David Gordon Green’s “Halloween Kills” had its October release delayed until 2021. I had high hopes for this sequel to 2019’s “Halloween,” as I had heard, based on test screenings, that it was “phenomenal” and significantly better than last year’s Green-directed film.
Now, the film’s star, Jamie Lee Curtis, is calling it “a masterpiece.”
“I’m as disappointed as you are. It is a masterpiece! It will be worth the WAIT!” tweeted the star.
Of course, you can never trust an artist praising their own movie, but I have heard impressive buzz on this movie, so much so that I do believe Curtis when she praises it. I’m not expecting a “masterpiece,” but I am expecting a very good movie, one which will solidify the franchise for the next decade or so.
According to an interview with Empire, Danny McBride (who co-wrote the previous film and the two sequels) and Green spoke about what “Halloween Kills” is really about and when it takes place.
“It takes place the same night, picking up where the last movie ended,” McBride explained. “Events in the film bring together a lot of characters who were in the 1978 film who we didn’t see last time. They gather to try, once and for all, to take down Michael, to stop this madman.”
Green added, “This first one was more about Laurie’s life of isolation after Michael and her attempts at revenge. It was personal. This is more about the unraveling of a community into chaos. It’s about how fear spreads virally.”
“Halloween Kills” arrives in theaters on October 15, 2021.
The timing is interesting. The settlement talks will occur nearly a month after the $7 million-per-day ticking fee start tabulating, which puts real pressure on Paramount to get this done.