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‘Rewind’ to ‘12: Michael Myers on Family Guy

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Halloween the film franchise, and its central character of iconic slasher Michael Myers, has over its 42 year legacy permeated international pop culture, with the masked figure making appearances in several mediums, including the American television series “Robot Chicken” and Jennifer Love Hewitt’s “Ghost Whisperer” (among others), but did you know Halloween has also made multiple appearances on “Family Guy?”

One of our favorite instances of that comes in episode 13 of season 10 of the Seth McFarlane animated comedy, titled, “Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream.” In it, Family Guys’ main character Peter Griffin is excited to find that Quahog’s local TV news anchor Tom Tucker is actually Halloween actor and stuntman George P. Wilbur, who portrayed the character of Michael Myers in Griffin’s “favorite movie ever,” Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.

And in one of our favorite jokes from the episode (during a snippet of the classic Halloween 4 scene in which Myers terrifies Jamie Lloyd in her bedroom) the Shape arises to proclaim, “Good evening! I’m Michael Myers. I have enormous psychological problems and I’m going to take them out on you.”

What’s your favorite instance of Michael in popular culture?

REVEALED! The Sixth Figure in the Halloween Nanoforce® Set is the Halloween Pumpkin!

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And you won’t even need to carve it! The infamous jack-o’-lantern from Halloween ’78 has been the sixth figure revealed in the thirteen figure officially licensed Halloween Nanoforce® set, stemming from a collaboration with Compass International Pictures, Fright-Rags and Fourth Castle’s EMCE Toys brand!

Check out photos and more info below, and head over to Fourth Castle on Instagram here for close-ups, 360 degree turns, and more!

Orders start on September 18, 2020 at 10am EST at www.fright-rags.com, and with only 2,500 sets being made, they’ll go fast, so set your alarms!

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?

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/

A Retro Halloween ’78 Lunch Box Coming from Fright-Rags?

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We’re pretty excited by the teaser image our friends over at Fright-Rags posted yesterday to their Instagram account @frightrags of a retro looking Halloween ’78 lunchbox! With the caption, “100 days until Halloween…and here’s a lil’ tease of something very special coming this October.”

We dug a bit, and found out via Halloween (2018) executive producer Ryan Freimann’s Instagram account @rfriemann that it’s indeed just that! “I was really hope that this one will be enjoyed,” posted Freimann, who also serves as executive producer on the upcoming 2021 release Halloween Kills. “We teamed up with @frightrags to bring you a Halloween ’78 lunchbox with thermos for all of your nostalgic dreams. Can’t wait for you all to see the full reveal. Many more exciting things to come!”

Check out the teaser image below!

REVEALED! The Fifth Figure in the Halloween Nanoforce® Set is the Myers House!

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And you won’t even need to contact Strode Realty to own it! The infamous Myers house from Halloween has been the fifth figure revealed in the thirteen figure officially licensed Halloween Nanoforce® set, stemming from a collaboration with Compass International Pictures, Fright-Rags and Fourth Castle’s EMCE Toys brand!

Check out photos and more info below, and head over to Fourth Castle on Instagram here for close-ups, 360 degree turns, and more!

Orders start on September 18, 2020 at 10am EST at www.fright-rags.com, and with only 2,500 sets being made, they’ll go fast, so set your alarms!

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?

Wanna’ See Keri Tate’s Driver’s License from Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later?

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As Halloween fans, we love minutia, from the fine print on John Tate’s screen-used permission slip for Hillcrest Academy’s Yosemite outing as seen in 1998’s Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (you can see that here), to the same’s screen-used 17th  birthday card and envelope (we took a peek at those here). Today we bring you a look at another piece of production art from the film: Keri “Laurie Strode” Tate’s driver’s license!

With her address listed as “1313 Hillcrest Lane” (a partial nod to the street number of the Munsters mansion, perhaps?), it seems H20’s art department had a bit of a sense of humor.

As for a peek at the location which stood in for Hillcrest Academy, we took at look at that recently as well here.

REVEALED! The Fourth Figure in the Halloween Nanoforce® Set is Annie!

