 The ending scene of Michael being shot six times , and then disappearing from the ground outside the house , was meant to terrify the imagination of the audience . Carpenter tried to keep the audience guessing as to who Michael Myers really is — he is gone , and everywhere at the same time ; he is more than human ; he may be supernatural , and no one knows how he got that way . To Carpenter , keeping the audience guessing was better than explaining away the character with " he 's cursed by some ... " For Josh Hartnett , who portrayed John Tate in Halloween H20 , " it 's that abstract , it 's easier for me to be afraid of it . You know , someone who just kind of appears and , you know [ mimics stabbing noise from Psycho ] instead of an actual human who you think you can talk to . And no remorse , it 's got no feelings , that 's the most frightening , definitely . " Richard Schickel , film critic for TIME , felt Michael was " irrational " and " really angry about something " , having what Schickel referred to as " a kind of primitive , obsessed intelligence " . Schickel considered this the " definition of a good monster " , by making the character appear " less than human " , but having enough intelligence " to be dangerous " . 
