All the cancelled 'Halloween' Scripts/Treatments/Ideas!

Halloween II: Original Concept by John Carpenter (1981) - The first initial idea for Halloween 2, it
took place years later and had Laurie Strode living in a high rise apartment building, only for the
Shape to return on Halloween to cause carnage. It was scrapped because John Carpenter liked the
idea of picking up on the same night more.

Halloween III: Season of the Witch by Nigel Kneale (1982) - Basically a early version of Halloween
III, it had much less gore and was apparently more complicated and complex than what we got.
John Carpenter and Tommy Lee Wallace did rewrites on the script and simplified it and made it
gorier, which angered Nigel and he forced the producers to remove his writing credit from the
film.

Halloween IV by Dennis Etchison (1986) - Revolves around Tommy and Lindsey along with other
returning characters like Gary Hunt and Brackett years after the original massacre. It has lots of
supernatural and psychological elements, including a Michael Myers who can grow in size.

Halloween V by Shem Bitterman (1989) - The first script for Halloween V, it revolved around the
ending of Halloween IV. furthering the idea of Jamie becoming fully evil. Danielle Harris and
Donald Pleasance were on board with this idea, however the idea was rejected by the studio and
Akkad. Dominique Othenin-Girard threw the script in the trash in front of Moustapha Akkad.

Halloween V Pitch by Robert Harders (1989) - A pitch by Robert Harders, it involved Michael being
struck by lighting and being brought back to life, and from there it was basically a Frankenstein-
esque story, Michael was no longer evil and was being hunted down by the townspeople while
Doctor Loomis was trying to reach Michael and trying to stop the townspeople from killing
Michael.