Written by James M. Tate / 10/22/2018 / No comments / 2018 , body count , franchise , halloween , horror , jamie lee curtis , new , sequel , thriller , will patton
POST WEEKEND REVIEW OF THE NEW 'HALLOWEEN' MOVIE
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Review of the new Halloween YEAR: 2018 |
And here's a dirty little secret not everyone agrees with. The sparse 1978 blockbuster is extremely far from perfect. But... it was a solid, good horror movie, and was genuinely groundbreaking for a body count slasher flick involving a handful of doomed teenagers, which started off an endless chain of copycats including FRIDAY THE 13TH. So where new director David Gordon Green succeeds is making a simple slasher yarn without too many extravaganzas...
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Halloween 2018 Rates: ***1/2 |
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Half a teaser poster |
And right before, a twist centered on Myers' psychiatrist (Laurie actually addresses him as "the new Loomis" referring to Donald Pleasence's Dr. Loomis) is a tad random, farfetched and downright bizarre, but it happens so that the conclusion technically makes sense. Which can sum up this entire two-hour experience: None of it would exist without decades of previous installments; after all, those maligned sequels and remakes helped make the original be that much more timeless, and, thankfully, HALLOWEEN 2018 mirrors its most important asset: In not trying too hard to be great, it's good enough to stand completely by itself.
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