Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
02-12-15, 12:13 PM
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He was co-writer and co-producer on the second film. When the director Rick Rosenthal submitted his cut, Carpenter found the movie not scary. He gave Rosenthal another chance to fix it and he couldn't, so Carpenter did some more editing and filming to "fix" it. He wanted H2 to be the final film with Michael Myers because "slasher" films were a dime a dozen. If any sequels were made they would take place on Halloween and would be different stories.
02-12-15, 01:06 PM
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They did try to do that at first with the third film, but it had a decidedly less than warm reception and was apparently terrible, so they returned to the Michael Myers stuff.
02-12-15, 01:38 PM
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02-12-15, 01:57 PM
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02-12-15, 01:58 PM
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Halloween III is tremendously underrated in my opinion and I agree that it is the best of the films after the first two. H20 is the only other one that comes close in my opinion even though I like them all to varying degrees. Halloween III suffers from being an entry in the Halloween franchise. If it was just a stand-alone film I think it would have been viewed as a horror cult classic, but the fact that its labeled as being another entry in the franchise it throws a lot of people off and is written off as bad for being different.
02-12-15, 02:15 PM
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02-12-15, 02:30 PM
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If I had to rank the films, I'd go like this:
1. Halloween
2. Halloween III
3. Halloween II
4. H2O
Everything else can blow me. But it's not a film that ever needed any sequels. "Halloween" needed a sequel like "Psycho" needed one. Or ANOES. Or TCM. Or Hellraiser.
Oh, fuck you Hollywood.
1. Halloween
2. Halloween III
3. Halloween II
4. H2O
Everything else can blow me. But it's not a film that ever needed any sequels. "Halloween" needed a sequel like "Psycho" needed one. Or ANOES. Or TCM. Or Hellraiser.
Oh, fuck you Hollywood.
02-12-15, 03:03 PM
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Looks like I'm going to have to re-watch III
02-12-15, 03:27 PM
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I'd put H4 above 2 and 3. H2 was a straight, and fairly boring, copy of H1. H3 was pretty good. Then again, I always loved the atmosphere H4 set up right from the beginning.
02-12-15, 04:12 PM
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I agree about III. If it had no ties to the franchise and was just a John Carpenter film like Prince of Darkness it would've gotten a bit more respect over the years. It's a solid film.
06-15-15, 09:29 AM
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Halloween Returns will pit a new group of Haddonfield youngsters against Myers. The now 18-year-old child of one of Myers’ victims plays a central role along with the child of a cop whose long been obsessed with Myers’ case, even putting it before his own daughter.
Myers is now on death row and the two kids with their own personal vendettas against the killer sneak in to watch his execution. But when things go awry and Myers escapes, the pair, along with their friends, find themselves in the firing line.
Myers is now on death row and the two kids with their own personal vendettas against the killer sneak in to watch his execution. But when things go awry and Myers escapes, the pair, along with their friends, find themselves in the firing line.
Casting is apparently underway.
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06-15-15, 09:32 AM
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06-15-15, 11:14 AM
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So is this supposed to be following the continuity of the Zombie films or going back to the original films? The article says its meant to stand alone but I don't see how that makes sense to make it a revenge type film following what happened with Michael Myers and his victims and not follow any of the previous films. If they did it following the original films it would be set before H20 which would be sort of cool. I'm interested depending on how its done.
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06-15-15, 12:32 PM
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I want to know why Myers hasn't gone to space yet only to be marooned long enough to kill and end up on Earth 2 to meet Jason for a fight, knock each other out and then allow Freddy to enter their world so we can finally get FJM: The Ultimate Battle
06-15-15, 12:35 PM
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06-15-15, 01:01 PM
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So is this supposed to be following the continuity of the Zombie films or going back to the original films? The article says its meant to stand alone but I don't see how that makes sense to make it a revenge type film following what happened with Michael Myers and his victims and not follow any of the previous films. If they did it following the original films it would be set before H20 which would be sort of cool. I'm interested depending on how its done.
