"Halloween" consistently ranks among lists of the best slasher movies of all time . And it should — it essentially pioneered the slasher genre. Originally a low-budget film conceptualized by John Carpenter, the 1978 film focused on Michael Myers, an escaped patient at a psychiatric hospital, and his murder spree through the quiet fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. With its many sequels and splintering timelines , the original reason that Myers began killing can be forgotten. Faithfuls of the franchise, however, may recall that the impetus for the series was quite simple: There was no reason that Michael started killing.

Carpenter's intent with Myers was to create the embodiment of evil. The concept of evil has no reason — it simply is. To further his vision, the adult Myers is actua

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