A new book reveals that Halloween Kills' original script featured 1978 Laurie Strode flashback scenes, but they were ultimately removed. The second installment in director David Gordon Green's divisive Halloween trilogy, the 2021 horror flick sees Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie and her family once again facing off against the unstoppable Michael Myers. The film was met with a very mixed critical reception, but was a box office success.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT According to Halloween: The Official Making of Halloween, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends by Abbie Bernstein , an original draft of the Halloween Kills script by Green, Danny McBride, and Scott Teems featured multiple flashback sequences of Laurie in John Carpenter's original Halloween. It is thought that these scenes would reenact moments from the 1978 original, but the idea was ultimately scrapped.
"I love a lot of this, but I'm realizing that there is unresolved stuff from the first movie, and the second movie needs to be a continuation of the night."Source: Halloween: The Official Making of Halloween, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends by Abbie Bernstein