How I would've done Halloween 6

[robk]

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR VARIOUS HALLOWEEN FILMS AHEAD!!!


Since #5 ends with Jamie horrified that Michael has escaped again, I would've had #6 (the title The Curse of Michael Myers can remain) begin with her & Loomis in seclusion (please, no suggestive remarks) trying to track down Michael and discovering the existance of the man in black who released him.
Tommy Doyle & Sheriff Brackett could also reappear to eventually help them defeat Michael.
Jamie could realize how she has suffered as much as her mom regarding Michael (after all, he took Rachel from her, just as he took Annie & Lynda from Laurie), which could lead to her becoming obsessed with stopping him once and for all.
Simplistic, yes, but it sounds better than what #6 did give us, & I think it would've not only ensured Danielle Harris's return as Jamie but give Donald Pleasance the sendoff he deserved.

[PSU80]

That's an interesting take but given the fact that it was seven years between H5 & H6 people would have been beyond disinterested with the nine year old version of Jamie Lloyd reappearing. At the end of the day H6 worked fine for what it was supposed to be, a below par, gory sequel. I enjoyed it but most fans of the series don't. Your idea would have worked well, had they decided to make H6 two years after H5.

[Cop No. 633]

Forget H6, why not go to the root of the problem? H5 is what needed to be redone. It dropped the ball after a great setup with the ending of H4... First of all, it was inconsistent with its tone and there was more to be explored with Jamie's psychological breakdown at the end.

Basically, I'd have 5 be a call back to Michael's days in the asylum only it's Jamie Lloyd locked up. Loomis is her shrink, trying to get her to "snap" out of her silence after murdering her step-mother (That's right, she'd be dead). Then the story would also focus on Rachel coping with her mom being dead and still trying to forgive Jamie for what she did. She thinks Jamie just had a breakdown from the horrible night, meanwhile Loomis believes Michael passed his evil onto her and will one day snap like he did. There could even be flashbacks to young Michael and Loomis.

Then have the story involve Jamie beginning to see Michael Myers around the asylum. Staring at her through the woods. I'd play it up like it's all in Jamie's head.

Somebody mysteriously dies the night before Halloween at the asylum. Loomis is paranoid. He thinks Jamie did it, but there's no proof. Rachel thinks he's paranoid and might be dangerous to leave him with Jamie on Halloween, so she goes to the asylum...

Then the story can take place at the asylum on Halloween when all hell breaks loose. The cameras go haywire. The guards disappear. Then all the inmates are let out... Then they all realize Michael Myers is indeed alive and is coming back for revenge. Loomis and Rachel then have to escape with Jamie, who is still in a silent state.

I don't know where the climax would happen. Possibly at the Myers house. Loomis leads them there. Michael arrives.... goes after Rachel instead and Jamie snaps and goes fucking nuts and you realize she has the same kind of power as Michael... she is strong like him and they fight in the house as Loomis burns the place down and saves Rachel... leaving Michael and Jamie inside who holds her uncle as the roof collapses on them and she says, "It's time."

Then you could end it with Rachel and Loomis looking at the fire. Rachel is a mess. Loomis is relieved that the cycle of evil is broken. I don't know, but I think that sounds better than the part 5 we actually got.

[PSU80]

I like everything about your H5 remake except for Jamie having his powers. If they ever really wanted to make that series really scary and shocking, they would have let Michael brutally kill Jamie in H4. The series would be looked at completely different today. And in whatever scene it happened, there would have been no music, just the sound of her screaming and the sound of the struggle and gurgling.

[Cop No. 633]

Yeah, maybe she wouldn't have his powers. That could work. Maybe she traps him in the basment at the end and he does finally kill her, but the entire house (because it's old) collapses in on him and he finally dies for once but only after he gets what he finally wanted since he never got to kill her mother.

[shoe1985]

CosmicPuppet, I like your idea, but not so much the end. Giving Jamie powers like him sounds a little lame.

H5 had a lot of things that could have been very good. If the writers had more time rewrite the script, it could have been a better movie. Casting could have been better too, it seems to me they selected the first people they found.

H6 actually had a good script, if you read the original versions you will understand what I mean. The problem lies in that there were too many chefs in the kitchen.

[Cop No. 633]

yeah, it was just something I thought of pretty quick. I just like the idea that Jamie could possibly become like Michael, but the powers thing could easily be taken out and she just outsmarts Michael into the basement so that they can both die.

I have read the early H6 draft that's online. I just don't like the idea of Michael being a tool for the cult. I do like the mythology, but when you suddenly make Michael a tool of a cult that's been practicing it for who knows how long, it takes away his power as a villain. I didn't think it was as good as Farrands made it seem to be after talking about it for so long. I can't blame him though.

The series is dead at this point anyway.

[g1ng3rsnap9ed]

Even though I was very pleased with H6, I will agree that it would both be a more interesting concept and a better send-off to the character of Jamie Lloyd rather than killing her off. (Which really wasn't even her because it was a different actress.)

You should try writing this down, you may have fun with it. ;)

[shoe1985]

yeah, it was just something I thought of pretty quick. I just like the idea that Jamie could possibly become like Michael, but the powers thing could easily be taken out and she just outsmarts Michael into the basement so that they can both die.

I have read the early H6 draft that's online. I just don't like the idea of Michael being a tool for the cult. I do like the mythology, but when you suddenly make Michael a tool of a cult that's been practicing it for who knows how long, it takes away his power as a villain. I didn't think it was as good as Farrands made it seem to be after talking about it for so long. I can't blame him though.

The series is dead at this point anyway.

I actually have 2 other early drafts of the H6 script. They were given to me by Daniel Farrands:

Halloween 6 Early Draft 1 (http://www.geocities.com/simmogul/H6first.doc)

Halloween 6 Early Draft 2 (http://www.geocities.com/simmogul/HALLOWEEN666.doc)

These are much better than both versions of the movie and the other early draft, in my opinion.

[PSU80]

Yeah, maybe she wouldn't have his powers. That could work. Maybe she traps him in the basment at the end and he does finally kill her, but the entire house (because it's old) collapses in on him and he finally dies for once but only after he gets what he finally wanted since he never got to kill her mother.

Your revised idea sounds really good! An absolute ending without the possibility of continuing, that I like.

[PSU80]

yeah, it was just something I thought of pretty quick. I just like the idea that Jamie could possibly become like Michael, but the powers thing could easily be taken out and she just outsmarts Michael into the basement so that they can both die.

I have read the early H6 draft that's online. I just don't like the idea of Michael being a tool for the cult. I do like the mythology, but when you suddenly make Michael a tool of a cult that's been practicing it for who knows how long, it takes away his power as a villain. I didn't think it was as good as Farrands made it seem to be after talking about it for so long. I can't blame him though.

The series is dead at this point anyway.

I must disagree with your theory here a little bit. Michael wasn't a tool for the cult. They worshiped this and worshiped that but at the end of the day, he let them all know who wore the fucking pants in Haddonfield, hence the operating room massacre. That's why I like H6.

[shoe1985]

I agree with you PSU. The operating room scene really shows he is the one in charge. I always viewed it as him playing them to get to Jamie, and then Steven. It is just sad that Farrands' real vision didn't come out.