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Its rooted in something raw, primal, and not supernatural, says director David Gordon Green.
Its not cute, and its not an even characteristically horrific.
Its not Freddy Kruegers face and knife gloves, hockey masks and chainsaws.
Its a nothing mask and a nothing wardrobe, and you just project evil onto him.
Nelson pitched himself for the job toHalloweenproducer Ryan Turek with a measurable degree of enthusiasm.
You have to hire me.
You have to get me in touch with whoever I have to talk to.
Ill do it for nothing.
I just have to doHalloween.
Its one of my dream projects ever and my favorite film ever.
The form that fans were showing up expecting to see needed to be preserved.
We have to capture the essence of it, and make the shape scary again.
Theres no anything other than evil.
How they wrinkled, how they creased, how they degenerated, says Nelson.
Where has it been?
Has it been sitting in the dark and a box?
Is it folded up?
Has it been handled by greasy, dirty hands?
All I tried to do was bring my love of that character into it, he says.
So its constantly evolving and changing like the Boogeyman.
I dont think a lot of people knew that I was doing that.
So what does aHalloweenobsessive do once hes entered horror history as the man behind an icon?
Does he put it next to his Oscar?
Its in an undisclosed location, and it is mine and I love it.
