Review of Halloween (2018) by Tobyfromhr — 21 Oct 2018

I first saw the original Halloween on Halloween night when I was in 4th grade. I still remember it like it was yesterday because it really kick started my love for film. Still today, Halloween is my favorite film of all time. Even though most of the sequels are super cheesy, I still love watching all of them. When I heard they were making a sequel to the original and ignoring the rest, I was a little skeptical but also excited because I could see Michael Myers on the big screen again. I saw Halloween (2018) over the weekend and I have to say that this is best sequel since Halloween II. I loved every single moment of the film. Not only was it a true Halloween film, it was just a overall good film in general. The acting was top notch, the scares were perfect, the death scenes were brutal, and the character development was fantastic. I loved how they took out the super natural part of Michael Myers and went back to the roots and made him a psychopathic murder/stalker. I read a review somewhere that described this movie as the Terminator 2 of the Halloween series and I totally agree. Laurie Strode was bad ass and I loved that she would do anything to protect her family.

I read a lot of negative reviews on this site and other sites and I don't really get the negativity. Did people see the same movie as I did? All the negative comments and reason's why people didn't like it just seem childish to me. I think people were expecting a non stop slasher from beginning to end with tons of sex and violence, but this film is more than that. If you watch the original Halloween, the intense part of the film starts an hour in. Laurie only finds the bodies of her friends and faces Michael Myers like the last 15 minutes of the film. The first half of the original is a stalker movie, not a slasher movie. I saw the new movie with my wife and she does not like horror movies but she walked out of there really liking it. She thought it was just a overall good film. She told me "I liked it because it wasn't your typical cheesy horror movie" which I agree 100%.

If you are a true Halloween fan or you like a really good tense film, I think you will really enjoy the new Halloween film. If you go in thinking there will be tons of blood, gore, kills, and sex, then I think you will be disappointed.