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Haddonfield Comes to Fright-Rags with Officially Licensed Halloween Nanoforce® Figures!

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We teased last week a unique product celebrating John Carpenter’s immortal classic Halloween, and today we can reveal what it is: a series of officially licensed Nanoforce® figures, stemming from a collaboration with Compass International Pictures, Fright-Rags and Fourth Castle’s EMCE Toys brand!

From the Fright-Rags press release:

We are very proud to announce our collaboration with Fourth Castle’s EMCE Toys brand & Compass International Pictures to create a series of exclusive Nanoforce® figures for John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN!

WHAT IS NANOFORCE®? 

Nanoforce® is EMCE Toys’s take on the classic “little green army men”, but updated with highly detailed 3d-sculpted figures of characters, props and other artifacts from the world of horror, scifi, videogames and anime. 

HALLOWEEN NANOFORCE® DELUXE SET DETAILS

This deluxe box contains twelve 2-inch scale, solid unpainted figures (in orange and black for Halloween, of course) plus a 4-inch glow in the dark bonus figure. Each one represents a character or icon from John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN. All packed in a reusable, collectible box, these highly-detailed, 3D-digitally sculpted figures can be displayed on the enclosed map of Haddonfield, which doubles as a checklist.

RELEASE INFORMATION

Every Thursday at 12pm EST from now thru early September, we will reveal another figure in the set. When all figures have been revealed, they will be made available exclusively at www.fright-rags.com. Only 2500 units will be available; retail price $22. 

See you next week with another figure reveal! Can you guess which ones are which?

Compass International Pictures, Fright-Rags & Fourth Castle Brands Bring You?

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Halloween the holiday may be four months away, but Compass International Pictures has teamed up with our friends at Fright-Rags and Fourth Castle Brands to create a very special, unique product for John Carpenter’s immortal classic, Halloween! While the actual product will be released in September, stay tuned next Thursday, June 18 at 12pm EST for what will be the first of many sneak peeks of what it is… stay tuned!

Excl: Michael Myers Wishes You Well – Nick Castle Speaks!

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Given the challenges presented by COVID-19 which we are all currently experiencing, we here at HalloweenMovies.com thought we’d reach out to original Michael Myers actor Nick Castle in order to see how he’s fairing, and he not only gave us an update on what he’s been up to, but also sent some wishes to Halloween fans worldwide for their safety during this time.

“To all the Halloween fans out there, here’s a big ‘hello’ from your old pal, the OG Shape,” greeted Castle, who in addition to originating the character of Myers in John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic, reprised the role (along with James Jude Courtney) in 2018’s Halloween and the upcoming Halloween Kills, the latter due for release this fall.

“As you can see,” Castle continued, “I’m hunkering down like the rest of you, ‘mask on mask,’ riding out the pandemic with you, and hoping with a little luck we’ll all be healthy and virus-free this October to watch Michael do his thing in Halloween Kills. I did the post-production (voice over) breathing for all of the Shape scenes right before the shutdown took place, and let me tell you, there is no lack of thrills in this new epic!”

“Meanwhile, stay safe! Love to all.”

See? The Shape (s)cares!

You can follow Nick Castle on Twitter @ncastlez, and from all of us at HalloweenMovies.com, we wish you our best.

Trick or Treat Studios Unveils Officially Licensed Halloween ’78 Tombstone Prop

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With Halloween only 164 days away, Trick or Treat Studios has unveiled their Halloween 1978 Judith Myers Tombstone Prop, officially licensed from Compass International Pictures.

Sculpted by Darren Roberts from the actual screen-used patterns provided by Compass (from John Carpenter’s seminal classic 1978 film Halloween), this tombstone is a one-to-one replica of what you see on the screen. Measuring 40” high, 25” wide and 3” deep, the Halloween 1978 Judith Myers Tombstone Prop is made from top quality insulated foam board, giving it a realistic screen-used look and feel.

You can pre-order your own by clicking here, and celebrate “The Night He Came Home” this Halloween with a spooky addition to your haunted yard… or headboard, depending on how you care to decorate.

THR Wraps Up the Halloween Twitter Watch Party

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With Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Twitter ‘Watch Party’ of Halloween (2018) haven taken place this past Saturday, director David Gordon Green revealed some details of the upcoming Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, including the status of the trailer of the former (see our coverage here). The conversation of course centered primarily around Halloween, with the film’s principals, including Green, stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney and Nick Castle, along with producers Jason Blum, Ryan Turek and John Carpenter offering some insight into the film, including its original ending.

