How Much of the Mask Will We See in Zombie's H2?
Source:Ryan Rotten, Managing Editor April 7, 2009

Some news fresh from tonight's set visit to Rob Zombie's H2...

Wayne Toth, speaking from his make-up FX trailer, tells me we will see Michael Myers spend seventy-percent of the sequel without the mask. Myers, as played by Tyler Mane, will appear as the disheveled, bearded hulk we've seen in leaked set photos.

The film is set roughly two years after Zombie's remake. Between films I'm told Myers has been living in the wild, exposed to the elements. A pic of Myers that was shown to me found him beneath a ragged hoodie, hair covering his dirtied face. He actually sorta resembles Zombie during his Hellbilly Deluxe days.

Toth assures us there will be new versions of the Myers mask including one for the third act no one has seen before!

Also, keep your eyes peeled to Crank: High Voltage. Dimension is efforting to get the H2 teaser attached to prints of that film. I'm supposed to see it tonight, keep your eyes peeled for a description soon.

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Oh Rob! Why?

Hopefully it'll have a good story.

The story and aspect of Michael Myers not wearing a mask sounds interesting.

Well, Zombie has said numerous times that he is taking a new direction with Halloween and this is one thing that proves it.

Thinking about it now this seems to make sense. Zombie said in the beginning that he is taking all of the supernatural stuff about Myers out; that whole Samhain and "evil" stuff. Myers is just a psychopath now and not controlled by the elements of evil and curses.

Myers is a now a fugitive and out living in the wild. He spent most of his life incarcerated and doesn't really know how to live on his own. When he first broke out he went to familiar grounds, his home, and now he's on the run from that as well.

It would seem foolish to have him shown out in the wild wearing the mask all of the time. This could possibly work and we'll see how Zombie pulls it off.

I will say I hope the 30% he is masked is used for the stalking and killing scenes because it just wouldn't look like "Michael Myers" if he looks like a hobo for that part.

I didn't hate the remake like I thought I would, and I'm glad Zombie's removing all of the Samhain silliness that was getting thrown into the sequels, I'll just have to wait and see.
I have a feeling though that any remake Zombie does it's going to have a 'white trash' backgrond added. I wouldn't be surprised if he did a version of Dracula where the bloodsucker lives in a trailer park.

Well, Zombie has said numerous times that he is taking a new direction with Halloween and this is one thing that proves it.

Thinking about it now this seems to make sense. Zombie said in the beginning that he is taking all of the supernatural stuff about Myers out; that whole Samhain and "evil" stuff. Myers is just a psychopath now and not controlled by the elements of evil and curses.

Myers is a now a fugitive and out living in the wild. He spent most of his life incarcerated and doesn't really know how to live on his own. When he first broke out he went to familiar grounds, his home, and now he's on the run from that as well.

It would seem foolish to have him shown out in the wild wearing the mask all of the time. This could possibly work and we'll see how Zombie pulls it off.

I will say I hope the 30% he is masked is used for the stalking and killing scenes because it just wouldn't look like "Michael Myers" if he looks like a hobo for that part.

I don't think it would be all that foolish of him wearing a mask given the background Zombie gave him. It seemed his mask gave him a feeling of security, something to hide behind, I think being completely away from his element would make him want to hide behind a mask even more.

Living out in the wild, I just hope he doesn't turn Michael into another Jason, and hopefully we don't see Michael being given shelter by a bearded blind man(unless of course Gene Hackman reprises his role).

I don't think it would be all that foolish of him wearing a mask given the background Zombie gave him. It seemed his mask gave him a feeling of security, something to hide behind, I think being completely away from his element would make him want to hide behind a mask even more.

Living out in the wild, I just hope he doesn't turn Michael into another Jason, and hopefully we don't see Michael being given shelter by a bearded blind man(unless of course Gene Hackman reprises his role).

I guess what I was trying to say is that since Myers is becoming "more human", the man has to eat and being out in the woods (or where ever he is) it will be hot as hell wearing that thing.

We'll see exactly how he loses his mask and how he comes across the "new ones".

One of the things that makes Michael so scary is the mask. That blank face is terrifying because you can put whatever you want on it in your mind. I'm a HUGE Halloween fan and I thought Rob's first movie was ok, but this goes against everything Halloween is supposed to be ohno:

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It might actually be better this way. I really enjoyed the first half of his Halloween, and hated the second half. He started out with a very interesting concept, and then tried to rush everything from the original into an hour, and it just didn't work. I'll at least give this one a chance.

The story and aspect of Michael Myers not wearing a mask sounds interesting.

I like that idea too. It certainly is an interesting angle for Zombie to try.

But as LuLu pointed out, the man behind the mask the audience never gets to see is what made Michael Myer's so damn interesting (and frightening) in the first place.

Somewhere, someplace, William Shatner has felt just a little snubbed. ;)

Sometimes its just best to leave the classics alone.

Sometimes its just best to leave the classics alone.


I couldn't agree more!

I like that idea too. It certainly is an interesting angle for Zombie to try.

But as LuLu pointed out, the man behind the mask the audience never gets to see is what made Michael Myer's so damn interesting (and frightening) in the first place.

I too agree with LuLu in the original and in other horror movies the audience never really solves the mysteries behind the killers and I agree even that aspect makes movies more frightening.