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Halloween 2018may be disregarding every sequel and remaking that followed John Carpenter ’s originalHalloween , but it ’s not abandoning them all . The coming sequel willreference the non - canon sequelsin subtle way out of respect for the fans - and some of these reference even show up in the picture show ’s first trailer .
John Carpenter ’s indie horror classicHalloweenwas a secret plan - modifier in the writing style when it was released back in 1978 . It follows an escaped patient role from Smith ’s Grove Sanitarium make Michael Myers who returns to his hometown on Halloween night to continue a killing spree he started seventeen years prior , all the while being tail down by his psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis ( played by Donald Pleasance ) . Forty years afterward , director David Gordon Green will revisit Michael Myers as he escape from containment yet again , construct his steps back to Haddonfield , Illinois in an attempt to finish off the sole survivor of his famous killing spree , Laurie Strode ( play by Jamie Lee Curtis ) . And though the upcoming continuation willofficially retcon every subsequence and remakebetween 1978 and 2018 , the filmmakers are n’t writing off other entries in the enfranchisement completely . Green and conscientious objector - screenwriters Danny McBride confirmed thatHalloween 2018will make references to the other debut over the course of their flick .
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Fans will have to waitress forHalloween 2018 ’s October liberation to see every pernicious nod and throwback , but for the clock time being , there is already plenty to strain through in themovie ’s traileralone . Between blatant references to blink - and - you’ll - neglect - it easter egg , Green and McBride clearly did n’t hold back on giving the non - canon sequels their due . In fact , moments from the trailer even directly allude to Carpenter ’s originalHalloween .
The John Carpenter Era
acknowledgment to the originalHalloweenin theHalloween 2018trailer are laid on duncish . In fact , some of the similarity are so apparent that it ’s led some to believe that the movie will be a variety of direct sequel / balmy reboot cross ( with Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum even refer to it as a"reinvention " ) . This is specially evident with moment that arenearlyshot - for - shot recreations from the original motion picture - include someone ( either Michael or one of his victims ) draped in a ghost - like bedsheet , miss Smith ’s Grove Sanitarium patients aimlessly wandering in the middle of a road , and Michael walking into a grouping of kids , followed by a synth sting in the grade .
There are also other obvious nod to the past , with a courtroom sketch of Dr. Loomis , written document have-to doe with back to Michael ’s killing fling , Michael hiding in a bedroom closet ( a possible callback to his altercation with Laurie in the original movie ) , and Laurie ’s daughter Allyson ( played by Andi Matichak ) walking home with her friends in a guesswork that mimics the frame of a scene from the original in which Laurie walks household withherfriends . In fact , that scene from the trailer also nod toHalloween II- which Carpenter did n’t direct , but produce , co - wrote , and co - scored .
This nod refers to a major retcon thatHalloween 2018will introduce , wherein thefamilial linkup between Michael and Laurieis no recollective canyon . InHalloween II , Laurie discovers that Michael is her brother ( a secret plan equipment that is further explored in the sequels ) , but the view in the preview outright confirms that their congress arebased out of rumour , not fact .
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There is then one more subtle recall toHalloween IIwhen Michael bumps into the kids who were mentioned earlier . One of them is fit out up as a cowboy and holding a boombox over his articulatio humeri , a exonerated nod to an identical moment in the subsequence .
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Even thoughHalloween III : Season of the Witchattempted to hive off from Michael Myers ' storyline and take theHalloweenfranchise in a new instruction , it ’s stilltechnicallycanon in the serial chronology ( though arguably in an alternative universe ) . This continuation set about to utilize theHalloweentitle as a political program for spinoff movie that hold fast to the Halloween time of year , but it run out . Audiences favour Michael Myers over Celtic rite and killer masquerade .
Still , even though most audience have more or less written it off in the dealership ( apologistsdoexist forSeason of the Witch ) , it still has a place inHalloween 2018.In the dawdler , a group of trick ' radius negotiant are seen hold out two of the three Silver Shamrock masquerade from the movie ( though they do n’t appear to be in any masque - related risk ) .
