The most terrifying aspect of horror is when there is something nearly recognizable but remains just outside of solid comprehension. The uncanny valley or the near-human monstrosity is just ready to make us clench our arms to our sides and get ready to bolt in fear! So, what could be scarier than a human-like creature that simply cannot die, who continues to chase down its victims with a relentless and incomprehensible hunger, all the while wearing a mask that is somehow just a few too many steps away from human!?

Well, imagine if you thought you knew this source of horror!? At least, you thought you did… See, there are two great mysteries about the terrifying Michael Myers of Halloween horror history that may shake you to your core. (It certainly did ours!) The first thing to realize is that the freakish face mask that has haunted your dreams for years… the one that is so recognizable and at-the-same-time foreign… it is a face that you’ve known most of your life! That’s right! Myer’s mask is just our favorite youthful William Shatner as James T. Kirk painted ghostly white. But, don’t stop too long to look to recognize those grand features behind the ghastly mask. Kirk might have been cool with hand-to-hand fighting but Myers likes the machete!

The second and possibly more terrifying fact is that, all along, Michael Myers has actually been your little kiddo dressed up in this spooky kid-sized Michael Myers costume! Aaaah! Well, at least now that we know the truth, it might be a little less horrifying. You can guide your tyke down the right path while they run around, spooking friends in this dark blue jumpsuit and the iconic white latex mask. And, better yet, you can remind the kidlet that Myers never speaks. So… you can trade a chatty kid for a little bit of a crazy murder spree. We imagine that about evens out, right? (Just make sure that your choice of weaponry is definitely of the prop variety!)