The magic you describe I see as an innocence, it is a subconscious energy of the film people are attracted to, representing their lost childhood, that sense of wonder and unknown children have, it is sort of replicated in some sequels, but here and in the first sequel it seems the most prominent. Halloween also shows what happens when our sexuality gets repressed, whatever gets stuffed inside, in the darkness of our own consciousness reappears in the outside darkness manifested as accidents, murders, whatever demon it is. Yet Laurie also represents innocence along with Michael, they deserve each other as she has created him with her own hidden trauma. There are these two conflicting angles that are true to life. The reason she is "destined" to survive is because she is innocent inside, it is all in her carefulness, notice how her two girlfriends used to make certain blunders, making their clothes dirty, smoking, the way they talk, trying to be cool, and so on, watch for that. This is very.. perhaps unconscious on the part of filmmakers, but it is exactly our own unconscious that reveals our own very accurate hidden patterns of behaviour, truths about life, etc. The song Sandman in the second film reveals everything about this, how Michael and her are destined for each other, lighter side and darker side, people dont attract such dark presence in life sometimes because they have a certain balance, both light and dark, especially when it comes to sexual energy, which is the most powerful energy of the body that creates and manifests life into form, our thoughts and emotions get distilled into such an energy. So Halloween as a film is powerful exactly for these reasons, it is psychological, unconscious, many of us are not aware for why we are attracted to things we are. Whatever is repressed we are destined to face in real life in a symbolical way sometimes. She had to face her fears, not to be consumed and killed by them through. Why I see innocence in Michael and her, is because Michael represents to me the unknown, the silence, the primitiveness, the mystery that children have, the true darkness that childhood symbolizes of not knowing, of not being fully developed, yet Laurie represents a more civilized lighter side of innocence. One has to feel these things. Another thing is, Carpenter is aiming at our very deep psychic centers (no surprise since Carpenter is sort of an old hippie, his music scores are all psychedelic, creating a deeper feeling rather than superficial quick reactionary feelings), also notice the ending of the film, it is irrelevant whether Michael is supernatural, the film creates him as a form that can manifest anywhere, that's what makes it so scary, this is how the universe works, it is all supernatural yet real. Anything in life is possible, anything can happen, now manifest darkness like Michael, and watch how you feel, how frightened it makes you.
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