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Halloween Kills
Release poster
Directed byDavid Gordon Green
Written by
Based on
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMichael Simmonds
Edited byTim Alverson
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • September 8, 2021 (2021-09-08) (Venice)
  • October 15, 2021 (2021-10-15) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[3]
Box office$60.4 million[4][5]

Halloween Kills is a 2021 American slasher film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Green, Danny McBride, and Scott Teems. The film is a direct sequel to 2018's Halloween and the twelfth installment in the Halloween franchise. The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis and James Jude Courtney, who reprise their roles as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers. Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, and Will Patton also reprise their roles from the previous film, with Anthony Michael Hall and Thomas Mann joining the cast. The film, which begins precisely where the previous film ended, sees Strode and her family continuing to fend off Myers, this time with the help of the Haddonfield community.

Jason Blum serves as a producer on the film through his Blumhouse Productions banner, alongside Malek Akkad and Bill Block. Before the release of the 2018 film, McBride in June 2018 confirmed that he and Green were originally intending to pitch two films that would be shot back-to-back, and then decided against it, waiting to see the reaction to the first film. Following the critical and commercial success of the 2018 film, development on the sequel promptly began as early as October 2018. By February 2019, Teems was hired to co-write the script. The film's title was officially announced in July 2019, along with its sequel. Principal photography commenced in September 2019 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Following a year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Halloween Kills had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 8, 2021, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 15, 2021, by Universal Pictures. It will also stream on paid tiers of Peacock for 60 days. The film has grossed $60.4 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the creative kills and the performances of the cast, but criticized its screenplay and lack of innovation.

A direct sequel, Halloween Ends, is scheduled to be released on October 14, 2022.

Plot

On October 31, 2018, after being stabbed and left to die by Dr. Ranbir Sartain, Deputy Frank Hawkins is found by Cameron Elam. Hawkins awakens and remembers the events of 40 years earlier during the search for Michael Myers following his escape after being shot. In 1978, Hawkins accidentally killed his partner trying to save him from Michael in the Myers house before preventing Michael's original psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis from killing his patient outside, resolving to kill him in the present.

Meanwhile, Tommy Doyle is at a local bar celebrating the 40th anniversary of Michael’s arrest and imprisonment, and to commemorate the memory of his victims, along with fellow survivors Marion Chambers, Lindsey Wallace, and Cameron’s father, Lonnie Elam, who briefly encountered Michael in 1978, before toasting Laurie Strode. A group of firefighters respond to Laurie's burning house and unwittingly free Michael who massacres them with their own equipment. Laurie, her daughter Karen, and her granddaughter Allyson arrive at Haddonfield Memorial Hospital where Laurie undergoes emergency surgery. Michael murders Laurie's neighbors Sondra and Phil before making his way deeper into Haddonfield. An emergency newscast of the killings alerts Tommy, Marion, Lindsey, and Lonnie of Michael’s escape before bar patron Vanessa supposedly encounters Michael in the backseat of her car. Tommy and a group of people head outside to confront him as the car drives away and crashes; the driver, whom they falsely believe to be Michael, escapes unnoticed. While Lonnie heads off to pick up Cameron, Tommy forms a mob of vengeful Haddonfield citizens to hunt down and kill Michael before he can kill anyone else.

The police inform Karen and Allyson that Michael escaped and is still alive. Karen decides to withhold the information from Laurie to allow her to recover while Allyson reconciles with Cameron and joins him along with his father and the others to hunt down Michael and avenge her own father’s death. Laurie and Hawkins, now sharing a hospital room, both awaken and reminisce about their former relationship. Lindsey encounters two teenagers in a park who had seen Michael, but didn't seem to care until they see Michael holding a bloody mask of their friend who had worn it earlier. Lindsey, Marion, Vanessa, and her husband Marcus are ambushed by Michael in the park after warning Haddonfield residents to stay inside; all of them are killed except for Lindsey who escapes and hides. Allyson, Cameron, Tommy, and Lonnie arrive at the scene discovering the bodies of the others on a playground, all wearing the masks that were worn earlier by the prankster teenagers Lindsey had encountered, these same teenagers had pranked Big John and Little John, the current owners of Michael's childhood home. They find Lindsey traumatized and injured but alive and she is taken to the hospital.

