Fresh off of the latest (and greatest) Halloween poster featuring two characters on a four-decade long collision course, Universal and Blumhouse has unveiled the trailer for their highly anticipated horror flick.
Not only does the teaser essentially play out over one scene on that titular and iconic evening, but through Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode providing voice-over that gives us all we need to know about the tone, tenor and terror this October release will bring.
Strode has been “praying” that Michael Myers would manage to break out of prison so that she could bring her version of justice to the notorious killer. As she states, “he is a killer, but he will be killed tonight.”
You know what? I believe her.
We also get our first look at Judy Greer portraying Strode’s daughter and Andi Matichak as her granddaughter.
Laurie is still quite traumatized from her encounter with the slashing killer. Many believe that spending her days over these last four decades obsessing with extoling her brand of justice to Myers is just this side of crazy. Since Myers has broken free, who’s crazy now?
I love the feel of David Gordon Green’s flick, especially the first few moments of the trailer that finds kids doing what kids do when the calendar reads October 31. Then, a couple of those trick or treaters bump right into you-know-who. Unfazed, after all, it is Halloween, they go about their neighborhood search for candy bounty and the camera stays with Myers—who makes the most unwelcome of arrivals in a few unfortunate souls’ homes.
The screenplay comes from Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley and from the looks of things, their adoration for all things Halloween (John Carpenter’s original classic) is on every single frame.
There is even a snippet of the original film’s simple, but horribly haunting theme.
One other reveal that has our anticipation meter going into the red is the presence of Will Patton as a local lawman who has the pleasure of being alongside Laurie on this sure-to-be-eventful evening.
Halloween lands in theaters in time for its namesake holiday on October 19.