J. Black

J. Black is a fictional medic featured in the Halloween film series. Played by actor David Jensen, he appeared in the 1988 film, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.

Biography
J. Black was a male attendant who worked at Smith's Grove Sanitarium in the late 1980s. In 1988 he, along with a female attendant named L. Evans, were assigned to drive to Ridgemont Federal Sanitarium for a patient transfer back to Smith's Grove. Their patient was notorious Haddonfield serial killer, Michael Myers.

After being greeted by a man named Jones, the two were brought down to the lower levels of the sanitarium - "...where society dumps its worst nightmares", according to Jones, to pick up Myers. They filed all of the necessary paperwork and Black spoke with chief administrator E.W. Hoffman while signing Myers out.

They loaded him into Ambulance 534 and drove off back towards Smith's Grove. Evans asked Black if Myers had any living relatives, and Black confirmed that he had a surviving niece, but she was too young to be considered a legal guardian. Hearing this awakened something in Myers and he suddenly sprang to life. He grabbed Black by the face and smashed his head multiple times against the interior wall of the ambulance, leaving big bloody smears behind him. He then finished him off by poking his thumb into his forehead, piercing his brain.

Notes & Trivia



 * In the film, J. Black is identified only as man attendant. Close inspection of his name tag reveals his first initial and surname.


 * J. Black is the first victim of Michael Myers in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.


 * Assuming that J. Black was born in 1947, he would be the same age as Judith Myers - Michael Myers's sister and first victim.


 * Actor David Jensen is also known for playing a conductor in the 1995 sci-fi/horror movie Species.

Keywords
Characters who have their heads crushed; Medic; Mental health facility; Michael Myers victims; Thumb in the head