 Describing aspects of Michael Myers which he wanted to explore in the comic book Halloween : Nightdance , writer Stefan Hutchinson mentions the character 's " bizarre and dark sense of humor " , as seen when he wore a sheet over his head to trick a girl into thinking he was her boyfriend , and the satisfaction he gets from scaring the characters before he murders them , such as letting Laurie know he is stalking her . Hutchinson feels there is a perverse nature to Michael 's actions : " see the difference between how he watches and pursues women to men " . He also suggests that Michael Myers ' hometown of Haddonfield is the cause of his behavior , likening his situation to that of Jack the Ripper , citing Myers as a " product of normal <unk> - all the repressed emotion of fake Norman Rockwell smiles " . Hutchinson describes Michael as a " monster of abjection " . When asked his opinion of Rob Zombie 's expansion on Michael 's family life , Hutchinson says that explaining why Michael does what he does " [ reduces ] the character " . That being said , Hutchinson explores the nature of evil in the short story Charlie — included in the Halloween Nightdance trade paperback — and says that Michael Myers spent fifteen years " <unk> himself to this force to the point where he is , as Loomis says , ' pure evil ' " . Nightdance artist Tim Seeley describes the character 's personality in John Carpenter 's 1978 film as " a void " , which allows the character to be more open to interpretation than the later sequels allowed him . He surmises that Michael embodies a part of everyone ; a part people are afraid will one day " snap and knife someone " , which lends to the fear that Michael creates on screen . 
