Kanye West’s most recent real-estate-related antics might have daunted any agent looking to make a sale, given his penchant for pyrotechnics. But the incendiary producer won’t be burning down his latest purchase, a boxy beachfront mansion in Malibu — especially with the price tag he just paid: $60 million. The home, which Kanye just bought according to TMZ, was designed by a noted Japanese architect, Tadao Ando, and was on the market for $75 million. Kanye ultimately got a break on the price, finally paying “just” $57.3 million.
He likely got such a break because the house had been listed since May of 2020 because it was only attractive “to a very specific buyer.” At just 4,000 square feet and constructed of mostly concrete and reinforced steel, it’s easy to see why. However, it also has four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms with a patio that leads straight down to the beach, so there’s some charm — which Mr. West intuited. He also likely took into account its relative proximity to Kim Kardashian’s home in Hidden Hills, where his soon-to-be ex-wife and kids live. Kanye is also reportedly a big fan of the designer — much like how his album materials for prior albums like Graduation were inspired by Takashi Murakami.
You can see photos of the mansion in the Instagram below.
Finding old and rare bourbon whiskeys to buy could be a full-time job. Sure, you can nab some bottles in some online stores like Caskers, Drizly, and The Whisky Exchange. And, yes, you’ll see most of these rare unicorns on whiskey bar shelves (if you look way up to the rafters). But they’re not exactly the sorts of bottles you just randomly spot at the liquor store — even at the best liquor stores.
To get premium bottles in your collection you have to enter auctions and pay attention to launch dates and make friends with liquor store owners. Or you have to be willing to pay well above the market price.
But even if you have the means, starting a bourbon collection — with profit as an aim — takes work. There’s a lot to parse. Some bottles become highly valued thanks to the hype machine. These are your small allocations of Pappy, Weller, and Henry McKenna, to name a few. Then there are the limited releases that folks will line up for — sometimes for days — season after season (Four Roses, does a great job with these sorts of drops). Beyond that, there are the rare and old dusties that survived under your grandparents’ sink or have passed through auctions and vaults for decades.
Long story short, it’s not the sort of hobby you can simply dip a toe into. Unless that toe is very well-heeled.
Today, we’re looking at ten bottles — the sorts dubbed “unicorns” in the bourbon world — for the budding collector. These picks just scratch the surface of the bottles being bid on at auctions, resting on shelves like Justin’s House of Bourbon in Louisville, or being poured in high-end whiskey bars like The Ballard Cut in Seattle. Still, they’re all pretty extraordinary, likely to increase in value, and offer a great launch pad for anyone wanting to start collecting.*
This is a brand with a long story that stretches back to Julian Van Winkle, III, and the legendary Stitzel-Weller distillery. The juice was originally leftover whiskey from that same warehouses that aged old-school Pappy until it ran out. Then Diageo got into the mix and started sourcing the juice from Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (which makes Willett).
Today, the whiskey is craft-made in Kentucky but still relies heavily on sourced juice from some of the best stocks in Kentucky.
Tasting Notes:
There’s a subtle note of salted caramels on the nose with a hint of dried roses, oily vanilla pods, and a warm spicy mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove with a cherry Coke edge. The palate is like a rum-soaked Christmas cake with fatty almonds, candied fruits, dried fruits, and a lot of nutmeg, allspice, and clove with a light touch of silky softness. The finish leans into the fattiness of the nuts while the spice gets chewy with a tobacco edge as it very slowly fades away, leaving you with a note of dried fruit.
Collectability:
This is going to vary in price drastically, depending on what release you actually find. If you come across an old Stitzel-Weller version, it’ll probably be a lot at an auction and you will be outbid. The new stuff remains very collectible in that it’s a small release of bottles that rarely pop up outside of Kentucky or very bespoke liquor stores in major markets.
This expression spends a long 23 years resting in new American oak. That age means that there’s still some old juice from Pappy’s previous home, the Stitzel-Weller Distillery, in the mix. Not every barrel makes the final cut. Only the “honey barrels” — the best of the best — are selected for marrying, proofing, and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
This sip greets you with big notes of rich vanilla, dark cherry, old oak, spicy tobacco, and tart apples. When you add a little water, a dark dusting of cacao arrives to accent the base notes as the spices kick in, adding a real Christmas pudding vibe counterpointed by the musty oak, worn leather, and wisp of pipe tobacco smoke.
