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Anthony Michael Hall Joins Halloween Kills

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Word is in! Actor Anthony Michael Hall has joined the cast of Halloween Kills, essaying the role of Laurie Strode’s now grown-up ward Tommy Doyle!

Originally portrayed by actor Brian Andrews in John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween, and then by Paul Rudd in 1995’s Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers, Hall will step into the character’s shoes for the latest in the franchise, David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills, which is slated for release on October 16th, 2020.

Hall is best known for his work in the 80’s films Weird Science, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink, with some of his later work comprised of The Dark Knight and Netflix’s The War Machine.

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, Danny McBride, Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers, with Ryan Turek overseeing both films for Blumhouse.

Check out a teaser!

Halloween Kills & Halloween Ends Coming 2020 & 2021

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The net’s been buzzing for months with speculation and rumor surrounding the potential continuation of the Halloween franchise, which was given new life last October via director David Gordon Green’s smash hit feature Halloween, a film which went on to make over $250 million worldwide at the box office.

Well, today the wait is over, as Universal Pictures has announced release dates for two new feature films in the iconic franchise from Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions: Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends.

The first, titled Halloween Kills, is set for theatrical release on Friday, October 16th, 2020, with Green returning to direct from a script he co-wrote with returning collaborator Danny McBride and newcomer Scott Teems.

The second, Halloween Ends, intended as the finale of the saga, will be released on Friday, October 15th, 2021. Green will direct as well, from a script he co-wrote with McBride and writers new to the series, Paul Brad Logan and Chris Bernier.

Based on characters created by series originator John Carpenter and Debra Hills, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends will be produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann will serve as executive producers, with Ryan Turek overseeing both projects for Blumhouse.

The announcement comes on the birthday of late Halloween series producer Moustapha Akkad, of who his son Malek Akkad says, “No one would be more happy or more proud than my father, to see Halloween continue to resonate with fans all over the world.”

Check out a teaser!

John Carpenter Talks Surviving Hollywood

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Filmmaker and master of horror John Carpenter sat down with Variety’s Jenelle Riley for an interview recently to discuss his career, and touched on such topics as the films which frightened him as a boy (1958’s The Fly and 1951’s The Thing from Another World, among them), growing up in a segregated South, his early years at USC, his approach to scoring film, and Jason Blum’s challenge to him of, “Why don’t you get off your lazy butt and make it good instead of sitting around and complaining?” as it pertained to the Halloween film series, which prompted his return as executive producer and composer in last year’s David Gordon Green-directed box office hit.

It’s a great watch (and if you pay close attention, you’ll even spy in the b-roll a Rick Baker-designed maquette of a Creature from the Black Lagoon suit mock-up, which was intended for a never-made remake of the eponymous 1954 film which Carpenter was once attached to direct for Universal).

Interesting stuff. Check it out below.

Fangoria Noms Halloween as Best Wide Release Movie – Cast Your Ballot Now!

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With Fangoria having returned to glorious circulation, so too have the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, the magazine’s annual celebration of excellence within the field of horror cinema. And for the 2019 awards, Fango has nominated filmmaker David Gordon Green’s 2018 smash-hit Halloween in the category of ‘Best Wide Release Movie.’

Also receiving nominations in the category are director Ari Aster’s Hereditary, Julious Avery’s Overlord, John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place and Leigh Whannel’s Upgrade.

Other Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Halloween nominations include ‘Best Actress’ for Jamie Lee Curtis, ‘Best Actor’ for James Jude Courtney and Nick Castle, and ‘Best Makeup FX’ for Christopher Nelson.

You can cast your ballots here.

Thank you, Fangoria! We’re honored to be held in such esteemed company.

Currently available on VOD and easily accessible by visiting Movies Anywhere, Halloween is now also available on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD (all of which can be ordered on Amazon here).

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 John Carpenter’s 1978 classic. Trancas International Films’ Malek Akkad, Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Miramax’s Bill Block produce, with McBride, Green and returning star Jamie Lee Curtis serving as executive producers, along with Ryan Freimann and series originator Carpenter, the latter who also serves as the film’s composer.

Halloween (2018) Arrives Today to Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra!

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Having made its digital bow last month, David Gordon Green’s smash 2018 feature film Halloween releases today to Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra.

Currently available on VOD and easily accessible by visiting Movies Anywhere, you can now also enjoy the most successful slasher film of all time in the comfort of your own home on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD (all of which can be ordered on Amazon here).

Loaded with bonus features, the releases’ extended and deleted scenes include (in addition to the previously released “Shower Mask Visit” clip which you can watch below) the following:

“Extended Shooting Range”
“Jog to a Hanging Dog”
“Allyson and Friends at School”
“Cameron and Cops Don’t Mix”
“Deluxe Banh Mi Cops”
“Sartain and Hawkins Ride Along”


As for the disc’s featurettes, they are to be comprised of:

“Back in Haddonfield: Making Halloween”
“The Original Scream Queen”
“The Sound of Fear”
“Journey of the Mask”
“The Legacy of Halloween”

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 John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, and thusly disregards all of the series subsequent entries. Trancas International Films’ Malek Akkad, Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Miramax’s Bill Block produce, with McBride, Green and returning star Jamie Lee Curtis serving as executive producers, along with Ryan Freimann and series originator Carpenter, the latter who also serves as the film’s composer.

