Halloween 2018 & Netflix's Hold the Dark To Premiere At Fantastic Fest

David Gordon Green’sHalloweenand Jeremy Saulnier ’s horror - thrillerHold the Darkwill both host their U.S. premieres at Fantastic Fest 2018 next month . The former is currently schedule to begin its domesticated theatrical liberation in October ( just under two weeks before the titular vacation ) , whereas the latter will become uncommitted for streaming through Netflix at the ending of September .

While tight - approach consequence like the Toronto andVenice International Film Festivalstypically sharpen on would - be honour season contenders and prestigious director - driven films with their lineup , the annual Fantastic Fest usually highlights musical genre transportation or else ( specifically , of the repugnance and thriller variety ) . That will continue to be the case in 2018 , as evidenced by Green’sHalloween(a lineal prolongation of John Carpenter ’s 1978 slasher classic of the same name ) and Saulnier ’s follow-up to his craze hitGreen Roombeing part of this year ’s roll . The Bad Robot - backed WWII repugnance - thrillerOverlordwill also submit at the event , ahead of its release in U.S. theatre this November .

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According toTHR , Halloween ’s own Laurie Strode , Jamie Lee Curtis , will be present forHalloween ’s U.S. premiereat Fantastic Fest , having only just attended the pic ’s San Diego Comic - Con panel back in July . Curtis will be joined at the event by several of the film ’s producers , include ( naturally ) Blumhouse Productions ' Jason Blum . Meanwhile , Halloweenitself will be among the most wide - further musical style feature debuting at the fete , along withHold the Dark , Overlord , and deed of conveyance like Gaspar Noé‘s horror - musical moving picture , Climax .

Interestingly enough , Halloweenwill in reality have itsworldwide premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival , before it bows at this year ’s Fantastic Fest . That suggests the plastic film ’s backers are sure-footed about what Green has done with the place and desire to use these festivals to sire as much positive buzz for the moving-picture show as possible , ahead of its theatrical release . This should further come as promising news to the many buff of theHalloweenfranchise that have been take hold out hope that Green ’s installment ( a sequel that ignores everything but Carpenter ’s originalHalloween ) would be something special , after years of under - whelming followup and Rob Zombie ’s not - so - dear reboot of the enfranchisement in the 2000s .

Similarly , Netflix ’s decisiveness to bringHold the Darkto Fantastic Fest a week before it launches on the cyclosis service speaks well of Saulnier ’s late creepy-crawly offering . The filmmaker has a handful of critically - beloved rage genre features under his belt already , between his revenge offence - thrillerBlue Ruinand his touchwood musicians vs. Nazis flickGreen Room . Judging by the early signs , Hold the Darkmay prove to be another critical success for the author / director that keeps his vocation on the up and up ( and makes him more of a household name among cinema devotee , in the process ) .