John Carpenter Calls HALLOWEEN KILLS 'The Ultimate Slasher'
John Carpenter, the director of the original Halloween movie, recently shared his thoughts on David Gordon Green’s upcoming sequel, Halloween Kills, and he had nothing but praise for it. During a recent interview with EW, Carpenter excitedly said:
"It's brilliant. It's the ultimate slasher. I mean, there's nothing more than this one. Wow! Man."
Well, that’s a great thing to hear from the creator of the franchise! For those of you who enjoyed Green’s first Halloween movie, it sounds like the sequel is something we can all look forward to seeing. He also revealed that he has completed scoring the movie.
The sequel takes place the same night as the last film, picking up where the last movie ended. The events in the sequel also bring together a lot of characters who were introduced in the 1978 film. It’s said that they gather “to try, once and for all, to take down Michael, to stop this madman."
It’s been explained that the story centers around “a community that is united by outrage, and divided in how to deal with evil.” It’s also said to be more about the “unraveling of a community into chaos. It’s about how fear spreads virally.”
David Gordon Green previously talked about the film and shared his thoughts on the timely theme of the story saying:
“This film is about community fear, paranoia, misinformation and crowd panic. This movie is a great popcorn genre movie and not really any kind of statement, but it’s strange how things line up. It couldn’t be a more interesting time to release a movie like this.”
Green also talked about the movie and the type of story it will explore, saying:
"It's about the creation of fear. It's one thing to be afraid of the Bogey Man, to have someone who might be in the closet, under the bed, creeping around your house... But we wanted to explore next was confusion, misinformation, and paranoia. What happens when fear goes viral? You can’t just stick your head under the covers any more.”
The filmmaker went on to say explain that this sequel will be more aggressive and efficient than the last one:
"When we made the last one we wanted to find a way for someone who’s never seen the original to get up to speed with the story. But this one gets right to the action. It’s very aggressive. It’s more efficient. We wanted it to be an explosive middle before things get streamlined and personal again."
Jamie Lee Curtis returns for the sequel and is joined by Judy Greer and Andi Matichak, who reprise their roles as Laurie’s daughter and granddaughter in the sequels. Michael Myers actors Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney will also come back to their shared role. The film also includes Kyle Richards returning as Lindsey Wallace, Anthony Michael Hall as Tommy Doyle, and Nancy Stephens who will reprise her role as Nurse Marion.
Halloween Kills will be released on October 15th, 2021.