Creating Michael Myers

Michael Myers’ mask is a horror icon, but it wasn’t something Carpenter had given too much thought to initially.

In fact, the mask was only described as having “the pale, neutral features of a man” in Halloween’s script.

Production designer Tommy Lee Wallace went to a local story and bought a couple of $2 masks of Captain Kirk from Star Trek, painted them white, widened the eye holes, and reshaped the hairline.

Carpenter was happy with Wallace’s work, calling it “the perfect face of evil”.