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Original ‘Halloween’ Star Kyle Richards Wanted to Appear in the Forthcoming Sequel
Kyle Richards, who appeared in John Carpenter‘s 1978 Halloween as Lindsey, the child that Nancy Loomis/Kyes‘ Annie Brackett babysits, was hoping to confront The Shape one more time.
The actress, who is now featured on “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, told The Daily Dish and US Weekly that she wanted to appear in this year’s sequel so badly that she actually reached out to producers.
“I really wanted to be so badly,” she explained. “And I’ve never done this in my life. I literally reached out and said, ‘Can I be in it in any capacity? I’ll be an extra. I’ll do anything.’ But they didn’t think that it was going to fit in with the story or something.”
Ironically, the David Gordon Green-directed Halloween actually does tie directly into the 1978 film and brings Jamie Lee Curtis back for one final(?) confrontation with Michael Myers. Could they have made room for Richards’ now-adult character? Probably, but there’s nothing more distracting than an overabundance of cameos. Maybe they’ll pave the way for her character’s return in a future sequel? Thanks to Mike M. for the tip!
Michael returns to Haddonfield on October 19, 2018.
Sony’s Screen Gems brought horror back to the box office with the Tarot card-themed movie Tarot (formerly titled Horrorscope) over the weekend. The film debuted in theaters nationwide on Thursday, May 2, but how did it stack up against other new releases for the genre this year?
Directed by Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg, Tarot debuted in the #4 spot on the domestic box office charts, scaring up $6.5 million and giving it the third lowest opening for a wide release horror movie at the box office here in 2024 so far. For the sake of comparison, here are the domestic opening weekend numbers for this year’s big screen horror offerings…
- Night Swim – $11.7 million
- Abigail – $10.2 million
- Imaginary – $9.9 million
- The First Omen – $8.3 million
- Tarot – $6.5 million
- Immaculate – $5.3 million
- Lisa Frankenstein – $3.6 million
Worldwide, Tarot‘s box office total sits at $10.2 million. The good news for Screen Gems is that the horror movie’s reported production budget was just $8 million, so this one should have no problem turning a profit in the coming weeks. And that’s the beauty of the horror genre.
Artist Trevor Henderson designed the eight monsters for this movie!
Larsen Thompson, Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika and Jacob Batalon star.
Meagan wrote in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Tarot has the makings of a breezy gateway horror movie perfect for sleepovers, though it’s undermined by surface-level characters and storytelling.” Her review continues, “Still, Tarot has just enough polish and monster fun to make for a straightforward, inoffensive, and easy foothold into the genre.”
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