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John Carpenter’s Halloween, Halloween 4 & Halloween 5 Return to the Drive-In (List Updated 10/9/2020)

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You’ve seen Halloween, but have you ever experienced it as many first did in 1978, at a drive-in? Well, now you can, because John Carpenter’s seminal 1978 classic is returning to drive-ins through October 31, along with Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and here’s how you can request your local drive-in to screen them!

Speaking with HalloweenMovies.com, Halloween (2018) and Halloween Kills producer Ryan Freimann offered of the news, “Trancas International Films and Compass International Pictures have partnered with CineLife Entertainment® in order to bring Halloween to audiences safely during this time of pandemic, and drive-in theater owners seem excited to be booking it as the Halloween season is right around the corner.”

Having premiered in cinemas and on drive-in screens on October 25, 1978, John Carpenter’s Halloween changed the landscape of horror cinema, stunning audiences worldwide and inspiring countless films in the genre. For the 2020 drive-in engagement, the digital print of Halloween has been restored and remastered under the supervision of cinematographer Dean Cundey.

Locations include:

Friday 10/9/20

Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43201

Grandview Theater & Drafthouse, 1247 Grandview Avenue, Columbus, OH 43212

Southwest Theaters Lake Creek, 13729 Research Blvd. Suite 1500, Austin, TX 78750

Southwest Theaters, Hattiesburg 1000 Turtle Creek Dr., Hattiesburg, MS 39402

Skyview Drive In, 1500 Old Rte 66, N Litchfield, IL 62056

Elmira Drive In Theatre, 2431 State Route 352, Elmira, NY 14903

Aksarben Cinema, 2110 S. 67th Street, Omaha, NE 68106

Promenade Cinema, 14 924 4th Street, Sioux City, IA 51102

Main Street 7, 866 E 23rd Street, Fremont, NE 68025

Holland Plaza, 717 8th Street, SE Orange City, IA 51041

The Melody Drive In, 7055 US-35, Knox, IN 46534

Becky’s Drive In, 4548 Lehigh Drive, Walnutport, PA 18088

Sunset Drive In, 155 Porters Point Rd, Colchester, VT 5446

Saturday 10/10/20

Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43201

Marcus Point Cinema, 7825 Big Sky Drive, Madison, WI 53719

Grandview Theater & Drafthouse, 1247 Grandview Avenue, Columbus, OH 43212

Southwest Theaters Lake Creek, 13729 Research Blvd. Suite 150, Austin, TX 78750

Southwest Theaters Hattiesburg, 1000 Turtle Creek Dr., Hattiesburg, MS 39402

Midway Drive-In, 7074 N Franks Ave, Niles, IL 60714

The Alexandria Theatre, 407 N Harrison, St Alexandria, IN 46001

Skyview Drive In, 1500 Old Rte 66, N Litchfield, IL 62056

Elmira Drive In Theatre, 2431 State Route 352, Elmira, NY 14903

Aksarben Cinema, 2110 S. 67th Street, Omaha, NE 68106

Promenade Cinema, 14 924 4th Street, Sioux City, IA 51102

Main Street 7, 866 E 23rd Street, Fremont, NE 68025

Holland Plaza, 717 8th Street, SE Orange City, IA 51041

The Melody Drive In, 7055 US-35, Knox, IN 46534

Becky’s Drive In, 4548 Lehigh Drive, Walnutport, PA 18088

Sunday 10/11/20

Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43201

Marcus Point Cinema, 7825 Big Sky Drive, Madison, WI 53719

Grandview Theater & Drafthouse, 1247 Grandview Avenue, Columbus, OH 43212

Southwest Theaters Lake Creek, 13729 Research Blvd. Suite 1500, Austin, TX 78750

Southwest Theaters Hattiesburg, 1000 Turtle Creek Dr., Hattiesburg, MS 39402

Midway Drive-In, 7074 N Franks Ave, Niles, IL 60714

The Alexandria Theatre, 407 N Harrison St, Alexandria, IN 46001

Skyview Drive In, 1500 Old Rte 66, N Litchfield, IL 62056

Elmira Drive In Theatre, 2431 State Route 352, Elmira, NY 14903

Aksarben Cinema, 2110 S. 67th Street, Omaha, NE 68106

Promenade Cinema, 14 924 4th Street, Sioux City, IA 51102

Main Street 7, 866 E 23rd Street, Fremont, NE 68025

Holland Plaza, 717 8th Street SE, Orange City, IA 51041

The Melody Drive In, 7055 US-35, Knox, IN 46534

Becky’s Drive In, 4548 Lehigh Drive, Walnutport, PA 18088

Wanna’ see Michael Myers at your own local drive-in? It’s easy! Reach out to them and let them know that they can book Halloween by visiting CineLife Entertainment® at: https://www.cinelifeentertainment.com/event/halloween/