While Tommy takes Lindsey to the hospital, Lonnie, Cameron, and Allyson map out the path Michael is taking. Based on where his victims are located, they deduce that he is heading towards his childhood home. Tommy reunites with former Haddonfield sheriff Leigh Brackett, whose daughter Annie was killed by Michael in 1978, and then informs Laurie of Michael’s survival. Across town, Michael murders Big John and Little John as Laurie prepares to leave the hospital to have her final confrontation with him. The driver of Vanessa's car; Lance Tovoli, who is a fellow patient at Smith's Grove Psychiatric Hospital alongside Michael and escaped when the bus crashed, arrives at the hospital. Tommy and his mob mistake Lance for Michael and pursue him through the hospital. Karen manages to reach Lance and realizes he isn't Michael. Despite Karen's attempts to calm the mob and help Lance, he jumps out of a window to his death. Brackett grows concerned that the mob is turning into monsters from their fear and panic, while Laurie, who was injured during the chase, urges Karen to work with Tommy and hunt down Michael.

Back at the Myers house, Lonnie arms himself and heads in alone until Allyson and Cameron hear gunshots and rush inside to help him. They discover the bodies of Big John, Little John, and Lonnie before being attacked by Michael. In the ensuing fight, Michael breaks Allyson's legs by shoving her down the stairs and brutally beats Cameron before snapping his neck. As Michael prepares to kill Allyson, Karen stabs him in the back with a pitchfork, steals his mask, and taunts him to follow her. Karen lures Michael into the path of Tommy's mob. Michael recovers his mask before being attacked and seemingly killed by the mob. As Karen leaves to reunite with Allyson, Brackett prepares to shoot Michael in the head. Michael recovers and manages to slaughter the entire mob, including Brackett and Tommy. Back at the Myers's house as Allyson receives medical attention, Karen sees a young Michael looking out the bedroom window and investigates. Michael appears and stabs her to death. Laurie stares out of her hospital room window while Michael stares out his window.

Cast

  • Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, the sole survivor of Michael Myers' 1978 killing spree, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She is Karen's mother and Allyson's grandmother.
  • James Jude Courtney and Nick Castle as Michael Myers / The Shape, a masked figure who carried out a massacre on Halloween in 1978, before returning to Haddonfield in 2018 for another killing spree.
    • Airon Armstrong portrays a younger version of Michael Myers in the 1978 Halloween night flashbacks.
    • Christian Michael Pates portrays Michael Myers as a 6-year-old child, as seen in Karen's imagination. He was previously played by Will Sandin in the 1978 original.
  • Judy Greer as Karen Nelson, Laurie's daughter and Allyson's mother.
  • Andi Matichak as Allyson Nelson, Karen's daughter and Laurie's granddaughter.
  • Will Patton as Deputy Frank Hawkins, a sheriff's deputy stabbed and run over by Dr. Sartain in the previous film, who arrested Michael following his initial killing spree in 1978.
  • Anthony Michael Hall as Tommy Doyle, Lindsey's friend and one of the kids Laurie babysat in 1978. He was previously portrayed by Brian Andrews in the 1978 original (and Paul Rudd in the now-unrelated Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers).[6][7]
  • Robert Longstreet as Lonnie Elam, Cameron's father who bullied Tommy Doyle as a child in 1978.
    • Tristian Eggerling as young Lonnie Elam. He was previously portrayed by Brent Le Page in the 1978 original.
  • Dylan Arnold as Cameron Elam, Allyson's ex-boyfriend and Lonnie's son.
  • Charles Cyphers as Leigh Brackett, the former sheriff of Haddonfield who lost his daughter in the 1978 killing spree and pursued Michael alongside Samuel Loomis. Cyphers reprises his role from the 1978 original and the now-unrelated film Halloween II, with archive footage from the latter being used in this film.
  • Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace, Tommy's friend and one of the kids Laurie babysat in 1978. Richards reprises her role from the 1978 original.
  • Nancy Stephens as Marion Chambers, retired former assistant to Dr. Sam Loomis. Stephens reprises her role from the 1978 original and the now-unrelated films Halloween II (1981) and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998).
  • Omar Dorsey as Sheriff Barker, Haddonfield's current sheriff.
  • Jim Cummings as Pete McCabe, Hawkins' partner whom Hawkins accidentally killed in 1978.[8]
  • Scott MacArthur as Big John
  • Michael McDonald as Little John
  • Brian F. Durkin as Deputy Graham
  • Carmela McNeal as Vanessa, Julian's neighbor.
  • Michael Smallwood as Marcus, Julian's neighbor.
  • Levesque Triplets (Andrea Levesque, Arianna Levesque and Athena Levesque) as the Singing Triplets
  • Ross Bacon as Lance Tovoli
  • Diva Tyler as Sondra
  • Lenny Clarke as Phil
  • Salem Collins as Christy
  • Giselle Witt as Mindy
  • J. Gaven Wilde as Dennis
  • Elaine Nalee as Helpful Neighbor
  • Drew Scheid as Oscar, Cameron's best friend who was killed by Michael in the 2018 film, seen as a corpse and heard via a voicemail message.
  • Jibrail Nantambu as Julian Morrisey, a young boy who escaped from Michael's killing spree in the 2018 film, seen only in a brief TV news interview.

