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March News (So-Far) Round-Up

There’s been a plethora of news in the Halloween world that I’ve (sadly) been neglecting to post, so here’s the round-up for what’s been announced so far!

On March 12, Digital Spy posted their interview with Andi Matichak, where she referred to the upcoming Halloween Kills as “wonderfully chaotic”. You can read the full interview here.
Also on March 12, Rob Zombie’s newest album was released! It’s available for purchase at your favourite retailers, and is currently on all major streaming services.
March 13 saw the release of Malcolm McDowell’s newest movie, Blood on the Crown. It’s currently available to rent via Amazon, and was filmed in Malta. On March 18, he also posted a Tweet celebrating the nine year anniversary of when he received his star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
On March 14, Trick or Treat Studios revealed their Halloween accessories pack on their Twitter page by saying, Here is our first look The Halloween (1978) Accessory Pack! The set will retail for $89.99 and includes Green Coveralls, Ghost Sheet head and glasses, 6 new hands, phone, Judith Myers Tombstone and a light-up jacko’lantern. Be on the look out for more details in the coming month.
On March 16, Season of the Witch‘s Brad Schacte (“Little Buddy”) celebrated his 51st birthday!
On March 17, Danielle Harris appeared on the John Bartolo Show! The hour long interview can be viewed on YouTube, and will soon be added to the video vault for posterity.
On March 17, Caroline Williams – who had a cameo on Rob Zombie’s Halloween II as one of the nurses during the opening dream sequence – watched Leprechaun 3 and did a live tweet of it. You can view all of the Tweets on her Twitter page.

Pre-Order Printed in Blood’s Halloween Artbook

AN ILLUSTRATED CELEBRATION OF THE JOHN CARPENTER MASTERPIECE!

Celebrating John Carpenter’s horror classic film Halloween, this 240-page hardcover is the latest volume in Printed In Blood‘s ARTBOOK series. Created in partnership with Compass International Films, it features over 225 brand-new pieces of artwork created specifically for this collection. Bringing together artists from the worlds of comics, fine art, animation and illustration. Over 200 artists from all over the world have contributed art for this comprehensive collection.

Deluxe Limited Slip-cased edition will ONLY be available via PRE-ORDER until Mar 31st, 2021 and will NOT be available afterwards.

Also included in the book, an all-new introduction by the director of “Halloween” (2018), David Gordon Green.

Printed In Blood’s pre-order for their Halloween art book is still live, and the exclusive slipcase edition is only being sold until March 31! You can order for North American territories (Canada, United States and Mexico) on their official website, while international orders can be placed at ForbiddenPlanet.com.

Check out the artwork and links below.

Pre-order at PrintedInBlood.com
Pre-order at ForbiddenPlanet.com (Hardcover)
Pre-order at ForbiddenPlanet.com (Hardover + Slipcase)

‘Legend of Halloween’ Now Available

The Legend of Halloween follows Michael Myers, a little boy who, after doing terrible things grows up in an institution. Now grown, Michael escapes for a night of mischief and terror back in his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois. From artists and authors David Gordon Green and Onur Tukel comes an imaginative illustrated retelling of the 1978 horror-film classic, originally written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill.

From the official website:

Michael Myers has been a naughty little boy. On Halloween night, he took a knife and did some very bad things. Luckily, he was caught and locked away in Smith’s Grove Sanitarium. Dr. Loomis was determined to keep him institutionalized for the rest of his life. Dr. Loomis knew what was behind Michael’s vacant stare… it was evil…purely and simply evil. Years later, Michael escapes and makes his way back to Haddonfield -the night HE came home – for some more mischief and mayhem. What is it about Halloween that drives this young man to kill? We might never know.
David Gordon Green is a writer and filmmaker who grew up in Texas enjoying films of the 1970’s. He has written movies and television shows professionally and enjoys writing children’s books, teaching and exploring the out-of-doors. He lives with his dog in Chicago.
Onur Tukel is a writer, director and children’s book author. His books include Little Friends, Rainstack! and Help!!! There’s An Elephant In My House. His films include Catfight, Summer of Blood and Applesauce.

You can buy the book from its official website legendofhalloween.com.

Old Events Added to Halloween Photos

The gallery has been updated with three older events! The first is the well-known event at Planet Hollywood during promotion for Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later. The second is a Halloween reunion with select case and crew from October 13, 2000; the third is the DVD signing for Halloween: 25 Years of Terror from July 25, 2005!

What’s more… the entire transcript for the Halloween Reunion can be found by clicking the “READ MORE” option at the bottom of this post!