Tickets Now On Sale as Halloween Returns to Theaters This September

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John Carpenter’s horror classic, 1978’s Halloween, returns to select theaters beginning September 27th via CineLife Entertainment and Compass International Pictures, and tickets are now on sale!

To purchase tickets (and for theaters, dates and show times) visit CineLife Entertainment here.

From the press release:

John Carpenter’s Horror Classic Halloween Returns To Select Theaters Nationwide Beginning September 27th

LOS ANGELES, September 10, 2019 – CineLife Entertainment®, the event cinema division of Spotlight Cinema Networks, teams up with Compass International Pictures to bring the seminal 1978 original classic John Carpenter’s Halloween back to select theatres across North America beginning September 27th.

In the film, Michael Myers has spent the last 15 years locked away inside a sanitarium under the care of child psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis after brutally murdering his sister when he was 6-years old. On October 30, 1978, Myers escapes and makes his way back home to Haddonfield, Illinois, turning a night of tricks and treats into something much more sinister for the locals, including Laurie Strode, the star-making role for Jamie Lee Curtis. Watch the trailer here:

John Carpenter’s Halloween premiered in cinemas and on drive-in screens on October 25, 1978, changing the landscape of horror cinema. It stunned audiences worldwide and has since inspired countless films in the genre. In 2006, it was selected by the Library of Congress as one of a select few films to be preserved in the U.S. National Film Registry for its cultural significance.

“I’m thrilled to have the original make its way back into theatres,” says director John Carpenter.

Fans will be treated to view big screen presentations of the restored and remastered digital print, created under the supervision of the world-renowned cinematographer, Dean Cundey. Tickets go on sale September 10th.

“We are excited to bring the most prominent and enduring horror film back to cinema screens giving new and old fans a slasher film treat they’ll never forget,” said Bernadette McCabe, Executive Vice President, CineLife Entertainment.

Halloween – Trailer from CineLife Video Showcase on Vimeo.

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Spotlight Cinema Networks is the only cinema advertising company dedicated to serving the needs of art house and luxury exhibitors for cinema advertising, preshow entertainment, event cinema and digital display distribution. CineLife Entertainment® acquires and distributes event cinema and alternative content titles in the U.S. and international markets. Spotlight Cinema Networks is owned by Wagner-Cuban Companies and Arthouse Marketing Group, and represents the top exhibitors in these genres, including segment leaders Angelika Film Center, Laemmle Theatres, Landmark Theatres, Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas, Flix Brewhouse and Silverspot Cinemas.

Trancas International Films, Inc., along with its subsidiary Compass International Pictures, Inc., is a film production and distribution company based in Los Angeles and operating worldwide with a library of classic and revered films, such as John Carpenter’s Halloween, The Message, and Lion of the Desert. Trancas has been involved in the production of every film in the Halloween franchise, including Universal Picture’s 2018 incredibly successful release Halloween directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jamie Lee Curtis. In addition to partnerships with Universal, Trancas has deals with Miramax, Blumhouse, Lionsgate, Anchor Bay, and Dimension Films among others.

John Carpenter’s Halloween Returns to Theaters This Fall!

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This fall, John Carpenter’s classic Halloween, the film that started it all, returns to theaters for a limited run, courtesy of Trancas International Films and Compass International Pictures and partner CineLife Entertainment.

