Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
04-22-18, 11:41 AM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
Zombie broke a mold a bit and we saw how that turned out. As long as there is a creepy atmosphere, good kills, and some shadowy suspense I’ll be happy.
04-22-18, 11:55 AM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
I should say, I'm not thinking that's such a bad thing. The original was a masterclass in simplicity and suspense. If DGG and co. can come close to matching that then we may have a real winner.
04-22-18, 12:08 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
I’m fine with a back to basics approach. No gimmicks, no bullshit just a good horror film. I’ve grown more interested in the idea of this being a straight sequel to just the first film. Hope it’s pulled off decently.
04-22-18, 04:33 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
Maybe the old slashers are played out. Michael and Jason had their day, but the zeitgeist has moved on.
04-22-18, 04:37 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
The only way this movie will work is if it got Myers targeting people from social media. His old gig is up. Myers would need to get with the times and learn how to use the internet, Ipad or a smartphone.
04-22-18, 05:02 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
I think I mentioned it many pages back in this thread (or it could have been another Halloween thread) but IMO, the best way to pull off another Halloween movie is to set it in the early 80s. I mentioned Ti West for director after seeing what he did with House of the Devil. A movie I didn’t love but really captured a 1980s feel. A retro Michael Myers Halloween movie in similar setting would be awesome.
04-22-18, 05:07 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
I think I mentioned it many pages back in this thread (or it could have been another Halloween thread) but IMO, the best way to pull off another Halloween movie is to set it in the early 80s. I mentioned Ti West for director after seeing what he did with House of the Devil. A movie I didn’t love but really captured a 1980s feel. A retro Michael Myers Halloween movie in similar setting would be awesome.
I guess the only issue is, with having Jamie-Lee Curtis back, the concept wouldn't really work given her age...
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04-25-18, 01:33 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
With a big smile on her face, Jamie Lee Curtis took the stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas to show the first trailer to “Halloween,” the upcoming sequel to John Carpenter’s classic 1978 horror film that gave Curtis her big break in Hollywood.
“Aside from ‘Star Wars,’ I can’t think of another movie in which the same actor plays the same character forty years later,” Curtis said. “I am proud to return to the role that marked the start of my creative life.”
The trailer shows Curtis as Laurie Strode, now a grandmother, whose grandchildren are the subject of rumors at their high school because of the famous clash Laurie had with the murderous Michael Myers forty years ago. The spiritual scars of that confrontation still haven’t healed, with Laurie still training at a shooting range she built in her backyard, preparing for the day Michael comes back.
And on Halloween night 2018, that day comes, as a prison bus containing Michael “mysteriously” crashes. Laurie knows what that means, running out into her neighborhood and ordering the kids trick-or-treating to get inside. With knives and guns drawn, Laurie prepares as Michael arrives wearing the mask that made him an urban legend.
David Gordon Green is directing the film from a script he co-wrote with Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley. Laurie and Michael will return to theaters October 19.
“Aside from ‘Star Wars,’ I can’t think of another movie in which the same actor plays the same character forty years later,” Curtis said. “I am proud to return to the role that marked the start of my creative life.”
The trailer shows Curtis as Laurie Strode, now a grandmother, whose grandchildren are the subject of rumors at their high school because of the famous clash Laurie had with the murderous Michael Myers forty years ago. The spiritual scars of that confrontation still haven’t healed, with Laurie still training at a shooting range she built in her backyard, preparing for the day Michael comes back.
And on Halloween night 2018, that day comes, as a prison bus containing Michael “mysteriously” crashes. Laurie knows what that means, running out into her neighborhood and ordering the kids trick-or-treating to get inside. With knives and guns drawn, Laurie prepares as Michael arrives wearing the mask that made him an urban legend.
David Gordon Green is directing the film from a script he co-wrote with Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley. Laurie and Michael will return to theaters October 19.
04-25-18, 01:50 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
The thing I'm not getting here is, if Michael isn't Laurie's sister and he's been locked up for the past 40 years... why is he going after Laurie again? There's no connection. She isn't even the one who stopped him last time.
04-25-18, 02:14 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
The connection is with his home town. If you watch the original without taking in the sequels. She approached his house and he seen her through the door window. For whatever reason she "caught" his eye and he followed her and that started it.
04-25-18, 02:15 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
Good point. This one wiped out all info regarding them being brother/sister, right?
04-25-18, 02:16 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
That was my question when the news about this movie first came out about the film ignoring the sequels and that Laurie is Michael’s sister. Unless it’s something unconventional like it’s all in her head and the trauma she’s gone through it is kind of an odd approach.
