Halloween Kills: Michael Myers is crispy and bloody in new image

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

If it weren't for the pandemic, we would have already had the chance to see the latest Halloween sequel Halloween Kills in theatres seven months ago. Now we're five months away from the film's October 15, 2021 release date, and Empire has reminded us that we have Halloween Kills to look forward to this year by releasing a new image of slasher icon Michael Myers, as played by James Jude Courtney.

As seen in the image below, Myers is looking a little crispy after getting caught in a burning house in the previous movie (which you can watch HERE), but that hasn't stopped him from getting back to the slashing, as evident from the blood on his knife.

Michael Myers is back and out for blood (as ever) in @blumhouse's slasher sequel #HalloweenKills – coming to UK cinemas from 15 October. Here's an exclusive new image from the movie #EmpireBackToCinemas pic.twitter.com/TYyPqhKLjW

— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) May 14, 2021

2018's Halloween ignored all of the previous Halloween movies except for the 1978 original (watch that one HERE). Halloween Kills is set on the same night as its predecessor, and the director has said that it's about 

the creation of fear. It's one thing to be afraid of the Boogeyman, to have someone who might be in the closet, under the bed, creeping around your house… But we wanted to explore next was confusion, misinformation, and paranoia. What happens when fear goes viral? You can’t just stick your head under the covers any more."

The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, Andi Matichak as Laurie's granddaughter Allyson, Judy Greer as Laurie's daughter Karen, 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.

David Gordon Green directed Halloween Kills from a screenplay he wrote with Danny McBride and Scott Teems. Green, McBride, and Curtis also serve as executive producers alongside Couper Samuelson and Carpenter. Jason Blum produced with Malek Akkad.

Halloween Kills is rated R for "strong bloody violence throughout, grisly images, language and some drug use".