I’m really excited about this news!
However I hope they use/get a great mask. I do love each one for there own individualism I would like to see a nightowl The Butcher be used on something; that thing is just mean looking!
Im hoping they pick up at the end of H1. Laurie isnt Myers sister, Loomis has no idea where he is, snd he could be anywhere. Personally, i dont care if he gets out of Illinois. Stay up north, keep the film as random as the first and make it feel like Halloween. Like Halloween 4 had an amazing Halloween/Fall feeling to it. Personally i think Ti West or the guy that directed It Follows would be best. I liked Hush, but i want there to he more ghostly influences. Like James Wan doing Halloween. Example, putting Michael in the frame and letting you discover he is there on your own like Insidious or The Conuuring. If they go back to the 78 film, and just focus on a sequel to that, it could be pretty scary. Doors opening and closing on their own, Michael appearing and disappearing, and really working up the creep and suspense factors before the jump scares. For me, Ti West and It Follows embodies that…we do have to think of writers tho…i have faith in Blumhouse. They havent really let me down with any of the films they have actually made and not just distributed.
Having Michael appear and dissapear in any place or town to anyone is way scarier, should ditch the sister angle for sure.
Then they’d have free reign on any other sequels, could put him anywhere for no reason at all other than he is the boogieman out to kill.
You know as a long time fan I don’t mind H1 & H2 together, however I agree they should ditch the sister explanation and pursue the boogieman aspect as well. Much creepier that way; I mean that’s what gave H1 that creepy Halloweenie vibe ,right?
So then what would be Michael’s driving force? He’s always had an unexplained blood lust for his family. If that’s no longer part of the equation, then what is his new driving force?
Graveyard reject posted on page 4 of this topic what John Carpenter had said about Michael and his return to the series. John, the creator has even expressed that he never was satisfied with going the sister/bloodline direction. I support him on Michael being just that, the boogieman, pure evil, etc. I am a fan of most the series but H1 never connected them to being family, H2 and on did that. I can remember the first time I saw H1 in 1999 at 14; my parents rented it on a rained out Halloween that year, they did not rent H2 ( I did so later on after becoming a fan boy of H1 ). I remember being so creeped out for the obvious reasons that make H1 great but the thing that got me the most was, why? Why did he go on his killing rampage? was he the boogieman? that made it creepier for me. To be honest I cannot tell you what direction or angle I want John and whomever directs this movie to go, but I know if John was able to do that to me with H1 I hope he does it again.
No one would know why and there would be no explanation, which is what made the first film scary to begin with. Explaining why they are the way they are usually results in a garbage film, like JGTH or Freddy’s Dead, and we really don’t need another film like that in this franchise, there are too many already. Bringing the mystery back is the only way to go IMO. The mystery surrounding EAR/ONS and the Zodiac are the reason they continue to scare the shit out of people to this very day, while you never hear much about Bundy or BTK anymore and it’s because we know nearly everything about them and the mystery is gone.
But that was the mystery. No one knew why he was after his family. He just was. I think that if you start subtracting parts of Michael’s mythos which have been canon for almost 40 years, he starts to lose what makes him Michael. If you drop that narrative, it will just make it seem like it was all for nothing. I don’t think we should ever find out why Michael wants to wipe out his bloodline, but I think the only way to continue on with the story is for him to continue to do so.
No, it wasn’t. The sister angle didn’t exist until the second film, it is never stated nor implied that Laurie is his sister in the first film. In the original Michael is just a madman on the loose who picked his victims at random and there is no rhyme or reason for the murders. That’s far more terrifying than him just going after, and killing members of his family. Picking up right where H1 ended and ditching the sister angle would give us back the scary and unpredictable Myers that horrified audiences around the globe and made the first film such a success. That’s the Myers I want to see. The Myers we need to breath new life into this series. 
But Michael did kill Judith in H1, who was also his sister. And H2 is just an extension of H1. JC said that without the sister angle, there is no story to continue. You just have a guy going around killing people, and that’s going to get boring and repetitive real quick.
So? That doesn’t indicate some compulsion to kill family members, he could just be a regular run of the mill whack job. Also, it never actually says Judith is his sister in the film, nor does it ever state Michael’s last name is Myers. Because of those things, there are many possibilities and directions they could take the new film if it were a direct sequel to H1 only.
That’s exactly what happens in H1 and it sure as hell wasn’t boring. I’m sure most others would agree. 
Nowonmai is correct. It is never implied in H1 that Judith and Michael are family, she could have simply been a neighborhood babysitting watching him that night. And Michael is also never referred to as a “Myers” in H1
In the movie, no. In the script and credits? Micheal is a Myers.
Good call, adds more to the debate about Michael being a Myers lol.
Yes, that worked for H1, but JC knew he couldn’t do that again for H2 or it would have just been a bland repeat. You have to further the story. So if you take away the sister angle, what’s next? What’s your plot device? Every film needs one. Freddy kills Elm Street kids to get revenge on the people who murdered him. Jason kills kids who frequent his camp because they remind him of the counselors who let him drown. Pinhead kills people because you fucked up and opened the box. Leatherface wants your face. Every killer needs a motive. If you want a new Halloween with a compelling story, then Michael still needs one as well. I think it would be good to ignore The Cult of Thorn and all of the nonsense that entails, but some of Michael’s canon needs to stay intact or else you have a movie about nothing.
We could always return to Carpenter’s original premise: the babysitter murders. Michael has a fetish for murdering babysitters, and sees Halloween as the best time to do them in. When the adults are away, the Boogieman comes out to play.
Yeah, I like this idea. Or they could do a horror anthology. A different storyline set on Halloween every year.
Bingo Davy! That’s what I would like to see.
I haven’t been around here in a while and to come back to this news is exciting! WOW to have John Carpenter aboard is fantastic. I always considered H20 to be the last Halloween movie but now having John Carpenter aboard I’m looking forward to this new one.
Now they just need a good mask. Maybe a 75K or a Shat??? These 2 really look like the original.