Events > 1990s > 1998 > 8/3 – “Halloween H20” Planet Hollywood
Events > 2000s > 2000 > 10/13 – “Halloween” Reunion
Events > 2000s > 2006 > 7/25 – “Halloween: 25 Years of Terror” DVD Signing

John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’ on NBC: The Original Commercials

This is an awesome blast from the past! The video section has finally been updated with new content, and this one is all the way from 1981! Check out the original commercials from the first-ever television broadcast of John Carpenter’s Halloween.

Commercials from the original NBC broadcast of “Halloween”

Scans from Scream Factory & Anchor Bay’s 2014 Complete Collection Blu-Ray Set

High quality scans of the individual covers from the 15-disc limited edition Halloween: The Complete Collection blu-ray set have been added to the gallery! Each cover can be viewed in its respective film’s index, but you can view them directly by clicking the thumbnails below.

New Home Video Releases of John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’ & Curse/H20/Resurrection Coming This September

Despite Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends being pushed back a year, this September is seeing “new” home video releases of the original classic, as well as Curse, H20 and Resurrection!

First up is a Best Buy exclusive steelbook of Halloween‘s 4K UHD release on September 29, which features the 2013 transfer for the UHD disc and contains the 2007 Blu-Ray as its second disc. Check out the artwork below, and click the link to pre-order your copy!

The Halloween 4K UHD Steelbook, arriving on 29 September 2020.

For those who don’t know, Paramount recently came into possession of the Miramax home video library for distribution purposes. First up on their agenda is a re-release of the infamous Echo Bridge triple feature on September 22, that features all three films presented in 1080i (rather than 1080p) on one disc, and has open matted transfers for H20 and Resurrection.

While I don’t personally recommend it unless you really want to see alternate versions of the films, it’ll most likely be around $10 USD. Check out the link below as well.

Halloween 4K UHD Steelbook (Best Buy)
Halloween Triple Feature: The Curse of Michael Myers / H20 / Resurrection (Amazon)

Halloween, Halloween 4 & Halloween 5 Coming to Drive-In Theatres

From now through October 31, John Carpenter’s Halloween – along with Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers – is returning to drive-in theatres.

Speaking with HalloweenMovies.com, Halloween (2018) and Halloween Kills producer Ryan Freimann offered of the news, “Trancas International Films and Compass International Pictures have partnered with CineLife Entertainment in order to bring Halloween to audiences safely during this time of pandemic, and drive-in theater owners seem excited to be booking it as the Halloween season is right around the corner.”

For the 2020 drive-in engagement, the digital print of Halloween has been restored and remastered under the supervision of cinematographer Dean Cundey. Much like it did in 1978, the film’s rollout has started small and will grow throughout the upcoming weeks.

Locations showing John Carpenter’s Halloween this week include include Hummel’s Drive-In in Winchester, Indiana, as well as EVO Entertainment locations in both San Antonio and Austin, Texas on July 31.

Additional drive-ins also showing Halloween include ones in Nashville, Tennessee (Montana Drive-in), Buffalo, New York (Kane Family Drive-in), Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut (Pleasant Valley Drive-in) and Westtown, New York (Warwick Drive-in).

Wanna’ see Michael Myers at your own local drive-in? It’s easy! Reach out to them and let them know that they can book Halloween by visiting CineLife Entertainment’s website at cinelifeentertainment.com.

Body Count Page Now Live

I’ve spent the last two days going through the films, taking different captures of the deaths and bodies, tracking down applicable photos when needed and then editing them all, but I’m pleased to say the body count page is now live! It’ll be updated with the 2018 film and photos of the alternate & deleted deaths sometime this evening or tomorrow morning, but the first ten films are there otherwise.

Franchise > Body Count

Photos of the ‘10.31.78’ VHS Release of Halloween

While putting together the home video history page for the original Halloween, I mentioned that – though outdated by today’s technology and all of the subsequent special features on it – the “10.31.78” 2-tape VHS set of the original Halloween was one of my favourite releases of the film on home media.

Perhaps it’s that it was my first time ever getting something that was marketed as a “limited edition,” or it’s the subtle touch of having the orange VHS tapes, but this has been one of my more prized items in my Halloween collection. In fact, other than a publicity photo of Jamie Lee Curtis that seems to have fallen out of the packaging over the years, my set is in practically mint condition – minus being opened years ago to watch the tapes on occasion.

Take a look at some of photos I’ve taken of the release below. This post will also be linked to the home media page for easy access later on.