Halloween isn't over. It's frightful that I must start this epilogue to my review series with a reminder that we're still due a 2022 film called Halloween Ends, which will wrap-up the reboot of the franchise that started with the 2018 film. Rest assured, I'll be back to review that movie when the time comes,... Continue Reading →
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 →
Unconventional is an understatement. For a franchise that seemed to have been retreading old ground over and over again with it's earlier sequels, you do have to admire just how bizarre and weird Rob Zombie was able to make this film with his new ideas on how the Halloween story should end, regardless of if... Continue Reading →
It may sound contradictory to call a remake of one of the most simplistic horror films ever made "different", but in truth it is. And it is for that reason Halloween 2007 has managed to stand out in the franchise from many of the weaker sequels. Even by comparison to H20, which did what it... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Halloween 6 is the most non-committal film in the franchise, despite introducing one of the wackiest plot elements of the original continuity. It's a curious title because the whole thing reeks of desperation - clearly a product that is trying very hard to be successful and unique from it's predecessors, while simultaneously not really doing... Continue Reading →
It might seem disingenuous to subtitle a review of a film that some would consider a cult classic as "the one without Myers", but given the large shadow Halloween as a franchise casts over it, I find it to be nothing but necessary. Because regardless of if you love or hate this film, it's legacy... Continue Reading →
After the out of nowhere success of the original Halloween it was set in stone that a sequel would be made which, in 1981, resulted in the release of Halloween 2 (not to be confused with Halloween 2. Yes, this is a running gag now). The film takes place immediately after the events of the... Continue Reading →
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