Michael Myers is an American fictional character from the Halloween movie series. He first appeared in John Carpenter's Halloween. Myers only kills on Halloween day in Haddonfield, Illinois.
He first killed his sister on Halloween night of 1963 and since then he was searching to kill his last living family member, Cynthia "Laurie Strode" Myers. He was sent to a mental hospital, but during his transportation to another mental hospital, he escaped when the truck was attacked. After Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Which was the only movie he did not appear) he was searching to kill Laurie's daughter.
His psychiatrist, Dr. Samuel Loomis is trying to save Michael's victims and stop Michael from killing. Myers appeared in 9 Halloween movies. He was played by many different actors throughout the series.
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Halloween: Nightdance scribe Stefan Hutchinson interviewed at ComiXology.com
Official site of the Halloween series
Fictional American people
Fictional characters introduced in 1978
Fictional murderers
Movie characters
Halloween (franchise) Horror movie characters