Michael Myers joined Dead by Daylight in its Halloween chapter in 2016, bringing the masked killer from John Carpenter's Halloween films into the asymmetrical horror game. His Evil Within power grows as he stalks survivors, and Tier 3 marks its final, most lethal stage, accompanied by a distinct shift in his chase audio. Clips of that moment spread through gameplay videos, streams and horror edits, where the sound became shorthand for a killer closing in. It remains popular because listeners recognise the escalation instantly, even without seeing the game.