Their first apperence is in the original Halloween where they arrive home on Halloween 1963 to find Michael with a kitchen knife in a catatonic state. A more indepth understanding of the parents and the Myers family is found in the Halloween novel released in 1979. In the novel Michaels maternal grandmother has concerns for him as he states he can hear voices. There is also discussion between the grandmother and Michael's mother about Michael's great-grandfather who apparently committed some sort of undescribed violent act. "I think there are enough similarities," says the concerned mother.