It has been confirmed by Deadline that Halloween Kills, the upcoming horror sequel, is to get its world premiere out of competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival in September. The film sees Jamie Lee Curtis return to her iconic role of Laurie Strode once again following a return to the franchise with Halloween in 2018. The trade paper also says that Curtis will get the lifetime achievement at the iconic European festival.
Minutes after Laurie Strode (Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their unstoppable monster. The Strode women join a group of other survivors of Michael’s first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands, forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt Michael down, once and for all.
The film is directed by David Gordon Green from a screenplay he wrote alongside Scott Teems (SundanceTV’s Rectify) and Danny McBride.
Halloween Kills is set to open in October. More as it comes in.