 

Scheduled to run from September 27th to October 31st, the restored and remastered digital print was created under the supervision of the world-renowned cinematographer Dean Cundey, and marks the 41st anniversary of the groundbreaking film. In it, protagonist Michael Myers, who has spent the past fifteen years locked away inside a sanitarium for the childhood murder of his sister escapes, and on October 30th of 1978 makes his way back home to Haddonfield, Illinois, turning a night of tricks and treats into something much more sinister for three young women, including Laurie Strode, the star-making role for lead Jamie Lee Curtis.

Participating theaters and show times will be soon posted at www.CineLifeEntertainment.com

40th Anniversary Halloween Memorabilia Sweepstakes – Enter to Win

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To celebrate the re-release of the classic Halloween in theaters (out now!), CineLife is giving away more than twenty copies of John Carpenter’s Halloween 40th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray Combo Pack, and more! Read on to enter.

Prizes are set to include a copy of the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray Combo Pack (which features an audio commentary track with writer/director Carpenter and star Jamie Lee Curtis, as well as the featurettes “The Night She Came Home” and “On Location: 25 Years Later”), a 40th Anniversary Halloween pin and t-shirt, and Halloween posters from both the 1978 film and David Gordon Green’s upcoming sequel (signed by Halloween series producer Malek Akkad), due in theaters this October 19th from Universal Pictures.

To enter, download the Free CineLife mobile app for iOS and/or Android and click on the Halloween button.

For theater listings and show times of Carpenter’s classic, now playing nationwide, go here.

Care to purchase copy of the Halloween 40th Anniversary 4K ULTRA HD™ + BLU-RAY™ COMBO PACK now? You can do that here.

It’s beginning to feel a lot like October!

My Favorite Horror Movie: Alex Napiwocki on John Carpenter’s Halloween

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With director David Gordon Green’s 2018 feature Halloween fast approaching, we thought it time to further celebrate John Carpenter’s 1978 classic of the same name via a series of essays on the subject.

Culled from the 2018 Amazon best-selling book My Favorite Horror Movie, which features 48 essays by horror creators on the films which shaped them (from our own Editor-in-Chief Sean Decker to filmmaker Matt Mercer and beyond), they serve to explore just why forty years later, The Shape still terrifies.

HALLOWEEN
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ALEX NAPIWOCKI

How does one pick a favorite horror film when there are so many? I love the exploitation of the ‘70s, the pure slashers of the ‘80s, and the gory melt movies of the early ‘90s. How do I narrow it down to just one? The only fair way seems to be to choose the one that started this horror obsession in the first place. The granddaddy of them all, the slasher that defines the genre – John Carpenter’s Halloween.

I grew up as a sick kid – allergies, asthma, the works. This left me with a lot of down time while the other kids were getting brainwashed at school. I’d run the gauntlet of late ‘80s and early ‘90s daytime TV. It was cheesy and I was already beginning to hate commercials. They bring you out of fantasy and back into reality, totally ruining the experience. This is why, at a young age, my tastes started moving from television to movies.

My sister, being seven years older, definitely had an impact on the movies and music I would find myself chasing. Through her, I found punk rock at nine, and horror films not long after. One particular illness left me home for a long haul. I had my tonsils removed and I was allergic to the anesthetic they used to put me under. During the surgery, my heart literally stopped. I was on bed rest for weeks. Blockbuster couldn’t keep up with me and I was running out of new releases left and right.

My sister had a best friend with quite the movie collection. He also had two VCRs hooked up to each other. One day, he sent a stack of VHS tapes through my sister to help me heal. Little did I know that they would change my life forever. One tape had a couple skate punk flicks, Thrashin’ and Gleaming The Cube, both of which I still love to this day. But those are guilty pleasures, not the Holy Grail. Halloween 1-6 were also in the stack, and holy shit, was life about to be worth living.

I’d seen some horror flicks and had an idea what the Halloween movies were. I knew about the Jason movies and the Chucky movies. Most of the horror films I’d seen were part of the ghost, vampire, or werewolf genres. None of those prepared me for what was about to take place. I began watching Halloween. Seeing Michael Myers take the screen was the first time I was truly terrified while watching a film.

