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Halloween: The Life & Crimes of Michael Myers

Attraction type Haunted Maze
Event Halloween Horror Nights 2009 (Hollywood)
Park Universal Studios Hollywood
Area Upper Lot
Year 2009
Housed in Wild Wild West Stage
Based on Halloween Series (1978-2009)

Followed By

Halloween: Michael Myers Comes Home (2015)

Halloween: The Life & Crimes of Michael Myers was one of the four haunted mazes that were featured during Halloween Horror Nights 2009 (Hollywood). It was located in the Wild Wild West Stage.

Description (from 2009’s website)[]

Michael Myers, the infamous masked killer, has returned to the town of Haddonfield on Halloween night! Prepare for a terrifying journey through the life and crimes of Michael Myers, from the original murder in the Myers House in 1963, to his troubled time in the Smith’s Grove Sanitarium and then his fateful and bloody return to Haddonfield. Start by entering the home where it all began. But watch your back, Michael could be waiting around any turn. This is one open house you’ll never forget.

Films Represented[]

  • Halloween (1978)
  • Halloween lll: Season of the Witch
  • Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
  • Halloween (2007)


Scareactors[]

Scenes[]

  • Judith's Bedroom
  • Town of Haddonfield
  • Smith's Grove Sanitarium
  • Babysitter's Bedroom

Experience[]

Guests approach the maze facade from the original Halloween 1978 film. A single pumpkin flickers on and off from on top of the railing of the front porch. In the upper window, we see a shadow of Judith Myers walking back and forth, she takes off her robe and begins to brush her hair as we hear begin to hum, Young Michael comes into frame as we begin to see Judith turn to yell at Michael as he proceeds to raise his knife and stab his sister to death, she screams and falls out of frame, Michael stands in the window for a second with knife raised the steps out of frame.

Guests proceed into the house and find themselves entering the living room of the Myer's house from Rob Zombie's 2007 Halloween, on the right is a staircase with Judith Myers clothing strewn on the steps as on our left is a large window with a shadow projection of giggling trick or treaters from Halloween 3, a figure is seated in a recliner in the middle of the room with its back to us facing a TV playing the classic Howard Hawk The Thing From Another World, a flickering pumpkin sits on top of the TV. As guests make their way around the room, they realize the figure is of Ronnie duct-taped to the recliner strapped with a slit throat and several stab wounds in his chest and face. There is a large pool of blood at the base of the recliner where we see young Michael's footprints lead away as we follow them to Judith Myer's bedroom, we see Judith laying face down on the floor naked in a pool of blood with her back riddled with multiple stab wounds. Blood splattered across the floor, wall and furniture, bloody footprints lead out of the room, the word "Sister" is written in blood in child-like handwriting on the dresser mirror. Guests make their way through the room as young Michael pops out a wardrobe closet with a large butcher knife in his blood-splattered clown costume.

Guests continue to follow Michael's bloody footprints and enter a transitional hallway in the Myer's house. The walls of the hallway have been smeared with blood, coming upon a locked door to Michael's bedroom, the door has a collage of photographs and magazine clippings.

Guests continue foward as they find themselves in the disheveled kitchen where a struggle had taken place, a flickering pumpkin on the counter and a flickering light inside the oven as the small kitchen radio is playing Mr. Sandman by the Chordettes, the kitchen table and chairs have been tipped over having guests to walk through around the side of the room where they see the dead body of Judith's boyfriend Steve Haley lying in the middle of the floor bludgeoned in a bloody mess as guests make another way around the kitchen, Young Michael pops out of the pantry holding a bloody, aluminum baseball bat.

As guests exit the kitchen out a back door they find themselves in the woods that surround the Smith's Grove Sanitarium, lightning hits, up ahead there is a sign that says "Smith's Grove Sanitarium>" guests approach a section of chain link fences that surround the loading dock and patient receiving area, a security light at the door can be seen flashing red suddenly an adult version of Michael Myers wearing his inmate garb and handmade clown mask pops out from behind a section of the chainlink fence with a shovel.

Guests proceed into Smith's Grove Sanitarium and find themselves inside a caged off area where janitorial supplies belong. Emergency strobe lines are flickering on and off while security alarms are wailing, the room showed signs of a struggle as many things seemed knocked off the shelf, guests then see the body of Ismael Cruz lying on the floor dead by a television forceful smashed onto his head. The janitorial station is surrounded by a chain link fence where a section has been ripped open.

Guests make their way towards the opening, Michael Myers appears above guests and scares them into the Patient Hallway where guests continue down a white hallway with doors on either side, the flashing lights and alarm of the emergency security alarm are blaring, blood and carnage on the walls of the hallway as guests approach two dead security guards sprawled out on the floor as guests make their way past the security guards, Michael Myers appears swinging a bloody night stick.

Guests find themselves entering into Michael's cell as the dingy green walls are covered with his bizarre collection of hand made masks, one corner of the room guests can see Michael's work station, a metal desk with paint, brushes and other arts and crafts supplies continuing through the dead body of a security guard Noel Kluggs laying against the wall with pants around his ankles, his eyes are gouged out and his head had been bashed against the wall, leaving a bloody trail of brain matter and gore. A second headless security guard can be seen sprawled out on Michael's bed stripped of his outfit as guests continue to pass through the room, the headless security guard on the bed gives a scare, Michael then appears through a hidden door in the wall covered with masks at guests with a large butcher knife chasing them into the next room.

