The real question is whether Carpenter will be scoring the games.

Michael Myers in the original Halloween, he's holding up his classic kitchen knife, it's dark, a light shining behind his head. - 1

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Great news, horror fans: John Carpenter’s Halloween is getting not one, but two video games, and the director himself is helping on one of them.

Boss Team Games (Evil Dead) developing 2 new games based on Halloween, one of the games developed in UE5 with John Carpenter ‘intimately involved’ https://t.co/jw2SAE8K4b “relive moments from the film and play as classic characters from one of the most iconic and important… pic.twitter.com/gLxGq7UPGm — Wario64 (@Wario64) August 12, 2024

Notably, one of them is being developed in Unreal Engine 5, and will include some input from the original film’s director John Carpenter. “As a huge gamer myself, I’m thrilled to help bring Michael Myers to life again in this game, and my hope is to scare you silly,” Carpenter said in a statement. As Carpenter notes, the film director loves to play video games, and even spoke about his Fallout 76 addiction a couple of years back - and he even shared that he thought Dead Space would make a great movie.

“Everyone at Boss Team Games are huge fans of horror and Halloween obviously holds a special place in the hearts of all horror fans,” said Boss Team Games CEO Steve Harris in a statement. “Getting to work with iconic characters like Michael Myers and build on John Carpenter’s original vision is literally a dream come true. Everyone at Boss Team is thrilled and honored to be working with Malek Akkad and John Carpenter to deliver a one-of-a-kind experience that fans of the movie and video games will love.”

Here’s hoping there’s a dedicated scream button. After all, what’s a final girl without an iconic scream?

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