Halloween (2018) Comes Home TODAY on Digital!

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Director David Gordon Green’s smash 2018 feature film Halloween arrives to digital platforms TODAY!

Currently available on VOD and easily accessible by visiting Movies Anywhere, you can now enjoy the most successful slasher film of all time digitally in the comfort of your own home, ahead of its January 15th release to Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD (all of which can be pre-ordered on Amazon here).

Packed with bonus features, the releases’ extended and deleted scenes include (in addition to the previously released “Shower Mask Visit” clip which you can watch below) the following:

“Extended Shooting Range”
“Jog to a Hanging Dog”
“Allyson and Friends at School”
“Cameron and Cops Don’t Mix”
“Deluxe Banh Mi Cops”
“Sartain and Hawkins Ride Along”


As for the disc’s featurettes, they are to be comprised of:

“Back in Haddonfield: Making Halloween”
“The Original Scream Queen”
“The Sound of Fear”
“Journey of the Mask”
“The Legacy of Halloween”

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 John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, and thusly disregards all of the series subsequent entries. Trancas International Films’ Malek Akkad, Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Miramax’s Bill Block produce, with McBride, Green and returning star Jamie Lee Curtis serving as executive producers, along with Ryan Freimann and series originator Carpenter, the latter who also serves as the film’s composer.

Watch a Deleted Scene from Halloween (2018) Plus VOD, Blu-ray & DVD Release Details!

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Making its digital bow on Movies Anywhere on December 28th of this year, David Gordon Green’s smash feature film Halloween will be hitting Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD on January 15th of 2019, and we’ve got word on the disc’s special features, as well as a look at one of the flick’s deleted scenes.

Extended and deleted scenes include, in addition to the “Shower Mask Visit” clip which you can watch below, the following:

“Extended Shooting Range”
“Jog to a Hanging Dog”
“Allyson and Friends at School”
“Cameron and Cops Don’t Mix”
“Deluxe Banh Mi Cops”
“Sartain and Hawkins Ride Along”


As for the disc’s featurettes, they are to be comprised of:

“Back in Haddonfield: Making Halloween”
“The Original Scream Queen”
“The Sound of Fear”
“Journey of the Mask”
“The Legacy of Halloween”

Halloween can be pre-ordered on Amazon here.

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 John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, and thusly disregards all of the series subsequent entries. Trancas International Films’ Malek Akkad, Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Miramax’s Bill Block produce, with McBride, Green and returning star Jamie Lee Curtis serving as executive producers, along with Ryan Freimann and series originator Carpenter, the latter who also serves as the film’s composer.

Halloween (2018) Steelbook Blu-ray Now Available for Pre-Order

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Although director David Gordon Green’s Halloween – the most successful slasher film in the history of cinema (having just crossed $229 million at the global box office) may still be in theaters, it appears that Universal Pictures have made ready the film’s release on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K for early 2019.

We noticed last week that pre-order listings for the film (which originally included a January 15th, 2019 release date, which we predict it will continue to be) appeared on Best Buy, one for a Blu-ray Steelbook version available for $32.99 – click here, and one for a standard Blu-ray with digital copy, priced at $22.99 – click here. You can check out the box art for both below (with more details to come as we get them).

No word yet on what the extras are, but here’s to hoping that they’ll include the original ending and the first act shower scene (moments of which can be seen in the film’s marketing materials).

And if you haven’t yet witnessed the return of Michael Myers on the big screen, or want to once again, you can get your tickets here.

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 John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, and thusly disregards all of the series subsequent entries. Trancas International Films’ Malek Akkad, Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Miramax’s Bill Block produce, with McBride, Green and returning star Jamie Lee Curtis serving as executive producers, along with Ryan Freimann and series originator Carpenter, the latter who also serves as the film’s composer.

Halloween Overtakes Scream to Become the Biggest Slasher Film of All Time

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Michael Myers has indeed come home. Three weeks into its release, David Gordon Green’s Halloween has earned a whopping $229.6 million worldwide, unseating Wes Craven’s 1996 meta classic Scream as the most successful slasher film of all time. And right behind 2016‘s Split ($278 million) and 2017’s Get Out ($256 million), it’s currently Blumhouse’s third biggest-grossing feature film.

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 John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, and thusly disregards all of the series subsequent entries. Trancas International Films’ Malek Akkad, Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Miramax’s Bill Block produce, with McBride, Green and returning star Jamie Lee Curtis serving as executive producers, along with Ryan Freimann and series originator Carpenter, the latter who also serves as the film’s composer.

Check out the film’s trailer below, and if you haven’t already, get your film tickets here.

Celebrate Halloween with This Trailer Round-Up!

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With David Gordon Green’s critically raved about film Halloween still #1 at the box office for the second week in a row, we’ve rounded up some of the feature film’s trailers, television spots and clips to get you into the Halloween spirit.

Says Variety’s Peter Debruge, “Why choose when you can have tricks and treats? David Gordon Green does horror fans a favor, bringing Michael Myers’ slasher-movie saga back to its roots,” while Katie Walsh of Nerdist proclaims: “David Gordon Green delivers the best Halloween sequel ever.”

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.”

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 John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, 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 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.

Get your tickets here, and Happy Halloween!