New to Theaters: Michael Myers is back this weekend in the newest ‘Halloween’
Forty years after the Haddonfield murders, Jamie Lee Curtis will reprise her role as scream queen Laurie Strode in “Halloween,” the continuation of the original 1978 film.
Strode, who has suffered from post traumatic stress since the originally killings, has turned her house into a fortress just in case Michael Myers gets out of jail.
While being transported from one facility to another, the bus crashes and Myers makes his escape, going on a killing spree as he heads back to find Strode and finish the job he started.
IMDb trivia states that the film wasn’t said to be a “remake” or a “reboot,” but a “recalibration” of the character Michael Myers.
“However, after co-writer and director David Gordon Green and co-writer Danny McBride took over the project, these two stated that it would be none of the aforementioned, and that the film was going to be a continuation of ‘Halloween’ (1978).”
This will be the fifth time Curtis will portray Laurie Strode, including the original film, Halloween II (1981), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) and Halloween: Resurrection (2002).
Other cast members include Andi Matichak (“Replicate”) as Strode’s grandaughter Allyson, Judy Greer (“Jurassic World” and “27 Dresses”) as Strode’s daughter Karen and Nick Castle (“The Last Star Figher” and “The Boy Who Could Fly”) who reprises his role as Michael Myers.
On the movie review site, Rotten Tomatoes, the tomatometer shows 86 percent fresh reviews, with the Critic’s Consensus, stating, “Halloween largely wipes the slate clean after decades of disappointing sequels, ignoring increasingly elaborate mythology in favor of basic — yet still effective — ingredients.”
Top Critic Brian Truitt with “USA Today” gave the film a good rating, saying, “A new coat of paint, even on a storied house of horrors such as ‘Halloween,’ can do wonders.”
However, Top Critic Brian Tallerico with “RogerEbert.com,” said, “It’s just not scary, and that’s one thing you could never say about the original.”
The IMDb website trivia added that the role of Allyson became somewhat of a coveted role with multiple popular actresses meeting with McBride to personally talk about the movie. But, the studio decided that they wanted to go back to the roots of the first movie and cast an unknown actress.
Directed by David Gordon Green, the film is rated R for horror violence and bloody images, language, brief drug use and nudity.