Halloween: What Michael Myers Original Unused Clown Mask Looked Like
The Halloween franchise garnered fame for its fictional slasher Michael Myers’ use of a cheap William Shatner mask, but the original unused clown mask looked entirely different. The Shatner mask is well known for its hollow eyes and pale skin and how it lacks any emotion or soul, much like the quintessential character himself. The clown mask the prop department rejected in favor of Shatner's contrasted heavily with the deadpan persona that defines one of the most popular horror characters in history.
There are twelve films in the Halloween franchise, not including Halloween Ends which will serve as the final installment of director David Gordon Green’s continuation of the original classic. With overwhelmingly mixed reviews spanning from director Rob Zombie’s reboots to the polarizing Halloween III, producer Jason Blum has spoken on these new films and reiterated that new installments are a reinvention rather than a reboot of the original film. However, with the complexity of these various sequels, reboots, and reinventions, there are two key elements of the franchise that have kept it legendary in the horror circle. Those elements are the score and Michael Myers’ trademark mask.
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With the infamy of the Halloween franchise hinging on an item as simple as a mask, it is easy to imagine how differently the films would have been received if the prop department used their original idea to have Michael Myers wear an Emmet Kelly clown mask rather than a mask resembling Star Trek actor William Shatner. The opposing choice would have reflected continuity from when six-year-old Michael decided to wear a clown costume when he killed his sister Judith in the
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