A solid requel (Spoilers) After the attempt to turn the series into an anthology didn’t work out, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers does exactly what the subtitle says it does. It brings back the boogeyman, this time without John Carpenter. This entry is notable as the first film in the series without Carpenter’s …
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Halloween IIs
Both are good follow-ups (Spoilers) Halloween II (1981) occurs on the same night as the previous film. Halloween II (2009) initially seems like it’s going to follow the same path, but after a lengthy bait-and-switch nightmare sequence, it picks up two years later. For clarity, I’ve reviewed the theatrical cut of ’81, but the director’s …
This is the end
Or is it? (Almost certainly not)(Massive Spoilers) Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) is a young man living in Haddonfield who accidentally kills the kid he’s babysitting on Halloween. After Micheal Meyers (James Jude Courtney) escaped at the end of the last movie, Haddonfield takes their collective grief and rage out on Corey, turning him into the …
Should this be Halloween 3 or 10?
Either way, it’s not the final chapter. (Unmarked Spoilers) Michael Meyers (James Jude Courtney, Nick Castle). Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). Halloween. You know the drill by now.
Pick up every stitch
Meet the black sheep of the franchise (Unmarked Spoilers) As the horror fans among you would know, but perhaps not anyone else, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is not about Michael Meyers. The man, the myth, the legend doesn’t even appear in the film outside of a brief cameo in a tv commercial. Series writer and …
The night he came home, three times
A holiday retrospective. Halloween (1978) is one of those movies that has a massive impact on the genre. Much like Suspiria (1977), there’s not really any character development, and the little plot in the film is basically an excuse for great music and atmosphere. Here’s the whole plot in a nutshell. Murderer Michael Myers (Nick Castle, Tony Moran, …
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