The only information to come out of the announcement was that the next Halloween is not a remake, not a reboot, nor is it a re-imagining. In fact, it’s being called a “recalibration.”
While we don’t have any information on what that means, we did get some inside info answering a few questions that have been weighing on the minds of Halloween fans.
Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report that the next Halloween is NOT a remake, and it WON’T follow Rob Zombie’s 2007 remake and its 2009 sequel.
While we don’t have any information on what that means, we did get some inside info answering a few questions that have been weighing on the minds of Halloween fans.
Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report that the next Halloween is NOT a remake, and it WON’T follow Rob Zombie’s 2007 remake and its 2009 sequel.
(Bloody-Disgusting is now also confirming that filming will begin in July, and that Marcus Dunstan, director of The Collector, and writer of multiple Saws and Feasts, will be stepping in as director.)
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06-15-15, 01:14 PM
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From what I gather, it will essentially operate in the confines of the original franchises continuity. However, it will remain standalone in that it will not lean heavily on any particular elements from said continuity. No Mark of Thorn. No Druidic cult. Just a passing reference to the damage he's done over the years, and then on to the stalking.
06-15-15, 02:01 PM
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The new premise sounds terrible (Myers on death row?), but I really enjoyed THE COLLECTION so I'm hoping Dunstan & Melton can bring it.
06-15-15, 02:05 PM
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This is the official press release:
http://halloweenmovies.com/2015/06/1...oween-returns/
HALLOWEEN RETURNS TO THE BIG SCREEN FROM DIMENSION FILMS AND TRANCAS INTERNATIONAL FILMS
New York, NY (June 15, 2015) – Dimension Films and Trancas International Films announced today that production will start in July on the highly anticipated thriller HALLOWEEN RETURNS, which follows notorious killer Michael Myers . Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton the writers behind a number of the SAW films have written the script, which is a terrifying new installment of the classic franchise originated by John Carpenter. Marcus Dunstan will also direct the film. The last big screen performances for Michael Myers were in HALLOWEEN (2007) and HALLOWEEN II (2009). Malek Akkad is set to produce with Matthew Stein as executive producer. The log line is currently being kept under wraps.
“Michael Myers has taken a long break from the big screen and we know fans are eager to see him return. We are excited to be back in business with Trancas and look forward to bringing one of the scariest installments of this classic franchise to audiences worldwide,” said Bob Weinstein, co-chairman The Weinstein Company & Dimension Films.
“The legacy of Halloween is something that Trancas is very proud of, and I look forward to working together again with Bob and Dimension to continue that tradition,” said Akkad.
Dunstan and Melton are repped by Paradigm, Underground’s Trevor Engelson and attorney Dave Feldman.
Overseeing production for Dimension Films are EVP of Production and Creative Affairs, Matthew Signer, SVP of Production and Development and Keith Levine.
New York, NY (June 15, 2015) – Dimension Films and Trancas International Films announced today that production will start in July on the highly anticipated thriller HALLOWEEN RETURNS, which follows notorious killer Michael Myers . Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton the writers behind a number of the SAW films have written the script, which is a terrifying new installment of the classic franchise originated by John Carpenter. Marcus Dunstan will also direct the film. The last big screen performances for Michael Myers were in HALLOWEEN (2007) and HALLOWEEN II (2009). Malek Akkad is set to produce with Matthew Stein as executive producer. The log line is currently being kept under wraps.
“Michael Myers has taken a long break from the big screen and we know fans are eager to see him return. We are excited to be back in business with Trancas and look forward to bringing one of the scariest installments of this classic franchise to audiences worldwide,” said Bob Weinstein, co-chairman The Weinstein Company & Dimension Films.
“The legacy of Halloween is something that Trancas is very proud of, and I look forward to working together again with Bob and Dimension to continue that tradition,” said Akkad.
Dunstan and Melton are repped by Paradigm, Underground’s Trevor Engelson and attorney Dave Feldman.
Overseeing production for Dimension Films are EVP of Production and Creative Affairs, Matthew Signer, SVP of Production and Development and Keith Levine.