Halloween is not a movie that requires gore. It’s the fear of what’s behind you that makes this film truly terrifying. Michael doesn’t move like a man. He doesn’t move like a maniacal monster either. He moves like only Michael Myers can: smooth, stealthy and calculated. He doesn’t have any cheesy catchphrases. In fact, he never says a word, and it makes him so much creepy than any other horror icon.

There’s more to Halloween than Michael Myers to make it my favorite. Jamie Lee Curtis is the quintessential final girl. No one can match her innocence and strength. Following Laurie Strode (played by Curtis) through Haddonfield is how we viewers became locals. The town and Michael are both viewed through her eyes. Her cat and mouse game with Myers is among the best in horror history.

I spent a couple weeks just watching Halloween over and over. I had the whole series up to the Paul Rudd as Tommy Doyle one, but the first flick, I watched twice as much as the rest combined. It has the best characters and the best scares. The music is next level, the lighting is eerie, and the locations are haunting. It’s everything one should strive for when making a horror film.

When the curator of this collection of essays, Christian Ackerman, gave me this task, I don’t think he knew how much he was involved in making Halloween my favorite horror film. He accidentally (or knowing him, quite purposely) taught me the fundamentals of film. He did this by giving me a bunch of VHS tapes in the ‘90s, and it all started with this one perfectly scary flick.

Flash forward to 2015: I filmed my first short film as a writer and director. A trash comedy Halloween slasher titled The Curse Of The Glamulet. My inspirations at the time were definitely more John Waters and Troma than classic horror or even slashers, but the model was Halloween. My film turned into its own take on the final girl and the Halloween slasher. I was even compelled to name the main character Laurie. Forty years later, the film industry still pays homage to this flick. I literally wouldn’t be making films or writing this essay without it. Sorry Jason. Sorry Freddy. My favorite horror movie is, without a doubt, Halloween.

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Check out the new trailer for the re-release of 1978’s Halloween below, and for theater and ticketing info, please visit www.CineLifeEntertainment.com

 

TAKEN FROM THE BOOK
MY FAVORITE HORROR MOVIE
© 2018 CHRISTIAN ACKERMAN/BLACK VORTEX CINEMA
MYFAVORITEHORRORMOVIE.COM

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Trancas International Films or any other agency, organization, employer or company.

John Carpenter’s Halloween Returns to Theaters TODAY

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Celebrating its 40th anniversary, John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic is being re-released in advance of David Gordon Green’s sequel, and returns to theaters beginning today, September 27th, 2018.

For theaters and showtimes, please visit CineLifeEntertainment.com.

Read on for further and exciting details!

From the press release:

LOS ANGELES, CA – Cinelife Entertainment, the event cinema division of Spotlight Cinema Networks, has teamed up with Compass International Pictures and Trancas International Films Compass International Pictures and to bring John Carpenter’s seminal 1978 classic back to select theaters worldwide beginning September 27, 2018.

In the film, the villain, Michael Myers, has spent the last 15 years locked away inside a sanitarium under the care of child psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis. On October 30, 1978, Myers escapes and makes his way back home to Haddonfield, turning a night of tricks and treats into something much more sinister for three young women, including Laurie Strode, the star-making role for Jamie Lee Curtis.

The original Halloween will be released on over 1,000 screens in over twenty countries across the globe. “I’m thrilled to have the original make its way back into theatres, as we prepare for the release of the sequel. Having both back in theatres this fall is remarkable,” says director John Carpenter.

Fans will be treated to view big screen presentations of the restored and remastered digital print, created under the supervision of the world-renowned cinematographer, Dean Cundey.

“We are thrilled to be a part of the 40th anniversary celebration, working with Compass International Pictures and Trancas International Films to bring the most fear-provoking and enduring horror movies of all time to cinema screens around the globe,” said Mark Rupp, Managing Director, CineLife Entertainment.

The release of John Carpenter’s Original Halloween comes just ahead of the release of Halloween (2018) – the direct sequel to John Carpenter’s classic. Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle reprise their roles as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers, respectively. It is set for release on October 19th, a week before the 40th anniversary of the original Halloween release date.

