Andi Matichak: Violence takes on a whole new meaning in Halloween Kills

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

James Jude Courtney, who played iconic slasher Michael Myers in the 2018 HALLOWEEN film and is reprising the role for the upcoming sequel HALLOWEEN KILLS, has described HALLOWEEN KILLS as the previous film "on speed". Cast member Robert Longstreet has suggested that it may be the "nastiest" film in the entire franchise. Screenwriter Scott Teems has said it's the previous film "on steroids" and is "bigger, badder, meaner" than its predecessor. Now director David Gordon Green and actress Andi Matichak have both indicated that we have some extreme violence to look forward to in this one.

Green hosted a Twitter watch along of the 2018 HALLOWEEN over the weekend, and in one of his tweets he dropped a hint about the HALLOWEEN KILLS violence: 

This is the most violent scene I had directed since Pineapple Express, but then Halloween Kills… #HalloweenAtHome

— Blumhouse (@blumhouse) May 16, 2020

This prompted Matichak to reply that 

Violence takes on a whole new meaning in Halloween Kills #HalloweenAtHome

— Andi Matichak (@andimatichak) May 16, 2020

HALLOWEEN KILLS brings Jamie Lee Curtis back as franchise heroine Laurie Strode. Curtis has said that the film will 

really unpack the first movie, bringing back all those characters whose lives were affected by what happened in 1978.

Curtis is joined in the cast by Matichak as Laurie's granddaughter Allyson, Longstreet as Lonnie Elam, Judy Greer as Laurie's daughter Karen, Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace, Anthony Michael Hall as Tommy Doyle, Nancy Stephens as Nurse Marion, Charles Cyphers as Leigh Brackett, Dylan Arnold as Allyson's boyfriend / Lonnie's son Cameron, Jibrail Nantambu as scene stealer Julian, and child actress Victoria Paige Watkins as a character named Christy. 

Nick Castle, who played Michael Myers in the original HALLOWEEN back in 1978, is also in the cast, possibly making another masked cameo like he did in the previous film.

Green directed HALLOWEEN KILLS from a screenplay he wrote with Teems and Danny McBride. The film is heading toward an October 16, 2020 release.

HALLOWEEN KILLS will be followed quickly by another sequel, HALLOWEEN ENDS. Green will be directing and has written the script with McBride, Paul Brad Logan, and Chris Bernier. That one is aiming for an October 15, 2021 release.

Malek Akkad is producing these films with Jason Blum and Bill Block. Green, McBride, and Curtis serve as executive producers alongside John Carpenter and Couper Samuelson. Carpenter will also be composing the score.