Jamie Lee Curtis promised theater owners at CinemaCon that “Halloween,” the latest film in the venerable horror franchise, will be “hella scary.”
Based on footage that debuted at the annual exhibition industry trade show on Wednesday, “Halloween” more than delivers on the scares, eliciting audible shrieks from the audience in the Caesars Palace auditorium.
“It will scare the living sh-t out of all of you,” said Curtis shortly before footage unspooled.
In fact, Michael Myers’ return was so chilling that Kevin Hart, on hand to present a trailer from “Night School” immediately after the “Halloween” trailer dropped, said he was still shaking.
“Is he here? Is Jason here?,” said Hart.
Curtis said it meant a great deal to return to the role of Laurie Strode, a part that made her an iconic scream queen and put her on Hollywood’s A-list when the first film debuted in 1978.
“”Except for ‘Star Wars,...
Based on footage that debuted at the annual exhibition industry trade show on Wednesday, “Halloween” more than delivers on the scares, eliciting audible shrieks from the audience in the Caesars Palace auditorium.
“It will scare the living sh-t out of all of you,” said Curtis shortly before footage unspooled.
In fact, Michael Myers’ return was so chilling that Kevin Hart, on hand to present a trailer from “Night School” immediately after the “Halloween” trailer dropped, said he was still shaking.
“Is he here? Is Jason here?,” said Hart.
Curtis said it meant a great deal to return to the role of Laurie Strode, a part that made her an iconic scream queen and put her on Hollywood’s A-list when the first film debuted in 1978.
“”Except for ‘Star Wars,...
- 4/25/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety - Film News
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