Halloween (2018)

Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Director:

David Gordon Green

Writers:

Jeff Fradley, Danny McBride

Stars:

Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Laurie Strode
Judy Greer	...	Karen
Andi Matichak	...	Allyson
James Jude Courtney	...	The Shape
Nick Castle	...	The Shape
Haluk Bilginer	...	Dr. Sartain
Will Patton	...	Officer Hawkins
Rhian Rees	...	Dana Haines
Jefferson Hall	...	Aaron Korey
Toby Huss	...	Ray
Virginia Gardner	...	Vicky
Dylan Arnold	...	Cameron Elam
Miles Robbins	...	Dave
Drew Scheid	...	Oscar
Jibrail Nantambu	...	Julian

Storyline

In October 2018, forty years after the massacre in Haddonfield, true-crime pod-casters Aaron Korey and Dana Haines travel to Warren County Smith's Grove Sanitarium to visit Michael Myers. They briefly interview Michael's psychiatrist Dr. Ranbir Sartain, a former student of Dr. Samuel Loomis, before meeting with Michael in hopes of gaining some insight into his past actions before his transfer to a new facility. Aaron brandishes Michael's mask at him, to no effect. In Haddonfield, Illinois, Laurie Strode is living an isolated life, having been divorced twice, developed a strained relationship with her family and turned to alcohol. Laurie has prepared for Michael's potential return through combat training. The following night, Michael's transport crashes. Michael kills a father and his son who stumble upon the crashed bus on the road, and steals their car. The following day, on Halloween, Michael resumes his killing spree, killing several people at a gas station, including a clerk, a ...

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Plot Keywords:

slasher flick | masked murderer | violence | trick or treating | serial murder | 

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Taglines:

40 Years Later, Evil Returns Home

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence and bloody images, language, brief drug use and nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 October 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Halloween

Filming Locations:

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$76,221,545, 21 October 2018, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$159,278,560, 13 December 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blumhouse Productions,Miramax,Night Blade Holdings

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The music is composed by John Carpenter, his son Cody and his godson Daniel Davies. The trio had previously collaborated on John Carpenter's Lost Themes and Lost Themes II albums.

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Goofs

The Nissan Truck Laurie droves around in sounds like it has a v8 engine rather than the 4 cylinder engine that is supposed to be in there.

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Quotes

Laurie Strode: Michael Myers killed 5 people. And he's a human being, we need to understand. I'm twice divorced, and I'm a basket case.

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Crazy Credits

On the opening credits, the Jack-O-Lantern gets slowly resurrected as the camera very slowly zooms towards it, white the credits is in the same position as the original 1978 version.

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Connections

Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Will Smith turns into a Pidgeon (2018)

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Soundtracks

Dragon Shark
Written by Joseph Stephens
Performed by Joseph Stephens

User Reviews

Not what I was expecting but still something pretty good

I really enjoyed the opening with the credit scene like the first one. A climax of kills leading us to the inevitable encounter between Michael and Laurie. Carpenter's touch on the score is amazing, as usual. Green pays tribute to the original with some scenes that look like "oh I remember that!". In an era of questionable remakes and sequels of 70/80s slashers, Green's Halloween defends itself.