Michael Myers is almost ready to come home, but Australian fans may be left waiting.

IllFonic’s upcoming Halloween: The Game is less than a month away from its September 8 release, yet players in Australia and New Zealand have already hit an unexpected roadblock. The Australian Classification Board has refused to give the game a rating, preventing it from being officially sold in either country.

The issue came to light on social media after an Australian fan asked the game’s official account why they couldn’t pre-order the PlayStation 5 version.

The developers responded that, despite their efforts, Halloween: The Game had been denied classification.

And surprisingly, the problem isn’t Michael Myers brutally hunting down survivors.

It’s weed.

The game features a controlled substance that players can use to gain an advantage during matches. Smoking weed allows players to determine Michael Myers’ location on the map, giving them valuable information while trying to survive the night.

That mechanic appears to have been enough to trigger the Classification Board’s refusal.

Australia has a long history of taking issue with video game drug mechanics. We Happy Few, for example, was famously refused classification over its depiction of drugs before that decision was eventually overturned.

Unfortunately for Halloween: The Game, there currently doesn’t appear to be a similar reversal on the horizon.

The game also features alcohol, although drinking comes with its own downside: it negatively affects the player’s movement. Apparently, Michael Myers isn’t the only thing players need to worry about.

Despite the Australian setback, the rest of the world will get to experience IllFonic’s take on the Halloween universe later this year.

Halloween: The Game launches digitally on September 8 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. Physical editions will follow on October 6.

For Australian and New Zealand horror fans, however, getting their hands on the game may prove to be a much bigger challenge than surviving Michael Myers.