Halloween Kills, director David Gordon Green's sequel to his 2018 Halloween (watch it HERE), would have been in theatres last October if not for the pandemic. Now we have to wait until October 15th this year to see the film – and to help hold us over, Total Film magazine has published a new image from Halloween Kills in their latest issue. This image can be seen below and features slasher icon Michael Myers, who is looking quite messy at this point.
2018's Halloween ignored all of the previous Halloween movies except for the 1978 original (which you can watch HERE). Halloween Kills is set on the same night as its predecessor, and Green told Total Film that this allows the film to feature more slasher action.
When we made the last one we wanted to find a way for someone who’s never seen the original to get up to speed with the story. But this one gets right to the action. It’s very aggressive. It’s more efficient. We wanted it to be an explosive middle before things get streamlined and personal again (in the next film, Halloween Ends)."
Green told the magazine that Halloween Kills is 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.
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".