Win Tickets to Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood & Orlando From HalloweenMovies.com!

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We’ve got four pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Halloween Horror Nights and HalloweenMovies.com, and they could be yours! Read on for details on how to win.

With Halloween Horror Nights in full swing at both Universal Studios Hollywood and Orlando theme parks, as well as the Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers mazes in both, The Shape continues his much buzzed-about return to Haddonfield in 2018.

To celebrate it, as well as the exciting re-release of John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween in theaters worldwide on September 27, 2018 (from CineLife Entertainment, Compass International Pictures and Trancas International Films), we’ve got FOUR PAIRS of general admission tickets to Halloween Horror Nights to give away to a quartet of our lucky readers.

How to win? It’s simple.

Just follow HalloweenMovies on Twitter at @HalloweenMovies here and retweet our announcement of the re-release of Carpenter’s Halloween here (and make sure to include the hashtags #HalloweenMovie AND either #HHNHollywood or #HHNOrlando in your retweet, specifying which park you’d like to attend).

We’ll be watching, and from those who’ve followed, retweeted and hashtagged correctly, four people will be randomly selected and notified via Twitter, with each receiving a pair of tickets for the date and park of their choice via USPS First Class mail!

It’s that easy, because after all, everyone’s entitled to one good scare.

Check out the new trailer for the re-release of 1978’s Halloween below, and for theater and ticketing info, please visit: CineLifeEntertainment.com.

For more information about Halloween Horror Nights at either Universal Studios Hollywood or Universal Orlando Resort, visit them here, and engage with them on social media using @UniStudios @HorrorNights #UniversalHHN

Contest details:
– Winners will be notified October, 1, 2018 via Twitter. US Residents only.
– This event may be too intense for young children and is not recommended for children under the age of 13.
– Tickets may not be copied, transferred or resold, and are nonrefundable.
– Tickets valid on selected date only. Event occurs rain or shine. No refunds. Ticket cannot be combined with other offers, separately ticketed events, discounts, or per capita sightseeing tours.
– The person using this ticket assumes all risk of personal injury and loss of property.

John Carpenter’s Halloween Returns to Theaters Worldwide this September

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Celebrating its 40th anniversary, John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic is being re-released in advance of David Gordon Green’s sequel, and will return to theaters beginning September 27th, 2018.

Read on for details, theaters and ticketing information.

From the press release:

LOS ANGELES, CA – Cinelife Entertainment, the event cinema division of Spotlight Cinema Networks, has teamed up with Compass International Pictures and Trancas International Films Compass International Pictures and to bring John Carpenter’s seminal 1978 classic back to select theaters worldwide beginning September 27, 2018.

In the film, the villain, Michael Myers, has spent the last 15 years locked away inside a sanitarium under the care of child psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis. On October 30, 1978, Myers escapes and makes his way back home to Haddonfield, turning a night of tricks and treats into something much more sinister for three young women, including Laurie Strode, the star-making role for Jamie Lee Curtis.

The original Halloween will be released on over 1,000 screens in over twenty countries across the globe. “I’m thrilled to have the original make its way back into theatres, as we prepare for the release of the sequel. Having both back in theatres this fall is remarkable,” says director John Carpenter.

Fans will be treated to view big screen presentations of the restored and remastered digital print, created under the supervision of the world-renowned cinematographer, Dean Cundey.

“We are thrilled to be a part of the 40th anniversary celebration, working with Compass International Pictures and Trancas International Films to bring the most fear-provoking and enduring horror movies of all time to cinema screens around the globe,” said Mark Rupp, Managing Director, CineLife Entertainment.

The release of John Carpenter’s Original Halloween comes just ahead of the release of Halloween (2018) – the direct sequel to John Carpenter’s classic. Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle reprise their roles as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers, respectively. It is set for release on October 19th, a week before the 40th anniversary of the original Halloween release date.

For theaters and showtimes, please visit CineLifeEntertainment.com.

Halloween: 40th Anniversary Trailer (60 Seconds) from CineLife Video Showcase on Vimeo.

Halloween: 40th Anniversary Trailer from CineLife Video Showcase on Vimeo.