It’s been an excellent day for fans of theHalloweenfranchise with the release of not one, but two lengthy trailers. The second trailer is the international version, which boasts an entirely different cut and offers a bunch ofbrand-new footage, including a tease of an unmasked Michael Myers, showing off the back of his head. While both trailers are pretty different from each other, they both share The Shape’s path of destruction and give some sneak peeks at the battle between Laurie Strode and Myers.
David Gordon Green’sHalloweenis only a few weeks away from hitting theaters and the studio has kicked the promotional campaign up a notch with the latest trailers. Michael Myers is on thehunt for Laurie Strode, and she is prepared for him, noting that she has prayed every day for 40 years that he would return so that she could kill him. Strode, who is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, is on the hunt this time around, instead of running from everything. Curtis says that new movie is “simple” and “terrifying,” noting that it’s very much like the first film.
The international trailer forHalloweenalso shows off some new footage of a babysitter giving a child a pretty good jump scare as Michael Myers makes his way back to Laurie Strode. Thebattle between Laurie Strode and Michael Myerslooks even more intense than it does in the North American trailer. Strode may think that she’s prepared to take The Shape down after all of these years, but the international trailer definitely shows that Myers has some new tricks up his sleeve.
Danny McBride and David Gordon Green decided to ditch all of the previousHalloweenfilms when crafting the latest installment. They chose to make a direct sequel to John Carpenter’s original, but they have included little tributes to the other installments in the series. Anhomage to Halloween III: Season of the Witchis clearly evident in the latest trailer, showing off three kids in masks, dressed as a witch, a pumpkin, and a skeleton. The addition of the masks from the third film in the franchise is a cool reference and an interesting choice since it’s the only movie that doesn’t feature Michael Myers.
Fans of theHalloweenfranchise have been on the fence about David Gordon Green’s film, but the two latest trailers should give some of those skeptics comfort. The movie looks like it has the feel of John Carpenter’s original and it definitely pays tribute to other installments in the series. With that being said, fans will find out in a few weeks if Green and Danny McBride were able to pull everything off as well as to see if a sequel ends up getting the green light. For now, we wait, but at least we can watch the two new trailers. You can check out the internationalHalloweentrailer below, provided by the Upcoming Horror Movies YouTube channel.
