killed, with an angry mob shooting, stabbing, slashing, and beating the villain seemingly beyond what any human could withstand. He survives, however, and proceeds to kill off the members of the mob, playing into a long-held Halloween belief that Myers actually has supernatural powers.
In a new interview with The Wrap, Halloween Ends director David Gordon Green weighs in on whether Michael Myers is supernatural. While Green doesn't knock anyone for believing that Myers has supernatural powers, he explains that he sees the villain somewhat differently. Check out Green's full comment below:
"I mean, I’m just not the guy for that, but when I would show early cuts of the movie to people, sometimes they’d be like, 'Oh, this is a transference of evil.' You know these things that you’re like, 'No, not literally.' I mean, the answer is yes and no. Sure it is if that’s what you see in it. I love that. I love interpretation. In fact, I think the Halloween franchise in a lot of senses thrives on ambiguity. Michael Myers’ background, for example. I like the fact that there are those conversations. I don’t think he does anything that’s supernatural. I just think he does things that are spectacular and resilient."
How This Michael Myers Is True To The Original Movie
Although other films in the Halloween franchise have leaned very heavily into the idea that Myers is a supernatural entity, Green's reboot trilogy has actually kept the villain very faithful to Carpenter's original vision. 1978's Halloween opens with Myers as a young boy, showing him killing his older sister. This short opening scene establishes that Myers, despite his disturbing need to kill, is still a human being. Laurie injures the villain quite severely during the climax, but not so much so that he couldn't have survived.
The punishment that Myers withstands in Halloween Kills arguably pushes the limits of believability when it comes to whether a normal human being could survive, but Myers is clearly not a normal human. Although his ability to take punishment in the Halloween franchise certainly stretches the imagination, it's also still feasible that Green's assertion is true and Myers is just exceptionally resilient. With Laurie gearing up to kill Myers for good in Halloween Ends, it's looking like the villain's resiliency will be put to the test like never before.
Source: The Wrap
