This was a deliberate choice as well, and something that co-writer Danny McBride (yes, that one) thinks is totally common with franchise films.
There is also one important thing to mention about the new Halloween movie: it brings back series creator and horror master John Carpenter to the franchise.
Rob Zombie’s Halloween movies reinvent their own series of events, and Halloween III: Season of the Witch takes place in a world where the 1978 Halloween is a movie to watch on TV.
The Halloween franchise is no stranger to having selective continuity.