The first is that John Carpenter and Debra Hill were simply Michael Myers He sees you when you’re sleeping he knows awake Christmas tree sweatshirt following horror genre protocols with the writing of the character. Debra Hill has stated in interviews about the 1978 film that the babysitter dialogue and the scenes between the friends were her input, but it was John Carpenter who wrote the evil aspects of the film, so Michael Myers, as a concept, was entirely John Carpenter’s. Having been to film school at USC and having watched movies for most of his life, Carpenter knew the genre protocols of horror movies which often have the villain remain silent or say as little as possible so as to be more menacing, more ominous. The precedent for this genre choice can be found in the Universal monster films:
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