Halloween Returns

Halloween Returns is a 2018 American Psychological Slasher Horror film written by David Gordon Green, Danny McBride and directed by David Gordon Green. The film is a direct sequel to the original 1978 John Carpenter & Debra Hill Psychological Teenage Slasher Horror classic and ignores the proceeding timeline of it's 1981 sequel and every subsequent sequel after that. The film marks the return of leading actress Jamie Lee Curtis despite her character Laurie Strode's death in the 2002 Rick Rosenthal instalment Halloween: Resurrection. John Carpenter returns as an acting producer and the film is distributed by Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions following Dimension Films loss of it's rights, marking the second collaboration between Universal and the franchise following the 1982 Halloween III: Season of the Witch. The film is the eleventh instalment in the franchise overall, principal photography commencing on January 13th, 2018 and closing for theatrical release on October 19, 2018 where it would garner critical and audience acclaim, praising it as the best sequel to the original masterpiece.

The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Will Patton, Liv Hewson, Timothée Chalamet, Tyler Posey, Billie Lourd, Justice Smith, Luke Benward, Virginia Gardner, Ashton Sanders and Laura Marano.