Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has faked her own death so that she could go into hiding from her brother Michael. Laurie is committed to a mental institution, where Michael (Brad Loree) shows up. [28] Zombie delved deeper into Michael Myers's mythology. Also, most of the projects we do involve a lot of night shooting – evil lurks at night. This film opens twenty years after the events of the first two films and establishes that Michael Myers (Chris Durand) has been missing since the explosion in 1978. Michael becomes inexplicably fixated on Lisa, just as he did with Laurie in the original Halloween, before the sequels established that a sibling bond was actually his motivation for stalking her. His idea was to have Tommy Doyle incarcerated at Smith's Grove for Michael Myers' crimes, only to escape and reunite with Lindsay Wallace. Michael, engulfed in flames, stumbles out of the room before finally falling dead. [96] O'Rourke's final novel, The Mad House, was released on February 1, 1998. Although the studio did not follow up on his pitch, Farrands was able to tell his story in comic book form. "[53] Carpenter stated in an interview, "I can play just about any keyboard, but I can't read or write a note. Halloween Timeline #1: The Original/Curse of Thorn. Michael kills Jamie and continues searching for her baby; the infant is found by Tommy Doyle (Paul Rudd)—the young boy who was babysat by Laurie Strode in the first film—who brings it home for safety. Together, they developed ideas for possible Halloween stories that would be "connected into a larger tale, so the idea was that it would use the serial aspect of comic books to create different storylines than would be possible in the films. One year later, and showing signs of a metaphysical connection to Jamie, Michael tracks Jamie to a local child mental health clinic. Comics. The film ends with Challis screaming for the final station to turn off the commercial. [25] Carpenter's request was for Zombie to "make it his own [film]". Jack Martin would write Halloween II, which was released alongside its film counterpart. He is subsequently hospitalized at Warren County's Smith's Grove Sanitarium. Laurie first appeared in John Carpenter's original Halloween in 1978, 1981's Halloween II, 1998's Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later, 2002's Halloween: Resurrection, and 2018's Halloween. Films: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) An island unto itself, Season of the Witch stands … ", "Who's Directing 'Halloween Returns'?! Included movies: Halloween, Halloween II, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. After Halloween II was released, Carpenter and Hill were approached about creating a third Halloween film, but they were reluctant to pledge commitment. Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Halloween 4 each received novelizations as well. Murdering Laurie's friends, Michael finally attacks Laurie herself, but she manages to fend him off long enough for Loomis to save her. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, "New 'Halloween' Movies Set for 2020, 2021", "Blumhouse's 'Forever Purge' and 'Halloween Kills' Delay Release to 2021 Amid Pandemic", "Halloween Movies at the Box Office - Box Office Mojo", "Halloween's post-credits "scene," explained", "Halloween 2018's After-Credits Sequel Tease Explained", "What Actually Happens to Michael Myers at the End of the New Halloween Movie? Michael (Dick Warlock) follows Laurie to the local hospital, killing everyone who gets between him and Laurie. Fifteen years later, Michael (Tyler Mane) escapes and heads to Haddonfield to find his younger sister, with his psychiatrist Dr. Loomis (Malcolm McDowell) in pursuit. In July 2019, it was announced that two sequels would follow the 2018 film, titled Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, and are scheduled for release in 2021 and 2022 respectively. Unable to understand, Laurie fights back; eventually, Laurie uses Loomis's gun to shoot Michael in the head. [65][66] Next in line is Friday the 13th at $755.6 million,[67] followed by the Nightmare on Elm Street series with $730.3 million. The Same Mistake. Here, Michael (Mane) is presumed dead, but resurfaces after a vision of his deceased mother Deborah (Zombie) informs him that he must track Laurie (Scout Taylor-Compton) down so that they can "come home" together. The second timeline consists of one single movie - Halloween III, which deviates from the format to tell a standalone story of an evil Irish toymaker. Due to its popularity, more than a handful of sequels and remakes have been made. The main character in this comic is Lindsey Wallace, the young girl who first saw Michael Myers alongside Tommy Doyle in the original 1978 film. The original Halloween was released in 1978, and is about a crazed killer named Michael Myers who escapes from an asylum on Halloween night, … Cochran is using his Silver Shamrock Halloween masks to achieve his goal, which will be achieved when all the children wearing his masks watch the Silver Shamrock commercial airing Halloween night. Halloween: The First Death of Laurie Strode, https://halloweenmovie.fandom.com/wiki/Timelines?oldid=59920. The pair agreed to participate in the new project only if it was not a direct sequel to Halloween II, which meant no Michael Myers. [121] The box set won the 2015 Saturn Award for Best DVD/BD Collection Release.[122]. [6], Michael Myers does not appear in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982). He wanted to avoid the "bloodline plot of the middle sequels", which he felt demystified the character of the Shape, and approach the story so that "it becomes almost incidental that she's his sister". [89], When the original Halloween was released in 1978, a novelization of the film followed just a year later. Laurie's fear becomes reality when Michael shows up at the school and begins killing John's friends. Loomis attempts to stop him, but dies of a coronary failure. Chapter 2: Halloween (DLC) Youth Novel Timeline. To remedy this, Hutchinson pitched Halloween: Sam as a way of paying tribute to the character. [40] The film will be a direct sequel to the original Halloween, and will ignore all of the previous sequels. However, he admits that one of the downsides of the H20 timeline is that fans do not know exactly what happened to Dr. Sam Loomis after Halloween II. During the film's climax, Laurie kills Michael by stabbing him repeatedly in the chest and face with his own knife, with the final scene suggesting that she has taken on her brother's psychosis as she dons his mask and is committed to an asylum, hallucinating her mother walking with a white horse. Committed to Smith's Grove Sanitarium, Michael closes himself off from everyone. [44] In December 2017, it was