Michael Myers is back...and
he’s never looked better!
ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT
PROUDLY PRESENTS
HALLOWEEN 35TH
ANNIVERSARY
BLU-RAY™
Featuring
all-new HD transfer supervised by Dean Cundey, New 7.1 Audio Mix, New Commentary
Track by John Carpenter & Jamie Lee Curtis and
Never-Before-Seen Bonus
Features
Coming Home
Again September 24th
In 1978, Compass International Pictures released an indie horror film by an up and coming director and a largely unknown cast. Presented by the late Moustapha Akkad, the film cost $325,000 and ended up not only becoming one of the most successful independent motion pictures of its time, but single handedly created the genre of the modern horror film along with the first iconic (via a painted-over William Shatner mask) cinematic slasher!
Its global success
spawned seven sequels, a reboot directed by Rob Zombie and a
sequel-to-the-reboot, as well as created generations of grateful fans. The
director’s name is John Carpenter and the film was Halloween. This year marks the
35th Anniversary of the timeless thriller and to celebrate, Anchor
Bay Entertainment is bringing back the terrifying original
as it’s never been seen or heard before!
Anchor Bay
Entertainment and Trancas International proudly announce the September
24th release of the 35th Anniversary Blu-ray™ release of
Halloween. For this very special
release, Anchor Bay and Trancas went back to the vaults to present this
legendary terror classic as never before, including creating an all-new HD
transfer personally supervised by the film’s original cinematographer,
Academy-Award® nominee Dean Cundey (Who
Framed Roger Rabbit, Apollo 13, the Back to the Future trilogy), a new 7.1
audio mix (as well as the original mono audio), a brand-new feature length audio
commentary by writer/director John Carpenter and star Jamie Lee Curtis, an
all-new bonus feature with Ms. Curtis, as well as selected legacy bonus features
from previous ABE releases. Available in a collectible limited-edition
book-style package (available only for the first printing) with 20 pages
featuring archival photos, an essay by Halloween historian Stef Hutchinson and
specially commissioned cover art by Jay Shaw, SRP is $34.99 and pre-book is
August 28.
“Anchor Bay
Entertainment has been home to Halloween for almost 20 years,”
noted Malek Akkad, President of Trancas International Films and son of Moustapha
Akkad. “I’m so happy that we’re partnering with them to present the definitive
edition of what is widely acknowledged as one of the seminal horror films of the
20th century.”
Halloween stars Jamie Lee Curtis (A Fish Called Wanda, True Lies) in her
debut role. Anyone who’s ever watched a horror film in the last 35 years knows
the story of Michael Myers, who as a child, butchered his sister with a kitchen
knife. Committed to a mental institution and watched over by Dr. Loomis (Donald
Pleasance, Halloween II, IV & V,
Fantastic Voyage), he engineers his escape 15 years later, returning to his
hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night to terrorize anyone who
gets in his way, including babysitter Laurie Strode (Curtis).
Co-starring P.J. Soles (Carrie, Stripes, Rock ‘n Roll High
School), Kyle Richards (The Watcher
in the Woods, Eaten Alive), Nancy Loomis (Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13, The Fog),
Charles Cyphers (Escape From New York,
The Fog) and Brian Andrews (The Great
Santini, Three O’Clock High), Halloween also cemented the careers
of many behind the camera including Carpenter, Cundey, producer Debra Hill and
film editor/production designer Tommy Lee Wallace (Halloween III: Season of the Witch,
“It”).
Bonus features on Halloween 35th
Anniversary Blu-ray™ include:
- All-new commentary track with writer/director John Carpenter and star Jamie Lee Curtis;
- “The Night She Came Home” new featurette with Jamie Lee Curtis (HD);
- On Location;
- Trailers;
- TV & Radio Spots;
- Additional Scenes from TV Version