Halloween Trilogy Making-Of Book Reveals Unseen BTS Images Of Michael Myers & Laurie Actors [EXCLUSIVE]

Michael Myers’ resurgence of terror is getting a special in-depth look with exclusive Halloween: The Making of Halloween, Halloween Kills & Halloween Ends images. The book offers a behind-the-scenes chronicling of the development of David Gordon Green and Blumhouse’s recent trilogy of movies, which acted as direct sequels to John Carpenter’s 1978 original, retconning the various poorly received sequels that followed. The final installment, 2022’s Halloween Ends, seemingly brought the long-running horror franchise to a conclusive close, successfully killing of Michael Myers for good, though reports have swirled of future plans in the works.

Nearly a year after the final chapter was released, Screen Rant is proud to present exclusive images from Halloween: The Making of Halloween, Halloween Kills & Halloween Ends. The photos, as seen in the gallery below, reveal unseen BTS looks at Michael Myers and Laurie actors Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney with co-writer/director David Gordon Green on the set of each installment in the Halloween trilogy. Check out the exclusive images below:

How David Gordon Green Breathed New Life Into The Halloween Franchise

Prior to Green and his creative partners Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley coming onboard, the Halloween franchise had endured a string of unsuccessful sequels, as well as the moderately successful-yet-poorly-received Rob Zombie remakes. Interestingly, Green’s approach to crafting a direct sequel to Carpenter’s original wouldn’t be the first time the franchise tried this method, with Halloween H20: 20 Years Later retconning the majority of its predecessors, save for the original and its 1981 sequel and bringing Curtis back as Laurie in a leading role.

What set Green’s effort with 2018’s Halloween apart from the 1998 installment was its approach both to Laurie’s story and its overall scale. Though both movies saw Laurie traumatized by her first encounters with Michael and turned towards alcoholism to help cope, H20 turned her into more of a fearful victim than a woman looking to put down evil for good. The decision to also excise the sibling angle between the two also allowed for a more emotional arc in regard to the family Laurie tried and failed to build in Green’s trilogy versus the one she tried to keep in hiding.

While Green’s subsequent installments were met with progressively divisive reviews as the spotlight was shifted away from Michael and Laurie, his efforts on 2018’s Halloween helped reinstate audiences’ faith in the franchise’s potential future. With Miramax reportedly looking to option the rights for a TV show, it will be interesting to see if they aim to follow the same path set by the recent trilogy. In the meantime, audiences can get an in-depth reflection on Green’s movies when Halloween: The Making of Halloween, Halloween Kills & Halloween Ends hits shelves on October 17.