Collectability:
This is another bottle you’ll probably only see at a state lottery, auction, or a collector’s liquor shop (like Justin’s in Louisville). The thing is, though, is that high-end bars and average drinkers are opening these and pouring them into glasses. That means that even, say, a 2021 release is going to go up in price as those seals get broken.
This Old Fitzgerald is the OG bourbon that Julian Van Winkle, II (the one and only “Pappy”), built after WWII. The juice was made at Stitzel-Weller when Pappy still owned and operated the whole place (today, it’s owned by Diageo). When the brands and distillery were sold off, Old Fitz ended up as a Heaven Hill product, where it was revived into one of the most sought-after modern bottles (more on that later).
In short, this is classic bourbon that sort of set the flavor profile for a vast majority of bourbon being made today.
Tasting Notes:
These are still very drinkable. The nose on a 1964 release I tried recently is a mix of salted caramel next to light touches of orchard fruit, oily vanilla, light and soft wood, and spiced tobacco. The palate is pure silk with bursts of stonefruits, soft leather, a touch of vanilla cream, and burnt sugars. The mid-palate to finish is a slow fade into the silliest vanilla custard you can imagine that’s been spiced with fresh tobacco, a touch of mint, and boozy soaked red fruit.
Collectability:
This is another bottle that you still see getting poured at high-end whiskey bars, which means there will be a point when very, very few of these are left. The problem is, drinking this is fun. It really taps you into that beautiful bourbon taste and texture that every other distiller has been chasing since Pappy struck gold with this recipe.
It’s one of the most delicious bottles on the list and hard not to crack open simply for the palate education.
This wheated whiskey from 2008 eschews the more common rye and adds in North Dakota wheat. The juice is then barreled and stored in two warehouses where 73 percent of the whiskey is lost to the air and elements. The juice is then bottled untouched and unfiltered.
Tasting Notes:
There’s soft bourbon vanilla that leads towards almond-encrusted toffees inside a pine box with a dark chocolate bonbon hidden somewhere inside all that nutty toffee. The sip leans into a cherry and dark chocolate bespeckled ice cream with a solid vanilla bean base and a dusting of crushed-up walnuts and maybe even peanut. The end is slightly dry and leans more towards cedar and straw with spicy cherry tobacco buzz.
Collectability:
This could easily have been any bottle from the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. I chose this one because I actually like to drink it. Moreover, there could be a few Weller releases here too — like the 12-year, Single Barrel, etc. The point is, Weller is one of those bottles that you’re going to either pay a hefty price tag for or find for a price at an auction thanks to so little of it actually hitting the open market.
Moreover, people still drink this stuff (this bourbon drinker being one of them), which is a good sign for A) steady demand and B) decreasing supply.
This year’s LE Small Batch is a blend of four bourbons. Four Roses is renowned for its ten distinct recipes with two mash bills and five yeast strains. This whiskey marries four of those recipes with two from Mash B (very high rye) and two from Mash Bill E (high rye). The yeasts at play are “delicate fruit,” “spice essence,” and “floral essence.” The barrels ranged from 12 to 16 years old, making this a fairly old bourbon, all things considered.
Tasting Notes:
The nose has a mix of honey next to buttery biscuits, rich vanilla, a touch of tart red berries, dry cedar, and a very faint hint of dry mint. The palate dives into a dark plum jam with a spicy edge of allspice and nutmeg. That fruit gives way to a spritz of orange oils next to a light touch of dark chocolate on the mid-palate that leads to a rich finish. That finish leaves you with warming spice, more of that orange/choco vibe, and another mild hint of green, dry mint.
Collectability:
A limited release of only 14,000 bottles via lottery from one of the most beloved distillers in the country? Yeah, these go up in price. Again, the juice in the bottle is actually pretty damn tasty, so people tend to drink these away too, which helps their price point rise pretty quickly.
This yearly release from Heaven Hill is, indeed, rare. The edition from 2013 was a personal mission for Parker Beam. He selected 100 barrels of high-rye bourbons that are at least ten years old for this expression. Those barrels were married and then proofed down to a very accessible 96 proof.
Tasting Notes:
Imagine a still-warm apple pie full of spices, brown sugar, buttery crust, walnuts, and maybe even a raisin or two topped with the richest vanilla ice cream scoop you’ve ever had and you’ll be on the right track. This smells and tastes like home on a summer day with that perfect apple pie vibe that mellows towards a stack of pancakes smothered in browned butter and maple syrup as a note of tobacco chew warms up the back of your throat. The end is very long and full of a sweet maple syrup tobacco buzz.
