The first official trailer for Halloween Kills has been released. Michael Myers became a household name back in the late '70s thanks to John Carpenter's iconic Halloween. While the sequels failed to reach the same level of critical success, Blumhouse rebooted the franchise in 2018 with David Gordon Green's Halloween, which took place 40 years after the original movie. With the film being praised by fans and critics, Universal was quick to greenlight two sequels: Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends.
Halloween Kills was originally going to come out in October 2020, but the Coronavirus pandemic forced Universal to push their movie back an entire year. This October is quickly approaching, but so far, there have only been a few teaser trailers for Halloween Kills and a few official images released. The first teaser confirmed that the sequel will take place directly after the first, showing how Michael escaped the fire at Laurie Strode's house and the second showing off a bit more of Halloween Kills' cast. Now horror fans have a better idea of what is coming in a few months.
The first official trailer for Halloween Kills has been released by Universal. The gory trailer shows Michael killing a group of firefighters before the whole town starts to hunt him down. The end of the trailer also teases that Michael will be unmasked in the sequel. Check out the full trailer below:
People associated with Halloween Kills have been hyping up how intense the sequel is supposed to be, with the film's writer Scott Teems even saying, "It's like the first one on steroids." This trailer indicates that the cast and crew definitely are not exaggerating how brutal Halloween Kills is going to be. In just two and a half minutes, the video shows Michael pulverizing a group of firefighters, stabbing a woman in the throat with a shattered lightbulb, and a masked teenager hanging from a swingset. After mainly staying out of Laurie's fight against Michael in the first film, it looks like Karen and Allyson (Laurie's daughter and granddaughter) will have a bigger role in defeating the boogeyman.
A lot of horror movies like the Friday the 13th franchise prioritize gore over a decent story, but Halloween Kills seems like it will have a good balance of both. The trailer mentions that Michael's trail of bodies leads right back to his childhood home, so it's clear that the sequel will further elaborate on Michael Myers' backstory. Most of the Halloween sequels strayed away from Carpenter's original vision, but Green managed to revive one of horror's most iconic characters with his movie. Based on this first trailer, it looks like Green is about to deliver another sequel that modernizes Michael Myers while still staying true to what made the character terrifying in the first place.
Source: Universal
