![]() Ironically, Carpenter didn’t put much thought into who would play Myers. You could argue that there would be no Jason Voorhees, no Freddy Kruger, and no Ghostface, if Carpenter had gotten the casting of Myers wrong. His portrayal is what started the slasher genre craze. His Shape is the one that made everything else possible. No matter how good anyone else is at playing Michael Myers, no one will ever beat the performance of Nick Castle. This Michael Myers is brutal, and the best he’d been in years. The plot around him might have been a joke, but The Shape was not. Wilbur would get to show more of this seven years later in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. Still, despite the mistakes, he shines as a believable and scary unstoppable force. Wilbur is hindered as well by the horrible decision to have him wear shoulder pads under his coveralls, making him look perpetually confused. In one odd moment the mask is even pink with blonde hair. The paint on the mask is too thick, taking away much of the creepiness factor. Everything that could go wrong with the design of this Boogeyman went wrong. After the failure of Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, Myers was brought back from the dead in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. His time under the mask gave us two very different versions of The Shape. Wilbur has the distinction of being the first man to play Michael Myers twice. This Michael Myers is less Boogeyman and more man. There were also many odd choices given to Durand, such as the way he clutches at his mask when his name is said or how he reacts when kicked in the crotch. Durand wasn’t awful as Myers, but his wide-legged gait didn’t match the gracefulness of the original Myers. The mask most used is wild haired with extra wide eyes, giving us too much of a peek at the man behind it. At least five were used during filming, including one that was CGI. His performance was hindered by an atrocious mask. That’s not all the fault of stuntman Chris Durand. What wasn’t a success, however, was the look of Myers. The film was a success, racking up $75 million worldwide, and breathing new life into a series that had become worn out. This entry wiped away all the convoluted sequels that came after 1981’s Halloween 2, instead choosing to focus on the brother and sister dynamic between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers. 20 years after the original film, Jamie Lee Curtis was back in this Steve Miner directed sequel.
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