With the theatrical release ofHalloween Killsonly a few days away, Jamie Lee Curtis arrived at the franchise’s latest premiere dressed as an iconic horror character played by someone near and dear to her.
TheHalloween Killspremiere was arranged as a costume party, encouraging the attendees to dress up in their best Halloween outfits. Some stars took a traditional costume approach, but Curtis took the chance to show off a costume that pays tribute to a very special person in her life: her mother.
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Curtis arrived at the premiere dressed as Marion Crane, a focal character inAlfred Hitchcock’s iconic horror film,Psycho. In Hitchcock’s classic, Crane was played by Curtis' mother, Janet Leigh. Adorned in a pale blue dress and sporting the signature ’60s hairstyle Leigh rocked inPsycho, Curtis completes the look with a black handbag and a bloodied shower curtain draped over her wrist. While discussing her look, Curtis revealed that she is actually dressed as Scarlett Johansson, who played Curtis' mother in the 2012 biopicHitchcock. Curtis went on to explain that because the originalPsychofilm was done in black and white, they never knew what color Leigh’s dress actually was. Thanks to theHitchcockmovie, Curtis said that people now know Leigh’s dress was a pale blue, making Curtis' own dress the proper choice.
Curtis went on to discuss her added components to perfect the look. “I was worried you would see this and just think I looked like a ’50s housewife. So I thought, you know, maybe I need a little bloody shower curtain,” she explained to Entertainment Tonight. The bloodied shower curtain references one ofPsycho’smost famous scenes. Leigh’s character attempts to take a shower in the eerie Bates Motel before she is ultimately killed by Norman Bates, who is dressed as his mother.
Following in her mother’s footsteps, Curtis has become a famous figure both in and outside the horror genre. Curtis is known for her role as Laurie Strode, the sister of Michael Myers in theHalloweenfranchise. She has played the role of Strode since 1978 in the firstHalloweeninstallment. The role went on to catapult Curtis to receive a range of roles, including her participation inTrading Places, Perfect, Freaky Friday,and many others. Curtis will reprise her role as Strode inHalloween Killsand is expected to play the role again in the next installment,Halloween Ends. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic,Halloween Killswas delayed for a year, therefore delaying theproduction ofHalloween Endsas well.
With the delays brought upon by the pandemic, some worry thatHalloween Killswon’t live up to their expectations. BecauseHalloween Killswill be followed byHalloween Ends, it doesn’t seem Strode will be able toput an end to Michael Myers' tormentjust yet, but as the other installments of theHalloweenfranchise have shown, Strode will do everything in her power to keep Myers from wrecking even more havoc. The cat and mouse game between these (former?) siblings will be more than enough to entertain fans of theHalloweenfranchise.
Halloween Killsis now available in theaters and on Peacock.
