According to the Halloween franchise scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, fans will go crazy over Kyle Richards‘ return as Lindsey Wallace in director David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills. But what does Richards herself think of the film and her characters return? When asked what to expect from Halloween Kills by TMI.buzz (see below for the full video), Richards gave a short but sweet answer:
“One of the best of all time.”
The film also stars Nancy Stephens as Nurse Marion Chambers, Charles Cyphers as Leigh Brackett, Anthony Michael Hall as the adult Tommy Doyle (previously played by Brian Andrews in Halloween, and Paul Rudd in The Curse of Michael Myers), Robert Longstreet as the adult Lonnie Elam.
Halloween Kills will bring the blood, guts and gore to theaters on October 15th, 2021.
The stunning and talented Andi Matichak stars alongside Emile Hirsch in Ivan Kavanagh’s supernatural horror film, “Son,” premiering in theaters and on-demand March 5th. In the film, she plays a mother trying to protect her son from the demonic cult that raised her — and her performance is truly compelling. Of course we’d expect nothing less from an actor who played Jamie Lee Curtis’ granddaughter in the 2018 reboot of the classic horror film “Halloween.” (She will also be starring in its next scary sequel “Halloween Kills” in October.) Recently, we got Andi to step away from the spooky film set and in front of our lens. Take a peek at the dreamy images of her, below, as well as some of her tips, product essentials and passions.
The Bare Magazine: Did you make any new skincare/self-care discoveries during quarantine that you found to be particularly comforting and effective? Andi Matichak: For me, self care has never felt as necessary as it did this past year. Baths and at-home facials were my way to relax and feel good. My favorite bath products at the moment are Mary’s Nutritional Hemp Calm Bomb and Osea’s Gigartina Therapy Bath (Salt). My favorite at-home masks are the Environ’s Tri Biobotanical Revival Peeling Masque, Tata Harper’s Clarifying AHA + BHA Mask and The Ordinary’s Salicylic Acid 2% Charcoal Masque.
Bare: Did your beauty and skincare routines change while you were filming “Son”? AM: SON was not only an intense movie to shoot, but the material was also quite dark and stressful. For me, stress equates to breakouts. My personal beauty routine stayed the same, but luckily I had a makeup artist, Leslie Dale Humphrey, who was basically a magician! She spoiled my skin and took such good care of me. Every time we wrapped for the day, she removed the day’s work with Koh Gen Do’s Cleansing Spa Water, which is filled with natural herbal essences and is only mildly acidic on the skin. Then we followed with a hot towel and a yummy application (and decadent deep facial massage) of Drunk Elephant’s Virgin Marula Oil. Then we ended with the Dermalogica Active Moist Moisturizer. When I got home and finished preparing for the next day, I would do my normal routine: Elta MD Foaming Facial Cleanser followed by Paula’s Choice Daily Pore-Refining Treatment with 2% BHA, which is a gentle exfoliating toner, and a generous application of my Environ Vit-Peptide C-Quence Serum 4+.
Bare: Have you become a pro at doing your own hair and makeup for zoom calls and remote press? What are some of your go-to products? AM: I would consider myself a true minimalist when it comes to doing my own glam. Partly because I love the natural look, and partly because I’m definitely not a pro! I’ve found the most success with using products that are pliable and that I can apply with my hands. My skin tone always favors a warmer palette; so the colors in my makeup bag range from neutral to pink to deep rose. I have a good grasp on doing my hair but the products are key. Personally, I love Ouai and Oribe!
Bare: Stepping back to your younger years, were there any beauty tips/philosophies your mom or a close friend shared with you that still ring true? AM: My mom always instilled that less is more and to stick with what works! Also, my ride or die in high school was my drugstore-bought clear mascara … We’re still good friends.
Bare: Who are some women you’ve worked with that have inspired and empowered you? AM: Jamie Lee Curtis and Judy Greer are two women who I have been so fortunate to work with that have inspired and empowered me. They are both wildly authentic and unapologetically confident. Jamie Lee leads by example and commands a room with grace and generosity. And anyone that spends time around Judy Greer is better for it. She will challenge you to be better while making you die laughing in the process.
Bare: Are there any iconic beauties that stand out to you for reasons beyond their looks, and why? AM: Hedy Lamarr!! She was so iconic and absolutely brilliant. At the height of her film career, and in the midst of WWII, she learned that radio-controlled torpedoes could easily be jammed and set off-course, so she co-invented a communications system that used randomly varying radio frequencies to prevent interceptions by the enemies. She received very little recognition at the time but is now credited for being a pioneer in the technology that makes cellphones, faxes, and all of today’s wireless communication systems possible. That’s just one of the many cool Hedy Lamarr facts!
Bare: Do you feel the aging process for female actors is becoming more accepted and embraced? AM: I see the entertainment industry embracing more stories told by older women but there is still a very long way to go, especially destigmatizing the aging process. The entertainment, media and beauty industries all play a role in perpetuating the stigma around aging. These industries claim to support women aging naturally but really are just emphasizing “looking good for your age” and marketing products that claim to “fight aging,” which to me feels hypocritical. To quote what a woman I have always idolized, Julianne Moore, said ”I think it’s really important to be where you are,” when talking about accepting and celebrating your age.
