28/11/2025
Movies That Inspired The Killjerk Killer in the Woods – #2
Halloween II – More Michael, More Murder, More Inspiration
I love Jason. I love Freddy. But Michael Myers? He’s the king.
Weirdly, I haven’t watched Halloween (1978) that many times—maybe two or three. But Halloween II (1981)? At least ten. Probably more.
My dad lived in a small fishing village in the ‘80s, and I would visit on weekends. Back then, there wasn’t much on TV, so the VHS tapes you had got played a lot. This wasn’t even my tape. But I watched it anyway. Again. And again.
What makes Michael Myers so terrifying? He doesn’t do much. He just stands there. And it’s chilling.
Memory plays tricks on you, though. There’s a scene where Michael drowns a nurse in a hot tub, and I always remembered it as way more graphic—like I swore you could see her b***s. Turns out, that was just my teenage brain filling in the blanks 😄
Which brings us to The Killjerk Killer in the Woods 👇
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/danielhllquist/the-killjerk-killer-in-the-woods-horror-feature
Many slashers have a weirdly sexual undertone to their violence—the knife as a metaphor for something else. It’s disturbing. It’s fascinating. And it’s definitely something we’ve explored in our film. You can even hear it in the title: jerk isn’t there just because he’s a jerk.