Halloween (2018)

Bloody hell.

Tough crowd in here.
I saw it yesterday and it was exactly as I expected.

A decent slasher movie that did not challenge you too much and was enjoyable to watch.
Many here seem to be expecting a Citizen Kane or Apocalypse Now levels of plot and insightfulness

I watched the original over the weekend as I had not seen it in a long long time and I still liked it and I liked how this new offering paid homage to it.
Liked how the roles were reversed at the end. The wardrobes, and falling off the balcony etc, were a good nod.
I didn’t really like the doctor’s role and also didn’t like how you graphically saw people killed on screen when nothing like that was shown in the original which is probably more effective.

Left the cinema satisfied and will forget about it in a week or so as I wouldn’t take it so serious. 7 out of 10 for me

Jesus, it's a slasher movie, and it's a sequel. There's only so much they can do with that. In reality, if there is a slasher killer on a murderous rampage he gets apprehended or killed pretty quick by police. I like this Halloween because everything happens in the space of a few hours, like it would in real life. It feels real, like the first one. Even after the events of the first movie, they say Michael was apprehended and kept in captivity for 40 years. I like that! It's seems real. An unstoppable killer walking around endlessly killing people in the open is not real, hence most slasher movies and sequels are absolute muck. Name a slasher movie sequel that was any way good! I like the fact they tried to make this less of a generic slasher and more about the affects of trauma. Also they are not giving Michael some background explaining his ways, like those Rob Zombie ****e movies. The movie isn't about Michael; it is about random evil suddenly entering someone's life and changing it forever.


I'm also glad that they kills were so graphic and brutal. That's what they would actually look like. There were no major set-pieces with elaborate special effects for the gore hounds to applaud and jizz to; it was just straight up murder. Michael is not a sadist; he is just a homicidal, psychopathic force of nature, who only exists to kill (except for the Jack O Lantern cops head - Mikey had some fun with that one ). They went for something different in this movie, and I thought it was great. Instead of people bitching here, why not tell us what you would have liked to have seen in this movie (bearing in mind that slasher movies tend to not be very original)? The first Halloween was great because it was original and well done; this movie strived to do something different too and I applaud that.

sirmanga wrote: »

Although it may not be a true slasher film, Psycho had an incredible follow up with Psycho 2. One of the greatest sequels ever made. Some people, including Quentin Tarantino, even consider it better than the first one.
That's what I wanted to experience with this new Halloween. Not just a shrug of the shoulders and "meh, it's just a slasher."

Cool, I'm going to get Psycho 2 for Halloween! I think I saw it years ago, but don't remember it. Will check it out. Written by Tom Holland, one of the great horror directors of recent times. Hmmm, maybe that's the problem with the new movie; Green and McBride are not horror guys, so while I appreciated the new things they did, maybe they did not satisfy some of the hardcore horror fans.

I'm trying to think of a slasher sequel that was good. Aliens worked because it became a tense action thriller, rather than a horror, and I think Aliens is much better than Alien as a result. I think a successful sequel does have to do something different or it will always be negatively compared to the original.



The Scream sequels worked because the killer was ever-changing (although Scream 3 was garbage). Maybe that's the way to go with a Halloween sequel now; it becomes about who wears the mask and seeks to emulate Michael. They could do a decent sequel, with media and rubber-neckers descending on Haddonfield after the events of the movie. Think of this happening in a time of 24 hour news, and smartphones; Laurie and her family would be hounded! Michael's body could be taken as a trophy by someone, so there would be a question over is he even dead. Then have fans descend on Haddonfield at Halloween, touring around and wearing Michael costumes. Then the murders start again...the killer wears a Michael costume and gets closer and closer to the Strode family, until it is revealed the killer is the douche from the first movie that Laurie's grand-daughter rejected, and who wasn't killed by Michael. He also followed her to Laurie's house on Halloween, angry at her rejection of him: he witnessed the events, and was the one who took Michael's burnt corpse from the basement.



I have to have a lie down now...too much Scream-type stuff going on in my head :P

artvanderlay wrote: »

I'm trying to think of a slasher sequel that was good. Aliens worked because it became a tense action thriller, rather than a horror, and I think Aliens is much better than Alien as a result. I think a successful sequel does have to do something different or it will always be negatively compared to the original.



The Scream sequels worked because the killer was ever-changing (although Scream 3 was garbage). Maybe that's the way to go with a Halloween sequel now; it becomes about who wears the mask and seeks to emulate Michael. They could do a decent sequel, with media and rubber-neckers descending on Haddonfield after the events of the movie. Think of this happening in a time of 24 hour news, and smartphones; Laurie and her family would be hounded! Michael's body could be taken as a trophy by someone, so there would be a question over is he even dead. Then have fans descend on Haddonfield at Halloween, touring around and wearing Michael costumes. Then the murders start again...the killer wears a Michael costume and gets closer and closer to the Strode family, until it is revealed the killer is the douche from the first movie that Laurie's grand-daughter rejected, and who wasn't killed by Michael. He also followed her to Laurie's house on Halloween, angry at her rejection of him: he witnessed the events, and was the one who took Michael's burnt corpse from the basement.



I have to have a lie down now...too much Scream-type stuff going on in my head :P

That's a very good plot in theory , would pay to see it

I'd love a proper Scream film again, the TV shows are okay throw away rubbish , they don't even licence the proper mask ,

1st thing they should do in a new scream film is kill off Neve Campbell, that would be interesting if Michael actually finally killed Jamie Lee Curtis

Maybe your right , another interesting take would be her herself becoming the new Ghostface but they'd never get the actress to agree to it , because I think she has been quoted as saying she'd never do another one

I really enjoyed this. It has it's issues but they weren't so bad that I couldn't enjoy it or won't enjoy it when I watch it when Halloween comes around. Jamie was good in it. Michael was proper sinister in it, that's what you really want.

Loughc wrote: »

I remember H20 ended with Michael being Beheaded and the next Halloween movie started with the reveal that, that wasn't Michael under the mask, it was a security guard with his mouth taped up, they could do something similar to that.

Bare in mind that the writers wrote this purposely with a part 2 in mind.

Ya I like the Halloween films but just wonder will they ever eventually let him die.

Loughc wrote: »

It'll die when the box office returns die.

Even then it will still likely be rebooted again at some stage!