I'm going to come out and say it right off the bat; Halloween Kills was a big disappointment. After Halloween 2018 gave a solid, if quite derivative, attempt to return the franchise to form by honouring the best of the originals, Halloween Kills undoes that by repeating the mistakes of the original series' worst movies;... Continue Reading →
Halloween (2018) Review – Back to Basics
Halloween, not to be confused with Halloween or Halloween, is a sequel to Halloween, but not to Halloween. Neither is it a sequel to Halloween 2 or to Halloween 2. Easy to understand, right? Okay, but seriously, Halloween 2018 does away with all of the sequels before it and instead concerns itself with being a... Continue Reading →
Halloween Resurrection (2002) Review – Another Step Back
For the most part, Halloween H20 wasn't just a bump in the franchise's quality after an array of worsening films, but it was the first one that I can actively call good and genuinely entertaining on more than one level since maybe Halloween 2 (1981). With that in mind, it's 2002 sequel, Halloween Ressurection, seemed... Continue Reading →
Halloween H20 (1998) Review – A Glimmer of Hope
When you think about it, with the knowledge of just how far the franchise had fallen, resetting Halloween and returning to Michael Myers' obsession with Laurie Strode sounds like a bit of a desperate attempt to cling to relevancy. Based on the plot synopsis, it first appears to be nothing but retreading old ground. But... Continue Reading →