Of note, Green revealed (via the @blumhouse Twitter account) that the scene in which Drew Schied’s character of ‘Oscar’ is dispatched by Myers was not only shut down early, but that it was the most difficult to shoot, with Matichak providing a couple of behind-the-scene shots (see them below).

Additionally, star Curtis revealed interestingly enough that she herself provided the voice over for the crying infant in the crib, who Myers for a moment considers (you know the scene).

For more, head on over to the The Hollywood Reporter here, and for more lively tweets stemming from the Halloween (2018) Twitter ‘Watch Party’ event, links to the participants’ Twitter accounts may be found below.

Jamie Lee Curtis @jamieleecurtis
David Gordon Green via @blumhouse
Jason Blum via @jason_blum
Judy Greer @missjudygreer
Andi Matichak via @andimatichak
James Jude Courtney @jamesjcourtney
Nick Castle @ncastlez
John Carpenter @TheHorrorMaster

Set for release by Universal Pictures on October 16th, 2020, Halloween Kills is produced by Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions, with director Green directing from a script he co-wrote with returning collaborator Danny McBride and series newcomer Scott Teems.

In addition to Curtis, series cast members returning for Halloween Kills include Nick Castle, James Jude Courtney, Kyle Richards, Nancy Stephens, Judy Greer and Andi Matichak, who are joined by newcomers Robert Longstreet and Anthony Michael Hall.

Based on characters created by series originator John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween Kills and its 2021 follow-up Halloween Ends will be produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers.

Halloween Kills – What We Learned from the Halloween Watch Party

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With today’s trending Twitter ‘Watch Party’ event of Halloween (2018), which was hosted by star Jamie Lee Curtis and supporting cast members Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney & Nick Castle, as well as producers Jason Blum and John Carpenter and film director David Gordon Green having just completed (courtesy of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment), what did we learn of the film itself, as well as of the status of it’s follow-up, Halloweeen Kills?

Quite a bit actually, and we’ve rounded up some of Green’s tweets (via Blumhouse’s Twitter account) for your perusal below.

On the status of the trailer for Green’s upcoming Halloween Kills, which is slated for release October 16, 2020 via Universal Pictures, the director had this to offer.

As for what Green is up to at present during our current pandemic?

Commenting on the scene in Halloween (2018) in which Myers murderously returns to the tree-lined streets of Haddonfield, he offered the following.

As for the couple dressed as a sexy nurse and a hunky doctor (actors Carmela McNeal and Michael Smallwood, respectively) who Myers for a brief moment considers from the sidewalk, Green teased their return.

As he did that of the film’s cemetery caretaker.

And when asked if Myer’s iconic home from the ’78 classic will return in Halloween Kills? He answered simply, “Yes.”

As for Halloween (2018), Green shared a few things, one a still of some practical effects work by FX-artist Christopher Allen Nelson, and two a permanent souvenir of his own from the producton of the film.

For more lively tweets stemming from the Halloween (2018) Twitter ‘Watch Party’ event, links to the participants’ Twitter accounts may be found below.

Jamie Lee Curtis @jamieleecurtis
David Gordon Green via @blumhouse
Jason Blum via @jason_blum
Judy Greer @missjudygreer
Andi Matichak via @andimatichak
James Jude Courtney @jamesjcourtney
Nick Castle @ncastlez
John Carpenter @TheHorrorMaster

Set for release by Universal Pictures on October 16th, 2020, Halloween Kills is produced by Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions, with director Green directing from a script he co-wrote with returning collaborator Danny McBride and series newcomer Scott Teems.

In addition to Curtis, series cast members returning for Halloween Kills include Nick Castle, James Jude Courtney, Kyle Richards, Nancy Stephens, Judy Greer and Andi Matichak, who are joined by newcomers Robert Longstreet and Anthony Michael Hall.

Based on characters created by series originator John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween Kills and its 2021 follow-up Halloween Ends will be produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers.

Halloween Twitter Watch Party 5/16/20 with Jamie Lee Curtis & More!

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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment have announced a series of Twitter ‘Watch Parties,’ the first one kicking off this Saturday, 5/16 with Halloween (2018), hosted by star Jamie Lee Curtis and director David Gordon Green. Additional Halloween cast and crew set to participate include film stars Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Nick Castle, and series originator himself, John Carpenter!

