u/HatGroundbreaking396

Hi everyone!

Given the positive response to my previous post, I’ve decided to start writing a script for "Halloween Reborn." You can find the first 32 pages at the link below! :)

Since this is a first draft, I’ll be the first to admit the dialogue isn’t the most polished yet—the goal was mainly to give you a feel for the story and the characters' personalities, so please keep that in mind while reading. For anyone who missed the context, I’ve also attached the link to my original post.

I also took the liberty of putting together a cast poster (or at least my personal fan-cast, lol). Here’s the lineup for the new leads:

Isabela Merced as Amber Russo

Miguel Mora as Lucas Russo

Sadie Stanley as Hannah

Inde Navarrette as Olivia

Brian Altemus as Trevor

Carson MacCormac as Joshua

Spencer MacPherson as Dante

LAST POST / SCRIPT DRAFT

Just a heads-up, there's a formatting error on page 27. I tried bolding some text with asterisks (force of habit from other programs) and the new software i'm trying didn't like it. My bad! Just ignore those.

I also wanted to share a scene I’ve been visualizing for the third act. A showdown between Trevor and Michael Myers set against a neon-soaked dance floor and a disco ball. The vibe is heavily inspired by The Strangers: Prey at Night and Ready or Not 2, with Bonnie Tyler’s 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' playin in the background.

If you guys have any ideas for a specific sequence or a creative kill scene, feel free to drop them below! I'll make sure read to every single one of ur comments. Let me know what y'all think and thanks for reading! :p (don't judge me about the weird lighting in the poster. It's only my second time trying to make a cast poster)

like i said, this is a soft-reboot. That's why there's a new font for the logo and Michael has a new mask

October, 2027.

Years have passed since the death of Michael Myers in October 2022. But to the rest of the world, those murders were attributed solely to Corey Cunningham, and Michael Myers is believed to have died back in 2018 after being attacked by a mob in Haddonfield—as seen in the final moments of Halloween Kills.

Ask anyone in Haddonfield, and they’ll tell you the same thing: his body disappeared… or that someone made sure it did.

Many residents have since left the town. Laurie Strode now lives a quiet, anonymous life somewhere in the world, and Haddonfield has finally moved on from the story of Michael Myers.

The story takes place in Willow Lake, Oregon. A small town with no connection to Haddonfield.

Lucas Russo is a young man obsessed with the legend of Michael Myers—a man who was shot multiple times on Halloween night in 1978, fell from a great height, survived brutal attacks in 2018, and only stopped breathing when an entire mob turned against him.

How was that even possible?

Lucas has a theory.

Michael Myers—often called The Boogeyman—is more than just a man. He moves through the shadows, unnaturally resilient, impossibly driven… and drawn to one thing: fear.

Lucas believes fear is what fuels him.

To him, Michael isn’t just a killer—he is the physical embodiment of the Boogeyman on Earth. The more people fear him, the stronger he becomes. It doesn’t matter how many times you shoot him or burn him—he cannot truly die until people stop being afraid.

And that’s exactly why he died that Halloween night years ago.

When the entire town of Haddonfield stood together and watched him fall… that was the moment Michael Myers truly died. Because, for the first time, no one feared him anymore.

At least—not in Haddonfield.

But the moment someone feels fear again…

he will return from the shadows.

And what night do people fear the most? Halloween.

When a random man dressed as Michael Myers murders a girl in Willow Lake, fear of the mask spreads throughout the town.

And just as Lucas theorized…

Michael Myers manifests once again—emerging from the shadows to bring terror to Willow Lake… his new hunting ground.

Questions Answered in the Film

“Why doesn’t Michael attack babies or infants (like the one he spared in Halloween (2018)) if he’s pure evil?”

Because very young children can’t fully comprehend fear or what’s happening around them. Without fear, there’s nothing for him to feed on.

“Has Michael always been the Boogeyman?”

Yes. Whether he knows it or not, he has always been driven by it. Even the murder of his sister was just the beginning—the first step in spreading fear wherever he goes. He doesn’t understand his nature; he simply follows the instinct to kill, guided by the fear it creates.

“How do you kill Michael Myers?”

Everyone has to stop being afraid of him. It’s not enough for one person to be brave—if he takes root in a community, the entire community must reject that fear to destroy him.

“How does it loosely connect to other timelines?”

Lucas theorizes that because Michael moves through shadows, he might also be able to manifest in other worlds—since shadows exist everywhere. As long as fear exists, Michael can exist.

He even jokes:

“Imagine a world where Laurie had a son instead of a daughter… and he looks like Josh Hartnett.”

It’s not meant to establish a multiverse or interdimensional travel—just a fun meta easter egg acknowledging the franchise’s different timelines, hinting that maybe… somehow… they all exist.

Additional Notes (Not Explained in the Film)

“Why did he have such a strong connection to his house?”

Because it was a place people feared. The house itself carried the weight of that fear—absorbed into its walls.

“Will Laurie or Haddonfield characters appear?”

No. They’re fine. They killed their fear of Michael Myers—and that’s what matters.

“How does it leave room for sequels?”

As long as someone, somewhere, fears Michael… he can always come back.

“What about Corey?”

Michael let him live because he saw something in him—darkness. After being weakened in 2018, when the town had nearly lost its fear, allowing someone else to kill while wearing the mask helped reignite that fear.

“Why add the detail that people don’t know he actually died in 2022?”

Because it makes the story more interesting if people don’t realize they’re dealing with something supernatural.

If everyone fully accepted that supernatural elements exist in this world, it would start to feel too fantastical. Keeping that uncertainty grounds the story and makes it more unsettling.

Aside from Lucas’ comments, Michael’s supernatural nature—his abilities and his origin—is never fully explored or over-explained. That preserves the mystery of the character.

Why would you want to see what’s behind the curtain?

At its core, this is a back-to-basics approach for the franchise:

a classic story of Michael Myers terrorizing a town and unsuspecting teenagers.

The addition of the fear + shadows concept also opens the door creatively. It allows Michael to appear in different places, across different settings, with entirely new characters. You can tell standalone stories… or follow a single survivor across multiple films.

It gives the franchise room to evolve—without losing what makes it Halloween.

Is anyone interested in reading a full script? (+ my sequel idea "Halloween Fear"