WHO’S IN IT?
Jamie Lee Curtis (A Fish Called Wanda), Judy Greer (Ant-Man), Andi Matichak (Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List), Will Patton (Armageddon), Virginia Gardner (Project Almanac), Nick Castle (The Boy Who Could Fly), James Jude Courtney (The Freeway Maniac), Toby Huss (Jerry Maguire), Rhian Rees (Rehearsal), Jefferson Hall (The Disappeared), Miles Robbins (Blockers), Dylan Arnold (Mudbound), Drew Scheid (The Darkest Minds), Omar Dorsey (Django Unchained), Rob Niter (film debut), Jibrail Nantambu (film debut), Haluk Bilginer (Winter Sleep)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express), director, writer; Danny McBride (Your Highness), writer; Malek Akkad (The Violent Kind), Bill Block (Fury) and Jason Blum (Get Out), producers; Cody Carpenter (film debut), John Carpenter (Escape From New York) and Daniel A. Davies (Condemned), composers; Michael Simmonds (Nerve), cinematographer; Tim Alverson (Orphan), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Forty years after he went on a killing spree after escaping from incarceration, Michael Myers (Castle/Courtney) escapes once again and returns to Haddonfield where he begins killing people left and right – but he is about to face a serious adversary in the form of Laurie Strode (Curtis), who survived his last attack and has spent the last four decades preparing for a final showdown…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
Following a series of underwhelming sequels to John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic, David Gordon Green has decided to completely do away with continuity and make this series reboot a direct sequel to the first film, and it looks to genuinely be the best one in this franchise since the one that started it all.