“For 40 years we’ve been dissecting this mask,” Nelson says, adding that even the matted wig hair attached to the mask got its own extraordinarily careful treatment. “Some people were like, ‘Chris, there’s like a piece of hair swirl sticking up there, could you mat that [down]?’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, no, no. That has to be there. If it’s not there, it’s not the ‘78 Shape.’”
The accuracy was especially important, of course, since Halloween Kills—which leans heavily into themes of how trauma in the past influences behavior in the present—actually includes flashbacks to 1978, offering new perspectives on the fateful October 31 night when Michael, aka the Shape, first menaced Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her friends. Halloween Kills is currently out on digital and hits 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD tomorrow; the final chapter in director David Gordon Green’s reboot-sequel trilogy, Halloween Ends, will arrive this October 14.
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