David Gordon Green’s Halloween may be set in an alternate timeline where only the events of John Carpenter’s Halloween happened, with all the sequels retconned out of existence, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be packed with little winks and nods to the other films. After all, Gordon Green and co-writer Danny McBride are themselves big time fans of the franchise, so they didn’t want to completely leave the sequels behind.
Speaking with the two on set back in February, they teased those tributes.
“Anyone who’s a fan of any of these films will find nice little Easter Eggs acknowledging our salute to the filmmakers that have preceded us,” Gordon Green told us. We want to start fresh for a new generation but with great appreciation for the previous [films].“
On that note, you may have missed one of those fun little Easter eggs in yesterday’s trailer. At the 2:06 mark in the trailer, we see Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) frantically running around with a gun on Halloween night, and at one point she walks past a group of kids wearing the Silver Shamrock skull and witch masks from now-beloved sequel Halloween 3: Season of the Witch! Yes, Gordon Green fit Laurie Strode and Silver Shamrock masks into the same shot. We never thought we’d see the day.
We’re expecting to see many more Easter eggs on October 19.
#HalloweenMovie puts Laurie Strode side-by-side with kids wearing Silver Shamrock masks and suddenly everything is right in the world. pic.twitter.com/55N2qG5pNY
— John Squires (@FreddyInSpace) June 8, 2018
