The nightmare isn't over as unstoppable
killer Michael Myers escapes from Laurie Strode's trap to continue his ritual
bloodbath. Injured and taken to the hospital, Laurie fights through the pain as
she inspires residents of
Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, James Jude Courtney,
Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Anthony Michael Hall, Thomas Mann
Release Date:
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Rated R for strong bloody violence
throughout, grisly images, language and some drug use
Runtime: 1h 45min
Review:
Halloween Kills is a strange unfocused
follow up to a 2018 refresh. David
Gordon Green’s film is tonally all over the place with it going for goofy
laughs in large swaths before switching back to more standard horror
tension. It’s gorier than its immediate
predecessor but there are only a handful of truly tense moments that result in
real scares. Jamie Lee Curtis is mostly
sidelined for the majority of the film leaving supporting characters like
Anthony Michael Hall and Andi Matichak carrying the majority of the film. Hall, playing a grown Tommy from the original
film, delivers an overblown performance that never nails the generational
trauma that he’s supposed to represent.
Other legacy actors appear but are given painfully little depth and are
asked to make the stupidest decisions possible.
Andi Matichak is terribly bland which leaves her scenes coming off as
generally disinteresting regardless of what’s going on. Judy Greer, on the other hand, makes the best
of her scenes as she provides the only noticeable energy on screen. The story
attempts to deliver a bigger message more meaningful message but it fumbles it
badly leaving it unfocused. Halloween
Kills ends up feeling incomplete and unfinished which is a shocking downgrade
from 2018 refresh.
D
