Halloween Kills is confirmed to feature the original Myers house for the first time in years. Director/co-writer David Gordon Green returns from 2018's Halloween, continuing his dive into the mythology that makes the 1978 first installment a timeless horror classic. The filmmaker is set to go even deeper in two follow-ups to the first direct sequel to Halloween in 40 years. Both are bringing back Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, as well as the heroine's daughter and granddaughter.
The first sequel is also bringing back Nick Castle to again share a role with James Jude Carpenter as "The Shape," a nod to how Michael Myers is credited in the original Halloween. Additionally, Anthony Michael Hall and Kyle Richards have joined the cast as grown-up versions of Tommy and Lindsey, two of Michael Myers' young targets in the original. Green is really leaning into the Halloween franchise's best-known universe - and he's taking it back to where it started, too.
As confirmed Friday by Blumhouse on Twitter, Halloween Kills will feature the Myers house for the first time since 2007's Rob Zombie-directed Halloween remake. But since 2018's Halloween was a direct sequel to the original, the house has chronologically been absent for only one movie. It also appears in Halloween II (1981), Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), and Halloween: Resurrection (2002).
Like the 2007 remake, the Myers house may appear in Halloween Kills in the form of a flashback to 1978. Set photos revealed Michael Myers wearing what seems to be a clean, white mask as opposed to the weathered version he wore in the 2018 sequel. Halloween Kills is also expected to revisit the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, the primary setting of Halloween II, meaning another opportunity to go back in time. Laurie Strode spent the majority of Halloween II in the hospital.
Green is pulling few punches at this point. It's hard to immerse your sequel more in the original world of the franchise than he has, with the confirmed return of the Myers house and more classic characters. Returning to the hospital, however, carries some risk. The last movie famously retconned Halloween II, which reveals that Laurie is Michael Myers' sister. So Green may have had to tiptoe around plot and character details to make it work. But he's an accomplished filmmaker coming off the highest-grossing Halloween movie and arguably the best sequel in the franchise. So Green deserves your confidence that he'll make all the parts fit.
Halloween Kills is currently set for release on Oct. 16, 2020, with Halloween Ends coming Oct. 15, 2021.
Source: Blumhouse
