Halloween Kills: new trailer promotes theatrical and Peacock release

Yesterday, it was announced that director David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills, the latest sequel in the Halloween franchise, will be available to watch through the Peacock streaming service on October 15th, the same day the film will be reaching theatres. So if you want to see the new Halloween movie in October but you don’t feel safe spending a couple hours in a theatre just yet, you’re in luck. To promote the new release strategy, a short new trailer was released online and can be seen in the embed above.

Green’s Halloween 2018 (watch it HERE) ignored all of the other Halloween movies except for John Carpenter’s original (which you can watch HERE). Scripted by Green, Danny McBride, and Scott Teems, Halloween Kills is set on the same night as its predecessor.

Minutes after Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their unstoppable monster. The Strode women join a group of other survivors of Michael’s first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands, forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt Michael down, once and for all. Evil dies tonight.

Curtis, Greer, and Matichak are joined in the cast by Robert Longstreet as Lonnie Elam, Dylan Arnold as Allyson’s boyfriend / Lonnie’s son Cameron, Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace, Anthony Michael Hall as Tommy Doyle, Nancy Stephens as Nurse Marion, Charles Cyphers as Leigh Brackett, Jibrail Nantambu as scene stealer Julian, child actress Victoria Paige Watkins as a character named Christy, and James Jude Courtney as Michael Myers. Original Michael Myers performer Nick Castle also has a one scene cameo.

Green, McBride, and Curtis also serve as executive producers alongside Couper Samuelson and Carpenter. Jason Blum produced with Malek Akkad. John Carpenter has composed the score with Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies.

The first reviews of Halloween Kills arrived online yesterday and were a mixed bag, resulting in a 53% positive score on Rotten Tomatoes. The addition of a 7.5/10 review from Slashfilm’s Marshall Shaffer has since boosted that score to 56%.

A worthy series entry that manages that tricky balance of providing enough of what long-time fans expect while also bringing a unique reflection and perspective to the well-known property.