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“Is that guy still creeping around your backyard?” Annie from Halloween has been the fourth figure revealed in the thirteen figure officially licensed Halloween Nanoforce® set, stemming from a collaboration with Compass International Pictures, Fright-Rags and Fourth Castle’s EMCE Toys brand!

Check out photos and more info below.

Orders start on September 18, 2020 at 10am EST at www.fright-rags.com, and with only 2,500 sets being made, they’ll go fast, so set your alarms!

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?

‘Rewind’ to ‘08: Michael Myers on Ghost Whisperer

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The film franchise Halloween, and its central character of iconic slasher Michael Myers, has over its 42 year legacy permeated international pop culture, with the masked figure making appearances in several mediums, including the American television series “Robot Chicken” and Seth McFarlane’s “Family Guy,” but did you know he also made a brief cameo in the Jennifer Love Hewitt CBS series “Ghost Whisperer” in 2008?

Appearing in the fifteenth episode of season three titled “Horror Show,” the Shape makes a “blink and you’ll miss it” appearance in the episode, knife in hand, as a jump scare in the living room of lead character Melinda (Love Hewitt), who finds herself caught up in a supernaturally charged investigation that turns a bit horrific.

Seems battling that fisherman in 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer (a film which directly homages John Carpenter’s classic Halloween in several scenes) isn’t the only slasher Love Hewitt’s encountered.

Check out the ad spot and scene below, which features Myers sporting an end credits Halloween: Resurrection inspired mask.

‘Rewind’ to ’81: Donald “Dr. Loomis” Pleasence Talks Halloween on SNL w/ Eddie Murphy!

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Our latest ‘Rewind’ into Halloween history takes us all the way back to the October 31, 1981 episode of Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by Halloween series star, the late great Donald Pleasence. Airing the day following the release of director Rick Rosenthal’s Halloween II, the SNL episode contained a few skits featuring veteran actor Pleasence, including the one below with SNL cast member Eddie Murphy, in which they both plug Halloween, while also discussing Murphy’s pre-show ritual. It’s a hoot, and also features a brief cameo by John Belushi, in his very last SNL appearance.

Did you see this when it originally aired?

Danny McBride & David Gordon Green Tease Halloween Kills’ “Viral Fear” in Empire Magazine

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Jaime Lee Curtis as “Laurie Strode” in Halloween Kills

“It takes place the same night, picking up where the last movie ended,” Halloween (2018) and Halloween Kills co-writer Danny McBride explains in the latest issue of Empire magazine, in regards to what audiences can expect of Halloween Kills, coming from Universal Pictures on October 15, 2021.

“Events in the film bring together a lot of characters who were in the 1978 (Halloween) film who we didn’t see last time,” he continued. “They gather to try, once and for all, to take down Michael, to stop this madman.”

Halloween (2018) and Halloween Kills director and co-writer David Gordon Greens adds, “The (2018 movie) was more about Laurie’s life of isolation after Michael and her attempts at revenge. It was personal. This is more about the unravelling of a community into chaos. It’s about how fear spreads virally.”

Danny McBride & David Gordon Green at the premiere of Halloween (2018)

As for series star Jamie Lee Curtis, who returns in Halloween Kills to reprise her role of “Laurie Strode” (which she originated in John Carpenter’s immortal classic, Halloween), Green says of her turn in the upcoming film, “The fact  that she could do her own stunts, kick everybody’s ass and be a joy to work with (in the 2018 film) definitely meant re-evaluating what we wanted to do with the next chapter of the story. We were excited to write without limitations about what Laurie can do.”

For the full article, pick up the Big-Screen Preview issue of Empire magazine on sale now, and check out the teaser released earlier this week for Halloween Kills below.

In Halloween Kills, Curtis is joined by original cast members Nick Castle, Kyle Richards, Nancy Stephens and Charles Cyphers. Additional cast includes James Jude Courtney, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Robert Longstreet and Anthony Michael Hall.

Produced by Trancas International Films, Miramax and Blumhouse Productions and based on characters created by series originators John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween Kills and its follow-up Halloween Ends (the latter now set for release on October 14, 2022) will be produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, John Carpenter, Curtis, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson and Ryan Freimann serve as executive producers.