Collectability:
Parker’s Heritage is Heaven Hill’s yearly limited release that changes year-to-year with some seriously rare drops. This happens to be one that is really hard to find while also being pretty freakin’ delicious. If you do ever see one of these in the wild, expect to pay a hefty price tag but also know it’ll increase in value.
This year’s spring release is a marriage of eight-year-old whiskeys produced in the spring of 2013. That distilled juice rested in barrels spread throughout three warehouses on several different floors. In spring of this year, those barrels were vatted and whiskey was proofed down to 100 (per bottled-in-bond law). Then the whiskey was filled into Old Fitzgerald’s signature decanters and sent out into the world.
Tasting Notes:
This is gorgeous. The nose draws you in with warming eggnog spice, creamy vanilla pudding, rich toffee, mild fruit, and a hint of wet cedar and very muted citrus. To say this is “smooth” would be an understatement. The silky taste dances around oven-hot pans of pecan and maple-glazed sticky buns with plenty of cinnamon and nutmeg next to caramelized orange peel vibes and lightness that’s almost hard to believe. The finish is long, effervescent, and leaves you with this soft sense of having just eaten the best oatmeal raisin cookie of your life with just the right amounts of oats, spice, raisins, brown sugar, and crumble.
Collectability:
Like Parker’s Heritage above, this Heaven Hill release is pretty tiny. But there are three releases per year, making it slightly less rare but barely. Beyond that, the decanter, unique age statement, and deliciousness of the juice in the bottle all make this very enticing. And while these tend to go up in price a little slower than, say, Weller or Old Forester Birthday bourbons, they do tend to go up a few hundred a year.
Plus, that bottle is obviously an incredible get and something that grabs the eye.
Elmer T. Lee is another hugely popular release that’s very limited (and sought after). Where this differs from the single barrel from Blanton’s is in the mash bill (this is a bit higher rye) and the placing of the barrel in the warehouse. It’s said that the barrels for Elmer T. Lee are stored where the master distiller himself used to store the barrels he kept for his own stash.
Tasting Notes:
The nose on this is like a decadent breakfast of pancakes smothered in cinnamon butter, dripping with the best maple syrup, and topped with a hand-made scoop of vanilla ice cream. The palate holds onto the vanilla and spice but settles into more a floral honeyed sweetness with touches of cedar, old library book leather, and a hint of tobacco buzz. The end lingers for a while and leaves you with a dry pear tobacco warmth next to cinnamon heat and maple bar sweetness.
Collectability:
This might be one of the easier bottles to source on this list. You can still grab these off the shelf at the distillery (and really high-end liquor stores) for a price. You also see this poured at the high-end whiskey bars with pretty good frequency. That means people are still drinking these at a good enough clip to help new and older releases increase in price.
This is the mountaintop of Michter’s line of bourbons. The juice is one of the longest-aged bourbons in the game and tapped from special barrels hand-selected by Michter’s Master Distiller Dan McKee and Master of Maturation Andrea Wilson.
Tasting Notes:
This opens with a deep presence of Christmas cake bursting with nuts, candied and dried fruits, a lot of eggnog spice, brandy-soaked cherry, and a rich and creamy vanilla pudding. The palate delivers on those promises with a buttery chocolate sauce drizzled over salted molasses cookies cut with fresh and rich vanilla, mild and dry tobacco, and a hint of dry wicker. The end is pure velvet with a soft maple syrup sweetness and woodiness that leaves you with a touch of dried vanilla pods and dry cedar boxes full of dry tobacco leaves.
Collectability:
This is one of those bottles that you’re probably not going to find. There are just so few of them. The ripple here is that you’ll rarely see a bottle of this open. This is a “straight-to-the-vault” bottle that just goes up and up in price.
This Heaven Hill release is an orphan barrel from Old Fitzgerald’s nearly extinct stocks. The juice is a blend of 12 barrels (from the old Stitzel-Weller distillery) that Heaven Hill inherited when they bought Old Fitz. They aged the whiskey for 20 years, vatted the barrels, cut the juice down to proof, and then bottled it in a unique decanter. Only 3,000 bottles were made.