04-25-18, 02:17 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
Is this one taking place in Haddonfield? Cause it would be silly to assume she stayed in the same town all her life after that. If not, he just happened to crash/get free right near where she lives?
04-25-18, 02:34 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
This was also a thought of mine. I'd have moved out of the damn country after something like that.
04-25-18, 02:45 PM
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04-25-18, 02:47 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
I’m not sure I really follow the logic here. Haddonfield is home to both of them but that still doesn’t necessarily explain why he’d pursue her forty years later. The only thing that I can think of is that she’s the one who escaped but how would he have kept tabs on her all these years? I assume he doesn’t know her name and she’s aged forty years so it’s not like he’d necessarily recognize her. Plus like mentioned that also assumes that she didn’t ever move, which frankly after her experience doesn’t make a lot of sense in my opinion. There are a lot of unknowns with where they’re taking the story but I’m inclined to agree that Laurie being the target forty years later with no concrete reason doesn’t make a lot of sense. Her being his sister made it more believable.
04-25-18, 03:03 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
With a big smile on her face, Jamie Lee Curtis took the stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas to show the first trailer to “Halloween,” the upcoming sequel to John Carpenter’s classic 1978 horror film that gave Curtis her big break in Hollywood.
“Aside from ‘Star Wars,’ I can’t think of another movie in which the same actor plays the same character forty years later,” Curtis said. “I am proud to return to the role that marked the start of my creative life.”
The trailer shows Curtis as Laurie Strode, now a grandmother, whose grandchildren are the subject of rumors at their high school because of the famous clash Laurie had with the murderous Michael Myers forty years ago. The spiritual scars of that confrontation still haven’t healed, with Laurie still training at a shooting range she built in her backyard, preparing for the day Michael comes back.
And on Halloween night 2018, that day comes, as a prison bus containing Michael “mysteriously” crashes. Laurie knows what that means, running out into her neighborhood and ordering the kids trick-or-treating to get inside. With knives and guns drawn, Laurie prepares as Michael arrives wearing the mask that made him an urban legend.
David Gordon Green is directing the film from a script he co-wrote with Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley. Laurie and Michael will return to theaters October 19.
“Aside from ‘Star Wars,’ I can’t think of another movie in which the same actor plays the same character forty years later,” Curtis said. “I am proud to return to the role that marked the start of my creative life.”
The trailer shows Curtis as Laurie Strode, now a grandmother, whose grandchildren are the subject of rumors at their high school because of the famous clash Laurie had with the murderous Michael Myers forty years ago. The spiritual scars of that confrontation still haven’t healed, with Laurie still training at a shooting range she built in her backyard, preparing for the day Michael comes back.
And on Halloween night 2018, that day comes, as a prison bus containing Michael “mysteriously” crashes. Laurie knows what that means, running out into her neighborhood and ordering the kids trick-or-treating to get inside. With knives and guns drawn, Laurie prepares as Michael arrives wearing the mask that made him an urban legend.
David Gordon Green is directing the film from a script he co-wrote with Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley. Laurie and Michael will return to theaters October 19.
04-25-18, 03:28 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
The idea that Michael has just been in prison for forty years feels a bit anticlimactic to me. I’d prefer to have thought that he just disappeared into the night. This isn’t sounding a lot better than some of the other sequels in my opinion.
04-25-18, 04:40 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
I’m not sure I really follow the logic here. Haddonfield is home to both of them but that still doesn’t necessarily explain why he’d pursue her forty years later. The only thing that I can think of is that she’s the one who escaped but how would he have kept tabs on her all these years? I assume he doesn’t know her name and she’s aged forty years so it’s not like he’d necessarily recognize her. Plus like mentioned that also assumes that she didn’t ever move, which frankly after her experience doesn’t make a lot of sense in my opinion. There are a lot of unknowns with where they’re taking the story but I’m inclined to agree that Laurie being the target forty years later with no concrete reason doesn’t make a lot of sense. Her being his sister made it more believable.
04-25-18, 06:34 PM
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More details, from Dark Horizons:
Universal held its CinemaCon presentation today and a full description of the “Halloween” trailer that was screened is up at io9. The clip reveals that what sets things off is someone making a documentary about a murderer – Michael Myers. They visit Myers in an institute and show him the mask to try and provoke a reaction.
Cut to the granddaughter of Laurie Strode explaining her grandmother has long been traumatized by the incident and that, despite rumors, Michael is not her brother. Jamie Lee Curtis then appears as Laurie who has been preparing in case Michael ever returned – she’s trained up, has plenty of guns and has built her house full of secret passages and booby traps with one goal – when he eventually does escape she can kill him.
