New ReleasesNo. 3185 · The 2026 edition
Halloween
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at globenewswire.com.
About this
A press release from UNC School of the Arts describing the return of alumni filmmakers David Gordon Green, Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley to their alma mater to screen their 2018 film 'Halloween' a week before its world premiere. It covers the film's production, its ties to the 1978 original, the casting of Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter's involvement, and the many UNCSA alumni who worked on the movie.
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Facts from the original
- 2018's 'Halloween' is the tenth sequel and returns Michael Myers to Haddonfield for the first time in 40 years, ignoring the convoluted storylines of the previous nine installments.
- The film picks up with the same characters and storyline as the 1978 original, with a retconned story set in Haddonfield, Illinois.
- John Carpenter revisited the series for the first time since 1982, serving as executive producer, creative advisor, and composer of a modernized version of his original 'Halloween' score.
- Jamie Lee Curtis signed on to portray Laurie Strode for the first time since 2002's 'Halloween: Resurrection'.
- 'Halloween' was filmed in and around Charleston, South Carolina, home to the recently relocated Rough House Pictures.
- Rough House Pictures was co-founded by Green and McBride with fellow UNCSA alumnus Jody Hill; 'Halloween' is its first foray into horror.
- Green, McBride and Fradley lived in the same dorm at UNCSA; Green shared his first-year student film 'Will You Lather Up My Rough House' with them.
- Dylan Arnold's character Cameron Elam was a planned Easter Egg for fans who remember bully Lonnie Elam from the original film.
- Green is set to executive produce McBride's 'The Righteous Gemstones,' premiering on HBO in 2019.
- The UNCSA screening on Oct. 12, 2018 filled the 300-seat Main Theatre to standing room only, and a second late screening was added for overflow.
- Rough House Pictures has backed McBride's 'Eastbound and Down' and 'Vice Principals' for HBO plus independent films including 'The Catechism Cataclysm,' 'Manglehorn,' 'Joe,' 'Flower,' and 'The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter.'
- Green gave the Winston-Salem Journal credit to 'a lot of like-minded artists and technicians that we went to school with.'
- UNCSA's mascot is the Fighting Pickle, and alumni often hire other alumni across the school's five arts conservatories.
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