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22Jun2009

More Michael Myers in the New 'Halloween II' Trailer

DateMonday, June 22, 2009 at 6:13PM
If you could only judge the sequels to the horror movies being released on August 28th by their trailers, then I'd say Halloween II beats The Final Destination pretty easily. That's not the only factor, of course, but trailers, commercials, posters, and the rest of the advertising are pretty important, and I would think that if you have two movies going for exactly the same audience, then the movie that looks better will do the most damage.

Rob Zombie marches forward with Michael Myers this summer, and considering how quickly it was all thrown together, the stuff they've come up with is at least as good as the majority of what we see for movies in the genre. The recent third poster absolutely rules. And the new trailer shows signs of II being better than Zombie's first Halloween. Of course, I hated his remake, but that's not exactly the point.

Take a look at the new trailer and see what you think:


Trailer courtesy of Trailer Addict

Now, if you had horror movie dollars to spend at the end of August, would you throw 'em down for this or for a 3-D Final Destination movie that doesn't look terribly dissimilar from the previous ones in that series?

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , , , , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment2 Comments |

Reader Comments (2)

I'd definitely go for Halloween 2 if I had to pick one. However the fact that it's not an October release bothers me just enough to not see it. Call it foolish sentimentality if you will but I like Halloween movies within a stone's throw of Halloween if not on the day itself. I just get more into it when I'm already in that Halloween frame of mind. It makes the movie and the holiday that much more fun.

Monday, June 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAsana

Curiously, the Halloween franchise avoids Halloween because of Saw. Two things stand out to me about that: In 2007, when the first Zombie Halloween was released, Saw hit theaters on October 26th. Halloween could have opened on the following Wednesday to hit the holiday, or it could've opened on the 19th or 12th.

This year, Saw VI shows up on October 23rd, so Halloween II has Halloween weekend wide open...but instead it's Richard Kelly's The Box.

Either way, the argument that the weekend is taken means shit, because it's opening against another horror movie as it is.

Monday, June 22, 2009 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

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