The issue I have with most horror movies is that the villian usually is stopped and there is a single hero, typically a female. While this is all fine and dandy the real reason most watch a specific horror movie is not for the hero but for the villian. You don’t see people collecting Laurie strode heads or Sidney Prescott items etc. I’d like to see a Halloween movie with no notice behind Michael and when I say that I mean no Laurie Strode, no intended victim per say. I just want to see a raw Michael terrorizing a town with no set target for us as the audience. Possibly the cops being the only force trying to tracking him down and at the end no success. Now yes can say Michael really never had much intention in 18 to stalk Laurie again and it just happend. In perspective your right but as an audience we already knew it would happen. The first scene back in Haddonfield where he is going house to house terrorizing is the exact Michael I want to see no written in motive in the script but to be a complete force that won’t be stopped by anyone creeping in the shadows. And what happens at midnight on Halloween night? Perhaps he just disappears into the dark leaving a countless amount of bodies behind and a police force and a town just in total awe and fear that he has escaped. Which truly only once with the original has fans been left with that sort of ending only to be pulled back down by the end of Halloween 2. Just one movie pure carnage , the stealth and and creepiness of Carpenters the shape mixed with the brutal and absolute killer shark of Zombies Michael in one with no target to motive but to kill as many as he comes in contact with. That’s one thing I enjoyed about self few Jason movies is a brand new cast of kids to slaughter and no focus on just one like we have had with Laurie and Jamie in the Halloween series. Just straight focus on Michael.
I agree with you on this, I also don’t want ANY back story on Michael to humanise him, it should always be a mystery as to why he kills
I agree. Unfortunately, the “fans” (meaning your average person, definitely none of us on this website) don’t really care. When I saw H40, these 2 girls sitting near me were saying, “I thought that was his sister” even after the whole explanation that he’s clearly not.
I 100% agree though
I don’t want another movie, but if we were to get one, here’s what I’d want. One word…SIMPLICITY. Fully agreed that there should be no motive or any back story or explanation for Michael’s actions. Also, DON’T SHOW MICHAEL SO MUCH, and when they do, keep the camera either behind him, from the shoulders down, or at a blurry distance, and even then, keep it brief. That is one of the best things about the original Halloween.
Going back to that word simplicity, keep the kills simple. This isn’t Jason in F13, so we don’t need over the top, gory kills with loads of blood, nor should Michael be a hulking brute. He should be slim and average height. Keep him in the shadows, with LOTS of stalking. There should be atmospheric cinematography with lots of mood. It should dark with some blue lighting. Finally, keep the soundtrack simple. All you need is a subtle piano, maybe just a bit of synth, and you have it.
Yes!
Touché 
I disagree on the focus being on Michael. This was not the case in the original. He was the terror that was looming. The focus was on his victims, which was in design so we cared about them. Remember what Irwin Yablans said, “I wanted to make a movie about babysitters. Everyone I ever knew was a babysitter at some point or had been babysat, so almost everyone could relate.” I feel this is where the sequels lack, with our ability to relate to the victims, because we’re certainly not relating to Michael. If we can’t relate to a victim, or someone in charge trying to stop Michael, then how do we get invested? It’s scariest when you want to see the victim survive. Faceless victims are boring. Also, without the idea that he can be stopped, what’s the point?