Bare: What are your top 5 Bare essentials…they can be anything. AM: My family and pups La Mer Lip Balm (An investment lip balm but you’ll never lose it!) Fresh Air Glossier Boy Brow Fresh Flowers (Ranunculus, Tulips and Peonies are some of my favorites)
Additionally, Halloween Photos has also had a new category added to it — photoshoots! I’ll be posting a selection of photoshoots featuring the cast members as I come across them, and Andi’s photoshoot with Bare Magazine is the first to be added. Check out the thumbnails below, and click any of them to go to the full gallery.
Watch Part 1 of our exclusive new interview with JAMES JUDE COURTNEY, on playing Michael Myers in ‘Halloween’ (2018), ‘Halloween Kills’, and ‘Halloween Ends’, plus fan interactions, how horror can heal, the empathy of David Gordon Green, celebrating the Halloween holiday itself, and much more!
The Laurie Strode-Sidney Prescott horror movie crossover of your dreams happened over a Zoom call.
Variety convened the stars behind the iconic films Halloween and Scream – Jamie Lee Curtis and Neve Campbell – for a legends-only talk about their rare positions in Hollywood as franchise leaders and to compare notes on their decades rebooting and revitalizing their slasher films.
They are, on the whole, thankful for the time they spent smeared with what they call “sticky stage blood,” as the genre kick-started both their careers. “Two really grateful scream queens here,” Curtis says, after previously showing off her Michael Myers coronavirus mask.
However, they’re certainly not afraid to discuss the sexism they endured in terms of compensation in spite of playing the hero for so many years.
Both the Scream and Halloween franchises generated more than $600 million at the box office, launching multiple sequels and solidifying Ghostface’s and Myers’ places as top-shelf villains. While that brought in major cash for the local Spirit Halloween store and took over prominent space in pop culture, how did their female leads fare?
“The truth of the matter is, I didn’t really make much money off of the horror movies,” Curtis says. “Look, we’re actors, so we already make more money based on the little work we do. It’s hard to ever say, ‘I didn’t make a lot of money.’ Tell that to a teacher or nurse. But as a young actress, I did not. I did not have ownership in the movies. There was no profit participation. There was no back end. … There was no large amount of money made.”
As such, Curtis saw a disconnect between the films’ success and her own. “Obviously someone was making a lot of money – it was not me,” she says, “and it was only in the latter years – the H2O, the 2018 Halloween, which, by the way, we made for scale.”
Campbell had the same experience, saying that on Scream 3 she “did all right but no back end. There’s always the promise of back end. And then, of course, it’s drowned in publicity and costs and all the reasons they say, ‘Oh, actually no, we didn’t make the amount of money that we’re claiming we made in all the press, so that we don’t have to give you that,’ unfortunately. It was the Weinsteins.”
The struggle for equal compensation for starring women, like many battles in Hollywood, is a systemic issue.
“The industry has no problem when a man makes millions of dollars on something that’s a franchise,” says Curtis. “We as a society go, ‘Good on ya!’ But then if a woman says, ‘Well, I would like that same piece of the pie,’ I think people would think you’re being greedy, or you’re not being grateful. As if somehow we as women have to be just grateful for the opportunity. Which we already explained we are!”
Campbell agrees, saying simply, “We would like to make equal.” Adds Curtis: “We have both worked for many, many, many years to continue our careers. At some point it’s OK to say, ‘No, I’m going to get paid this or I’m not going to be able to play in your sandbox.'”
Despite their mutual aversion to the medium (Campbell was scarred by a sleepover screening of The Changeling, and Curtis had the same experience watching The Exorcist for her 15th birthday), both hold horror in the highest regard. “They did great things for my career, great things for my life. I had fun on them,” says Campbell of her Scream films.
Neither actor could foresee the ripple effect these genre-pioneering movies would have on the films that followed. It’s a legacy that has stretched for decades, with both stars recently returning to their characters. Curtis revived Strode for the 2018 Blumhouse Halloween sequel (with two more films to follow), and Campbell will return to Woodsboro for Scream 5.
“[On] the first [film], none of us were anybody,” says Campbell. “Courteney Cox was in the first year of Friends. I was in the first year of Party of Five. Matthew Lillard, David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy, Rose McGowan. All of us got these careers afterward. We were just young and innocent. I remember sitting around a bonfire and thinking, ‘Do you think if people see this movie that there might be a Halloween costume? Nah!'”
Curtis says her casting in the 1978 Halloween was low pressure: “We had nothing to lose; we didn’t know that we had anything to gain. We were just so happy to have this gig. The original Halloween was made in 17 days with like 12 people. … Everybody was young. There was magic happening and none of us, not one person – I would dare say even John Carpenter and Debra Hill – I don’t think anybody knew.”
You can view over 900 captures from this interview here.
Sandy Johnson is best known to us Halloween fans as the original Judith Myers, portraying the iconic opening kill of the horror film. But Sandy herself quickly retired from show business and, for years, went unaware of what a fanbase the films had developed, or even that people had been trying to track her down for convention appearances.
In 2018, Dread Central was the first publication in nearly forty years to interview her, and it came at just the right time for the then-upcoming release of the 2018 revival. More recently, the official Halloween site posted their own exclusive interview with her.
Both interviews are fascinating reads, and I’ve linked both below for those who haven’t seen either of them. Both links will open in a new tab.