Here’s the schedule:

12:45pm-1pm (PST) Pre-Watch Greeting
David Gordon Green and Jamie Lee Curtis will greet Twitter fans into the ‘Watch Party’ by sharing anecdotes and commentary surrounding the production of Halloween (2018) with the movie hashtag #HalloweenAtHome.

1pm – 2:45pm (PST) Real Time Watch Along
Hit play on your physical or digital copy of Halloween (2018) on your device as Green, Curtis, Greer, Courtney, Castle and Carpenter tweet along with the movie with hashtag #HalloweenAtHome.

2:45pm – 3pm (PST) Post-Watch
Curtis & Green will stick around following the watch party for 15 minutes in order to discuss a selection of clips and scenes and create a live commentary session with fans, interacting with their answers in real time, with hashtag #HalloweenAtHome.

Need time to prep? Here’s a list of the participants Twitter handles:

Jamie Lee Curtis @jamieleecurtis
David Gordon Green via @blumhouse
Jason Blum via @jason_blum
Judy Greer @missjudygreer
Andi Matichak via @andimatichak
James Jude Courtney @jamesjcourtney
Nick Castle @ncastlez
John Carpenter @TheHorrorMaster

Have questions regarding Halloween (2018) for Jamie Lee? For Carpenter? For Green? For Castle, Courtney or Greer? Have ’em ready for this unique opportunity to interact directly with the film’s cast and creators, and get them answered by those behind the flick!

Sam Loomis’ Psychiatric Evaluation of Michael Myers Revealed

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Following the arrival of detectives Fitz and Matt to Marion Crane’s ransacked office in Steve Miner’s 1998 hit Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later, the subsequent opening credit montage features shots of the items which adorn its walls: newspaper clippings, sketches of escaped murderer Michael Myers, and a psychiatric evaluation of the same, written by deceased Dr. Samuel Loomis. But what was in that medical report?

According to the fine print in the screen-sued evaluation, Loomis had initially requested shock treatment for his young ward in the Warren County Sanitarium document, in addition to lamenting that, “It is extremely unfortunate that this boy was not given treatment in infancy. It would be regarded highly unlikely that any such treatment would be of minor significance.”

Check it out below.

John Tate’s Permission Slip from Halloween H20 Revealed

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Josh Hartnett & Michelle William’s in Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later

In director Steve Miner’s 1998 film Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later, Keri “Laurie Strode” Tate initially expressed great trepidation in signing her son John’s fall field trip permission slip for Hillcrest Academy’s student body outing to Yosemite National Park. Was it due to her, as John puts it, “overprotection and paranoia (which was) inhibiting (his) growth process,” or something more malevolent?

According to the fine print seen in the screen-used permission slip pictured below (currently in the hands of a private collector), it apparently stemmed from the fact that in signing it she would not only be shelling out $1,200.00 for the trip, but would also be voluntarily waiving the “school’s liability for the students if they were attacked by bears, mountain lions, snakes, or psychopathic killers with knives and/or are carried off by bald eagles.”

It seems that the film’s art department had a bit of a sense of humor!

What screen-used Halloween props do you own? Sound off in the comments below.

Halloween Kills Donates N95 Masks, and How You Can Help

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As we come together as a society to combat the spread of COVID-19, we’ve asked ourselves here at HalloweenMovies.com, “In what other small ways can we help?” Social distancing and self-quarantine are both givens, of which we’ve been adhering. Some on our staff are delivering needed prescriptions and groceries to the elderly. And others are doing their best to assist the medical community who are on the frontlines; those who are putting their very lives at daily risk in order to deliver the aid to those who desperately need it.

With the current nationwide shortage of N95 masks which are desperately needed by first responders and medical practitioners still a concern, Trancas International Films, along with Blumhouse Productions, Miramax and Universal Pictures recently donated their unused reserve of N95 masks stemming from the production of Halloween Kills to Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina. Other productions have done things similar, including the television series “The Resident” (FOX) and “The Good Doctor” (ABC), among others, who’ve donated medical supplies to organizations assisting in treating those impacted by the pandemic.

As for you, the Halloween fan, a member of a long-standing and close-knit community which has consistently proven itself to be passionate, resilient, creative and caring, we’d like to know what you’ve been doing to assist in this time of crisis. Please tell us your own personal stories below, and provide us with any suggestions on what you think we as a community may do to further assist.

We’ll get through this together.

Be kind to yourselves, and please stay safe.