Additionally, Dr. Samuel Loomis is portrayed by the film's art director, Tom Jones, Jr., and is voiced by Colin Mahan, reprising his vocal role as Loomis from the 2018 film.[9] Haluk Bilginer appears as Dr. Ranbir Sartain in archive footage from the 2018 film; P. J. Soles appears as Lynda Van Der Klok in archive footage from the 1978 film; and Nancy Loomis also appears as Annie Brackett in archive footage from the now-unrelated Halloween II (1981), depicting her on a stretcher after her body is found. Bob Odenkirk has a cameo appearance in a photograph as Bob Simms, one of Myers' victims from the 1978 film. The producers were not able to secure the likeness of original actor John Michael Graham for the film, and instead used a real high school yearbook photograph of Odenkirk, after discovering their resemblance.[10]

Production

Development

In June 2018, Danny McBride confirmed that he and David Gordon Green had originally intended to pitch two films that would be shot back-to-back, and then decided against it, waiting to see the reaction to the first film:

"We were going to shoot two of them back-to-back. Then we were like, 'Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. This could come out, and everyone could hate us, and we'd never work again. So, let's not have to sit around for a year while we wait for another movie to come out that we know people aren't going to like.' So, we were like, 'Let's learn from this, and see what works, and what doesn't.' But we definitely have an idea of where we would go [with] this branch of the story and hopefully we get a chance to do it."[11]

In September 2018, producer Jason Blum said that "we will do a sequel if the movie performs".[12] By October 2018, after the film's opening weekend, McBride confirmed that early development on a sequel had begun.[13]

In February 2019, Collider exclusively confirmed Scott Teems was in talks to write the script, having collaborated with Blumhouse Productions on several projects in development. Teems had also written a story treatment for the film prior to the negotiations. Blum, Malek Akkad and Bill Block will return as producers, while Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer and Andi Matichak are expected to reprise their roles.[14]

Pre-production

In June 2019, it was reported that a sequel would begin filming in September 2019, with Green returning to write the script and direct and Curtis, Greer, and Matichak reprising their roles from the 2018 film.[15] On July 8, 2019, Bloody Disgusting reported that the studio was not only considering filming both sequels back to back, but also releasing both of them in October 2020.[16] On July 19, 2019, Universal Pictures revealed the titles and release dates of two sequels were announced: Halloween Kills, set to be released on October 15, 2021, and Halloween Ends, set to be released on October 14, 2022.[17][18] Green will direct both films and co-write the scripts with McBride, and Curtis will reprise her role in both films. Teems was confirmed as a co-writer for Halloween Kills, while Paul Brad Logan and Chris Bernier were announced as co-writers of Halloween Ends.[19]

Casting for extras were announced in late August 2019.[20][21]

Casting

On July 26, 2019, it was confirmed that Nick Castle will return for both sequels for some scenes as Michael Myers with James Jude Courtney again playing Myers for the majority of the films.[22] On August 26, 2019, it was announced that Anthony Michael Hall would join the cast as Tommy Doyle, a character portrayed by Brian Andrews in the original Halloween film.[23] Paul Rudd, who played Doyle in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, was approached to reprise his role, but declined as he was unavailable due to his commitments to Ghostbusters: Afterlife.[6][7]

