David Gordon Green Explains Why The New HALLOWEEN Sequel Is Simply Called HALLOWEEN

David Gordon Green has finally explained why the Halloween sequel is called Halloween, despite the fact that it’s meant to be seen as Halloween II. As Green points out, it’s technically the third Halloween II, and that made finding an appropriate name for the film very difficult (via EW):

That was a weird discussion. You know, do we call it The Shape? Do we call it Halloween Returns? What do you call it? Technically, it’s the third Halloween II. It kind of got to the point where we were like, ‘Well, we don’t want to not invite anybody. We don’t want someone who is unfamiliar with the previous films to think, well, I need to catch up.’ So then we just thought, for simplicity, let’s just call it Halloween.

I never thought about the potentially confusing nature of the title, but now that I have, I’m wondering how many other moviegoers will be thrown by that. That said, most people familiar with the franchise will understand it’s a sequel to the original as soon as they see the trailer, which leaves a small percentage of people, who I’m assuming won’t be all that lost watching this film. Halloween is in theaters October 19th.