Tasting Notes:
There’s an almost sherry vibe to the sip, with stewed plums swimming in dark holiday spices next to a lightly salted caramel note with a creamy vanilla base. The taste leans into the dried fruit and eggnog spices as a touch of bitter dark chocolate arrives with a hint of almost smoked plums nestled in cedar boxes full of brittle, dried tobacco. The end is long yet very silky with a mild dry nuttiness and a slight return to the stewed plums and savory caramel.
Collectability:
This is a very rare release from Heaven Hill. This goes right back to Pappy, is a wheated bourbon, and remains one of those bottles that you might see out in the wild, but it won’t be cheap. That being said, if you are seeing this on shelves at bars and rare bottle liquor stores, that means some of those 3,000 bottles are still getting poured, meaning your sealed bottle can only go up in price.
*Uproxx is not offering investment advice and cannot be held accountable for fluctuations in the bourbon whiskey market.
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New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast are still dealing with the after-effects of Hurricane Ida, which swept through the region and headed north in late August to disastrous effect. Cities as far away as Philadelphia and Boston saw storm damage, but New Orleans and Louisiana, in particular, have dealt with lost power, water and tree damage and just generally dealing with a state of emergency amid an already-deadly public health crisis. And as our friend Saz (pictured above) can attest, NOLA is still a bit of a stinky mess right now.
Compounding things in the city is a sanitation strike that’s seen an already-shorthanded city struggle with trash pickup in the weeks before and after the storm. Earlier in the year, workers walked out over being underpaid, leaving the city short on workers to pick up trash even before a debris-creating, power-obliterating mega-storm. With debris and trash overflowing under normal circumstances, the city is now essentially covered in uncollected garbage and created mounting frustrations for residents struggling in the aftermath of the storm, some of whom have actually taken to the streets to protest.
And apparently, one man tried to take things into his own hands to the detriment of his legal record. As the New York Post details, a man was arrested for threatening to kill the mayor over their inaction in the sanitation situation.
Daniel P. Jenkins, 59, called cops from a New York City telephone number Sunday evening and told the operator he planned to go to Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s office on Monday and shoot her if his trash wasn’t picked up or got answers as to when it would, NOLA.com reported.
According to police, they paid a visit to Jenkins who then told them it was him who called the cops about his plans.
Jenkins admitted he was fed up with being charged by the city’s Sewerage & Water Board without being serviced, officers wrote in court documents obtained by the outlet.
Jenkins also confessed to telling a police operator he wanted to shoot someone, but didn’t specify his target during an interview with investigators, cops wrote in a sworn statement filed in criminal court.
It’s a disturbing situation, to say the least, but shows just how stressed out people are amid a pandemic and natural disaster. When your city is suffering through a Hey Arnold episode, it’s hard to expect everyone to keep it together. And Jenkins’ frustration, though not his arrest for “terrorizing,” is certainly shared among many residents there who are frustrated that the mayor reportedly waited weeks to seek emergency bids for trash pickup in the storm’s aftermath. As WDSU notes, the mayor’s office finally responded to backlash by having workers from other departments of the city government going out to collect waste.
Hopefully “Operation Mardi Gras” can ease tensions in the city a bit, and get the rest of it back to smelling a bit less like the French Quarter almost always does regardless of natural disasters.
Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) has been in the public eye as a model for a while now, but when she married pop star Justin Bieber, the spotlight got a lot hotter. Now, the couple have had to deal with a lot of drama when it comes to fans of his ex-girlfriend, Selena Gomez, bullying Hailey and comparing the two women. Bieber has been clear with his fans that he’s really happy in his new relationship, and that nothing is going on between him and his ex, but now fans have been scrutinizing his behavior with his wife, leveling accusations on social media that he doesn’t treat his new wife well.
For her part, Hailey thinks the rumors are annoying and dismisses them completely. In a recent appearance on Demi Lovato’s 4D podcast, she addressed the rumors that Justin “mistreats” her head on. Around the 18:05 minute mark, she decides to speak on the matter and put it to bed. “There’s one big fat narrative that goes around that’s like ‘Justin is not nice to her and he mistreats her,’” she said. “It’s so far from the truth and it’s the complete and utter opposite. I really am lucky to say I’m with someone who is extremely respectful of me, who makes me feel special each and every day. So when I see the opposite of that I’m just like… huh.”
Over the last few months, many disturbing details about Activision Blizzard, the developers of games such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch, have come to light. These details include what the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has described as a “frat boy” culture where sexual harassment and poor working conditions ran rampant. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against Activision Blizzard, including one by the California DFEH and another by its own employees for “unfair labor practices.”
