It’s almost Halloween! Breathe it in, folks! It’s that time of year when you get to curl up with your loved ones and watch a scary movie, tell spooky stories, or, now, even lull your children into a cozy dreamlike state with the soothing tales of everyone’s favorite masked serial killer, Michael Myers.
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That’s right, in lieu of delivering us a new “Halloween” film this year, David Gordon Green, who directed the 2018 “Halloween” sequel as well as the upcoming films “Halloween Kills” and “Halloween Ends” (arriving in 2021 and 2022, respectively), along with illustrator Onur Tukel and Further Front Publishing announced the impending release of the illustrated (almost) all-ages story, “The Legend of Halloween,” based on the original motion picture screenplay of “Halloween” (1978) from John Carpenter and Debra Hill.
Just when I thought children’s books couldn’t be less interesting, they had to go and do something like this….and COMPLETELY REDEEM THEMSELVES!
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David Gordon Green says (via HalloweenMovies), “Joining this iconic franchise has been one of the most fulfilling artistic endeavors of my career…with this new chapter, we hope to share our own love for ‘Halloween’ with a new generation of horror fanatics.”
Tukel added, “I saw the original ‘Halloween’ when I was about nine years old and it scared the wits out of me. I’ve seen it about fifty times since then and it continues to be my favorite horror film. The mask, the music, the indelible characters, the monologues of pure evil – to me it’s cinematic perfection…Collaborating with David on a children’s book adaptation of Halloween has been demented and surreal, kind of like being simultaneously possessed by Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein and the demon Pazuzu.”
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As a father of two boys, it would be irresponsible for me to scar them at such a young age, but, then again, I am a huge ‘Halloween’ fan, so if their scarred brains are the price I have to pay, then so be it.
The book is expected to ship by December 1st. You can soon pre-order the book at the official site. There’s even a trailer, which you can watch below: