In "Halloween Kills," Michael Myers escapes the trap Laurie Strode set for him in "Halloween" and slaughters the firemen who aid his escape by putting out the fire that was meant to kill him. What follows is a bloody rampage as the killer makes his way from Laurie's burning house back to his childhood home. Meanwhile, a mob of vigilantes gather to hunt him down, led by Tommy Doyle (Anthony Michael Hall). Throughout the rest of the movie, Michael's unmasking is teased. An original film survivor, Lindsey Wallace (Kyle Richards), almost tears his mask away during their reunion, and later, Laurie's daughter Karen (Judy Greer) manages to completely remove Michael's mask. These characters realize his mask is Michael's greatest weakness, and more importantly, removing it is the only way to slow him down or stop him.
However, director David Gordon Green never fully reveals Michael's face to viewers. Using wide shots and shadows, the killer's face is always obscured and never shown in profile. Even a newscast announcing Michael Myers' escape shows a blurred mugshot of his human features. Again, we're only allowed to see a tall, balding, grey-stubbled figure from a distance, but it's clear the actor playing the character in those scenes is James Jude Courtney.
