Halloween (2011)

Halloween is a 2011 American Psychological Slasher film written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. The film is a remake of the 1978 John Carpenter & Debra Hill classic that originally starred Jamie Lee Curtis and the is the second subsequent re-imagining since Rob Zombie's 2007 Halloween. The film incorporates elements from the second and third film installments of the original franchise, specifically the ending of the second installment Halloween II (1981) directed by Rick Rosenthal.

The film stars Alicia Vikander, Peter Stormare, Emma Stone, Melissa Benoist, Skylar Astin, Jamie Campbell Bower, Glen Plummer, Jared Harris, Julie White and Jennifer Lawrence.

The film was produced by STX entertainment in conjuncture with H. Brothers and Platinum Dunes.

The film was produced by Michael Bay, Bradley Fuller and Andrew Form who along with their company of Platinum Dunes had been responsible for the remakes of previous slasher horror icons Jason Voorhees with Friday The 13th (2009) and Freddy Krueger with A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010).

The film was released on October 31st, 2011 and was a commercial and critical success unlike the mixed reception of Zombie's previous imagining.