The first trailer for the highly anticipated Halloween (2018) has finally arrived and it provides enough scares to make you rethink seeing the movie alone.
When John Carpenter’s Halloween arrived in theaters in 1978, it literally changed the entire horror genre forever. Michael Myers, who came across as evil given physical form, and the film itself would spawn countless imitators. Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, the entire slasher genre of horror movies would not have come to be if not for the original Halloween.
In the 40 years since Michael Myers terrorized Haddonfield, there have been numerous sequels, reboots and remakes that have tried to capture the same magic as the original. While some have come close, the majority have been pale imitations that never achieve the goal of scaring the crap out of an audience like the original Halloween.
However, that might finally be changing.
It was announced last year that Michael Myers would be returning to theaters and would be bringing John Carpenter with him. Halloween (2018) is directed by David Gordon Green and written by Green with Danny McBride. Carpenter would be producing the film and, of course, writing the score while Jamie Lee Curtis would also return as Laurie Strode.
But instead of another continuation or reboot, this time Halloween would be a direct sequel to the 1978 classic, ignoring everything that came after. The idea was to create a film that would capture the essence of the Carpenter original and really scare audiences like they haven’t been scared in some time.
If the first trailer, which was released Friday is any indication, the filmmakers have succeeded in a big way.
That, my friends, is one seriously creepy trailer.
But more than that, this Halloween really feels like the original, more so than any of the other attempted sequels or reboots. Even Halloween 4: the return of Michael Myers, which I always argue is one of the best of the many sequels, doesn’t come close in terms of scares and thrills.
Green has said that one of the reasons the decision was made to ignore all the various sequels was to get the concept back to its roots without all the added baggage of continuity. That said, Green spoke to ComingSoon.net and mentioned that there are various easter eggs for longtime fans of the franchise.
“Anyone who’s a fan of any of these films will find nice little Easter Eggs acknowledging our salute to the filmmakers that have preceded us in the stories and mythologies as they’ve unfolded. For us, it was a clean slate type of opportunity, where if there was a little inspiration or mirror image of something it’s very subtle in the movie because we want to start fresh for a new generation but with great appreciation for the previous.”
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Personally I cannot wait to see this in a theater, and that’s something I haven’t said about a horror film in quite some time.
Halloween (2018) opens everywhere on October 19, 2018.
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