What We Learned About ‘Halloween’ at Comic-Con
Forty years after haunting Haddonfield, Illinois in a massacre that killed three, Michael Myers is back and Laurie Strode is waiting for him. See what we learned about the new Halloween movie at the San Diego Comic Con ahead.
Laurie Strode Is A Survivor, Not A Victim
Now a grandmother, Strode has spent the last forty years training in self-defense, overcoming post-traumatic stress, and looking for a way to take back her life after the threat of Myers has loomed over it.
Other Characters Will Have Surprise Cameos
Aside from Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode and Nick Castle reprising his role as Michael Myers, there will be other cameos from actors in the original film. True to form, we won’t know about them until the movie comes out.
The Film Will Have Some Comic Relief, But Won’t Be A Horror-Comedy
Director David Gordon Green noted that while his background as a film director is usually comedy, he noted that he wanted this movie to feel tense throughout and made sure that the horror drives this story forward. There will be occasional tension-easing comic relief, but the movie isn’t approaching it like Scream would.
The Night He Came Back Home
In an extended tracking sequence that was shown for attendees, Myers travels to two houses in a tense sequence where he kills nearly everyone in his path, sparing only a few Trick or Treaters who walk by before the bloodshed begins and a screaming infant. While the original film was almost entirely bloodless as a stylistic choice, the violence described here was more visceral in nature; even still, the focus here is still on suspense over shock value. Another, unrelated clip to this sequence featured a clip of Myers leaping through a window to grab Strode before the camera cut to the movie’s title.
The Original Halloween Saved A Man’s Life
This part isn’t related to the movie itself, but an attendee who got a chance to say something to the cast noted that he was grateful for Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter for making the original film because it saved his life. He explained, tearfully, that he was once attacked by someone with a knife and that the movie was able to prepare him for the incident; he noted that, had he not seen the original film, he wouldn’t be there today. Curtis, moved by his story, gave the man a hug.
Halloween will be released on October 19, 2018.
Grant Davis is a freelance writer who has covered entertainment news for more than seven years. His articles have frequently appeared in Star Wars News Net as well as as other entertainment-related websites. As someone who grew up on Star Wars and comic book movies, he’s completely thrilled with the current era of genre entertainment.
