Halloween (2018)

I decided to re-watch only the 1978 original before this one, as it retcons and ignores the rest of the sequels.

The blissful return of Michael Myers, his William Shatner mask and the butcher knife, they are all a surprise to see return towards the franchise and anno 2018, the formula still works.

Directly(well, 40 years later) a sequel towards the original, Halloween(2018, they should had called it The Shape or Michael Myers instead) is a well done slasher horror as the kill count is high, the suspense is present, Jamie Lee Curtis is kicking ass for a third time in this series spanning 4 decades and the original soundtrack is also intact.

The movie also plays nods and references to scenes of the original, even going so far as mirroring some of them, such as Laurie Strode disappearing from the ground as Michael watches from the balcony, or when Laurie is stalking him instead of her.

Halloween(2018) is a commercial success, it redeems the franchise, and it’s one of the best entries. Who knows, it just might be start of a return to form for all of our beloved horror icons, and perhaps even crazier, would a shared universe work?

Rating: 7.0