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John Carpenter To Produce A New Halloween Film

"38 years later, I’m going to help to try to make the tenth sequel the scariest of them all.”

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Bloody Disgusting recently revealed that Miramax, Blumhouse and Trancas International films are teaming up to make a new “Halloween” movie — one that will have original creator John Carpenter as its executive producer. Carpenter’s presence marks this as a ‘return to form’; meaning, you can very well pretend that the Rob Zombie remakes never happened.

“Thirty-eight years after the original 'Halloween' I’m going to help to try to make the tenth sequel the scariest of them all,” John Carpenter has stated.

In 1978, the formula for the original "Halloween" was simple—a killer stalks a babysitter and her friends with little to no motive. The enigmatic figure of “The Shape” was one that was meant to be looked upon as the “embodiment of pure evil”; and indeed, the image of a ruthless, imposing figure killing sex-crazed teenagers defined the slasher subgenre that over took the '80s - a subgenre which would later introduce us to other horror icons such as Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger.

The franchise would spawn seven more installments and a remake (and its sequel) that touched further on the origins of “The Shape” — revealing him to be Michael Myers, the blood-seeking brother of Laurie Strode. But while the "Halloween"lore, particularly that of the “Cult of Thorn”, has become one of the most definitive parts of the franchise, Carpenter wants this new film to be a return to form. "'Halloween' needs to return to its traditions. I feel like the movies have gotten away from that… Michael is not just a human being; he’s a force of nature, like the wind. That’s what makes him so scary.”

The new film will be produced on a ‘modest budget’, which Carpenter believes to be a good thing. “We made the original ‘Halloween’ for very little money,” Carpenter told Blumhouse. “At heart it’s just a good, scary story, and that’s why it works.” The original 1978 film had budget of $325,000, and took only twenty days to film, but went on to rake in $47 million.

The new “Halloween” film is set to be released in 2017.

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