Halloween Kills is now in theatres and streaming on the Peacock service, but if you haven’t seen it yet and want to remain SPOILER free you should turn away now, because the latest video to be released on our JoBlo Horror Videos YouTube channel is an examination of the Easter egg references to past Halloween films that director David Gordon Green worked into this one.
Although Halloween Kills is a direct follow-up to Green’s Halloween 2018 (watch it HERE), which ignored the existence of all previous Halloween movies except John Carpenter’s original (watch that one HERE), the movie still features nods to Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, and 1981’s Halloween II. There is even footage from Halloween II, which Halloween 2018 told us never happened, in Halloween Kills! To hear more about these things, press play on the video embedded above.
Directed by Green from a screenplay he wrote with Danny McBride and Scott Teems, Halloween Kills (read our review at THIS LINK) 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.
The cast includes Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, James Jude Courtney as Michael Myers, Judy Greer as Laurie’s daughter Karen, Andi Matichak as Laurie’s granddaughter Allyson, Robert Longstreet as Lonnie Elam (a character from the original film), Dylan Arnold reprising the role of Allyson’s boyfriend / Lonnie’s son Cameron, Jibrail Nantambu as Halloween 2018 scene stealer Julian, Omar Dorsey as Sheriff Barker, Nancy Stephens back in her Halloween, Halloween II, and Halloween H20 role of Marion Chambers, Charles Cyphers back as Brackett, Will Patton as Deputy Hawkins, Carmela McNeal and Michael Smallwood as “Sexy Nurse” Vanessa and “Hunky Doctor” Marcus, Anthony Michael Hall as Tommy Doyle, and Kyle Richards returning to the role of Lindsey Wallace. Newcomers include Brian F. Durkin as Deputy Graham and child actress Victoria Paige Watkins as Christy.
Original Michael Myers performer Nick Castle was expected to have a one scene cameo in the film, but his appearance was cut out.
Green, McBride, and Curtis also serve as executive producers on Halloween Kills alongside Couper Samuelson and John Carpenter. Jason Blum produced with Malek Akkad.