I'm as mean as I look

Go on i guess.

“The mask, described in the screenplay as possessing "the pale, neutral features of a man,” is so familiar to audiences now, that it’s easy to forget how unsettling and mysterious it was at the time. The lack of specifics allows the audience to project their own fears onto ‘The Shape,’ and the blank mask carries this concept to its inevitable conclusion; the mask is the character. Never is this more apparent than during the film’s climax. He is strangling his intended victim, but defending herself, she pulls off his mask - 'The Shape’ suddenly relinquishes his grip. Putting the mask back on is more important to him - it’s his very identity, The image he has chosen to terrify his target. Killing her without it would seemingly deny his gratification. Furthermore, Michael Myers is described as possessing a “blank, pale face, with the blackest eyes,” implying that the mask chosen by 'The Shape’ brings his true self to the surface. The monster replaces the man; after all, Halloween is the night when people can become whoever they wish to be.“