Laurie Faces Michael Again in First ‘Halloween’ Clip
We are counting down the days until the return of Michael Myers in the new Halloween movie, and Entertainment Weekly is getting in on The Year of The Shape with a badass new cover, photos, and accompanying epic article, but today they unveiled the first official clip from the film!
The cover image features Jamie Lee Curtis with a knife in one hand, the other a fist, and jack-o-lantern with Michael Myers carved into it, photographed by Art Streiber for EW with the pumpkin by Philip Friedman. With an over the title headline exclaiming “The Best HALLOWEEN Ever,” the issue’s subtitle reads, “Jamie Lee Curtis carves out her place as the ultimate horror heroine. The inside story of a sequel 40 years in the making.”
In clip, which is pretty much spoiler-free if you’ve already seen both of the trailers, Laurie Strode sees that Michael Myers is outside the door and tells her daughter, Karen, played by Judy Greer, to go hide. Easily the best part of the clip, however, is hearing incredibly chilling bits of John Carpenter’s newly composed score. Watch the clip below, and then tell us what you think in the comments!
John Carpenter returns to the franchise he created 40 years ago as executive producer, along with Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions and Malek Akkad of Trancas International, whose father, Mustapha Akkad, financed Carpenter’s 1978 masterpiece.
Andi Matichak plays Allyson, Laurie Strode’s granddaughter in the new film, with Judy Greer as Laurie’s daughter Karen Strode, and of course Jamie Lee Curtis returning to once again reprise her role as Laurie Strode.
Nick Castle reprises his role from Carpenter’s original 1978 Halloween to once again play The Shape along with James Jude Courtney as the new Michael Myers.
The cast also includes Virginia “Ginny” Gardner as Vicky, Miles Robbins as Dave, , and Drew Scheid as Oscar, Dylan Arnold as Cameron Elam, along with Will Patton as Hawkins, Rhian Rees as Dana, and Omar J. Dorsey as Sheriff Barker.
The official synopsis: Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Inspired by Carpenter’s classic, filmmakers David Gordon Green and Danny McBride crafted a story that carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film.
The new film is directed by David Gordon Green from a screenplay by he, Danny McBride, and Jeff Fradley. Green and McBride are also executive producers under their Rough House Pictures banner, along with Akkad, Blum Carpenter, and Curtis.
Halloween will be distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures, arriving in theaters on October 19.
You can watch the first official clip from Halloween below.
[Read our interview with James Jude Courtney on becoming Michael Myers in Halloween 2018 here.]
[Read our interview with Nick Castle on reprising Michael Myers in Halloween 2018 here.]
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