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Halloween director explains why the new movie ignores all the sequels

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We’ve known for some time that David Gordon Green and Danny McBride’s new Halloween movie would be ignoring all but the first instalment of the slasher series, and now that the first trailer for the film has arrived, Green has been explaining to Entertainment Weekly why they decided to disregard everything but John Carpenter’s classic […]

Can we all admit the Halloween trailer was kind of terrible?

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Anghus Houvouras wasn’t impressed by the Halloween trailer… One could argue that movie marketing has become as formulaic as the movies they are pimping. There isn’t a lot of variety in trailers for high-profile studio movies. They all tend to follow a certain rhythm and cadence with very few offering anything novel. You give a […]

Michael Myers returns in first trailer for the new Halloween

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Following a couple of teasers for Halloween [watch them here and here], Universal Pictures have debuted the first trailer for director David Gordon Green’s upcoming horror reboot which sees Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode out for revenge against the iconic killer Michael Myers forty years after their first encounter; check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s6mHvFRf6I Master […]

Michael Myers and Laurie Strode return in first Halloween images

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With the first trailer set to arrive on Friday, USA Today has revealed three new images from David Gordon Green’s upcoming Halloween sequel featuring the iconic killer Michael Myers and Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Jamie Lee Curtis discusses the “terrifying” new Halloween, John Carpenter confirmed to score Master of horror John […]

Halloween gets a brief teaser ahead of Friday’s trailer

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Earlier today we brought you three images from Halloween [check them out here], and now with the first trailer set to arrive this coming Friday, a teaser has been released for the horror reboot which you can watch here… SEE ALSO: Jamie Lee Curtis discusses the “terrifying” new Halloween, John Carpenter confirmed to score https://youtu.be/fuQPmCS-EGQ Master […]

Halloween reboot undergoing reshoots to tweak the ending after negative test screening feedback

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Last month it was reported that David Gordon Green and Danny McBride’s Halloween hosted a test screening, where the film came in for some criticism, particularly relating the the “unsatisfying” ending. The reports’ authenticity came into question when franchise creator and executive producer John Carpenter denied that any test screenings had taken place. However, we […]

Jamie Lee Curtis discusses the “terrifying” new Halloween, John Carpenter confirmed to score

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Universal Pictures kicked off the promotion for the next instalment in the Halloween series this past week with the release of a first teaser poster for the upcoming reboot, and now actress Jamie Lee Curtis – who reprises her iconic role as Laurie Strode – has revealed to Yahoo that a “terrifying” trailer is on […]

Michael Myers returns with first teaser poster for Halloween

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Universal Pictures has released the first teaser poster for upcoming Halloween reboot featuring the iconic killer Michael Myers; check out the one-sheet below, along with the first synopsis for the film… SEE ALSO: Exclusive: Danny McBride says the new Halloween references every other Halloween movie Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes […]