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David Gordon Green’s Halloween to Open Fantastic Fest 2018

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FANTASTIC FEST 2018 ANNOUNCES EPIC SECOND WAVE OF PROGRAMMING INCLUDING ITS OPENING NIGHT FILM, THE UPCOMING HALLOWEEN, WITH THE LEGENDARY JAMIE LEE CURTIS IN ATTENDANCE

Running from September 20th thru the 27th in Austin, Texas, 2018’s Fantastic Fest (now in its 14th year) will kick off with a screening of David Gordon Green’s Halloween, with series star Jamie Lee Curtis in attendance, along with producers Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Do you want tickets? Need to get your hands on the limited edition, brand-new Halloween-themed Fantastic Fest collectible magazine from the Birth.Movies.Death. team before the fest even starts? Read on for info!

 

From the Press Release:

AUSTIN, TX — Wednesday, August 22, 2018 — Blasting off the festival in its 14th year will be the U.S. Premiere of David Gordon Green’s razor-sharp new contribution to the Halloween canon with legendary actor Jamie Lee Curtis—along with Halloween producers Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block in attendance! Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Festival Creative Director Evrim Ersoy says, “2018 is proving to be a remarkable year for genre cinema. It is a constant delight to be able to discover both seasoned directors and newcomers pushing the boundaries of what genre can mean, using cinematic language to bring incisive, intelligent commentary on the current state of the world and still find enough ingenious methods to terrify, thrill and twist! This second wave represents the best genre filmmaking talent on the planet, and it is all crashing into Austin next month!”

Worldwide genre titles continue to explode at Fantastic Fest with the World Premiere of haunting shocker The Boat, an insidious tale of man vs sea vessel; Girls with Balls, where a female French volleyball team takes on an entire countryside of maniacs; the North American Premiere of Timo Tjahjanto’s bonkers May the Devil Take You, where Satanic rites intermingle with family in-fighting to brutal and violent effect; the World Premiere of French serial killer shocker Savage, where a summer holiday obsession becomes a dangerous and deadly game; and the U.S. Premiere of Venice Critics week opener Tumbbad, where three generations of a family face off against demons in an ever-expanding circle of greed.

And finally, the Birth.Movies.Death. team is proud to be launching a brand-new, Halloween-themed edition of their collectible magazine at this year’s festival. In addition to exclusive interviews with John Carpenter, David Gordon Green and the legendary Jamie Lee Curtis, this issue will also feature deep-dive essays into the history of Halloween, a spread featuring some of Mondo’s best Halloween posters, and many more spooky surprises. Festival attendees may pre-purchase their copies of the magazine for pickup at the festival here, or copies can be purchased online and shipped directly to buyers via this link.

Attend:

SUPERFAN Badges, FAN Badges, 2ND HALF Badges, and MIDNIGHT Badges for Fantastic Fest 2018 are available for purchase here.

New this year, the MIDNIGHT Badge guarantees admission to the movie of your choice for the final screening round of the fest (Thursday 9/20 – Wednesday 9/26), which typically begin between 11pm and 12am, and also includes access to all non-ticketed Fantastic Fest events such as the Highball bashes, Debates, and opening and closing night parties!

For the latest developments, visit the Fantastic Fest official site at www.fantasticfest.com and follow them on Facebook & on Twitter.

John Carpenter Announced Release Date for New Halloween OST Album

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The Master of Horror, John Carpenter, has announced the impending release of the original soundtrack album for  Halloween—in which Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.  The album arrives on  October 19 from Sacred Bones, the same day that the new David Gordon Green-directed film is released in theaters.

Halloween is the first film in the canon to have Carpenter involved since 1982’s Halloween III. He serves as an executive producer,  creative consultant, and, thrillingly, as a soundtrack composer—alongside his collaborators from his three recent solo albums, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies.

The new soundtrack pays homage to the classic Halloween score that Carpenter composed and recorded in 1978, when he forever changed the course of horror cinema and synthesizer music with his low-budget masterpiece. Several new versions of the iconic main theme serve as the pulse of Green’s film, its familiar 5/4 refrain stabbing through the soundtrack like the Shape’s knife. The rest of the soundtrack is equally enthralling, incorporating everything from atmospheric synth whooshes to eerie piano-driven pieces to skittering electronic percussion. While the new score was made with a few more resources than Carpenter’s famously shoestring original, its musical spirit was preserved: “We wanted to honor the original Halloween soundtrack in terms of the sounds we used,” Davies explained. “We used a lot of the Dave Smith OB-6, bowed guitar, Roland Juno, Korg, Roli, Moog, Roland System 1, Roland System 8, different guitar pedals, mellotron, and piano.”

Unlike the Lost Themes albums, Halloween saw the Carpenters and Davies collaborating on music set to images for the first time. Though it marked a significant change from their previous creative process, the trio thrived under the constraints and tight deadlines that film scoring work demands. For Carpenter, who reunited on the new film with original Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis, composing the score felt like a homecoming. “It was great,” Carpenter said of the experience. “It was transforming. It was not a movie I directed, so I had a lot of freedom in creating the score and getting into the director’s head. I was proud to serve David Gordon Green’s vision.”

The band will embark on a European tour in support of the new soundtrack and other recent releases this October, culminating with an exclusive US show on Halloween at the Palladium in Los Angeles. For the live shows Carpenter is joined by a stellar band, comprised of his son Cody Carpenter on synthesizer, his godson Daniel Davies on guitar, John Spiker on bass, John Konesky on guitar, and Scott Seiver on drums.

PREORDER THE ALBUM HERE

http://sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr213-john-carpenter-halloween

In addition to CD, black LP and digital version, Halloween will be available on the following limited edition color vinyl formats:

  • Clear Vinyl with “Orange Pumpkin” Inset “Art Edition” – Sacred Bones Mailorder
  • Red and Black Splatter “Art Edition” – John Carpenter Tour
  • “Pumpkin Orange” Vinyl – US Indie Shops
  • “Bloody Knife” Vinyl – UK Indie Shops
  • Orange and White Starburst Vinyl – Newbury Comics
  • “Dirty Bloody Mask” Vinyl – FYE
  • Orange and Black Starburst Vinyl – Rough Trade
  • “Michael Myers” vinyl (Mask White, Jumpsuit Blue, and Blood Red Swirl) – Waxwork Variant
  • Half Black/Half Orange Vinyl – Rocket (Australia) Exclusive
  • “Bloody Pumpkin” Vinyl – Books-a-Million

Halloween OST cover art (standard edition)

Halloween OST cover art (“art edition”)
BUY TICKETS FOR UPCOMING SHOWS HERE

https://bit.ly/2i8b94p

TOUR DATES
  • Oct 10: Amsterdam, NL @ Tivolivredenburg Grote Zaal
  • Oct 11: Paris, FR @ Salle Pleye
  • Oct 13: Barcelona, ES @ Auditorium Sitges
  • Oct 14: La Rochelle, FR @ La Sirene
  • Oct 16: London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
  • Oct 18: Newcastle, UK @ Tyne Theatre
  • Oct 19: Glasgow, UK @ Barrowlands
  • Oct 21: Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
  • Oct 31: Los Angeles, US @ Palladium

Halloween Comes to Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights

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Ahead of the October 19th, 2018 release of director David Gordon Green’s hotly-anticipated feature film Halloween, series star Michael Myers is set to appear in the flesh beginning September 14th at both Universal Studios Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood, as Halloween Horror Nights unmasks Haddonfield’s infamous slasher in all-new terrifying mazes based on 1988’s Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.

From the Press Release:

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., ORLANDO, Fla. (August 14, 2018) – Beginning on Friday, September 14, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, from Trancas International Films, takes a stab at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights, bringing the notorious slasher to Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort in all-new mazes inspired by the iconic horror film.

Based on the fourth installment in the classic slasher series created by John Carpenter, the mazes will transport guests to the suburban town of Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night where Myers has escaped Smith’s Grove Sanitarium and is hungry for revenge. This time, he relentlessly stalks his niece Jamie as his next victim, stopping at nothing to kill her.

Guests will follow Myers as he escapes the mental hospital, encounters his first victims at Penney’s Gas Station and Diner, and wreaks terror on Haddonfield, all set to Alan Howarth’s ominous score. The maze will include horrifying scares by Myers in his classic featureless white mask and navy jumpsuit, with guests dodging his bloody knife at every turn. Halloween fanatics can expect a cameo by Myer’s psychiatrist Dr. Loomis and other famous characters from the film as they try to escape the bloodbath.

Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights is the ultimate Halloween event. For more than 25 years, guests from around the world have visited Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood and Orlando to become victims inside their own horror film. Multiple movie-quality mazes based on iconic horror television shows, films and original stories come to life season after season. And, the streets of each coast’s event are transformed into highly-themed scare zones where menacing scare-actors lunge from every darkened corner.

Additional details about Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights will be revealed soon. For more information about Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort, visit www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com. All tickets and vacation packages are on sale now.

Updates on “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood are available online here and on Facebook, on Instagram at @HorrorNights and Twitter at @HorrorNights as Creative Director John Murdy reveals a running chronicle of exclusive information. Watch videos on Halloween Horror Nights YouTube and join the conversation using #UniversalHHN.

Halloween to World Premiere at TIFF 18

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Ahead of its October 19, 2018 release via Universal Pictures, writer and director David Gordon Green’s hotly-anticipated Halloween is set for its world premiere this September as a Midnight Madness selection of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 6 – 16.

“This year’s Midnight Madness slate promises another idiosyncratic confluence of established and emerging genre filmmakers,” Midnight Madness programmer Peter Kuplowsky said of the selection in a press statement. “To complement some of the buzziest provocations on the festival circuit, I have sought to curate an eccentric array of World Premieres that demonstrate the dexterity of genre cinema as a canvas for both sublime satisfaction and stunning subversion. That includes – Halloween – which boldly and brilliantly builds upon its mythic iconography to thrilling and surprising effect.”

While the premiere date and time have not yet been revealed, tickets for TIFF 18 are currently available here.

Co-written by Jeff Fradley and Danny McBride, 2018’s Halloween, the latest entry in the iconic horror franchise, is intended as a direct sequel to Carpenter’s seminal 1978 film. Trancas International Films’ Malek Akkad, Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Bill Block produce, with McBride, Green and returning star Jamie Lee Curtis serving as executive producers, along with Ryan Freimann and series originator Carpenter, who also serves as the film’s composer.

H40: 40 Years of Terror Guest List

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The initial guest list for H40 has officially been revealed. What can fans expect? How about a nice collection of classic actor and actresses, plus behind-the-scenes men and women who helped make the legacy that is known as the Halloween franchise.

Hailing from the 1978 original Halloween, we can expect to find Nick Castle (Michael Myers himself), alongside stars PJ Soles, Charles Cyphers,  John Michael Graham, and Will Sandin … not to mention a first-time-convention guest: David Kyle (David played Judith’s boyfriend in the opening moments of the film). Tommy Lee Wallace (who also played Michael in a key scene from the film) is also set to attend. Set photographer Kim Gottleib-Walker rounds out the initial guest reveals for the original Halloween.

Moving on to Halloween II, we have such names as Dick Warlock (who played Myers in the film), in one of his final convention appearances.

Moving on to Halloween III: Season of the Witch, along with director Tommy Lee Wallace, we have star (and fan fave) Tom Atkins.

For Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers we have a few Myers actors of note – Tom Morga, Erik Preston(young Michael), and George P. Wilbur (who also played Michael in Halloween 6).

For Halloween 5 we have Michael actor Don Shanks. A. Michael Lerner (another Michael) will be in attendance, for his role as the titular character in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.

Next up is a pair of first time convention guests – Donna Keegan (who performed as Jamie Lee Curtis’ stunt double in many films, including H20 and Halloween: Resurrection) as well as Gary J. Clayton, who played young Michael in Resurrection.

Brad Loree is set to attend H40 (Brad played Michael Myers in Resurrection), while Rob Zombie’s Myers himself, Tyler Mane and Daeg Faerch(young Michael) will be joined by a first-timer … Chase Wright Vanek, who played young Michael in Zombie’s Halloween II. Last, but certainly not least, is the NEW Michael, from the upcoming Blumhouse-produced Halloween – James Jude Courtney, making his convention debut!

 

H40: 40 Years of Terror – The 40th Anniversary Halloween Event!

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Trancas International Films and HorrorHound Ltd. team up for

H40: 40 YEARS OF TERROR

The 40th Anniversary Halloween Event!
October 12 thru 14, 2018
At the Pasadena Convention Center,
300 E Green St, Pasadena, CA 91101

www.Halloween40.com

PASADENA, California – Every five years, since 2003, fans from the Halloween franchise travel across the globe to celebrate one of the most endearing, imposing, and enduring horror movie franchises of all time. John Carpenter’s Halloween premiered in cinemas and on drive-in screens 40 years ago, changing the landscape of horror cinema forever. The movie served as the launching pad for a series of films that would go on to span ten entries to date – and this fall, the original Halloween stars Jamie Lee Curtis (“Laurie Strode”, Nick Castle (“The Shape, Michael Myers”), and co-creator John Carpenter (the original film’s director and composer), return to deliver the most terrifying sequel yet! To celebrate this storied 40-year old film franchise, this October 12-14th at the Pasadena Convention Center, the Halloween-based convention, H40: 40 Years of Terror is set to make waves in the convention industry.

For this special anniversary convention event, Trancas International Films is teaming up with HorrorHound Ltd., the promoters responsible for the mid-west event HorrorHound Weekend, to deliver what will be the biggest Halloween convention to date. Celebrity guests (including directors, stars, and crew) from all eleven Halloween films are set to be in attendance as the H40 convention expands into a larger convention space than ever before. More space means more exciting vendors – including notable Halloween licensees – and a number of not-to-be missed events, such as a special Horror’s Hallowed Grounds filming location tour, special gallery offerings, cast Q&As, exclusive H40 and Halloween merchandise offerings, and for the first time ever at the Halloween “Terror” event – professional photo opportunities (thanks to CPO).

Ticketing launch date and pricing information (as well as special VIP packages) are expected to be announced within the month. Not to mention exact guest attendee information, event and programming schedules and plans, and special surprises revolving around the upcoming Halloween film. Make sure you keep an eye on the official H40 Web site at www.Halloween40.com – plus as the official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Halloween40.

Be sure to check out the official Web site for the upcoming Halloween film, which is set to hit theaters this October 19th (directed by David Gordon Green), by visiting www.HalloweenMovie.com. The official trailer for the film (which stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, and Will Patton) is now online.

HOTEL & VENDOR INFORMATION:

To secure hotel rooms for this exciting event, you can currently visit: reservations.arestravel.com/hotel/list/1637/m1240.

To inquire about vendor opportunities, please email weekend@horrorhound.com for details.

ABOUT TRANCAS INTERNATIONAL FILMS:

Trancas International Films is a motion picture production and distribution company based primarily in Los Angeles but operating worldwide. In addition to numerous other films in its library, Trancas, along with its subsidiary, Compass International Pictures, has been involved with each film in the iconic Halloween franchise, including this fall’s upcoming Universal Pictures release “Halloween” starring Jamie Lee Curtis. Trancas has production and distribution deals with companies including Miramax, Dimension Films, Blumhouse, Lionsgate and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

ABOUT HORRORHOUND LTD.

HorrorHound is a magazine publishing house and convention organizer based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 2005 HorrorHound Magazine has established itself as the best-selling genre magazine in America. Launching their own convention in 2007, HorrorHound Weekend (with annual events in Indiana and Ohio) have grown into the largest horror convention in country, drawing over 20,000 attendees annually to their mid-west events. For more information on HorrorHound, please visit www.horrorhound.com