Activision Blizzard is reportedly now also under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the way the company has chosen to handle multiple sexual misconduct allegations within the company is one of the lead causes of the SEC investigation. According to the report, Activision Blizzard CEO, Bobby Kotick, and others at the company have been subpoenaed for the investigation.
Federal securities regulators have launched a wide-ranging investigation into Activision Blizzard Inc., including how the video game-publishing giant handled employees’ allegations of sexual misconduct and workplace discrimination, according to people familiar with the investigation and documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed Activision, known for its Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush franchises, and several of its senior executives, including longtime Chief Executive Bobby Kotick, according to the people and documents.
The report goes on to state that one of the major focuses of the SEC investigation is going to be about how Activision Blizzard handled many of the sexual misconduct and gendered pay disparity allegations that led to the original California DFEH lawsuit.
A few days ago, the Internet flew into a panic when Britney Spears suddenly deactivated her favorite social-media platform: Instagram. Not to worry, though: the singer quickly took to her Twitter account to reassure fans that everything was okay. “Don’t worry folks … just taking a little break from social media to celebrate my engagement !!!!” she wrote, adding, “I’ll be back soon.” And sure enough, Spears kept her word. Today, the performer popped back up with a post explaining where she’d been, captioning that she’d taken a weekend getaway to celebrate her engagement to boyfriend Sam Asghari.
“Some shots from my weekend getaway to celebrate my engagement with my … holy shit … FIANCÉ … I still can’t believe it !!!!” Spears wrote. “I couldn’t stay away from the gram too long so I’m back already.”
As we noted last week, Spears and Asghari had been dating for four years after meeting in 2016 during the video shoot for the singer’s “Slumber” track. Asghari’s manager, Brandon Cohen, said that he’s “proud to celebrate and confirm the engagement,” in a statement to People. He added, “The couple made their long-standing relationship official today and are deeply touched by the support, dedication, and love expressed to them.”
The news also comes at a time when Spears publicly expressed her wish to get married and have children with Asghari, which she alleged in her June 23 court hearing her conservatorship prevented her from doing. That said, her father recently opted to file a petition to end the singer’s 13-year conservatorship. The next case hearing is currently scheduled for September 29.
Over in the UK, football — aka soccer — is a driving cultural force. And soccer and music really aren’t that far apart in the end — just ask Ed Sheeran. So maybe it’s not that surprising that a football club (read: soccer team) is going to start their own record label. Officially titled Wolves Records, after the club’s full name Wolverhampton Wanderers, the label will work in tandem with Warner Music Group’s ADA label services to distribute their releases. The label has also tapped S-X, aka Sam Andrew Gumbley, a British songwriter and producer to help them search for the first artists they’ll sign.
“I am very excited to be involved and support Wolves Records from the beginning and am looking forward to helping identify the best local talent and working with the label’s first artists. Wolves and the city of Wolverhampton are both very close to my heart, and I am deeply passionate about giving talented young people from this area the best opportunities, and the rich musical talent that the West Midlands has to offer. I am genuinely looking forward to seeing how Wolves Records can impact the music industry and support new artists, and I’m also very proud that it is my club that is going to be the first in the UK to venture into music in such an authentic and exciting way.”
Ordinary Joe (NBC, 10:00pm) — It’s like Sliding Doors but with TV Prince James Wolk (Watchmen, Mad Men, Political Animals, Zoo) and no Gwyneth Paltrow. If that’s not enough to make you climb aboard, consider that Wolk will not only play a rock star (!) but also a nurse and a police officer, all during parallel timelines following a pivotal choice after college graduation.
9-1-1 (FOX, 8:00pm) — Yikes, ransomware threats cause a whole sh*tload of emergencies, even moreso than usual, including a helicopter crash (apparently atop a hospital) and the failure of an entire air-traffic control towar system.
Reservation Dogs: (FX on Hulu) — The lead quartet in this Sterlin Harjo/Taika Waititi show rocks suits that look strikingly similar to the characters of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, yet they’re four Indigenous teens who fight crime and also commit it. The show (which has some Atlanta vibes) was shot in and near Okmulgee, Oklahoma. This week, it’s tornado time with vigilante acts on the side.
