Halloween’s Michael Myers featured in pumpkin-pie themed haunted display

Allyshia Baillarge has frequently seen an infamous fictional serial killer in her Silverwood Heights home.

“I would wake up in the morning and find Michael Myers sitting at my kitchen table,” she said.

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The masked murderer followed her from Warman, where Baillarge and neighbours used to see Myers, who was the silent killer from 1978 slasher film Halloween, on her roof.

“Somebody on the Warman community website said, “okay, whoever’s house this is, you gave me a heart attack this morning,’” Baillarge said.

The frequency of Myers sightings have caused her two-year-old daughter to believe her dad is the silent serial killer.

“Whenever she sees Michael Myers on TV or in the stores, like pictures and stuff, she’s like, ‘that’s my dad, Michael Myers,’” Baillarge said.

While the role of Myers has been played by several actors, the real identity of the Myers following Baillarge is Kelvin McFadzen – her fiancé and father to their toddler.

“She calls her dad ‘a monster,’ which is Michael Myers,” Kelvin McFadzen said, adding how it’s done “in a cute way.”

According to McFadzen, his love for the killer goes back to the original movie, appreciating the style of the film, the way Myers stalks his prey, and how he never seemed to die despite being killed so many ways.

Baillarge added that McFadzen can be introverted. Since Myers doesn’t speak, dressing up as the murderer lets her fiancé become the silent character.

A glass-door display cabinet with Michael Myers collectibles sits in the corner of Baillarge and McFadzen’s dining area year-round. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)

McFadzen’s interest in the fictional character is obvious both inside and outside their new home – especially with the 15-foot inflatable Myers character wielding a bloody knife on their front lawn.

Myers is just one part of McFadzen’s “pumpkin-pie festival” themed lawn. But, it isn’t as sweet as it sounds.

“They’re all being sacrificed and taken to the big guy to be turned into pumpkin pie,” McFadzen said referring to the multitude of skeletons running away from Myers on his yard.

McFadzen’s goal for next year’s display is to get an FM transmitter. That way when people drive by, they can listen to music matching the display, giving it “more theatrical excitement,” according to McFadzen. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)

He set the display up back in mid-September, which was the earliest Baillarge would let him. Since then, their home has become a popular neighbourhood attraction.

“Everybody that comes here, even the toddlers and the kids, they don’t get scared. They always just come for the enjoyment,” McFadzen said, adding that his youngest daughter loves how people come to check out “her spooky house.”

It’s caused neighbours on the street to get into the Halloween spirit with their displays, and the effort hasn’t gone unnoticed. According to McFadzen, his toddler likes to say goodnight to their neighbour’s skeletons every evening.

While McFadzen’s display makes people laugh, he said it’s also allowed him to live out his “childhood dream” of “always having fun and enjoying the spooky season.”

From skeletons to snowmen

But even with all the build up to the holiday, McFadzen won’t be there to answer the door on the evening of Oct. 31. Although, there will be a candy bowl for kids to grab sweets from.

Instead, he said he’ll take his youngest daughter to the mall for trick-or-treating where they’ll be dressed as Myers and “mini Myers.”

While McFadzen’s goal isn’t to traumatize young kids in his neighbourhood, he leaves those inhibitions at his front door to participate in Saskatoon’s Terror Trail, a haunted forest that runs until Nov. 1.

On Nov. 1, McFadzen’s $5,000 Halloween spirit display will come to an end to make way for his Frozen-themed Christmas display.