“Evil doesn’t return—it catches up.”

One year after the copycat spree, Haddonfield outlaws Halloween: no pumpkins, no parades, just curfews and floodlights. When a scorched mask in the evidence room fogs from the inside, the town’s heartbeat starts keeping time. Allyson (Matichak) charts a 50‑year pattern—every massacre begins with a door left open.

Hawkins (Patton) follows blueprints to a service tunnel beneath the fallen radio tower. Lindsey (Richards) leads a survivors’ circle that starts speaking in the same voice. The trailer snaps: a grocery‑aisle blackout, basement washer churning red, a kitchen timer ticking toward silence. Then The Shape steps into the frame—slow, certain, inevitable. Final sting: the mask reflected in Allyson’s eyes… with breathing behind her.