WEIRD AFTER DARK: Halloween – The Novel, The Movie, and The Legacy

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Do you know about the ancient Celtic curse that spawned Michael Myers and the low-budget magic that turned a $2 Captain Kirk mask into the face of pure evil? We’re diving deep into the 1978 Halloween novelization – the little bits of the story that didn’t make it to the screen, the backstory, the reason Michael is the way he is… and we look at the indie filmmaking genius that created a horror legend.

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Think you know Michael Myers? Think again. Join us as we rip open the pages of the 1978 Halloween novelization—the story John Carpenter’s film left in the shadows. We’re talking ancient Celtic curses, a deformed Irish boy named Enda seeking bloody revenge, and a supernatural evil that’s haunted humanity for millennia. But that’s just the beginning. We’ll also pull back the curtain on the low-budget magic that created a horror icon: $320,000, 20 days of shooting, a $2 Captain Kirk mask painted white, and bags of leaves raked between every single take in sunny California pretending to be autumn Illinois. From cosmic horror backstory to indie filmmaking genius, we’re diving deep into what makes Halloween the ultimate boogeyman tale. Discover why Dr. Loomis was truly terrified, how Jamie Lee Curtis almost got fired on day one, and the unsettling truth behind that iconic 5/4 time signature that keeps you on edge. This is Weird After Dark—where we unravel the darkness thread by thread. “Fear is the relinquishment of logic… and Michael Myers is still out there.”