If we ever get to get the Friday The 13th Game type treatment for Halloween, here’s what I’d love to see
Haddonfield free roam and other maps. More than anything I want an online open world sandbox for Haddonfield as we can explore the town. As the teens or kids, we must run from house to house so we can run from Michael, call the police or make a last stand, as Michael we stalk and kill them one by one. Ideally The Wallace House, Doyle House, Myers House, Smith’s Grove, Private School from H20, Laurie’s House and Haddonfield memorial will be their own unique locations.
Unique trick or treaters. I have more faith with Gun Media implementing the other playable characters, but basically the teens and the kids of the game Michael will be hunting. Some of them would be victims from the franchise and some will be fans who supported the game. Child Jamie Lloyd in her clown costume will be a trick or treater/survivor.
Playable heroes. Much like Tommy in Friday The 13th, only they don’t become useless after 1 shot. No, these heroes will actually be able to bring it to Michael and have a chance to kill him. Our heroes in question will of course be Dr Sam Loomis(voiced by Colin Mahan) Laurie Strode(Of course played by Jamie Lee Curtis, also you can choose between her original 1978, H20 or 2018 skins) and the final hero will be an adult Jamie Lloyd(voiced by Danielle Harris, cause damn it Danielle deserves it) I’d also have Sheriff Brackett, Deputy Hunt, Sheriff Meeker and Officer Hawkins as crucial as the heroes. I’d also make Rachel a hero if we choose Child Jamie.
Much like in the NES game, the goal of the hero is to protect and save the Trick Or Treaters and as many people as possible, escape or possibly kill Michael Myers
The key to success as Michael is stalking and suspense. It won’t be like in Friday The 13th where everyone knows Jason is killing everyone one by one, you gotta work up to it. If you are spotted and they flee, they have a chance to warn everyone. If Michael can keep up his cover and go on to the next kill, then no one will suspect a thing.
Michael can use intimidation tactics such as leaving blood trails, dropping severed limbs, carrying his victims and using their dead bodies as a means to scare his next victims as a means to build suspense and fear in the players.
In addition to Michael’s stalking, for the survivors, there is a suspicion factor. Works sort of like the suspicion in the Hitman games. Make too much noise or leave dead bodies behind and the survivors will get suspicious and either call the police or begin to flee
In place of Pamela Voorhees, all we would get for Michael is for the pumpkin to light up and Michael begins his rampage on Halloween night
All the musical cues from the franchise
Michael can climb through windows and drive.
Survivors can´t hear chase music until they see Myers.
Survivors can raid the police station for ammo. If the police are alive, they will help protect you. If Michael got their first, the survivors will break down due to fear.
Loomis and Laurie can set traps to Michael just like at the end of H5 and in the 2018 movie. Myers player can´t see those traps or sense Loomis presence until it´s too late. Imo, this makes Loomis gameplay more exciting. I’d also say if we choose to play as Laurie and Jamie, they can also make their traps.
If survivor players work really hard together, they should be able arrange a big final shootout like at the end of H4 or even set it up so Michael can burn in the Hospital or Laurie’s basement or you can even rally the citizens of Haddonfield and form a mob to go after Michael. If they succeed, then camera angles would be more cinematic
Depending on which map/timeline you choose. There will be someone helping Michael. If you choose 4-6 timeline, Dr Wynn and Mrs. Blankenship will help Michael, if you choose the Remake timeline, Deborah Myers will help Michael and if you choose the 2018 timeline, Dr Sartin or Corey Cunningham will help Michael.
Unique kills. Like with Jason, Michael will have unique kills.
H1- Michael picks up the person and stabs a knife through their chest and holds them up by the weight of it. The person's torso then slides off the knife, cutting up through the top of their head and dropping them to the ground. Meant to be a take on the Bob kill where he pins him to the wall. A lot of people have commented how the knife wouldn't hold up his weight and how he would slide down, so this is kind of a play on what a knife would do if it was holding someone up.
H2- Michael grabs the person and shoves a scalpel through their lower back and lifts them off the ground with it. Straight from the movie.
