As part of Universal’s presentation at CinemaCon today, Jason Blum and Jamie Lee Curtis were on hand to talk David Gordon Green’s Halloween, taking to the stage to divulge some juicy tidbits while also showing off the very first footage from the movie. Unfortunately, it hasn’t yet hit online, but we’ll of course post as soon as it does.
In the meantime, reactions to the footage have been flooding in on Twitter, as well as quotes from Curtis. For starters, Curtis again promised that the 40-years-later sequel to John Carpenter’s classic is going to “scare the living shit out of you,” while also describing the film as “old school meets new school with Laurie at the center of it… who has turned into a warrior.” It seems Laurie has been lying in wait for the return of Michael Myers, prepared to end him once and for all once he inevitably comes home.
The plot? Via @PiyaSRoy, “it follows a true crime investigative team making a doc about the 40-year-old incident, and of course things go wrong and MICHAEL MYERS ESCAPES and heads straight for Laurie Strode.”
@EricVespe describes the footage shown, noting that the new film goes out of its way to retcon the “Laurie and Michael are siblings” plot addition from Halloween 2!
Laurie is with her daughter and young granddaughter Halloween night 2018. She says Laurie has turned into a warrior hellbent on protecting her family “and determined to keep Michael locked up forever.”
— Eric Vespe (@EricVespe) April 25, 2018
First footage of Halloween looks great. New story is that after he was shot by Loomis Michael was recommitted and Laurie has been preparing in case he ever breaks out.
— Eric Vespe (@EricVespe) April 25, 2018
Some teenagers were talking amongst each other. “Wasn’t it her brother that killed all those people?” “It wasn’t her brother, that’s something people made up.” So, yeah. Bye-bye sequel storylines!
— Eric Vespe (@EricVespe) April 25, 2018
There was a shot of Myers, post break-out, tormenting a girl in a bathroom stall. His hand goes over the door and drops a dozen bloody teeth on the floor. They’re not messing around with this one. It’s great to see the mask back in action.
— Eric Vespe (@EricVespe) April 25, 2018
Also Laurie is never once shown as scared in the footage we saw. She’s a woman on a mission, just as much a hunter as Michael. Love that take.
— Eric Vespe (@EricVespe) April 25, 2018
Michael returns to Haddonfield on October 19, 2018.
