Horror ClassicsNo. 2128 · The 2026 edition
Why The Original Halloween Continuity Didn't Make Sense, According To Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis shares why the original Halloween timeline doesn't add up.
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at cinemablend.com.
In a recent interview, Jamie Lee Curtis explained how the continuity of the original Halloween films contains logical inconsistencies that never quite fit together, from character deaths to timeline gaps.
About this
A CinemaBlend interview-based news piece in which Jamie Lee Curtis explains why the 2018 Halloween ignores the franchise's prior sequels and acts as a direct sequel to John Carpenter's original. She argues the earlier follow-ups had no shared continuity, no "Halloween bible," and were scattershot, so a 40-year later story required going back to the original trauma. The article also outlines the new film's premise and its October 19, 2018 theatrical release.
The list
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Halloween II 1981
One of the two sequels directed by Rick Rosenthal in the pre-Rob Zombie era.
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Halloween: Resurrection 2002
The other Rick Rosenthal-directed sequel in the pre-Rob Zombie era.
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Halloween 2018
David Gordon Green's direct sequel, scripted by Green and Danny McBride, set 40 years after Carpenter's original; Laurie Strode still tries to recover and has spent decades waiting for Michael Myers to return. In theaters everywhere October 19, 2018.
Facts from the original
- The new Halloween from director David Gordon Green discards the six Michael Myers stories told since the 1977 original and proceeds as a direct sequel.
- Jamie Lee Curtis explained that the continuity decision was totally necessary.
- Curtis said there is no "Halloween bible" that the various sequel filmmakers followed, so the continuity was scattershot and didn't make sense.
- Curtis said each sequel filmmaker came up with their own wacky idea for the next movie.
- In the pre-Rob Zombie era, Rick Rosenthal was the only director to make two of the sequels, Halloween II and Halloween: Resurrection; the rest had different writing and directing teams.
- Jamie Lee Curtis starred in three of the Halloween sequels.
- Curtis spoke to the author by phone the month before the article to discuss the new film and her history with the franchise.
- Curtis noted that fans may love any one of the Halloween films and, thanks to streaming, can watch any of them over and over.
- Curtis called the clever choice to omit every movie except Halloween necessary because you can't tell a story of generational trauma except to go back to the original trauma.
- The 2018 Halloween is set 40 years after the events of John Carpenter's original film and follows Laurie Strode still trying to recover, having spent decades waiting for Michael Myers to break out and return.
- The 1978 experience haunts Laurie Strode and affects all of her relationships, and she finally sees Michael Myers again on Halloween night.
- Asked whether a continuity bible is now being established, Curtis laughed and said there is no bible, comparing it to TV show bibles that she has never personally worked with.
- Halloween hits theaters everywhere on October 19th and tickets can be bought now.
