Michael Myers

John Carpenter tells us why he thinks audiences come back time and again to watch monsters, be they Godzilla-sized or Michael Myers with a knife.

With that said, Carpenter is very interested in showing audiences the Godzilla he knows, the Godzilla he cherishes, and the Godzilla who really is the king of the monsters, beginning on Thursday when Shout! They just don’t have the same charm of the original Godzilla movies, the cast of the Godzilla movies. Those are the Godzilla movies that matter most to the They Live filmmaker. And what of the recent American attempts to make Hollywood-sized Gojira movies? And it was in anticipation of this event that Carpenter spoke with us about all-things Godzilla, including why he thinks audiences keep coming back decades later for monsters like Godzilla or his very own Michael Myers creation, [ who is still going strong at the box office](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/halloween-ends-explained-legacy-michael-myers-laurie-strode/) more than 40 years after [the original Halloween](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/halloween-the-ingredients-of-a-horror-classic/) in 1978. If you need him to save the earth, he’s there. [John Carpenter](https://www.denofgeek.com/john-carpenter/) knows a thing or two about monsters. Michael Myers, they love to see him kicking ass and they love to see him get his ass kicked. [streamed across four days by the service](https://mastersofmonsters.com/), beginning on Thursday, Nov. “We love bad guys, man, we always have,” Carpenter says of the similarities between Michael and the Big G. If you need him to be a vicious world-ending creature, he’s there. perception of Godzilla movies throughout much of the 20th century, Carpenter adds, “It wasn’t cool to be a fan of Godzilla.