H4- Michael jams the shotgun through his victim to the wall
H5- Michael decapitates the character with a scythe. Quick kill
H6- Michael Myers makes someone’s head explode similar to John Strode’s theatrical death, Michael hacks the person's chest repeatedly with a machete and then slits their throat. Same thing as Part 8 Jason's doubletap kill, except with a throat slit instead of a decapitation. Based off the scene in Halloween 6 where the lights are flashing and Michael goes ape on several people with a machete near the end of the movie. While we don't actually see him kill most of the people, a scenario like this easily could've happened.
H7- Michael shoves a corkscrew through the person's neck and then yanks it out, ripping out their throat (this one is sort of in the movie)
H8- Tripod execution, crushes their head in and decapitation
HRZ1- Crushes their head in and Michael puts the person in a choke hold, then after getting a good grip chokes them to death with one hand
HRZ2-Michael stabs the character once in the chest, then, once they fall on their back, Michael stabs them repeatedly over and over again in the back Based off the brutal nurse kill from the dream sequence at the beginning of the movie and Michael Myers clotheslines the person to the ground and then repeatedly stomps their face in until it turns to mush.
H2018-Michael either pierces their neck with the knife or smashes their head in and Michael will carve up a victim's head like a pumpkin and leave it for the survivors as an intimidation tactic
HKills- A death similar to Cameron’s, lighttube kill and killing the mob of citizens and survivors depending if you have enough energy/rage
Trick Or Treat mode. Basically like F13th’s virtual cabin, a means to explore the Easter eggs of the franchise. It opens with the player putting on a Silver Shamrock Halloween mask and the jingle plays. The goal is Go house to houses and the candy are pieces of lore and trivia of the franchise. When we reach the Myers house, Michael begins to chase us
Smith Grove Tapes. Much like Friday The 13th had Pamela and Tommy tapes, Halloween would have Dr Sam Loomis interview tapes. 15 in total when reviewing Michael. 7 years of Loomis trying to help Michael and reach him and 8 showing the decent into the lengths he would go to keep Michael locked up and realized he was nothing but purely and simply... evil. Tapes dedicated to Dr Loomis interviewing Michael’s parents and what happened to him. Tapes dedicated to Loomis interviewing Jamie and trying to reach Jamie before Michael’s evil could consume her. The DGG timeline tapes would be about Loomis interviewing Laurie. Bonus tapes about Dr Wynn and Sartain interviewing Michael.
I love Halloween and the Halloween franchise. There are aspects about the sequels I do like, but I feel like it was a missed opportunity to just have Michael captured after Loomis shot him and I really love the character of Jamie Lloyd and I will always be sad that Laurie and Jamie never got to be in the same movie together and Jamie Lee Curtis and Danielle Harris never got to work together. So if I could I would have Halloween II, 4, 5 and 6 in canon with slight changes. So here is how I would change Halloween’s canon
my other horror changes
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Leatherface origin movie
Texas Chainsaw 3D
Elm Street
Friday The 13th
For Halloween, the only changes I’d include is I would have Paul show up and both Annie and Paul would be killed by Michael and Dr Loomis would explain to Sherriff Brackett that he warned everyone in the hospital that Michael should be kept in a maximum security facility, but was denied, so rather than blaming Loomis, Brackett would “damn” Smith’s Grove.
For Halloween II. Three big changes. Dr Loomis’ personality stays with the original. A more calm and in control Loomis who is trying to stop Michael and cared for everyone's well being and had the look that he knew Michael was going to get up and is in control and not manic nor is he hysteric to the point where he is willing to shoot an innocent kid in a different mask and causes an accidental death. So yes Loomis would be more calm, caring and in control.
Michael and Laurie would not be related and Brackett would stay on till the end. During the school scene, Loomis will tell Brackett and Deputy Hunt that Michael targeted Laurie and her friends because that Michael wanted to relive the terror he caused when he killed Judith. That's all there is to tell. Brackett and Deputy Hunt begrudgingly agree to continue working with Loomis, after he cools down he sees that Loomis is not at fault for Michael's escape. When everyone reaches the hospital Brackett goes down in an attempt to sacrifice himself to stop Michael. Halloween II ends with Michael burning.
