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This Halloween movie is excellent! A real return to form! Technically, this is the first horror movie of the #MeToo era, and what a movie it is. The Halloween Franchise had been a bit stalled up to this point. With nowhere left to go after Rob Zombie’s reimagining, Blumhouse Studios came up with a great idea: Discount every sequel after the 1978 original and begin 40 years later setting up a whole new Timeline.
Writers Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, and director David Gordon Green have done their homework. They have apparently gone back over the original film with a fine-tooth comb and are going to bring us a new trilogy packed with familiar characters coming back after all these years. One example of this is Cameron Elam, the boy Laurie’s granddaughter Allyson dates. His dad, Lonnie Elam, is also mentioned in the film; Lonnie is the little kid in the original that Dr. Loomis scares by yelling at him to get off the Myers’ front porch. There are dozens of these Easter Eggs peppered throughout the film giving a little nod to all the sequels that came before it. That also happens to be the biggest complaint from most reviewers; the movie is too much of an homage to the original and the sequels to the point that some scenes and kills are filmed in the same manner. Here’s an Easter Egg that was really subtle: After learning that Michael escaped the transfer Deputy Frank Hawkins, who arrested Michael in 1978, tries to convince Sheriff Barker of how dangerous he is. Hawkins refers to the incident in ‘78 as the Babysitter murders. That was John Carpenter’s original title for the film before it was changed to Halloween.
So, it’s 4 decades later and that should make Michael Myers about 61. Not the ideal age to start a new killing spree, but hey, he looks like he’s in “Shape”. The movie establishes right away that Michael Myers is human and has no “supernatural abilities”. When watching the Halloween movies, it can be fun to count the victims and how they die, but here’s something different to do: count Michael’s injuries. When the movie opens Michael is shown outside on the courtyard at Smith’s Grove, you can clearly see his left eye is milky white due to Laurie sticking a wire coat hanger in it. An injury sustained 40 years earlier. Also, in a Deleted Scene, Laurie is shown to have a scar on her left shoulder from the night she faced off with The Shape all those years ago. With the filmmakers taking the time to put these past wounds in the film, it seems significant and HIGHLY likely that Michael’s injuries will accumulate over the course of these 3 films leading to his eventual demise/ defeat in Halloween Ends as has been teased. We’ll see.
Some of these injuries may not seem like much, but again, an accumulation effect should start to occur.
Michael’s Injuries:
Hit on left side of face with a crowbar
Hit across left arm with a wooden chair
Shot in the back of left shoulder with a revolver
Hit deliberately while on foot by a speeding police SUV
Knocked unconscious by landing on the pavement from being hit so hard from that last one
2 fingers on left hand blown off with a shotgun; Pinky and Ring finger
Grazing shot on right side of neck with a rifle
Stabbed in the back with a large kitchen knife
Smacked across the right side of the face and an uppercut to the chin with a cast iron skillet
Fell backwards down a flight of wood stairs headfirst b/c of that last one
Stabbed with a large kitchen knife on top of right shoulder
Side of the wrist on right hand slashed with a large kitchen knife
Kicked in the face
Left to die, trapped in the basement of a house on fire
…ESCAPES
Michael is a mess going into Halloween Kills, which is getting buzz that it’s THIS movie on speed. Never in ANY of the sequels has Michael sustained such injuries. Depending on what happens in the next installment, Halloween Ends might be a little rough for The Shape. As far as the Strode women go, they inflicted most of the damage to Michael in this film and all walked away to fight another day, or until later that same night, that is.
Thanks for taking the time to read this review. I know it's long!
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Halloween Is Back - Laurie Strode Too!
I don't go to the theater often, but we journeyed out into the world to see this new take on the Halloween story. It takes place as if no other movie was made than the first, and serves to answer the question of "what if he got caught?" There were many things I enjoyed about the film the first time, and there was one or two things that I didn't particularly enjoy about it. I was interested to see if a re-watch or any additional scenes would help answer some of the questions I had. While the film didn't really answer those questions, I found myself caring less about their explanations.When I heard that Danny McBride and David Gordon Green were going to be involved with this Halloween revival, I thought of the many ways it could go. After the Rob Zombie run, which I'm the rare fan of because I just love anything Halloween, I was interested to see where we would go. I didn't see the serious take that this was, and it really has some unnerving moments that I didn't see coming. Knowing that the story was about Laurie Strode, I thought maybe we'd see some of her old self shine through and have some of those light-hearted moments.Jamie Lee Curtis plays an extremely stressed out and on edge Laurie Strode who has been preparing for Michael Myers to come back for 40 years. What I love about this movie is that it honors the classic before it. Bringing back such important character requires some respect to the original, and it does so in every way. There are many shots throughout the film that are homages to their predecessors, and also one particular gag with Laurie that I thought was hilarious.Everyone involved does a fantastic job at bringing this story to life. From Jamie to Judy Greet and Andi Matichak, and the supporting characters of Allyson's father and the wisecracking kid from the babysitter scene. I think that the music really breathes life into this movie, and it's fitting considering that the original Halloween had the same success with its now timeless score. I loved watching the special features and seeing how John Carpenter worked with his son and one other person to create this new, haunting score for Halloween.Overall, this movie is well worth your time if you're a fan of the series or horror in general. It even passes for a fairly decent movie overall, and it's nice to see Jamie Lee Curtis back in the series and playing an integral part. She's long been distant from the horror genre but appears to have been ready to play this role her whole life. Special features included deleted scenes which are all pretty good, even one showing what happens to the dog that Michael Myers kills (let me tell ya, it's probably a good thing they deleted it lol). Also, we get to see a feature-length documentary about Jamie's trip to HorrorHound convention in Indianapolis I think in 2013, which was also really interesting to see how she honors the horror community and gives it her all.Case came in great condition with 4K & Blu-ray copies, this release also included a digital copy.
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HedenVegasReviewed in Italy on July 10, 2023
Un Omaggio Spaventoso e Coinvolgente al Classico Originale
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