Michael Myers

REAL NAME:

Michael Audrey Myers

ORIGINS/RESIDES IN:

Haddonfield, Illinois

BACK STORY:

He was born in Haddonfield, Illinois on 19th October 1957. Apparently he was a stillborn, but after 10 minutes he was deemed alive. His parents are Edith and Donald Myers (although, in the remake, his mother was called Deborah). He had an older sister called Judith and a younger sister called Laurie Strode. When he was 6 years old, he murdered his older sister on Halloween. He waited until her boyfriend left then butchered her with a kitchen knife, whilst wearing a clown suit. He sat outside and waited for his parents to return home. He was sent to a psychiatric hospital called Smiths Grove Sanatorium, and was often described as having the eyes of the devil. He was under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, who described him as being completely devoid of emotion and harbouring a sadistic nature. The trait which stood out the most was his complete lack of humanity. 15 years later, he managed to escape the hospital, going on to track down his younger sister, who had been given up for adoption after his parents died in a car crash. He relentlessly hunted her down for the next 23 years before finally killing her and the rest of his family. In one of the films, it seems that his madness had somehow rubbed off on his niece Jamie. Jamie, was Laurie's child yet, in the reboot of the film, she has a son called John. He has been "killed" many times but seems to always "come back from the dead".

ENEMY(S):

Laurie Strode is his main enemy. He tends to hunt those that are related to him but that doesn't stop him killing other unrelated victims along the way.

CREATED BY:

John Carpenter & Debra Mill

APPEARS IN:

Halloween (1978), Halloween 2, Halloween 4 - The Return Of Michael Myers. Halloween 5 - The Revenge Of Michael Myers, Halloween 6 - The Curse Of Michael Myers, Halloween H20 - 20 Years Later, Halloween: Resurrection, Halloween (2007), Halloween 2

PORTRAYED BY:

Nick Castle, Tony Moran, Dick Warlock, George P Wilbur, Don Shanks, Chris Durand, Brad Loree, Tyler Mane (Daeg Faerch, Chase Wright & Will Sandin play him as a child)

APPEARANCE:

He wears very dirty, tatty looking dark navy blue workman's overalls. He also wears a mask that has no expression, the eyes are torn away and it has been painted white. To get the effect of his mask, the creators actually used a face mask based on William Shatner.

HEIGHT:

Over 6" tall.

PERSONALITY:

He doesn't have a set in personality, he is literally a killing machine. He slays his victims with malice and shows no emotion and equally no mercy. He is relentless in his pursuit. In later films however, they tried to portray him as, not only a mass murderer, but as a human, a lost soul more specifically. There are times when you think that he will become good but then his killing instinct kicks back in.

FAVOURITE WEAPON:

Kitchen knife (although, he may sometimes make use of other objects)

FAMOUS LINE/QUOTE:

He doesn't talk.

ANY OTHER MEDIA:

He has appeared in TV shows such as Robot Chicken, CSI (season 7) called "Living Legend" (someone dresses as him), Cold case (in which someone is influenced by him). He has also appeared in films such as Stan Helsing and The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto. He appeared in a collection of short stories called The Nightmares On Elm Street: Krueger's Seven Sweetest Dreams. There was a novelization of the first 3 films he was in (1, 2 and 4). There were 3 young adult novels written by Kelly O'Rourke. Several comics were also released on the franchise.

POPULARITY:

In the first couple of films, people treated him as more of a "bogeyman". This is due to him being credited as "The Shape". Once he came into his own, not through personality as such, but through the fear in which the films inflicted, he vastly became something of a cult interest. This monster that no one knew barely anything about and who time after time, appeared to come back from the dead, proved that he was certainly one of the big hitters in the horror world. Even now, he is still the most recognised and, in a strange sense, the most loved.

Jason Voohees

REAL NAME:

Jason Voorhees
 

ORIGINS/RESIDES IN:

Crystal Lake
 

BACK STORY:

He was born on Friday 13th June, 1946 in a small town called Crystal lake. His parents were Pamela and Elias Voorhees. He also had a half sister on his fathers side called Diana Kimble. She herself had 2 daughters, Lauren and Jessica Kimble, and Jessica had a daughter called Stephanie Kimble. He was severely deformed and had disabilities which caused him to be sheltered away by his mother for most of his life. When he was 11, he went to Camp Crystal Lake, where his mother had worked as a cook. He was horrifically bullied however, and to try and escape his bullies, he ran down the pier and fell into the lake. He couldn't swim, but because some of the counsellors were too busy smoking weed and having sex, he drowned. A year later, his mother managed to sneak into the camp and kill the counsellors. There were attempts to reopen but she burnt it down and poisoned the water, causing locals to believe  that the place was cursed, dubbing it "Camp Blood". Eventually it was reopened in 1979. Pamela came back and killed everyone but one girl who chopped off her head with a machete. 2 months later, Jason came back and killed the survivor. He is believed to be some kind of zombie as it is not known how he actually returned. He is driven to kill by the immoral actions of his victims and the rage at the killing of his mother and his drowning.
 

ENEMY(S):

At first he seemed to aim for summer camp counsellors, but in later films it becomes anyone who came into crystal lake or whoever he bumped into. At one point he hunted down some of his family members.
 

CREATED BY:

Sean S Cunningham, Tom Savini, Ron Kurz, Victor Miller
 

APPEARS IN:

Friday The 13th (1980, although he is not actually the killer in this film), Friday The 13th Part 2, Friday The 13th Part 3, Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter, Friday The 13th: A New Beginning, Friday The 13th Part 6: Jason Lives, Friday The 13th Part7: The New Blood, Friday The 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, Jason X, Friday The 13th (2009).
 

PORTRAYED BY:

Kane Hodder, Ken Kirzinger, Derek Mears, CJ Graham, Tom Morga, Ted White, Richard Brooker, Steve Daskenisz, Warrington Gillette, Ari Lehman (child).
 

APPEARANCE:

He is tall and heavy built with a severely deformed face which he covers with a sack in the second film and a hockey mask which he acquired in the third movie. he wore this as of that film. He also wears very tatty looking clothes. He also has superhuman strength and the power to regenerate.
 

HEIGHT:

Roughly about 6" or taller.
 

PERSONALITY:

He has no personality, just a built in instinct to kill. There are parts of the movies where he almost appears as human, but this is very rare. 
 

FAVOURITE WEAPON:

A machete is his weapon of choice, although, every so often he will make use of whatever object is at hand.
 

FAMOUS LINE/QUOTE:

He does not speak.
 

ANY OTHER MEDIA:

Friday 13th novelisation by Michael Avallone (1982), Jason Lives novelisation by Simon Hawke (1986), Jason Goes To Hell comic adaption by Andy Mangels, Satans 6 No.4 (1993), 4 young adult novels (these don't feature the actual character but people become possessed by him when they put on his mask), Freddy Vs Jason novelisation (2003), Jason X novelisation (2005), Jason X: The Experiment, Freddy vs Jason vs Ash.
 

POPULARITY:

Over the years, Jason has built up some what of a cult following. The amount of films he is in has made him more of a novelty rather than a big star. The later films are only favoured for their somewhat comedic value rather than an essential part of the series. Despite all this, he is still one of the most famous horror characters of all time and Friday 13th is one of the most popular horror films ever.