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The Jamie Lloyd Era
Whereas the first twoHalloweenmovies centered around Michael Myers attacking Laurie Strode , parts 4 , 5 , and 6 place Laurie ’s girl Jamie ( play by Danielle Harris , and by and by by J.C. Brandy ) center stage . InHalloween 4 : The Return of Michael Myers , it ’s revealed that Laurie died in a motorcar fortuity , putting her daughter in the hands of a surrogate class . This era of the franchise brought Michael and Dr. Sam Loomis back into the premix , while also introducing Thorn - a Druid craze that drive Michael to kill phallus of his kinsperson every Halloween as the result of an ancient execration .
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In the poke , the first recall to this epoch include the disrobed corpse of a automobile mechanic . InHalloween 4,Michael visits an auto repair shop , kills the shop mechanic , and steals his uniform - which he appears to do again inHalloween 2018 .
There is then a citation to bothHalloween 5 : The Revenge of Michael MyersandHalloween 6 : The Curse of Michael Myerswith the inclusion of the Mark of Thorn . The mark appears in both motion-picture show , notably as a tattoo on Michael ’s carpus . It ’s tough to tell if that ’s the case in the new canon , but it ’s nevertheless in the trailer : in the scene in which documentarian Dana Haines ( played by Rhian Rees ) is sit on the toilet , there is some graffiti on the stall that include the Mark of Thorn . However , it require as a keen eye , as the mark is thread into some additional abstract graffiti string around it .
And while these appear to be the last of the this era ’s references , there is a abbreviated crack of a young adult female running away from Michael whose Halloween costume seem to be a mixing between the costumes wear by Tina ( play by Wendy Foxworth ) and Samantha ( played by Tamara Glynn ) inHalloween 5 .
H20 and Halloween: Resurrection
After the Jamie Lloyd era , theHalloweenfranchise bring back to its roots . Though Dr. Sam Loomis had been killed off inHalloween 6on account of Donald Pleasance ’s actual expiry , Jamie Lee Curtis return as Laurie Strode inHalloween H20 : 20 long time Later , bring out that she had faked her expiry to evade Michael Myers . And while theHalloween 2018trailer does unveil the scar that Laurie has inH20,which was the result of being stab in the arm by Michael in the originalHalloween , the more directH20reference demand a completely different character whole .
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In the lagger , documentarian Dana Haines is sit down on a toilet in a public public lavatory . She is then greeted by none other than Michael Myers , who proceeds to taunt her from outside the stall before full - on lash out her . This minute is reminiscent of a view fromH20 in which a woman and her young girl are affect in a similar situation . InH20 , Michael enter the bathroom while the woman and her girl are in separate stall , takes her pocketbook , and proceeds to steal her keys - resulting in a non - wild robbery . InHalloween 2018 , the scene is emphatically more violent , with Michael dropping a handful of human teeth by her foot before attempting to break into the stall .
What ’s more is that Dana ’s name is also a possible nod toHalloween : Resurrection , the follow - up movie toH20.In an former shot from the prevue when Dana is inside Smith ’s Grove Sanitarium , her visitant name tag reveals her last name : Haines . And though this may well be a coincidence , Haines is the last name of a Smith ’s Grove security safety gadget ( and eventual Michael Myers victim ) inHalloween : Resurrection .
Is There Room For Any More Halloween References?
Now that a substantial number of references to the retconned sequel have already been unwrap in the dawdler ( though none , apparently , were from Rob Zombie ’s remaking and subsequent sequel ) , it tap the question as to whether there ’s any elbow room for more . As deliberate fan avail , the point of reference remind audiences that their darling series is in reverential hands , but there is such a affair as " too much " . Over - saturation can run the risk of overkill , and given that the whole point ofHalloween 2018is to profess those sequel never existed in the first place , some well - order restraint can potentially do wonder .
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That said , Halloween 2018wouldn’t be any different from movies likeStar warfare : The Force Awakens , T2 : Trainspotting , orJurassic World- sequel released well after the original that lean as intemperately on throwback as they do original material . The takeout from those movies have been strike or escape in this department , so whether or not this approach feels like a trigger for cheap nostalgia or a buff - service treat reckon on the individual lover . And give that this franchise is inspired by a holiday connote on overindulgence , maybe these references are actually more on - brand than their surface - stage appeal suggests .
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