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Fans Already Spotted an Obscure, Deep Cut Easter Egg in the New ‘Halloween’
They may be primarily known as comedy guys, but Danny McBride and David Gordon Green are hardcore horror fans, particularly of the Halloween franchise they’ve found themselves at the helm of. The duo co-wrote this year’s sequel to John Carpenter’s slasher classic, directed by Gordon Green, and they’ve teased various Easter Egg nods to the franchise throughout.
In the trailer alone, we couldn’t miss a fun Halloween 3 homage!
Recently, EW shared a brand new image from the film (above), and an eagle-eyed fan over on Twitter spotted that the image contains an Easter Egg that we totally missed. It’s highly obscure, with a hat on the wall of what we assume is the Strode home looking exactly identical to a hat that was seen on the wall of Laurie’s bedroom in the original Halloween.
Proof that these guys know the franchise in and out, to say the very least!
I know we’ve all seen that new photo, but did anyone notice this shit?!! #halloweenmovie #LaurieSombrero #FeelsTheseNipsEvenMore pic.twitter.com/3MM8iv2CBS
— Lee McCoy (@Drumdums) August 10, 2018
In this year’s film, directed by David Gordon Green and co-written by Danny McBride…
“Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.”
“A British documentary crew comes to the States to visit Michael in prison for a retrospective of the maniac’s night of terror — but their project becomes way more interesting when Myers escapes custody, retrieves his signature mask and seeks revenge on Laurie, with others naturally being part of his impressive career body count along the way.
In the decades following the fateful Halloween night that forever altered the former babysitter’s life, Laurie has armed and prepped herself for Michael’s inevitable return — to the detriment of her family, including daughter Karen and granddaughter Allyson.”
Michael returns to Haddonfield on October 19, 2018.
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R-Rated ‘The X-Files: I Want to Believe’ Director’s Cut Gets New Title and Streaming Premiere Date
After a slight delay, Disney has finally announced a new streaming date for the R-Rated director’s cut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe. According to Gizmodo, it’ll also come with a new title.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn begins streaming on Hulu on August 14.
The new cut was first teased in an interview with director Chris Carter on the Fail Better With David Duchovny podcast from last year, where he teased a much scarier movie he intended.
“Now I have a chance to go back and make the scary movie that I always intended to make,” Carter explained last year. “It’s not just doing a Director’s Cut to do a Director’s Cut. It’s really kind of bringing to life something that for me was on the page and never got to the screen.“
The director’s cut of the film was initially set to arrive on Disney+ in June, but quietly disappeared from the schedule without a word. Polygon reported the delay was “due to some last-minute adjustments being made to the film.”
The release’s new “Vrach Frankenshteyn” title certainly suggests those adjustments have been made, likely referring to a Frankensteining of bonus footage.
In the film, Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) have been out of the FBI for several years, with Mulder living in isolation and Scully having become a doctor at a Catholic hospital, where she has formed a bond with a critically ill child patient.
When an FBI agent is mysteriously kidnapped, and a former Catholic priest who has been convicted of pedophilia claims to be experiencing psychic visions of the endangered agent, Scully is asked to bring Mulder back to the bureau to consult on the case because of his work with psychics.
The brand new R-rated cut will “faithfully restore the filmmaker’s original vision.”
Look for it on Hulu next month.