This Friday, October 15th, horror fans will finally be able to lay their eyes on Halloween Kills, the twelfth installment in the forty-three year old franchise and the direct follow-up to 2018’s series reboot Halloween. Delayed from its original October 2020 release by the coronavirus pandemic, this sequel finds director David Gordon Green once again […]
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Behind the Music That Kills: An Interview With the Master of Horror, John Carpenter
For over 40 years, Michael Myers has existed as one of the greatest icons in horror. Coming into existence in 1978’s Halloween, Michael’s violence and terror have only been rivaled by few slashers in the genre. “He is supposed to be the boogeyman, a force of evil,” says director, writer, and music composer John Carpenter. […]
Jamie Lee Curtis Showed Up at the ‘Halloween Kills’ Premiere Dressed as Mom Janet Leigh’s Character from ‘Psycho’
Last night, Michael Myers and the team behind Halloween Kills took part in a costume party premiere that streamed live over on Facebook, and star Jamie Lee Curtis showed up in the night’s best Halloween costume. Curtis is of course the daughter of the late scream queen Janet Leigh, who notably played the iconic Marion […]
Chucky Meets Michael Myers in Killer Cross-Promotion for ‘Child’s Play’ Series and ‘Halloween Kills’ [Video]
This week is a huge week for franchise horror, with Don Mancini’s “Chucky” series premiering on SYFY & USA last night and Halloween Kills headed to theaters and Peacock on Friday. Yes, both Chucky and Michael Myers are back in the very same week, and since they’re both Universal properties, well, that means the two […]
David Gordon Green Says ‘Halloween Ends’ Script Is Complete and Awaiting John Carpenter’s Notes [Interview]
Halloween Kills arrives in theaters and on Peacock on Friday, October 15, picking up immediately after the events of 2018’s Halloween. Michael Myers escapes the blazing basement where the Strodes left him to die and resumes his killing spree across Haddonfield. It rips open old wounds from Haddonfield’s previous encounter with the boogeyman. Director David Gordon Green, who […]
[Review] ‘Halloween Kills’ Carves Up a Gruesome Old School Slasher… for Better and Worse
Halloween Kills picks up where 2018’s Halloween ends, with three generations of Strode women leaving a hard-fought battle, battered and exhausted. Of course, the fight isn’t over; firefighters unwittingly let loose the boogeyman in their attempts to put out the blazing fire at the Strode household. Michael Myers resumes his rampage across Haddonfield, now angrier than ever before. Halloween […]
‘Halloween Kills’: Even Actress Judy Greer Was Surprised By the Gruesome Body Count [Interview]
Actress Judy Greer‘s Karen Strode became a fan favorite upon release of 2018’s Halloween. Karen broadcast her disdain for Halloween by wearing Christmas sweaters in October and struggled with her estranged relationship with mom Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). But it was that memorable “gotcha” moment in the finale that solidified Greer’s character as a standout. […]
Latest ‘Halloween Kills’ Featurette Looks at Michael’s Bloody Firefighter Massacre [Video]
Another featurette has arrived on the road to the release of David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills, streaming on Peacock and coming to theaters this Friday, October 15. This one is titled “On-Set with David Gordon Green Part 1,” and in it Gordon Green discusses living up to the title Halloween Kills and Michael surviving the […]
13 New Horror Movies and Shows Releasing This Week Including Five Horror Franchise Returns!
For daily release updates delivered straight to your feed, follow @HorrorCalendar. The second full week of October is upon us, and once again there’s no shortage of brand new horror being brought to the table on the road to the best day of the year: Halloween, of course! In fact, this week is loaded with big […]
Jamie Lee Curtis Says Laurie Strode Has Transcended in ‘Halloween Kills’ [Interview]
One of the enduring and most formative Final Girls of horror, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) took quite a beating in 2018’s Halloween. With the help of her daughter and granddaughter, Laurie used forty years of preparation to defeat Michael Myers and leave him for dead. But it left her severely wounded, and he is […]
You Can’t Kill the Boogeyman: What’s Next for the ‘Halloween’ Franchise After ‘Halloween Ends’?
It’s hard to keep a good Slasher down. With the cyclical nature of these movies being part of their appeal, it’s rare for studios to greenlight a definitive end to their popular franchises. For every Final Chapter and Final Nightmare, there’s a Jason Lives and New Nightmare to undo the conclusions of the past. Now […]
‘Halloween Kills’ Featurette Promises an Intense Sequel With “Nonstop Action and Blood” [Video]
While 2018’s Halloween was Laurie Strode’s story, next week’s Halloween Kills is “the town’s story,” says franchise star Jamie Lee Curtis in this brand new featurette. The behind-the-scenes video offers up new footage from the latest Halloween sequel that focuses on how the town processes its own trauma and also its “mob mentality,” explains co-writer […]
Laurie Strode and Tommy Doyle Reunite in Three New Clips from ‘Halloween Kills’!
“Every time somebody’s afraid, the boogeyman wins.” Ahead of the film’s release in theaters and on Peacock October 15, David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills is further previewed today with the first three full clips from the movie. The first clip is a particular standout, wherein a hospitalized Laurie finds out that Michael Myers is still […]
‘Halloween Kills’ Image Gallery Features Tommy Doyle, Lonnie Elam, Leigh Brackett and More!
We’re now just over one week away from the release of David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills, which is coming to theaters and the streaming service Peacock on Friday, October 15. While we wait, the full image gallery has arrived today, and it includes new shots of Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, Tommy Doyle, Lonnie Elam, Leigh […]
‘Halloween Kills’: Fresh Look at Michael Myers from the Film’s Flashback to the 1970s
It’s no secret that Halloween Kills will feature flashbacks to the events of John Carpenter’s original Halloween, with a young Michael Myers glimpsed in the most recent trailer. The film, after all, is largely about the survivors of the original classic’s events coming together to take out Michael Myers once and for all, including Tommy […]