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Horror Choreographer

Saturday Night Live 2024 Season 50 Episode 4

SKETCH-O-VISION

A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

On the set of a Halloween slasher remake, the actor playing Michael Myers keeps turning the killer's slow stalk into a sassy dance routine, coached by an overeager movement coordinator.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

A young director (Andrew Dismukes) is ready to shoot the first kill scene of a Halloween remake, with Michael Myers creeping up on two teens on a couch (Chloe Fineman and Sarah Sherman). Take after take, the masked actor Jaxson (Mikey Day) glides, spins and struts into the room instead of lumbering. The trouble traces back to Beau (Michael Keaton), the stunt movement coordinator, who took the note that Myers moves slowly and decided the killer's menace should be sensual. Every request for something stiffer only produces flirtier choreography, until Beau jumps in to demonstrate a full hip-rolling routine himself. The exasperated director fires them both and asks whether anyone on the crew will put on the mask, and the slate operator (Bowen Yang) eagerly volunteers.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 6

Michael KeatonHost

Beau

Highly quotable.

Well, molasses has a kind of sensuality to it.

It was very JoJo Siwa backup dancer.

Success is when preparation meets opportunity.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

According to NBC, the sketch was inspired by viral social-media videos of people dancing in Michael Myers masks.

ScriptEnglish · 48 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

00:03
Hailey
Thanks for letting me crash here this weekend.
00:05
Lily
Hey, that's what friends are for.
00:07
Director
And cut. Okay, we're moving on. Now, everybody knows today's a big day because we're about to shoot our first kill scene. So clap those hands, Halloween Rises family.
00:19
Yeah.
00:20
Director
Mr. Myers, you ready to kill some teens?
00:23
Jaxson
Yes, sir.
00:25
Director
Anyway, so like we discussed this morning, Haley and Lily, you two are on the couch chatting. And remember, between the last scene and this one, you french kissed and grinded so that's in the air michael myers enters through the patio doors then walks up behind you and stabs haley let's take our places everybody ready all right rolling and let's slate please
00:45
Slate operator
all your rises scene four take one
00:47
Director
okay and action
00:50
Hailey
i don't know sasha i just feel like i'm being watched lately
00:53
Lily
okay paranoid just relax and watch the movie
00:57
Director
okay let's that's cut Uh, hey, my guy, say your name for me again.
01:15
Jaxson
Oh, it's Jackson, J-A-X-S-O-N.
01:19
Director
Okay, so, Jackson, your movements are just a little too theatrical.
01:23
Jaxson
Oh, I'm sorry about that. It's just how I worked on it with the stunt movement coordinator, Bo.
01:28
Director
Oh, okay, is Bo close by?
01:30
Beau
Yeah, I'm very close by, actually. Hey, friends.
01:35
Director
Oh. Hey, Bo. Well, um, so when we met, I said that Michael Myers, you know, he moves slow, like molasses.
01:42
Beau
Right. Well, molasses has a kind of sensuality to it.
01:46
Director
No. Uh, no, I don't think it does. Um, he should actually be more, like, stiff and just grounded.
01:52
Beau
Really? Okay, of course, we'll fix it. Jackson, you hear that? Sharpen it up.
01:56
Jaxson
You got it?
01:57
Beau
Go get it.
01:59
Director
Fabulous.
01:59
Director
Let's try it again from your entrance, Jackson. Okay, everybody get set. Set, ready, and... Action!
02:14
Director
Stop! Stop! Stop! No. No.
02:19
Beau
That's perfect. That's beautiful, thank you.
02:21
Director
No, actually, not perfect, not beautiful. We're gonna do no spin this time, Jackson. Just walk in the room. All right, still rolling, let's go again. Action!
02:42
Oh, Kimberly! Yeah,
02:44
Director
Let's cut, let's cut.
02:46
Beau
Delicious! Moving on, moving on. Great, good job.
02:50
Director
Nope, nope. Not moving on, not moving on, actually. The murder was too... How do I put this?
02:55
Beau
Sassy and flirty?
02:57
Director
It was very, uh, JoJo Siwa backup dancer. Um, look, we just need the movement to be simple, very, uh, deliberate.
03:04
Beau
Okay, so now I finally get some direction. Let me try some new choreography.
03:09
Director
Oh, okay, you want to do this?
03:10
Beau
Yeah, thanks.
03:10
Director
All right, let's shoot this rehearsal for framing. Guys, let's get set. And action, Bo.
03:16
Beau
Okay. A five, six, seven, eight. And a hip, and a hip, and a body roll. And a hip thrust, and a shoulder thrust, and a spin. Great. And you...
03:29
Jaxson
Girl's not worth it.
03:30
Beau
No.
03:33
Yeah,
03:33
Director
oh, no, no, No. No. No. Cut. Cut. She is worth it. You do have to kill her.
03:41
Director
Um, you guys actually are fired.
03:43
Director
Tom, can we get, like, anybody from the crew to put on the mask and try a take?
03:48
Slate operator
Oh, my God. Success is when preparation meets opportunity.
03:52
Slate operator
Ah!
03:53
Slate operator
Yeah!