On August 30, 2019, it was announced that Kyle Richards would reprise her role as Lindsey Wallace from the original film.[24][25] Charles Cyphers was officially confirmed to return in October, his first role in a film since Methodic in 2007.[26] On September 5, 2019, it was reported that Robert Longstreet would play Lonnie Elam, a character from the original film.[27] On September 27, 2019, Nancy Stephens, who portrayed Nurse Marion Chambers in the original film and its sequels Halloween II and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, was cast to reprise her role.[28] Jibrail Nantambu is set to reprise his role as Julian from the previous film; while Victoria Paige Watkins and Brian F. Durkin joined the cast.[29] In May 2021, it was revealed that Thomas Mann would appear in an undisclosed role.[30]

Filming

On July 19, 2019, a spokesperson for Blumhouse Productions confirmed that Halloween Kills and its sequel Halloween Ends will commence production and filming in Wilmington, North Carolina at the same time.[31] The movie commenced filming September 16, 2019.[32][33][34][35] According to a film permit obtained from the city, there will be a news reporter scene giving updates on the events of the 2018 film.[36] Filming in Wilmington on September 20 to 21 involved a car wreck scene.[37] Additional photography included simulated gunfire scenes on September 27, September 30, and October 1.[38] Additional filming occurred on October 16, 2019.[39][40] Filming concluded on November 3, 2019.[41]

In an interview, Andi Matichak revealed that filming was planned back-to-back with Halloween Ends but did not occur due to the "intense schedule".[42]

Release

Halloween Kills premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 8, 2021.[43] The film was originally set to be theatrically released on October 16, 2020 but in July 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was delayed to October 15, 2021.[44][45][46] On September 9, 2021, it was announced that in addition to being released in theaters the film would also be streamed on paid tiers of Peacock for 60 days.[47]

Reception

Box office

As of October 19, 2021, Halloween Kills has grossed $54.9 million in the United States and Canada and $5.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $60.4 million.[4][5]

In the United States and Canada, Halloween Kills was released alongside The Last Duel, and was initially projected to gross $35–40 million from 3,700 theaters in its opening weekend.[3] The film made $4.85 million from Thursday night previews, the biggest for both an R-rated title and a horror film amid the pandemic, surpassing A Quiet Place Part II's $4.8 million. After making $22.8 million on its first day (including previews), estimates were raised to $50 million. It ended up debuting to $50.5 million, topping the box office and marking the best opening for an R-rated film amid the pandemic (nearly doubling The Suicide Squad's $26.2 million).[48][49]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 39% based on 185 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. The site's consensus reads, "Halloween Kills should satisfy fans in search of brute slasher thrills, but in terms of advancing the franchise, it's a bit less than the sum of its bloody parts."[50] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[51] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B–" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it a 69% positive score, with 52% saying they would definitely recommend it.[48]

Reviewing the film for TheWrap, Asher Luberto praised the return of cast members from the 1978 film and wrote: "Green seems less interested in rewriting the Halloween playbook than in giving audiences what they came for, from ghastly scares to a ghoulish score. It's a strategy that promises to make the series as immortal as Michael Myers himself."[52] /Film's Marshall Shaffer gave the film 7.5/10 and said: "There's good reason to be excited for how Green will bring this all to a head in his grand finale. Halloween Kills manages to put a playful but petrifying spin on mythology without resorting to cheap self-referentiality."[53]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote: "Halloween night may be Michael Myers' masterpiece, but Halloween Kills is no masterpiece. It's a mess — a slasher movie that's almost never scary, slathered with 'topical' pablum and with too many parallel plot strands that don't go anywhere."[54] Gleiberman also writes that the original Halloween was an imitation of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Sequel

In July 2019, the film was announced alongside a direct sequel titled Halloween Ends, which is scheduled to be released on October 14, 2022. While originally developed to be set on the same night as Halloween (2018) and Halloween Kills, the film has been announced as taking place at least four years later in 2022 and will address the COVID-19 pandemic.[55] Green described Ends as a "coming of age story" and "a more intimate movie" where "some of the characters... have processed the insanity of the circus of the massacre of 2018. And not only that, but they've also processed the world as it's spun so wildly in the last four years."[56]

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