Silver Shamrock. Thorn. White Horses. It’s all in here.
If you’re looking for the deepest possible dive into the first 40 years of the Halloween franchise, look no further than Harker Press’s brand new book Taking Shape: Developing Halloween From Script to Scream, an extensively researched, 440-page book from authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins that covers the entire franchise and is available TODAY!
“As authors and researchers, we were initially concerned over whether we would be able to dig up new dirt on the Halloween movies. They’ve already been examined so thoroughly over the years. Fortunately, that wasn’t a problem,” McNeill tells us. “There is plenty of new material here on every film in the franchise. Taking Shape contains interviews with series veterans who’ve rarely or – in some cases – never before spoken publicly about the series. That alone yielded information we’d never heard before.“
“One of our goals with Taking Shape was to show love to every film in the series. Yes, John Carpenter’s original is arguably the best, but we know fans love the sequels as well. So there are huge chapters here on every installment. If you’re a Season of the Witch fan, you’re going to love our coverage of its seldom-discussed original script, which was quite different. If you’re a Halloween 5 fan, we’ve got an extensive discussion with that film’s director as well as the only interview ever conducted with screenwriter Michael Jacobs. I’m not sure anyone has ever explored Halloween 6’s production woes to the degree that we have. We even take a hard look at how Halloween: Resurrection devolved from Larry Brand’s original concept, which – oddly enough – did not include the Shape getting his ass kicked by Busta Rhymes.”
Rejected scripts, deleted scenes, unused ideas, alternate versions – this is a book about what you did and didn’t see on the big screen.
The book contains:
- Comprehensive story analysis on the entire series!
- A rundown of all deleted and alternate scenes!
- A look at what scholars got right (and wrong) about H1!
- Exclusive details on Nigel Kneale’s original H3 script!
- Comparisons of early scripts to the final theatrical films!
- A rare interview with H5 screenwriter Michael Jacobs!
- An exhaustive account of H6’s troubled production!
- An examination of H20’s roots as a direct-to-video sequel!
- A revealing look behind the grunge of the Rob Zombie era!
- Insight into how test audiences and execs shaped the films!
- In-depth dissection of the official novelizations!
You can grab your copy over on Amazon today for $23.99!
