Review of Halloween (2018) by Chad C — 02 Nov 2018

So, I don't like this film, but when I ask myself what I would want from a new film featuring these characters, I come up with a blank. I think that's because there's really no reason for this film to exist.

We've seen sequels to "Halloween", the best of which has nothing to do with these characters at all. There's a serviceable "Halloween II" that features Jamie Lee Curtis. We've already had a self-aware "Halloween" film that ignored several sequels and jammed an older Curtis at us.

The reason this film exists is that it knows you liked seeing Michael fall off a balcony and then not be there when you looked back, so it's going to do that again with a slight twist. YOU LIKE SEEING THE FAMILIAR SO GIVE US MONEY.

I suppose this wouldn't bother me if this was a legitimately good film, but it's barely passable. What it's most like is the host of generic, slightly self-referential slasher clones that flooded screens in the 90's after "Scream" was an unexpected hit.

It's dull and vaguely nonsensical.