Halloween IV. Now Jamie would still exist. But Laurie would lose custody of Jamie. Nothing else is said of Laurie(that comes later in the 2018 movie) But Halloween 4 is basically Michael trying to kill the daughter of the one that got away, there is nothing more terrifying than that. The major change is instead of the Carruthers adopting Jamie, it’s The Wallaces. Lindsey is Jamie’s step-sister and she promised Laurie that she would watch other Jamie. Tommy promised too. Now there was a script that got rejected where Tommy and Lindsey would return, the trauma that Tommy experiences makes Lindsey’s parents wary of him, but Lindsey still loves him regardless. I would replace Ben Meeker with Gary Hunt as the Sherriff. Both Tommy and Lindsey would work with Loomis and Hunt to keep Jamie safe. The rest of the movie would pretty much be the same.
Halloween 5 is where I would the big changes would happen. First of all, the Myers house is the Myers house from the first two movies, not an elaborate mess that we actually got. Lose the fucking bumbling cops. Tina is killed instead of Lindsey. Loomis is less crazy. He wants to help Jamie and is more caring. Loomis sees that Jamie is dangerously close to becoming like Michael, and that she's in the similar position to where Michael was when he killed Judith, but Loomis can reach Jamie and unlike Michael, she's brought back from the precipice. So when Lindsey and Tommy returns to the hospital, that is where Jamie FINALLY comes back and breaks free of Michael's influence. Oh and Jamie would have a moment where Jamie stabs Michael in the heart and throat with the same pair of scissors her possession caused her to nearly kill Mrs Wallace. It ends the same with The Man In Black slaughtering the police station, freeing Michael and abducting Jamie.
Halloween:The Curse Of Michael Myers. A lot would change. First of all, Danielle Harris would return to play Jamie and Jamie is not killed off. There is no baby and no Strode family. Jamie has been held hostage by the Man In Black. The MIB is grooming Jamie to become the next Michael, but when Jamie escapes, Michael gives chase, eventually she looses Michael and she runs into Loomis.
Loomis has been searching for Jamie ever since he recovered and she disappeared. 6 years. He finally finds her and embraces her. Together they begin to plan to end Michael and The Man In Black.
Tommy and Lindsay would return and reunite with Jamie. Together Jamie, Tommy, Lindsay and Dr Loomis would work together to end Michael.
This would be Dr Loomis’ swan song. Christopher Lee plays Dr Wynn. The part was originally written for Lee, in the script that enticed Donald Pleasance into playing Loomis one final time, Wynn is pretty much the Anti-Loomis and since Lee was originally considered to play Loomis, I thought it fitting. So what Dr Sartain was in the 2018 movie. Someone who saw what Michael was and embraced Michael’s evil and encouraged it. Michael is on the loose and carves a brutal rampage on Haddonfield while looking for Jamie. It’s Halloween night. Michael starts killing the population of Haddonfield. However, he finds Jamie at his home. He wants to kill her and everyone there, but The Man In black compels him to bring Jamie to him. Michael attacks. Their trap nearly works, but the Man In Black appears. Shoots everyone with tranquilizer darts and Michael abducts Jamie. Wynn reveals himself to Loomis as The Man In Black. Wynn is the Anti-Loomis, so basically Wynn explains his role in Michael’s evil. Wynn was so captivated that for no reason, a young boy killed his sister. So when Loomis was his doctor, Wynn was his true doctor. Telling him to always hold onto the feeling he had when he killed his sister. You are not a man, you are The Shape. He taught him how to drive. He encouraged Michael’s evil and let him escape. Wynn also reveals he is a believer of Samhain. I am keeping this because it was a nice set up in Halloween II. Wynn believes that Michael is the way he is because it’s connected to Samhain (and have them pronounce it correctly). And as Loomis once put it, Wynn believes Michael is the lord of the dead. We pretty much get a battle between good and evil Loomis and Wynn to fight over Jamie’s soul. Loomis wins, and this helps Jamie break free. Wynn thinks he can control Michael and orders him to kill them all, Michael cuts down Wynn. Other than wanting to recreate the feeling that he got when he killed Judith, there is no rhyme or reason for what Michael does. He is the boogeyman and The Shape. There is no reason as to why he kills. With no Wynn to control him. Michael goes on a rampage and kills EVERYONE in Smith’s Grove. As Michael gets close to them. Jamie makes a stand. She grabs Loomis’ gun and shoots Michael in the head 6 times and grabs Michael’s knife and stabs him repeatedly. Jamie lets loose and takes revenge on the 7 years she lost. “Die Boogeyman” is all she can utter as she takes her revenge. Loomis stops her and tells her it’s over and hugs her. As Loomis embraces her, he whispers something “your mother is alive, go to her” Jamie, Tommy and Lindsey escape. But Loomis stays behind and just tells them run and do not look back and live. Jamie pleads with Loomis to come with them. Loomis says “No, I have some business to attend to. Goodbye Jamie.” Loomis rigged Smith’s Grove with bombs and sacrifices himself. It started in Smith’s Grove with him and Michael it ends with Loomis and Michael in Smith’s Grove. "It’s over Michael.” presses the detonator and they both blow up. We would see Michael’s burning mask, and the movie ends with Tommy and Lindsey taking Jamie to see Laurie. Laurie is remorseful for not being able to take care of her daughter and before she can apologize, Jamie just embraces her mother with a hug. Finally, a happy ending for Laurie and Jamie.
