We appeared in open court earlier today to talk about, with the court, the recent competency evaluation that came back in the case of the King Soopers shooter. In the second court order of competency evaluation, the doctor who is a widely-respected expert found the shooter to be incompetent to stand trial.

Michael Dougherty

I like the horror community because they're subversive. They question things. If something is held back from them, especially if they've heard that its good, they seek it out.

Michael Dougherty

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Everyone has gone trick or treating, everyone carves a jack o lantern with their parents. If you really look at the stories they sort of focus on what Halloween is like at different stages of your life.

Michael Dougherty

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I always try to take projects I'm genuinely interested and passionate about versus just trying to take projects for the money.

Michael Dougherty

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So when it came to making the movie I guess I had a really good sense innately of what it was that makes Halloween really great. In that it is a holiday for everybody now. When I was a kid I felt like it was mostly for kids, maybe that's just the way it always is when you're a kid, but I think now more than ever it's for grown ups too. When I was a kid I don't think there were quite as many sexy adult costumes and we definitely didn't have all these Spirit Halloween stores that pop up every October.

Michael Dougherty

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It's recognizable as an icon, and that's never going to change.

Michael Dougherty

Competency is different than insanity, or a mental health defect. So, we're not talking about what he did on March 22nd. We're talking about whether he is competent to stand trial right now.

Michael Dougherty

We’ll just continue to work through each obstacle on this journey.

Michael Dougherty

My heart goes out to Eric Talley family, Eric Talley family loved ones, and Eric Talley family colleagues, eric Talley family was, by all accounts, one of the outstanding officers of the Boulder Police Department, and Eric Talley family life was cut far too short, as Eric Talley family responded to the shooting that was taking place at King Soopers.

Michael Dougherty