Halloween (2018)

Director: David Gordon Green

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak

Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Whenever, it seems, there’s a big hype surrounding a film it turns out I don’t like it. ‘Halloween 2018’ is no exception. The film was hailed as the franchise’s great return, and smashed box office records, so I highly anticipated watching this film. It was SO DISAPPOINTING!

The first few minutes of the film were very interesting as they set-up the characters (although there were way too many unnecessary characters) and we see how prepared Laurie Strode is should Michael ever escape and come for her. The film should have been about Laurie Strode. It was nice to see Jamie Lee Curtis back again, but she merely made a guest appearance, diminished by the hordes of characters. And how many back stories can you cram into one film?? Seriously?!

From the instant the first character is killed, the film becomes a rehash of not only previous Halloween films, but previous slasher films. Ultimately the film offers nothing new, so I genuinely can’t understand why this film was such a big success. I got bored. I mean, literally BORED! It was a senseless bodycount deluxe, characters were added simply for the kill, they tried blending humor into the film (which was just stupid!!), the characters did the silliest things – it was cringe worthy!! The film wasn’t scary. It wasn’t suspenseful. It had cliche upon cliche. It had uninteresting characters. It had the typical Halloween ending that wants us to believe Michael is dead while we know better. Once again there’s the cliched “burn the entire house down” routine. (Gosh, in how many movies have we seen this already???) I couldn’t wait for this to end! It was ANNOYING!! Aaaargghhhh! Please end ‘Halloween’ now!!!!!