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Original michael myers actor 19789/27/2023 ![]() After owning and displaying it for years, Dick Warlock sold it to a collector who (I think) displays it in a haunted house in Ohio. If you’re like me, and of course you are, you’re wondering where the mask is now. The original Michael Myers mask was never used on film again after H2. Warlock with this mask can also be seen here at From Midnight, With Love, in a terrific post that has photos of all the actors who played Myers over the years, posing with their respective masks. Here is a short video comprised of segments from a 2001 interview with Warlock, showing the mask up close. The only one that still exists, officially, is the one worn by Castle and Warlock and seen on screen in Halloweens I and II.Īfter filming of H2, Dick Warlock took the mask and other Michael Myers props home. The two stunt masks were apparently burned during scenes for the finale of Halloween II. Though a lot of people think the H2 mask was not the same as the original Halloween mask, they definitely are - you can see the same facial landmarks on the two masks in this comparison photo.ĭebra Hill, producer on Halloween, had - depending on who you talk to - either kept one mask in a box under her bed and brought it in for use for the sequel, or had all three masks. Photo courtesy Anatomy of the Halloween II Mask. The same masks were used in Halloween II, where Myers was played by Dick Warlock: Nick Castle in a series of behind-the-scenes photos: ( Via.) If I understand correctly, the mask on the right was worn by a stuntman, and the one on the left was probably worn by Castle during filming: This picture was also taken at the wrap party however, they’re not wearing the same clothes as anyone in the wrap party band picture above, so it’s equivocal whether they were really Coupe DeVilles members or not. ( via) It’s this picture that confirms there were three masks, not just two, though there are always rumors that there were more, now in the hands of secret collectors.īelow is a pic that is said to be of two members of The Coupe DeVilles, John Carpenter, Halloween director, and Nick Castle, stuntman and actor who played Michael in the original film. There were at least three Kirk masks bought for Halloween, one for filming and two for stunts, all modified by enlarging the eye holes, getting rid of the space sideburns (they’re triangular! just like space!) and painting the faces white.Ībove are three cast members in a band apparently called The Coupe DeVilles playing at the wrap party for Halloween. The Spock mask was also made from a life cast. I found this unlabeled, with no indication how old the photo is, or where it’s from, but it’s got some great detail. ( Via and via.)Īn unidentified photo of the Kirk and Spock masks from the 1970s. Gene Roddenberry in promotional photos with the “Star Trek” masks. Original 1975 catalogue page for the “Star Trek” masks, courtesy The Blood-Curdling Blog of Monster Masks. The masks used in Halloween were the store-bought versions, chosen after considering another Don Post Studios creation: an Emmett Kelly sad clown mask. The year after Devil’s Rain, DPS produced an entire series of “Star Trek” masks, sold in stores during the mid and late 1970s. The reason there is a striking similarity between the Devil’s Rain facial prostheses and the Captain Kirk mask used in Halloween is because both were made by Don Post Studios, and both made from the above life cast of William Shatner. That’s not the case in Devil’s Rain, he was only wearing a facial piece or pieces, not a full mask. Many, myself included, have thought Shatner was wearing a full mask during some scenes of The Devil’s Rain, and that exact mask was later used in Halloween. To the right, a replica of William Shatner’s, the face that went on to become Michael Myers. To the left, a replica of the Devil’s Rain life cast for John Travolta. In my old Shatnerthon post linked above, you can see Ernest Borgnine in a goat mask made from what must have been a life cast, and Ida Lupino in an eyeless mask using the same process. DPS had created what are called “life casts” of various actors during production of The Devil’s Rain (1975), and these molds made of the actor’s faces were then used for facial prostheses during the melting scenes. The first mask used for the character of Michael Myers in the now-classic John Carpenter flick Halloween (1978) was a store-bought Captain Kirk mask, made by Don Post Studios (DPS). It’s one of the most iconic props in modern horror movie history, but what was it, anyway, and where is it now? ![]() ![]() William Shatner as Captain Kirk as Michael Myers in Halloween (1978).
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