Roswell, New Mexico (CW, 8:00pm) — Jones must be stopped, so Liz and Max are on the job while Alex’s whereabouts plague Michel with worry, and Isobel’s attempting to solve the puzzle.
Y: The Last Man (FX on Hulu) — The acclaimed graphic novel gets its due as a dystopian TV drama starring Diane Lane as the globe’s de facto president. Her son becomes, as the title suggests, the very last man on Earth following an apocalyptic event that pretty much obliterates the Y chromosome. FX recently made it known that although the Y appears to refer to the chromosome, the show will take a nuanced approach and not operate on a merely gender-binary level.
Late Night With Seth Meyers — Amy Adams, Lee Daniels, Girl In Red, Ande
In case you missed these weekend picks:
The Morning Show: Season 2 (Apple TV+ series) — The gang (Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Billy Crudup, at least) is back for a new round of attempting to evade the scandal-plagued nature of their business. This season, we’ll not only see more of Steve Carell but also Hasan Minhaj and Julianna Margulies as everyone’s positioning themselves, and they’re clawing at each other on their way to the top. Alex and Bradley still can’t stand each other, despite a certain level of begrudging respect. Things will get intense, as well, with the continued #MeToo theme and also some edging into the systemic racism issue while barbs are thrown, both on-and-off camera.
Cry Macho (Warner Bros. movie on HBO Max) — Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this story about an ex-rodeo star and failed horse breeder who falls upon tough times in the late 1970s. He ends up on a challenging journey of redemption while fetching a young boy from Mexico back to his father in Texas. Along the way, the grizzled horseman ends up teaching the boy how to be a decent man, and apparently, that involves showing emotions at times. Who knew?
Today, TMZ reported the death of actor Anthony “AJ” Johnson, who was best known for his roles in Friday and House Party in the 1990s, after he was found unconscious in a store at the age of 55. Due to his roles in a number of cult classic films and TV shows throughout the decades since, he was a figure of some stature in the world of hip-hop — as evidenced by the abundance of tributes from rappers like Bow Wow, Ice Cube, and Vince Staples.
“Sad to wake up to the news about AJ Johnson passing away,” Ice Cube wrote. ” Naturally funny dude who was straight outta Compton at the same time. Sorry I couldn’t bring your character Ezal back to the big screen in Last Friday.”
Bow Wow, meanwhile, revealed that he owes his entire career to AJ, who picked him out of the crowd at a show in Ohio during Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s The Chronic tour as a child.
Bow Wow reveals that the late great AJ Johnson was the person who picked him out of the crowd and pulled him on stage in Ohio during the Dre and Snoop Dogg’s Chronic on the fateful night that led to his fame. #RIPAJJohnson#Ajjohnson#Bowwowpic.twitter.com/g0Ii53HAXt
Among Johnson’s other memorable roles, the actor/comedian also appeared in B*A*P*S, Def Jam’s How to Be a Player, and The Players Club. He also appeared in the video for Dr. Dre’s “Dre Day” as Sleazy-E, a parody of Eazy-E, with whom Dre was feuding at the time.
We’re still sitting in that bizarre interim, in which teasers or trailers for future films dropped over a year ago, and studios are cranking out updates while they prepare to finally release these movies. In the case of Universal’s Halloween Kills, the first teaser trailer arrived in July 2020, and last month saw an updated version (in which Michael Myers lives, to no one’s surprise). That trailer previewed the fully-had-it-up-to-here mindset of Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode, who’s mad as hell at firefighters and vowing that Michael Myers is going down with an “evil dies tonight.”
Well, here’s the final trailer (for real!) after a recent update that the film will not only be in theaters on October 15, but it shall also be streaming on Peacock. The David Gordon Green-directed followup hasn’t received a universally warm reception among critics, but horror movies can often bypass that requirement to scare the bejesus out of mass audiences. Also, Laurie is vowing to finally make sure that Myers goes down, and yeah, we’ll see if that happens. If it was a matter of wills and badassery, she could make it happen, but that’s not how things usually roll out in this franchise. From the synopsis:
Minutes after Laurie Strode (Curtis), her daughter Karen (Greer), and granddaughter Allyson (Matichak) left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their unstoppable monster.
Previously, John Carpenter, who scored this installment, raved to IndieWire that the kill count is this sequel matches the title: “It’s fun, intense and brutal, a slasher movie times one hundred, big time. It’s huge. I’ve never seen anything like this: the kill count!”
Halloween Kills arrives on October 15, 2021.
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