It’s Halloween season and even evil fictional characters can’t help but celebrate.
The legendary killer Michael Myers from the Halloween franchise has been causing hearts to stop since 1978, but it appears he wants to have a little more fun this year.
On tonight’s SNL, an actor named Jaxson (Mikey Day) is wearing the cinematic monster’s mask in a sketch about a fictional new sequel, Halloween Rises, as the cast and crew ready a kill scene.
Chloe Fineman and Ashley Padilla play Haley and Sasha, Myers’ intended victims, respectively. They’re sitting on the couch at home watching a scary movie when Myers opens the sliding door behind them without bringing any attention to himself. With his hands on his hips, the killer breaks into a dance following the beat of the film’s theme song.
The director (Andrew Dismukes) stops production immediately to give Jaxson some direction.
“Okay, so Jaxson, your movements are just a little too theatrical,” he says.
Jaxson replies, “Oh, I’m sorry about that. It’s just how I worked on it with the stunt movement coordinator, Beau (Michael Keaton).”
Beau and the director discuss how to improve Jaxson’s portrayal of Myers and the actor gives it another go but fails yet again. Beau, however, thought the killer Broadway moves were exceptional.
The kill goes down in a fantastical way but was it good enough for the director? Watch the video above.
