Taglines: 40 years later, evil returns home.
In October 2018, forty years after the massacre in Haddonfield, true-crime pod-casters Aaron Korey and Dana Haines travel to Warren County Smith’s Grove Sanitarium to visit Michael Myers. They briefly interview Michael’s psychiatrist Dr. Ranbir Sartain, a former student of Dr. Samuel Loomis, before meeting with Michael in hopes of gaining some insight into his past actions before his transfer to a new facility.
Aaron brandishes Michael’s mask at him, to no effect. In Haddonfield, Illinois, Laurie Strode is living an isolated life, having been divorced twice, developed a strained relationship with her family and turned to alcohol. Laurie has prepared for Michael’s potential return through combat training. The following night, Michael’s transport crashes. Michael kills a father and his son who stumble upon the crashed bus on the road, and steals their car.
The following day, on Halloween, Michael resumes his killing spree, killing several people at a gas station, including a clerk, a mechanic for his coveralls, as well as Aaron and Dana. He then recovers his mask and heads to Haddonfield. Laurie attempts to warn Karen, and her husband Ray, of Michael’s getaway, but they dismiss her concerns.
Halloween is a 2018 American slasher film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Green, Jeff Fradley, and Danny McBride. It is the eleventh installment in the Halloween film series, and a direct sequel to the 1978 film of the same name, thus retconning the continuity of the previous sequels.
After failing to develop a new Halloween film in time, Dimension Films lost the production rights for a sequel, which reverted to Miramax, which then joined with Blumhouse Productions. In May 2017, a new installment was officially announced, with original co-creator John Carpenter’s involvement as a composer, executive producer, and creative consultant.
Halloween premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 19, 2018, by Universal Pictures, the distributor’s first involvement with the series since Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982).
The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with many considering it to be both the best Halloween sequel and a return to form for the series. Curtis’ performance was also singled out with praise. It has grossed over $253 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise and the highest grossing slasher film in unadjusted dollars, breaking a record that Scream had previously set, as well as breaking several other box office records. A sequel is in early development.
Halloween (2018)
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Nick Castle, Haluk Bilginer, Will Patton, Rhian Rees, Jefferson Hall, Toby Huss, Virginia Gardner, Dylan Arnold, Miles Robbins
Screenplay by: Jeff Fradley, Danny McBride
Production Design by: Richard A. Wright
Cinematography by: Michael Simmonds
Film Editing by: Timothy Alverson
Costume Design by: Emily Gunshor
Set Decoration by: Missy Berent Ricker
Art Direction by: Sean White
music by: Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter, Daniel A. Davies
MPAA Rating: R for horror violence and bloody images, language, brief drug use and nudity.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: October 19, 2018
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