Review of Halloween Kills (2021) by Iacomus — 16 Oct 2021

I’m a life long Halloween fan. Ofcourse nothing to me can touch the original. This new film Halloween kills set a new low for the franchise. It’s so bad that it’s worse than the notoriously worst Halloween films that are resurrection, Halloween 5 & the rob zombie remakes. I can’t describe how a whole load of nothingness the film is. The plot non existent. Jamie the lead character has like 10 minutes screen time which was completely cringe. It’s like she turned up for the quick easy money pay day as the reality kicks in that she won’t land a role as big as this any more. The way the movie was shot baffled me, even Halloween resurrection was filmed better. The kills were so frustrating and they didn’t even show them, they shown the final sequence of the film in a slow motion killing spree that left viewers and long term fans wondering what on earth they just watched. The lead characters and the return of a few characters from the original Halloween film seemed forced and quick. They also looked aging and tired, uninspired and lacking that touch that makes an actor today. Some scenes were completely pointless and lead nowhere. Such as the chasing of Lindsey or the chase of the mental patient. The lines were cringe worthy. ‘Evil dies tonight’. The vibe was dead. The film had no soul. The potential the film had was wasted. This would’ve even been a bad television movie if it hadn’t been released at cinemas. Michael Myers didn’t even seem like Michael Myers. No thrill of his appearance whatsoever. It was like it was a copy cat from the retirement home. The music was once again dependant on the music of old.

It’s extremely sad to me that this film had to be shot like this and released. They killed the franchise with this film more than every film after the original together. Don’t support blumhouse. They massacred this film in the wrong way.