Since I love Michael Myers as much as I love Jason Voorhees it seemed fair to me to give Myers the same treatment. Michael Myers is not like Jason who's face was seen in pretty much every movie; Michael's face was hardly ever shown.

Here are the few times the audience gets to see Michael Myers unmasked with little backstory information:




Halloween -1978


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A 6 year old Michael Myers appears unmasked in the beginning of the film. After he murders his 17 year old sister he walks outside and runs into his parents. His father takes Michael's mask off and the camera pans away.





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An adult Michael Myers, age 21, appears unmasked next. He is currently locked away in a minimum security mental hospital until he turns 21 to be put on trial as an adult. As his psychiatrist goes to pick him up to take him to court Michael is waiting for them to arrive.

When the station wagon pulls into the gate Michael jumps onto the back of the car, throws the nurse out, and drives off. Michael is seen for a brief second during this.





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At the end of the film Michael is seen unmasked briefly once more. Jamie Lee Curtis is able to get away from him and she pulls the mask over his eyes. After Michael puts the mask back on his psychiatrist shoots at him 6x and he falls off the balcony.







Halloween (The Television Version) - 1980


In 1980, 2 years after Halloween's release, NBC bought the rights to air Halloween on their channel. However it was deemed to violent to air the whole movie on public television and when it was edited there was not enough footage to cover the 2 hour timeslot.

John Carpenter and some of the actors from Halloween returned to the studio to film brand new scenes made specifically for the tv-version that came to 12 minutes long.



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In one of these scenes Michael appears as a child in the mental hospital sitting silently looking out the window.






Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers - 1989


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After the end of the 4th installment, Michael was just shot at and had dynamite thrown at him. He manages to make it to a hobo's shack and then passes out for a year.

The next year Michael wakes up from his coma and you see him briefly when he sits up.




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Near the end of the film Michael's niece Jamie manages to convince him to take off his mask and she then says that he looks like her. She notices a tear coming from his eye and as she tries to wipe it off him Michael snaps back into his rage and tries to kill her. He puts the mask back on after that.






Halloween 6: The Producer's Cut - 1995


To Halloween fans this is one of the must-have items to get a hold of.

In 1995 the rights for a Halloween sequel were given to Dimension films; under Miramax. Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers was complete and was shown for test screening. After the viewers gave this version a poor reception the fim was then sent back into production to be worked with.

The film was re-shot and re-editied so much that it almost became a different film as some major plotpoints and explanations were completely deleted or re-written. Also, Donald Pleasance who had played Dr. Loomis for 5 films has passed away when the film went back into production and as a result they had to completely change the ending which had him live in the original version.


What was originally known as Halloween 6 has been long circulating in the bootleg circuits for years under the title The Producer's Cut. It has never been officially released by the studio and contains about 43 minutes of different footage that did not make the final film.

When the final version was completed the 6 was omitted and it was called Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.


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According to the ending of The Producer's Cut, the curse that keeps Michael alive and drives him to kill has now been passed onto his psychiatrist. Dr. Loomis has become the new "Michael" and now Michael has taken the role of his watcher. A scene showing Michael unmasked wearing a black trenchcoat and fedora was seen at the end of the film.






Halloween - 2007

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In the beginning of the film we see a 10 year old Michael Myers begin to self-destruct and we see what turns him into the psychopath later on.



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As an adult Michael Myers is seen unmasked a few times but it is never in a clear shot. You either see the back of his head or his long hair covers his face completely. The photo above is taken from a movie poster.

I would love to see the "producer's cut" of Halloween 6.

The original version makes no sense whatsoever.

I would love to see the "producer's cut" of Halloween 6.

The original version makes no sense whatsoever.

Yeah, what came out to be the 6th sequel really was a stinker.

The Producer's Cut is a much better version and I am surprised the studio hasn't released it already. I keep hearing various rumors and what not that it is "finally" coming out but I just don't see it happening.

I picked up a VHS copy of it about 10 years ago at a fan convention. The quality of it was crap but you had no choice because there was no where else to get a copy of it.


You can see the full Producer's Cut of Halloween 6 here. Watch it when you have some time... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIEPcHInVj0

I would love to see the "producer's cut" of Halloween 6.

The original version makes no sense whatsoever.


Hey Tom, I have it if you are interested. :)

Hey Tom, I have it if you are interested. :)

Is your quality good? DVD?

Thanks for posting those. I had never seen the screenshots from the 1980 tv version.

Yeah, what came out to be the 6th sequel really was a stinker.

The Producer's Cut is a much better version and I am surprised the studio hasn't released it already. I keep hearing various rumors and what not that it is "finally" coming out but I just don't see it happening.

