Sported my new Myers mask (Cemetery Gate Production's WARLOCK) this Halloween and I'd have to say that I've never felt more like him. People seemed extra unnerved. One child was shouting up from the sidewalk asking Michael Audrey Myers if he was going to kill him. I did the Myers head tilt and his family laughed and screamed. They eventually came up, and I could tell they were really creeped out and uncomfortable. So after handing them candy, and as they were leaving, I stepped out onto the porch (something I rarely do). They definitely weren't expecting that and the mom shrieked. This caused the child, and his family, to run towards the sidewalk. In what seemed like a moment from a Scooby-Doo cartoon, one of the handles on his trick-or-treat bag caught onto the foot of the staked corpse at the entry to the porch. He didn't know what snagged him, but I could tell he thought it was me, as he wasn't looking back. He screamed and left the bag dangling from the corpse's foot. Michael Myers silently removed the bag, straightened the corpse, and looked up. The boy was coming back. I handed him his bag and he whispered "Thank you, Michael" and ran off.
It was one of those incredible Halloween moments that make this holiday so absolutely wonderful.
What a night.
5 comments:
You make a very convincing Michael! Glad it was a good night.
I appreciate that! There's still a level of feeling silly when the costume first goes on, but then you see the expressions on the kids and you realize they get more out of Myers being at that door than they do with spooky props being all around them. I love it. A bunch of kids were shouting "you're a fan favorite, Michael! A fan favorite!" haha...
Don't feel silly. You have his look down, body type and all, which sometimes people don't have and can throw off the vibe.
Such a sincere and wonderful story, I couldn't help but smile as I read it. You made a lifelong Halloween memory for both yourself and that kid's family. Thanks for sharing
I bet he comes back next year
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