announced Andi Matichak had signed on to play Karen Strode's daughter and Laurie's granddaughter. On June 4, 2006, Dimension Films announced that Rob Zombie, director of House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, would be creating the next Halloween film. This wiki allows anyone to create or edit any article so it can become the best source for any information related to the Halloween series. [113] While Don Post reproductions of the Michael Myers mask are still commonly found in costume stores every Halloween, the license to produce Michael Myers masks has since been given to Cinema Secrets, the company commissioned with the creation of the Michael Myers mask for Halloween: Resurrection. The movie would have explored Michael's time at Smith's Grove and his relationship with Dr. Loomis, before returning to Tommy and Lindsay, who are attacked by the adult Michael Myers. Halloween is an American slasher franchise that consists of eleven films, as well as novels, comic books, merchandise, and a video game. Familiar Foods, a milk bottling plant in Loleta, served as the Silver Shamrock Novelties factory, but all special effects involving fire, smoke, and explosions were filmed at Post Studios. [51] In July 2019, the titles and release dates of two sequels were announced: Halloween Kills, set to be released on October 16, 2020, and Halloween Ends, set to be released on October 15, 2021. Hutchinson wanted to bring the character back to his roots, and away from the "lumbering Jason-clone" the film sequels had made him. [118] [20], Following the success of Halloween, Yablans and Akkad began working on Halloween II. [114] As of 2012[update], Universal Pictures has granted license to Trick or Treat Studios to produce two versions of the Michael Myers mask from Halloween II, one "clean" version and one with the famous "blood tears". [92] A novelization of the 2018 film by John Passarella was released on October 23, 2018. [111] Even Dr. Loomis has been immortalized in plastic alongside Michael Myers in a two-figure set produced by NECA. [62] Danny Lux provided the soundtrack for Halloween: Resurrection,[63] while Tyler Bates composed the soundtracks for both the 2007 Halloween reboot and its 2009 sequel. Production designer, art director, location scout and co-editor Tommy Lee Wallace created Michael's mask from a William Shatner Halloween mask, purchased for $1.98. Simply titled Halloween, it was intended to be a one-issue special, but eventually two sequels spawned: Halloween II: The Blackest Eyes and Halloween III: The Devil's Eyes. While the Halloween franchise initially started out under one specific timeline and continuity, after the creation of Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later they have since multiplied. In 2010, The Biography Channel produced a television special titled Halloween: The Inside Story, which premiered on October 28, 2010. Now working as the head mistress of a private school under the name Keri Tate, Laurie continues to live in fear of her brother's return. Green will direct both films and co-write the scripts with McBride, and Curtis will reprise her role in both films. When the character was revived for Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, a new mask and costume were assembled, which were then kept for subsequent productions. The score was performed on a synthesizer organ rather than the piano used for Halloween. We've laid out the whole timeline in detail. Written by Curtis Richards, the book follows the events of the film, but expands on the festival of Samhain and Michael's time at Smith's Grove Sanitarium. Loomis shoots Michael off a balcony, but when Loomis goes to check Michael's body, he finds it missing. Final Timeline: They are not related and she was a random target. [23], After Halloween III was released, Michael Myers was brought back with 1988's The Return of Michael Myers, where he has stayed for the remainder of the series. On Halloween, Michael murders a school bully, his older sister and her boyfriend, as well as his mother's boyfriend. After killing nearly all of her friends and family, Michael then kidnaps Laurie and attempts to explain to her that he is her brother through the use of a picture that he has kept of himself and her as an infant. Together, they study the journals of Dr. Loomis and find out more about Michael's childhood. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Martin included an additional victim of Michael's in this novel. The Halloween franchise is like a choose your own adventure series. This is a four-issue miniseries, and it does not contain any characters—other than Michael—from the films. It has panel discussions with members from the casts and crews of most of the Halloween films, plus other celebrities and filmmakers such as Rob Zombie and Clive Barker as well as film critics. [91] Halloween IV, released in October 1988 and written by Nicholas Grabowsky, also followed the events of the film in which it was adapted from. Although Michael appears in the series, it is not clear whether he is real or if the traumatised Laurie is seeing things. [18][54], The score for Halloween II is a variation of John Carpenter's compositions from the first film, particularly the main theme's familiar piano melody played. All of the panel discussions took place at a 25th anniversary convention in Pasadena, California (one of the filming locations of the original Halloween) in October 2003. Michael's mask was even given its own story to provide an explanation as to why he wears it, instead of having the character simply steal a random mask from a hardware store, as in the original film. While being transferred back to Smith's Grove, Michael awakens upon hearing that Laurie Strode, who died in a car accident, has a daughter, Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris). The first issue includes back story on Michael's childhood, while the third picks up after the events of the film Halloween H20. It explores the life of Dr. Loomis, including his backstory and relationship with Elizabeth Worthington, a journalist he met during World War II. [103] Hutchinson explains that Nightdance was an attempt to escape the dense continuity of the film series and recreate the tone of the 1978 film. No worries, though. An abandoned house owned by a church stood in as the Myers house. Just as in Halloween and Halloween II, there was no symphonic score. Carpenter replaced the familiar piano melody with a slower, electronic theme played on a synthesizer with beeping tonalities. "[19] In the end credits, Carpenter bills himself as the "Bowling Green Orchestra" for performing the film's score, but he did receive assistance from composer Dan Wyman, a music professor at San Jose State University. 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