Halloween- Halloween Series News

JOHN CARPENTERS HALLOWEEN-
HALLOWEEN SERIES NEWS

Friday 31st May 2002
A new series for The Travel Channel called "On Location" will be debuting this Fall, The first episode is on the locations of our very own Halloween. The On Location team will be taking Halloween star, PJ Soles to locations around the South Pasadena and West Hollywood area where most of the film was filmed. The program is only set for a US showing at this time but is likly to show up internationally over the next year.

Saturday 15th June 2002
Ellie Cornell who played Rachel Carruthers in Halloween 4 and Halloween 5 is set to star long Jonathan Cherry (Final Destination 2) as Casper in theupcoming Action Thriller
"The House of the Dead". Heres a plot outline from IMDB.com-
A group of teens arrive on an island for a rave only to discover the island has been taken over by zombies. The group takes refuge in a house where they try to survive the night.
The film is set to be release next year but if you can't wait that long you can download the trailer here.

Thursday 4th July 2002
Anchor Bay is planning a new 25th Anniversary Edition of Halloween to be released fall 2003.
Anchor Bay have given us this information- It has been 25 years since Michael Myers first returned
to Haddonfield. Now he returns to DVD for this special anniversary edition. Extras are still being
determined, but expect a plethora of new goodies (i.e. audio commentary, etc.) for this exciting
release. Expect more announcements in the coming months, and please note all features at this
point are tentative and subject to change.

Also coming soon a new Halloween video game for the PlayStation 2!
This information comes from www.neurongaming.com-
"A new Halloween video game for the PS2 is currently in the works. Nothing has been released about this game, all we do know is that it is in development. The release date is not known at this point either. This game will be based off of the popular horror series "Halloween" starring the maniacal killer himself, Michael Myers. This is one of the most popular horror movies in the world and should make an outstanding video game. There have been many Halloween movies in the series, the latest one being Halloween: H2O, which was a hit in the box office. This game is going to be a PS2 exclusive. No other consol will be receiving this title as far as we know. The story of the game will probably be based on the original Halloween film, which takes place in Haddonfield, Illinois. More information will be available within the next few months. All we can do is wait for Michael Myers to arrive on the PS2."

Sunday 28th July 2002
Here are the first pictures of the coming Halloween box set from Anchor Bay UK, set to be released on September 30th 2002 in the United Kingdom only.If you live outside the United Kingdom and you would like this box set you can buy it from Amazon, BlackStar or play from September.The features of the box set are still un-known at this time but new features are looking very silm at this point.Click on Pictures to enlarge.Thanks to danyuld for these pictures.

Thursday 22nd August 2002
The Travel Channel has announced that their new series ON LOCATION will debut October 7, 2002.The first episode begins at 8PM and will feature SCARY locations such as those from The Sixth Sense, What Lies Beneath, and a tribute to Hitchcock.The second episode debuts immediately after at 9PM and will feature horror movie locations. HALLOWEEN is prominently featured along with Debra Hill and PJ Soles going back to the scene of the crime.
Other locations in that hour include BLAIR WITCH, THE EXORCIST, and AMITYVILLE HORROR!

In other Halloween news Jamie Lee Curtis has been hitting the news paper this week
after posed for More magazine in a sports bra and tight spandex briefs that reveal what she
looks like when she's not glammed up as a movie star. For one photo, Curtis spent three
hours prepping with a team of 13 peoplemaking sure she looked just right.She admits she
has gone under the knife to improve her looks. "I don't have great thighs," she tells More.
"I have very big breasts and a soft, fatty little tummy. And I've got back fat. People assume
I'm walking around in little spaghetti-strap dresses. It's the insidious Glam Jamie Jamie,
the Perfect Jamie, the great figure, blah, blah, blah. And I don't want the unsuspecting
40-year-old women of the world to think that I've got it going on. It's such a fraud.
And I'm the one perpetuating it." "I've had a little plastic surgery. I've had a little lipo and
had a little Botox. And you know what? None of it works." Read the full article here.

Saturday 31st August 2002
Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis this month is the main feature in the magazine
"Psychology Today" the article is mostly on Jamie's past work in writing childrens books.
In the article Jamie talks about her new book "I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem"
which is Jamie's fourth childrens book that she has written since 1999. The book released is
next month on September 7th.You can pre- order your copy for $11 from Amazon.com

DVD Extras:
Halloween: Widescreen 2.35:1 presentation 16:9 enhanced for widescreen TVs, Full-frame presentation reformatted for 4:3 TVs, Original Theatrical Trailers, Television Spots, Radio Spots, Talent Biographies, Still and Poster Gallery, Behind the Scenes Still Gallery, Halloween: Unmasked 2000 Produced and Directed By Mark Cerulli, John Carpenter Documentary.
Halloween II: Audio Commentary from award-winning horror expert Stephen Jones and film critic Kim Newman (author of the British Film Institute's Companion To Horror.) Detailed Production Background.TheatricalTrailer. Cast and Crew Biographies.
Halloween III: Audio Commentary from award-winning horror expert Stephen Jones and film critic Kim Newman (author of the British Film Institute's Companion To Horror.) Detailed Production Background. Cast & Crew Biographies.
Halloween 4: OptionalDolby Digital 5.1 Soundtrack, Inside Halloween 4 Featurette, Theatrical Trailer, Original Mono Soundtrack.
Halloween 5: Widescreen Presentation 16:9 Enhanced for Widescreen TVs, Full Frame Presentation, Theatrical Trailer, Optional Dolby Digital 5.1 Soundtrack, Inside Halloween 5 Featurette, Theatrical Trailer, Original Mono Soundtrack,
Introduction by Stars Danielle Harris and Ellie Cornell.
Halloween H2O: Unmasking The Horror making of featurette. Music video. Trivia game.

Saturday 21st September 2002
The special features list for the upcoming Halloween: The Ultimate Collection DVD box set from Anchor Bay UK have been released, to many fans that have the other Anchor Bay Halloween releases these aren't the best features in the world because they already appear on the single discs released last year.But whats new? A 59 min documentary on the life and works of Halloween director John Carpenter, Halloween II released for the first time uncut in the UK with a new re-mastered picture along with Halloween III also getting a new
re-mastered picture, Halloween II and Halloween III getting a commentary by 'unknown' horror expert Stephen Jones and film critic Kim Newman who by the way had nothing to do with the making of the two movies.Finaly some Production and cast backgrounds on Halloween II and III.The box set is set be released on Monday September 30th in the United Kingdom only, the set is priced around Ł50 and you can pre-order your copy from Play for Ł49.99 with free postage or if you live outside the UK see Amazon for info. If you would like to find some more information on this upcoming release see Anchor Bay UK for more details.