Now onto Halloween 2018 or as I would title it, Halloween Returns. Pretty much happens the same as before, but Gary Hunt replaces Hawkins. Smith’s Grove would’ve been rebuilt over the years and Dr Sartain would’ve been Wynn’s student and Sartain would’ve recreated the original mask, so the mask we see in the actual movie does look like the mask in this timeline. Jamie Lloyd takes the place of Karen and Danielle Harris finally gets to play Jamie one last time with along with Laurie. Billy, the stuttering boy in the fifth movie who did survive, is Jamie’s husband and Allyson’s father. Where Karen was bitter over the way she was raised by Laurie, Jamie would explain to Allyson that she is distant towards Laurie because she’s bitter about being left behind by Laurie, having to survive Michael twice and Laurie never looking for her. Now something else is that it would be mentioned that by Doctor Sartain that during Michael’s 23 year stay at Smith’s Grove that Michael has undergone many skin grafts to treat his burns. Keep in the stuff about Loomis for the 2018 movie. The kills remain the same. During the time that Michael is on the loose, this time Jamie is on high alert and has PTSD flashbacks. And when Laurie comes Jamie is ready to go with her. During their stay together, Laurie and Jamie would reconnect and Jamie would finally forgive her mother. Allyson would come in and return to Jamie. Laurie would have her battle with Michael. After being knocked outside, Michael would find Jamie and Allyson under the cellar. Jamie with a rifle in hand would say “boogeyman, remember me?” and shoots Michael in the throat. Laurie would kick his ass down in the cellar and trap him. And the house would start to burn down. Laurie, Jamie and Allyson together finally end Michael Myers.
Halloween Kills. First I would actually have the former Sherriff Brackett visit Laurie in the hospital and reminisce about Annie. Brian Andrews would return to play Tommy Doyle and honestly I while there would still be a mob scene of everyone chasing after the patient after Tommy riles everyone up, Tommy and Brackett would be quick to realize that’s not Michael. And more importantly, DO NOT show the patient’s dead body since that devalues the tragedy of the situation And when Michael finally does kill the Mob, I would have Tommy JUST BARELY surviving his encounter with Michael. Now with Jamie replacing Karen, I wouldn't have her blaming Laurie for leading Michael to them, 'cause that was really shitty of Karen to do, and would make zero sense for Jamie to. Jamie faced Michael twice and lived to tell the tale, she knows what he’s like. But Jamie would be killed in the end, though the one thing I would in is that there would be a subplot about Jamie getting her old pair of scissors that she used to almost kill her foster mother and used to stab Michael in her second encounter. She eventually gets it and when she comes to the Myers house as Karen did. Michael stabs Jamie, but Jamie would stab Michael in the throat with her old scissors, thus mortally wounding him and fucking up his breathing. Jamie dies, but she goes out swinging.
Halloween Ends(Work in Progress)
Although Halloween Ends is yet to be released. I do have something to add.
A dream-turned-nightmare of Laurie's. It starts off tragic, where it's an ordinary family dinner or something where it's mentioned that Laurie never abandoned Jamie and because of that, they were able to kill Michael easily. Then, things take a turn into nightmare territory with Jamie being replaced by her corpse and Michael looming behind her. Also, since Kills has already introduced apparitions of some sort, maybe bookend that whole aspect of the movie with Laurie seeing a hallucination (or the same kind of thing as the Kid Michael Karen/Jamie saw in the window of the Myers house) giving Laurie her second wind by encouraging her to "kill this bastard".
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