It’s by now common knowledge among horror fans that the mask Michael Myers wears in the original Halloween is actually a Captain Kirk mask that was converted for the production, meaning that yes, Michael Myers is essentially wearing William Shatner’s face. It was Tommy Lee Wallace who converted the mask back in the 1970s, and the rest is horror history.
If you’ve ever wanted to see how exactly Tommy Lee Wallace (who also directed Halloween III) went about turning Shatner into the Shape, Horror’s Hallowed Grounds host Sean Clark has just shared a really cool video wherein Wallace quite literally rebuilds the Shape, in the exact same way he created the original Myers mask for John Carpenter back in the day.
Clark, who uploaded the video to YouTube today, explains:
“This is a video we made back in 2014 I believe. It was made with the intention of being part of the Halloween: The Complete Collection Box Set. For years fans have asked Tommy Lee Wallace for the details of exactly how he converted the William Shatner mask into The Shape. For the first and only time Tommy takes us step by step and shows exactly what he did back in 1978.”
What a treat this is. Check out the video below!