Tomorrow marks the beginning of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, and there is an overabundance of cinematic riches for those heading to the Great White North. Even with a number of major premieres at the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals, TIFF has scheduled dozens of show-stopping debuts. Steve McQueen's Widows, Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk, Claire Denis' High Life, Shane Black's The Predator, Felix van Groeningen's Beautiful Boy, Jeremy Saulnier's Hold the Dark- these are just a few of the films set to be revealed in Toronto in the coming days.
But even with prestige pictures and popular auteurs guaranteed to dominate the festival, one major title has become the must-see of the fest's first weekend. Of course, I'm talking about David Gordon Green's Halloween. Produced by Jason Blum and scored by John Carpenter, the return of Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie Strode and Nick Castle's Michael Myers will surely be one of the cinematic events of the fall. Ahead of the film's one-night-only premiere, Universal has released a new trailer for the sequel- watch it below!
I mean, what more do you need to see? If you're not sold on Halloween after this trailer, I can't help you. This looks magnificent, and I'm not sure we're fully prepared for how good this movie could be. Sure, everyone has been more optimistic about this sequel because of the involvement of Gordon Green, Blum, Carpenter, etc., but this really looks like a finely tuned, effectively brutal horror movie.
Let's start with the tracking shot at the beginning. I love that there's fluidity to the action here, that Gordon Green and his team are paying attention to atmosphere above all else. Yes, the jump scares and Michael Myers' keen ability to sneak around are both on full display here, but that's only part of the charm. The 1978 classic relied on a very specific mood, and it looks like Gordon Green has miraculously brought it back to life for the modern era.
Plus, this trailer gives us another look at Jamie Lee Curtis in doomsday prepper mode, berating her family for their lack of security and hunting down Michael in the streets. Judging by everything we've seen so far, Halloween is going to be something special. Not only does it look like a great chiller, but it also appears to be something of an effective summation of the franchise.
Halloween will debut in theaters on October 19. Look for reactions early Sunday morning (I'm talking, like, 2 AM) after the premiere.
Image: Universal/IMDb
But even with prestige pictures and popular auteurs guaranteed to dominate the festival, one major title has become the must-see of the fest's first weekend. Of course, I'm talking about David Gordon Green's Halloween. Produced by Jason Blum and scored by John Carpenter, the return of Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie Strode and Nick Castle's Michael Myers will surely be one of the cinematic events of the fall. Ahead of the film's one-night-only premiere, Universal has released a new trailer for the sequel- watch it below!
I mean, what more do you need to see? If you're not sold on Halloween after this trailer, I can't help you. This looks magnificent, and I'm not sure we're fully prepared for how good this movie could be. Sure, everyone has been more optimistic about this sequel because of the involvement of Gordon Green, Blum, Carpenter, etc., but this really looks like a finely tuned, effectively brutal horror movie.
Let's start with the tracking shot at the beginning. I love that there's fluidity to the action here, that Gordon Green and his team are paying attention to atmosphere above all else. Yes, the jump scares and Michael Myers' keen ability to sneak around are both on full display here, but that's only part of the charm. The 1978 classic relied on a very specific mood, and it looks like Gordon Green has miraculously brought it back to life for the modern era.
Plus, this trailer gives us another look at Jamie Lee Curtis in doomsday prepper mode, berating her family for their lack of security and hunting down Michael in the streets. Judging by everything we've seen so far, Halloween is going to be something special. Not only does it look like a great chiller, but it also appears to be something of an effective summation of the franchise.
Halloween will debut in theaters on October 19. Look for reactions early Sunday morning (I'm talking, like, 2 AM) after the premiere.
Image: Universal/IMDb
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