He does of course, and the trailer shows various incidents (set to Carpenter’s theme). One is a girl in a toilet stall thinking a creep is trying to get in her cubicle, only for Michael to shower her with teeth from a man he just killed next door. Another scene has a babysitter trying to close the closet door of the young boy she’s minding – only for Myers to pop out and grab her throat. The outlet describes the tone like this:
“What we gleaned from the trailer, as well as the presentation itself, is that this Halloween is going to be really scary. It uses modern tropes, like the true crime documentary, to tell a modern story of a woman who has been scared for forty years. A woman who had the worst night ever and since then has been dreading, but preparing, for it to happen again. And it does.”
It’s hoped the new trailer will go online in the next few weeks. An apparent report from a test screening went up the other week, but was quickly shot down when John Carpenter revealed not only had they not tested the film, but the film’s rough cut has not yet been finished. Carpenter consulted on the film and is doing the score.
Curtis herself showed up on stage to present the clip, at the same time jokingly apologising for 1999’s “Virus” and saying that only the “Star Wars” and “Halloween” franchises could still have the same actors appearing in the same franchise forty years later.
The new “Halloween” opens October 19th.
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Huh. So... Home Alone: Halloween Edition?
Universal held its CinemaCon presentation today and a full description of the “Halloween” trailer that was screened is up at io9. The clip reveals that what sets things off is someone making a documentary about a murderer – Michael Myers. They visit Myers in an institute and show him the mask to try and provoke a reaction.
Cut to the granddaughter of Laurie Strode explaining her grandmother has long been traumatized by the incident and that, despite rumors, Michael is not her brother. Jamie Lee Curtis then appears as Laurie who has been preparing in case Michael ever returned – she’s trained up, has plenty of guns and has built her house full of secret passages and booby traps with one goal – when he eventually does escape she can kill him.
He does of course, and the trailer shows various incidents (set to Carpenter’s theme). One is a girl in a toilet stall thinking a creep is trying to get in her cubicle, only for Michael to shower her with teeth from a man he just killed next door. Another scene has a babysitter trying to close the closet door of the young boy she’s minding – only for Myers to pop out and grab her throat. The outlet describes the tone like this:
“What we gleaned from the trailer, as well as the presentation itself, is that this Halloween is going to be really scary. It uses modern tropes, like the true crime documentary, to tell a modern story of a woman who has been scared for forty years. A woman who had the worst night ever and since then has been dreading, but preparing, for it to happen again. And it does.”
It’s hoped the new trailer will go online in the next few weeks. An apparent report from a test screening went up the other week, but was quickly shot down when John Carpenter revealed not only had they not tested the film, but the film’s rough cut has not yet been finished. Carpenter consulted on the film and is doing the score.
Curtis herself showed up on stage to present the clip, at the same time jokingly apologising for 1999’s “Virus” and saying that only the “Star Wars” and “Halloween” franchises could still have the same actors appearing in the same franchise forty years later.
The new “Halloween” opens October 19th.
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Huh. So... Home Alone: Halloween Edition?
04-25-18, 06:39 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
The ending of the original Halloween works so well because Michael is the boogeyman. He just vanishes into the darkness, and you don't know where he went, or whether he's going to come back. He might even show up in your neighborhood!
The ambiguity is what makes the original movie work so well.
Having him be in prison for forty years just sort of demythologizes the character, and makes him less scary.
04-25-18, 06:40 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
So, they have a 60 year old Michael out and about in a prison bus? Yikers!
After thinking about what I just read from the last few posts and info gleaned about the movie, it is sounding really stupid.
After thinking about what I just read from the last few posts and info gleaned about the movie, it is sounding really stupid.
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04-25-18, 06:53 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
A documentary on Myers? Really that’s this great idea to clean the slate with? I’m sorry but this is sounding less and less appealing.
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04-25-18, 07:09 PM
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Re: Halloween (2018, D: David Gordon Green) - from Blumhouse & Carpenter - S: Curtis
Agreed 100%.
The ending of the original Halloween works so well because Michael is the boogeyman. He just vanishes into the darkness, and you don't know where he went, or whether he's going to come back. He might even show up in your neighborhood!
The ambiguity is what makes the original movie work so well.
Having him be in prison for forty years just sort of demythologizes the character, and makes him less scary.
The ending of the original Halloween works so well because Michael is the boogeyman. He just vanishes into the darkness, and you don't know where he went, or whether he's going to come back. He might even show up in your neighborhood!
The ambiguity is what makes the original movie work so well.
Having him be in prison for forty years just sort of demythologizes the character, and makes him less scary.