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David Gordon Green bring brand - unexampled footage from his Blumhouse - producedHalloweento Universal ’s Hall H panel at the ongoing San Diego Comic - Con . The film , which Green cowrote with Danny McBride , represents something of a fresh start for theHalloweenseries , in the sensation that it go as a direct lengthiness of theatre director John Carpenter ’s original 1978 slasher movieHalloweenandignores every sequel liberate since then . As such , the " last girl " from Carpenter ’s repulsion classic , Laurie Strode ( Jamie Lee Curtis ) is still alert and well in Green ’s take on the attribute .
Halloween2018 also picks up in actual - time , 40 years after masked killer Michael Myers ( who is no longer Laurie ’s brotherin Green ’s film ) snuff it on his initial murder spree in the small(ish ) town of Haddonfield , Illinois . It ’s a bit early for a novel trailer just yet , yield thatthe firstHalloweentrailerhas only been out for six weeks or so at this time . Nevertheless , Green and select fellow member of hisHalloweencrew brought never - before - hear clips from the movie to show off exclusively to the Hall H crowd at the International Comic - Con , in gain to fielding interrogative from the panel moderator and gang .
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Both Curtis and Green were present during Universal ’s SDCC panel to discuss the movie and infix the newHalloweenfootage . First , they showed a successiveness that was filmed as an extended tracking shot and follows Michael ( who isplayed primarily by James Jude Courtney ) as he walk around Haddonfield and through two sign of the zodiac on Halloween night , murder almost everyone he encounters along the manner . The only people he does n’t kill on his " tripper " are some kids trick or treating and a baby who get down screaming shortly after Michael slaughter their mom … with a cock . Michael then cover on his way to the next house , where he stabs a woman with a knife ( crusade the leaf blade entirely through her neck ) .
Curtis sic the microscope stage for Michael ’s killing spree ahead of this time when she noted"What makes Michael Myers so terrifying is the noise . “The succession was then follow by aHalloweentrailer that included some extended beats , but was otherwise identical to the initial preview for its first half . However , the second half was much more action - pack and climax with Myers crash through a window and grabbing Laurie , right before the television comes to a spectacular stay with the film ’s title posting . The trailer was then followed by a Q&A with some audience member , lead to a touching here and now where a fan recite Curtis howHalloweensaved his lifetime when he was attacked by a stalker . ( Curtis hug him afterward . )
All in all , it sounds like theHalloweenfootage exhibit in Hall H did the trick and further make that Green is aiming to create a horror / thriller that ’s more suspenseful than gore - driven , much like Carpenter ’s first movie . That should come as all the more welcome news show forHalloweenfans who are eagerly awaiting this movie , in the hopes that it restore the bombastic franchise to its former glorification at long last .
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