Jamie Lee Curtis, the star of the Halloween franchise, has recently discussed what makes the series so popular with audiences 40 years after the original film during interviews for Halloween Kills. Curtis starred in the original film and its sequels, Halloween 2, Halloween: H20, and Halloween: Ressurection, as Laurie Strode. She returned to the franchise for 2018’s Halloween, which served as a reboot that retconned the previous sequels and took place after the first film.
2018’s Halloween found Laurie still traumatized by the events of the 1978 slasher film and living in fear of Michael Myers. This fear leads Laurie to be estranged from her family, including her daughter, played by Judy Greer. When Myers escapes the Smith’s Grove Psychiatric Hospital and begins a new killing spree, Laurie is prepared to face him in a final showdown to put an end to his reign of terror. As teased in recent footage at CinemaCon, their battle will continue into this year’s Halloween Kills, with Jamie Lee Curtis recently discussing why this battle has been so popular with audiences for so long.
