'Halloween' Reboot Will Reimagine 1978 Film From Michael Myers' Point of View

Few horror franchises have endured like Halloween. John Carpenter’s original 1978 film not only defined the slasher genre but gave birth to one of its most iconic figures in Michael Myers — the silent, unstoppable killer who has haunted generations of moviegoers.

Nearly 50 years and a dozen follow-ups later (sequels, spinoffs, remakes), Halloween continues to evolve. Miramax is currently developing a new television series that’s expected to reboot the story for a new audience, signaling that the Shape’s long night is far from over.

But before then, the terror will cross over into another medium entirely: video games.

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The New Halloween Reboot

Illfonic and Gun Media, the developer and studio behind the popular slasher title “Friday the 13th: The Game” are collaborating once again with “Halloween”, another asymmetrical multiplayer horror title arriving in September next year.

First revealed a few months back with a short teaser and followed by an extended gameplay showcase, “Halloween” will let players stalk — or survive — in the town of Haddonfield.

But this time, the studio and the developers are going further than ever before into the mind of the Boogeyman himself. Before we jump in, watch the official trailer for the game below:

The Night He Came Home Reimagined

In addition to the standard online multiplayer mode is a full single-player story mode.

And, appropriately, on October 31, the creative team behind the game confirmed that the offline campaign, seemingly titled “The Night He Came Home Reimagined” — a tribute of course to the original film’s infamous tagline — retells John Carpenter’s 1978 classic entirely from Michael Myers’ perspective.

For longtime fans, this means long-standing questions about the killer’s origin and escape will finally be addressed.

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It Will Answer Long-Standing Questions

According to the official website, HalloweenGame.com, the story begins at Smith’s Grove Sanitarium shortly before Myers’ escape, the end of which is seen in the film.

Players will “experience the critical moments of the “Night He Came Home” from an entirely different perspective,” exploring how Michael managed to escape confinement in the first place and what truly happened at Phelps Garage — the brief but unexplained detour from the original film that has left fans speculating for decades.

Halloween From Michael Myers’ POV

“The iconic 1978 film hauntingly tells the story of a small child who viciously murders his older sister on Halloween night in 1963,” the website’s description of the film reads. “After spending 15 years at Smith’s Grove Sanitarium for his incomprehensible actions, Michael Myers plots his escape and begins his blood-soaked journey back to Haddonfield, Illinois.”

“This is where our single-player story mode begins,” it continues. “Players take the role of Michael Myers and experience the critical moments of the Night He Came Home from an entirely different perspective.”

This alone tells us something we never knew —  that Michael plotted his escape (at least according to this game’s canon), as opposed to seizing an opportunity that arose off screen.

Another Familiar Face Returns

The new reveal also describes the campaign as a collection of “story chapters” featuring in-engine cinematics, narration by Dr. Samuel Loomis (who was famously played in five Halloween movies by the late Donald Pleasence) and new playable sequences involving both Myers and a new cast of Haddonfield civilians.

The single-player experience will expand on key scenes from the 1978 film while adding new ones designed to “provide supplemental story content that complements the original John Carpenter classic.” The downside is that the civilians are only playable in the online version.

The reveal explains that assuming control of Michael Myers is designed to help players become the ultimate version of “The Shape” before jumping into online multiplayer matches.

Is “Halloween” Canon With the 1978 Film?

The website also promise multiple endings, optional objectives, and secret collectibles meant to deepen replayability and connect to the multiplayer mode.

More than a nostalgic retelling, the game’s story mode campaign aims to fill the narrative gaps that even the many sequels and reboots have avoided. For the first time, players will see the horror of “Halloween” through the eyes — and the mask — of Michael Myers himself.

With all of that said, it’s worth noting that “Halloween” is taking many liberties. While it attempts to answer long-standing questions left by the 1978 classic, these are the game’s answers, which are designed to complement that original film.

One new addition to Michael is the ability to “Shape Jump” — as revealed in the gameplay video below — which explains how he’s able to appear/disappear without skipping a beat.

While a neat addition to the lore, it firmly and foolishly cements the Bogeyman in the supernatural, leaving no room for that ambiguous space Carpenter intended for the character to exist in.

Original Michael Myers actor Nick Castle reprises his role as the Shape in the game, alongside stuntman and motion-capture performer TJ Storm.

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