I picked up a VHS copy of it about 10 years ago at a fan convention. The quality of it was crap but you had no choice because there was no where else to get a copy of it.


You can see the full Producer's Cut of Halloween 6 here. Watch it when you have some time... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIEPcHInVj0

I watched a couple of parts of that youtube cut today.

Still makes no sense.

:lol:

Thanks for posting those. I had never seen the screenshots from the 1980 tv version.

I managed to find a clip that features a good portion of the tv footage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWvgECyb08E

That's all I can find, the other 4 minutes is one more scene in the hospital and Jamie Lee and P.J. Soles.


Around 1998, I managed to tape a Sci-Fi channel airing of Halloween and it had the tv scenes. Halloween aired a lot around this time due to Halloween H20 being released.

The tv scenes made it to one of Halloween's DVD releases. Version I have does not have it.

I watched a couple of parts of that youtube cut today.

Still makes no sense.

:lol:

LOL

I still say this version is a lot better than what was released as Halloween 6.

They tried to give Michael a reason for his madness and use cults,evil conspiracies, and magic... what have you.

This got stupid and it's the reason why the later films completely disregard any of this. H20 and Resurrection ignore 4-6.

Is your quality good? DVD?


Yes, it is pretty good quality and on DVD. :)

I managed to find a clip that features a good portion of the tv footage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWvgECyb08E

That's all I can find, the other 4 minutes is one more scene in the hospital and Jamie Lee and P.J. Soles.


Around 1998, I managed to tape a Sci-Fi channel airing of Halloween and it had the tv scenes. Halloween aired a lot around this time due to Halloween H20 being released.

The tv scenes made it to one of Halloween's DVD releases. Version I have does not have it.

I'm trying to think of another movie that went back and filmed extra footage for the TV broadcast.

I can't think of any.

I'm trying to think of another movie that went back and filmed extra footage for the TV broadcast.

I can't think of any.

There could be others but I don't know off the top of my head. I'll have to look..

I'm trying to think of another movie that went back and filmed extra footage for the TV broadcast.

I can't think of any.

Alright TJL, after a while of searching around I have come across two movies that have done this (film new footage for a tv broadcast).

-One is Heston's 1974 Earthquake. NBC aired Earthquake on their channel in 1976 and new footage was filmed so the film could be shown in two nights. The new television scenes dealt with a married couple on board a flight attempting to land during the earthquake.


-The other one is Heston's 1976 Two-Minute Warning. Once again it was at the hands of NBC for them to film new scenes for the tv broadcast when it aired in 1978.
The new scenes came to a half-hour long whereas 40 minutes from the original release were removed. The new scenes featured an art heist with a sniper acting as a decoy.

I found a few more films that added in new scenes for a television broadcast:

- Peter Cushing's 1963 The Evil of Frankenstein.

- The 1962 version of The Phantom of the Opera.

- Kiss of the Vampire from 1963. It was called Kiss of Evil on television.

This got stupid and it's the reason why the later films completely disregard any of this. H20 and Resurrection ignore 4-6.

As stupid as the plot in part 6 got, it's still nowhere as stupid as Resurrection(Busta Rhymes alone was enough to make the film a joke), I like part 4(probably my favorite sequel of the series), and part 5(despite the silly deputy moments)

I found a few more films that added in new scenes for a television broadcast:

- Peter Cushing's 1963 The Evil of Frankenstein.

- The 1962 version of The Phantom of the Opera.

- Kiss of the Vampire from 1963. It was called Kiss of Evil on television.

Army of Darkness also added scenes back in for television broadcast, some of these scenes can be seen as deleted/extended scenes on some of the DVD releases.

As stupid as the plot in part 6 got, it's still nowhere as stupid as Resurrection(Busta Rhymes alone was enough to make the film a joke), I like part 4(probably my favorite sequel of the series), and part 5(despite the silly deputy moments)

I absolutely agree, Resurrection was pretty bad.

They decided when they did H20 to completely disregard 4-6; as some may know already part 3 was not related. That's a whole other story...

They made H20 a direct sequel to Halloween II even saying that Michael Myers hasn't been seen or heard of for 20 years. In Halloween's timeline he should have been only not heard of for three years (1995).


H20 was a decent flick, I liked it. Resurrection was good only for the beginning where Michael finally kills Jamie Lee Curtis; as that was her statement that she is done with Halloween.

Then they went on to make the film more like a spoof on current pop culture; like internet reality shows. Come on, Busta Rhymes doing karate on Michael?


I like 4 and 5 too. I think those two films were great. I don't like 5 as much as 4 but I do like them.

Army of Darkness also added scenes back in for television broadcast, some of these scenes can be seen as deleted/extended scenes on some of the DVD releases.

Thanks for that one.