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Last week, the halloween franchise reboot announced backtoback sequels in 2020 and 2021. Dimension films has been behind the halloween franchise for the past twenty years, ever since producing the curse of michael myers. Despite being one of the most famous franchises in the world of horror, the friday the th series has faced a number of troubles that prevented a new film from being developed. Its hard to believe that halloween was first unleashed all the way back in 1978, making it a horror classic in anyones book. If you cant stream, the 10 dark theories about the halloween franchise are listed below the video, followed by the 411 on halloween 2018.
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