4 Narrative Theories Applied to Halloween

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Tzvetan Todorov
Todorov suggests that stories begin with an equilibrium or status quo where any potentially opposing forces are in balance. This is disrupted by some event, setting in a chain of series. Problems are then solved so order is restored.
In Halloween, at the beginning there is a very brief state of equilibrium before someone is quickly killed. Equilibrium is then restored as Michael Myers is put in jail a few years on. This peace is then swiftly ruined again as Michael Myers escapes from jail. Events transpire, people are stalked and killed and then Michael Myers appears to be killed. Equilibrium is thought to be restored, only seconds later in the film, Michael Myers is gone and back out on the streets roaming the world, free to stalk and kill whoever he wants.
Therefore, the movie Halloween, actually goes against virtually every aspect of Todorov's theory as the equilibrium is not fully restored at the end of the film.

Vladimir Propp
Propp looked at 100s of folk tales and identified 8 character roles and 31 narrative functions. I will state the character roles and then state whether or not they are in Halloween and if so, who.
The Villain: Michael Myers, the main character and killer
The Hero: Laurie, the female protagonist
The Donor: Michael Myers is the only character who has anything supernatural about him, as he appears to be immortal.
The Helper: would be the Dr. Loomis character as he is on Laurie's side but has a smaller role.
The Princess: there is not really a sought for person or a reward as such
Her Father: N/A
The Dispatcher: in a metaphorical way, insanity sends Michael Myers on his kill spree
The Fasle Hero: Michael Myers has no one who is on his side, everyone is against him so there is not a fasle hero.
Therefore Propp's theory does not fit very well to this particular movie.

Claude Levi-Strauss
Levi-Strauss looked at binary oppositions in movies - sets of opposite values which reveal the structure of media texts. Some binary opposites in Halloween could be:
Good and Evil
Mortal and Immortal
Face and Mask
Night and Day
Speech and Silence
Panic and Calmness
Quiet and Loud
Sex and Celebacy
Sanity and Insanity

Bordwell & Thompson
Defined narrative as 'a chain of events in a cause and effect relationship, occurring in time and space'. Meaning typically, a narrative begins with one situation, a series of changes occur according to cause and effect and then a new situation arises that brings the end of the narrative.
For Halloween this makes sense as changes occur in terms of cause and effect, for example one of the girls dies because Michael Myers stabs her with a knife. Nothing happens without a cause in Halloween EXCEPT when Michael Myers gets up after being shot several times in the chest, neck and face. This could be explained by immortality or supernatural intervention etc.
Therefore this definition of narrative apllies quite well to Halloween and it fits in logically and makes sense.