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Revenge of Jamie Lee Curtis

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Welcome to the age of “big-box office post-trauma horror.”

Vulture journalist David Edelstein digs deep into the legacy of 1978’s Halloween, David Gordon Green’s upcoming direct sequel of the same name, the ‘final girl’ mythos and so much more in this ‘must read’ article with series star Jamie Lee Curtis and originating filmmaker John Carpenter.

Photo by: Robert Trachtenberg for New York Magazine

Read the article here.

*A version of this article appears in the October 1, 2018, issue of New York Magazine. Subscribe here.

Halloween next plays on October 6th at Beyond Fest in Hollywood, CA at the Egyptian Theater as part of ‘Halloween Day’ (along with 1974’s Black Christmas and 1978’s Halloween, with Halloween series producer Malek Akkad in person, and more) before opening wide in theaters on October 19th, 2018 via Universal Pictures.

Co-written by director Green, Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, Halloween is produced by Trancas International Films’ Akkad, Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Bill Block, with McBride, Green and star Curtis serving as executive producers, along with Ryan Freimann and Carpenter, the latter who also serves as the film’s composer.

Halloween Has Premiered in Texas at Fantastic Fest and here’s what the Critics are Saying

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Ahead of its October release via Universal Pictures, director and co-writer David Gordon Green’s Halloween held its Texas premiere to a packed house this past Thursday, September 20th at Fantastic Fest in Austin (which runs through September 27th), and the critical response continues to be overwhelmingly positive.

Photo credit: Austin 360 (l to r: Jason Blum, Bill Block, Andi Matichak, Jamie Lee Curtis, Malek Akkad, Jeff Fradley, Danny McBride)

Says ComingSoon.net’s Alan Cerny, “Green and McBride are not reinventing Carpenter’s wheel.  Instead, they’re adding some torque and drive to it, and the result is one of the best horror sequels in many years,” while Richard Whittaker of the Austin Chronicle proclaims, “When David Gordon Green announced he was taking on the Halloween franchise, there was general befuddlement. But seeing what he has achieved with a sequel that is both loving and insightful, it makes all the sense in the world.”

That’s not all. Joe Gross of Austin 360 states, “This is Curtis’ show; her third-act confrontation with the man who destroyed Strode’s life plays out with tension and chills,” and Bad Feeling Magazine’s Gabriel Sigler effuses, “Green nails the film’s tone down perfectly, capturing Michael Myers in a way we haven’t seen since John Carpenter’s original.”

Halloween next plays on October 6th at Beyond Fest in Hollywood, CA at the Egyptian Theater as part of ‘Halloween Day’ (along with 1974’s Black Christmas and 1978’s Halloween, with Halloween series producer Malek Akkad in person, and more) before opening wide in theaters on October 19th, 2018.

The eleventh film in the franchise and co-written by director Green, Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, Halloween is intended as a direct sequel to Carpenter’s ‘78 film, and thusly disregards all of the series subsequent entries. Trancas International Films’ Malek Akkad, Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Bill Block produce, with McBride, Green and star Jamie Lee Curtis serving as executive producers, along with Ryan Freimann and series originator Carpenter, who also serves as the film’s composer.

Check out the trailer below.

Beyond Fest to Host the West Coast Premiere of Halloween

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Can’t wait for the October 19th, 2018 theatrical release of David Gordon Green’s Halloween? If you’re in Los Angeles during Beyond Fest, running September 26th to October 9th, you may not have to.

Taking place on Saturday, October 6th at the Egyptian Theater (6712 Hollywood Boulevard), David Gordon Green’s Halloween, with special guest and series producer Malek Akkad in attendance, is set to headline ‘Halloween Day:’ a triple-bill celebration of The Shape that will also feature John Carpenter’s 1978 classic of the same name and Bob Clark’s 1974 slasher film Black Christmas, both personally selected by Green and co-writer Danny McBride as key inspiration for their film. In addition to the triple bill, ‘Halloween Day’ festivities are set to include a Halloween flash tattoo parlor, a Mondo/Death Waltz pop-up featuring exclusive products, and a live, in-theater recording of the Shock Waves podcast featuring the original Shape, Nick Castle.

Tickets are on sale via Brown Paper Tickets on Friday, September 14th at 12PM PST. (Editor’s addendum: they are now SOLD OUT).

For more information on Beyond Fest and for their full line-up, visit them a www.beyondfest.com