Guests exit out of Michael's cell and find themselves making their way down a short hallway. The trail of blood on the walls let us know that Michael could not be far, a large window that looks out the mental hospital is banged upon a severed head of the lifeless security guard in Michael's room, Michael steps into the window and bangs on the glass as a second later he rattles the doorknob trying to get into the hallway, after a couple of attempts, Michael swings the door open and storms into the room holding the severed head of the security guard.

Guests finally surviving their visit from Smith's Grove Sanitarium are now found to be coming across a sign that says "Welcome to Haddonfield: A Friendly Community." the sign is splattered with fresh blood letting guests know that Michael is near. Sounds of trick or treaters can be heard as guests continue through a grove of trees where some of the trick or treater jump out at guests as they head towards laundry room entrance where Michael Myers pops out from behind a clothesline with a butcher knife.

Guests walk past the clothesline and enter into the laundry room in the backyard of the Wallace house from Halloween 1978. The laundry room has a large window that looks out at the surrounding tree and foilage and a practical door as guests continued Michael bangs on the window and jiggles the door knob and busts through swinging at guests with his butcher knife chasing them out of the laundry room.

Guests then approach the porch of the Wallace house, a single pumpkin is flickering on the porch as the sounds of trick or treaters chanting suddenly the Pumpkin trick or treater scares guests as they make their way to the next room where they find themselves in the Wallace's kitchen where Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper can be heard on the kitchen radio. Guests continue into the kitchen were the lifeless body of Bob is impaled on the wall with a large butcher knife, as guest pass through the kitchen Bob comes to life and reaches out at guests providing a distraction for Michael to attack guests as he bursts through a pantry door and driving his knife deeper into Bob and turns to the guest to tilt his head scaring them into the next room.

Guests then have now arrived into the Wallaces' living room completely disheveled with furniture and things sprawled around the room and dead smoldering bodies of two trick or treaters sprawled on the couch and floor. The Halloween masks have melted and are covered with insects, the classic Silver Shamrock commercial is playing on the TV set, suddenly a third trick or treater dressed as the witch pops out from behind the couch at the same as Michael Myers busts through the door.

Guests then enter the Wallaces' bedroom where Linda is seen sitting up in the bed with sheets around her neck, She's talking on the phone to Laurie, she stops talking to Laurie to yell for Bob, Linda notices the guests and slips the sheets down around her shoulders seductively asking if the guests see anything they like only for the wardrobe door swings shut to reveal Michael Myers in the sheet and glasses ghost costume grab the phone from Linda and beginning to strangle her.

Guests enter another bedroom in the Wallace house where Annie Brackett is sprawled out on the bed dead. Guests make their way around the bed as they hear sobbing, Annie suddenly stirs to life and starts screaming and Linda pops out of the wardrobe opposite the bed, Michael pops out of a door on the opposite side of the room to scare guests into the closet.

Guests find themselves trying to get through the closet as they push through the hanging body of Bob, light shines through the slatted closet doors as guests hear the chase music and female screams trying to maneuver through all while Michael is stalking from above, guests are attacked by Michael from each side of them as they exit the maze, upon escaping the closet scene and out of the maze and through the Shrek preshow, guests hear Mr. Sandman by the Chordettes as they pass through the preshow Michael Myers pops out from behind a black curtain scaring guests forward leading to the gates back into the park only for one last scare from a trick or treater racing out at guests banging on a metal trash can.

Pictures[]

Quotes[]

  • "Michael? Michael! What are you doing?" - Judith Myers
  • "Trick or Treat!" - Trick or Treaters
  • "The Boogeyman's is gonna get you!" - Trick or Treaters
  • "Where's my beer Bob? I'm totally tired of waiting! See anything you like?" - Linda

Videos[]

Soundtrack[]

Trivia[]

  • According to John Murdy, the shape mask for Michael Myers probably underwent more revisions during the sculpting phase than any other mask they created. Sometimes, the seemingly easiest characters end up being the hardest[1].
  • According to Murdy, there were scenes set in the maze that were not seen in the film, such as the aftermath of Judith's death at the beginning of the film and parts of the Smith's Grove Sanitarium[2].
  • John Murdy's favorite scene in the maze was the "Ghost Michael" scene[2].
  • The Bob Static Figure sprayed blood out of its mouth when the knife would be pushed in by the Michael Myers scareactor.
  • According to Murdy, he had hinted three normal-ish songs that guests would hear. Two of the songs Mr. Sandman and Don't Fear The Reaper would be heard in this house & Achey Breaky Heart (Cover Song of The Macey Brothers) covered by Billy Ray Cyrus being heard in My Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever house.
  • According to Murdy, he wanted piped in the scent of raw sewage into the Smith's Grove Sanitarium section of the maze. This decision was based on experience, as Murdy used to visit a sanitarium often as part of a delivery job he had as a teen; the smell of sewage backed-up seared itself into John's memory - which is what was manifested into the Halloween maze.

References[]

Halloween Horror Nights 2009
Characters: Billy (Event Icon)  • Harry Warden  • Michael Myers
Haunted Mazes: SAW: Game Over  • Chucky's Funhouse  • Halloween: The Life & Crimes of Michael Myers  • My Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever
Terror Tram: Terror Tram: Live or Die
Scarezones: Let the Games Begin!  • Freakz  • Shaun of the Dead  • Welcome to Hell • There Will Be Blood • The Meat Market  •
Shows: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute • Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure
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