Halloween

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• Halloween is a US horror film directed by David Gordon Green.
• It is a direct sequel to Halloween – Die Nacht des Grauens (1978) and ignores all previous sequels.
• It is the eleventh part of the Halloween franchise.
• The film premiered on 8 September 2018 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
• It started in US and German cinemas on 25 October 2018.
• The film runs 106 minutes.
• The FSK rating is 16 and the JMK rating is 16.
• The original language is English and the production country is the USA.
• The screenplay was written by Jeff Fradley, Danny McBride and David Gordon Green.
• Producers were Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block.
• The music was composed by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel A. Davies.
• Cinematography was by Michael Simmonds and editing by Timothy Alverson.
• The film was produced by Blumhouse Productions, Miramax, Rough House Pictures and Trancas International Films.
• Filming mostly took place from 13 January 2018 to 19 February 2018 in Charleston, South Carolina.
• A new ending scene was shot on 11 June 2018 after reactions to the first test screening.
• Originally the project was planned under the working title 'Halloween Returns' as a direct sequel to Halloween II (1981).
• In February 2017 John Carpenter announced on his official Facebook account that he was working on a new Halloween film as creative consultant.
• Screenwriter Danny McBride pushed to drop the rest of the franchise history because Michael Myers hunting only his family was less suspenseful and too predictable.
• In the 2018 film it is not stated that Laurie Strode is Michael Myers' biological younger sister; Allyson dismisses it as a public rumor.
• The film repeatedly calls Michael Myers 'der schwarze Mann' before he puts his confiscated white mask back on.
• Halloween III (1982) had also been a standalone film, and Halloween H20 (1998) ignored everything after the second film.
• Rotten Tomatoes shows 79% approval and Metacritic a metascore of 67 out of 100.
• The opening weekend brought in 77.5 million US dollars in North America and reached number 1 in the US charts.
• It marked the second-best horror opening and second-best October opening, the best opening for a film with a female lead over 55, and the best opening within the franchise.
• On its second weekend it stayed at number 1 in the US with 32 million US dollars and passed the 100-million-dollar mark in North America.
• In Germany it topped the charts on its opening weekend with 325,000 visitors and took three million euros.
• Worldwide earnings total 253.69 million US dollars, of which 159.34 million came from North America.
• In Germany the film recorded 1,084,208 visitors.
• At the end of the credits Michael's characteristic breathing can be heard.
• In July 2019 it became known that two sequels were in production.
• Halloween Kills was released in October 2021 and Halloween Ends in October 2022 in US and German cinemas.