Halloween night, 2008. It had been thirty years since a mass murderer had begun a killing spree on Halloween night. Every year for ten years, the killer took one victim on Halloween night in and around Haddonfield, New Jersey. After each murder, the killer would send graphic letters to the police and media detailing how they had carried out each of the murders and their plans for additional killings. But after ten years, it all stopped. No more murders, no more letters. It seemed as if though the killer had either given up, was dead, or maybe had been captured.
However, thirty years to the day of the first murder, the police received a call from the local newspaper claiming a letter had been sent from the Halloween Killer. A detective, Sam Loomis, went to the newspaper to investigate the contents of the letter. The letter indeed proved to be from the killer, the writing style was the exact same as previous letters and was signed with the murderer's authentic signature. The letter also came with a photo of a man who appeared to be in his late fifties with a caption on the back saying that the man in the picture was the killer and he intended to strike again. Loomis deduced the killer would strike again that night and would expect to be captured or killed.
As he walked around the neighborhood where the majority of the murders had taken place, Loomis spotted two children, a boy and a girl, running out of a house, screaming. Loomis ran up to them and gestured them to him.
"Guys, over here! What happened?"
"He's trying to kill Laurie! He's trying to kill Laurie!" the boy shouted. The girl seemed too frightened to speak.
"Who is it?" Loomis cried.
"It's the Halloween Killer. He said that Laurie is the next person on his hit list!"
"Stay here, you two!" Loomis shouted. He pulled out his cell phone and gave it to the boy. "Take this cell phone and call the police. Tell them that Detective Loomis has located the killer and is going to try and take him down."
With that, Loomis ran into the house where the children had come running out. Once inside, he heard a scream coming from upstairs. Loomis ran up the stairs and stopped at the top, looking around for the source of the screaming. In the room closest to him, he saw a figure wearing a white mask trying to strangle a woman. Loomis assumed that this was Laurie and had to act quickly. Before he could however, the woman unmasked the figure. The figure pushed the woman back in order to put his mask back on. His head moved into the light shining through the window and in the split second that he saw his face, Loomis recognized him as the man in picture that was in the letter.
Loomis quickly reached into his pocket, pulled out his gun, and shot at the man. The man stumbled backward and remained standing, his breathing was quickening through the mask. Loomis ran into the room and stood in front of the figure in a combat stance, pointing his gun at the killer. The killer then made to move toward him and Loomis fired again. He had fired six shots before the killer fell backward off the balcony in the bedroom. Loomis heard the killer land on the ground outside with a thud.
Loomis then pulled his trigger again just in case and realized he was out of bullets. Beside him on the ground, the woman sat, crying and uncovering her ears.
"Who are you?" she asked.
Loomis lowered his gun and turned to face her. "Detective Sam Loomis. Are you Laurie?"
"Yes. Was that the Halloween Killer?"
"As a matter of fact, it was."
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