Halloween Kills Gets New October 2021 Release Date, New Teaser Shows Aftermath of Last Film

Filmmaker and horror icon John Carpenter announced today that Halloween Kills, the upcoming sequel to 2018’s Halloween, has a new release date. The film has now been pushed back to an October 2021 release date, a whole year from its originally planned October 2020 release. Also, a new teaser video showing the aftermath of the end of the last movie has been revealed, you can check out that clip below.

The sequel was previously scheduled for an October 2020 release date. However, Carpenter noted in today’s statement, “If we release it in October of this year as planned, we have to face the reality that the film would be consumed in a compromised theatrical experience.”

Halloween Kills is now due out in theaters on October 15, 2021. The film will also receive an IMAX release in October 2021. The sequel stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Robert Longstreet, Charles Cyphers, Anthony Michael Hall, Kyle Richards, and Nancy Stephens. It will follow the events of the 2018 Halloween. Here’s the teaser:

I know you all have been looking forward to an update on the status of "Halloween Kills". Here it is: pic.twitter.com/EWivyipYgR

— John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster) July 8, 2020