Though the second Halloween film is no longer canon, this version of Halloween pays homage to it by featuring a version of Haddonfield that appears to be on higher alert than the one seen in the original.
Looking at this new trailer, it actually makes a lot of sense to think that this is a sequel to Halloween that honors Halloween II.
From there, the trailer for the new Halloween covers a lot of what we already expect from the movie, while filling in some of the plot games that we have been waiting to see filled in.
Laurie is basically the modern version of Sam Loomis (her big, silver revolver reminds us of Loomis’ gun), and her move to team up with the cops in a substantive way feels like a callback to the second film.