Halloween 2 was the best because of the year it was made. A shot-for-shot remake today would be terrible no matter how much or how little money they threw at it.
This 2018 woke shit is disgusting they steal everything and say it doesn’t exist juvenile crap dumb humors bahn mi sandwich between the two cops was fucking awful the best part when Myers killed that little fruit cause he wanted to go to his dance class all men were portrayed as losers and cheaters and all women were great what garbage from green pansy and fat mc slob no attention asshole
So glad they did away with the STUPID (dumb) sibling (brother sister) storyline! Back to the original basics. Better than Zombie’s generic shit, not a masterpiece but the best since the original Halloween 2
The offscreen kills really bugged me in this movie. There were just way too many. The couple, the two cops, the lady with the hammer, the journalist lady, the people at the gas station. Way too many kills you don’t see.
I think the only kills I actually liked in this movie were the lady with the knife jammed into her throat, and the doctor getting his skull crushed under Michael's boot and that's about it!
Daniel Milburn No but it’s a fucking cop out to use that many off screen kills in a slasher movie. This is a more competently directed movie then the rob zombie movies. I’m not asking for random rape scenes I’m asking for them to show him kill that women with a hammer. Like in Rick Rosenthal’s Halloween 2. Show me him killing the cops, the young couple etc. slashers have an easy formula. It’s boobs blood and mayhem. You have to show the majority of your kills on screen.
The kills don't actually matter that much. And there's two 'offscreen' kills in the original, that are as 'offscreen' as the podcasters is. His sister and the mechanic.
This was way way over hyped i was sooo disappointed in it and my expectations was way too high and i should have known better. The movie totally lacked any kind of suspense or atmosphere and im sorry but the original Rick Rosenthal Halloween 2 blows this new one completely out of the water. The best thing about this film was the look of Michael i loved his look and especially the mask.
I finally saw this recently and I agree wholeheartedly with your opinions on it. This is easily one of the most overrated horror films in recent memory. It's boring, it's not anywhere near as clever as it thinks it is, and it's ultimately fucking pointless. This is Now That's What I Call Halloween 40 Years Later. Way too many lazy homages to other films in the franchise that is trying to ignore and retcon, ridiculous attempts at humor and levity that are pure cringe, and despite some decent practical effects, a good score by Carpenter, and nice atmosphere and direction, it's a generic lame take on H20 with all of the awful touches present in most of Blumhouse's worst films. I don't understand the hype at all. This film is just as bad as the Rob Zombie films to me but in a different way. The boring one.
I don't believe Laurie Strode would have a batcave bunker with guns and traps in her house after 40 years. Like, taking Halloween 2 out of the picture apparently, only the traumatic events of Halloween 1978 happened with the killings of her friends, and then she wounded Michael a few times then he got shot off the balcony. For all she knows, he could've wandered off and died from blood loss. Even if he's not dead, he's locked up. It's not like Michael is looking for Laurie when he gets free. But after 40 years, she decides to have a batcave house on the off chance that he'll come looking for her when she was the one that went looking for him. I get going out to find him and kill him to stop him from killing anyone else, but I just find it hard to believe that she wouldn't try to move on. I think the PTSD from H20 is more believable. We'll just say she's insane now.
I saw this when i was on my way home from Santa Fe's comic con as my mom and her friend Sal went to Las Lunas theaters as they went to see hotel movie and i went to see this as i'm glad i didn't pay any money for this. It's nothing but a half-assed sequel with poor writing, poor scares, boring story and steals from Halloween 2 1981/4/H2O which are all better than this and almost not as bad as 5/Resurrection/Zombie's 2 and as lame as 6/Zombie's remake. Horrible movie! i put it on par with Zombie's 1 and 2, Resurrection and 5 being one of the worst halloween films! poor writing and all, this was a waste of money for me! i'm done, i'm fed up with this franchise, to me it ended with H2O and i don't need a fake Halloween 2 when i got the real one at home on blu-ray in my boxset as that's the real Halloween 2 to me from 1981. Also ripping off H2O, 4, 1978 and 2, it's not homaging it's just stealing from the other films. This one is just a sloppy money grab with no soul/passion or likable characters, even Jamie Lee Curtis was no help as she was haggard and did this for a paycheck and for money. I think it's time we bury this franchise! no one asked for this sequel. Stop beating this dead horse already! let it rest in peace as Michael earned his retirement. To have horror get out of the shitter in the mainsteam is to take a page from the independent studios and independent horror films and foreign horror films with stuff like It Follows, Housebound, The Babadook, Tragedy Girls etc. stop remaking great horror films that don't need to be remade like Poltergeist, stop making sequels to worn out horror franchises, stop prequels etc. independent horror films are out from the shitter known as mainstream when the mainstream should get out of the shitter, look for independent or foreign and say "fuck the mainstream" sometimes as sometimes there is surprises like A Quiet Place etc. and when i'm talking mainstream i mean shit like Poltergeist remake which thankfully bombed and Insidious 4 which didn't do well and dunno why Ouiji a hit, i'm glad people went to see It Follows and some people support that. Enough too much PG-13 stuff like Ouiji but A Quiet Place was excellent and IT was an R rated hit. Remake little known films like Blood Beach or Lifeforce rather than classics like Poltergeist which thankfully bombed but Suspiria looks nice and should be a good remake that is trying something different than be a xerox copy like Poltergeist. They need risks again, take it again mainstream just like the independents are! Paranormal Activity wasn't a risk, stop with the ghost movies, stop with the found footage movies and do something different in the mainstream. Take a page from It Follows. Stop being lazy mainstream horror, get off your fat ass and put down the potato chips or twinkies down and shoving them in your mouth and do something else, start trying to do something unique. Just try something different than another remake of a great movie like Poltergeist, sequel to an older franchise, found footage and all that. I don't get the hype and praise Halloween 2018 is getting! i just don't want to see these horror icons (Jason, Freddy, Chucky, Ghostface, Michael, Leatherface, Jigsaw) over and over again on the big screen and your just gonna get diminishing returns just like the Universal monsters being ran into the ground in the 30s/40s/50s as they had huge characters and big hits on their hands then pumped out sequel after another (the only great sequel is Bride of Frankenstein) and the bottom completely fell out with diminishing box-office returns and before these characters became jokes even with Abbot and Costello movies then Universal knew when to quit. If Halloween 2018 becomes a hit then studios will be like "audiences want more Halloween, they want more Candyman, more Freddy, Jason Voorhees etc.", but for Candyman, one Candyman movie was enough as the first was excellent but the sequels were cash-ins and no more Elm Street films, Robert IS Freddy as Jackie proved it was a failure to recast Freddy for you can't do it, Robert IS the character and always was as even Englund said so. Can't we have new horror icons already? let the worn out old tired icons like Freddy, Michael, Jason, Leatherface, Jigsaw, Ghostface, Candyman, Chucky and Pinhead die and rest in peace already, don't keep digging up them from their graves every 5 or 10 or 15 years then propping their corpses up on the big screen in Weekend at Bernies style. Just come up with with your own new horror icon and new horror franchise already! i'm not super big in Insidious and the Conjuring spin-offs but at least it's something different, well not quite different, but not the same old horror franchise some of us seen or the same horror icons for they are trying to create their own. I know they haven't been the best but at least they are giving a damn and giving it an effort, that's just how i feel about it. Just try try again mainstream horror! making new horror icons would actually work because there are no ideas to bring in for most horror icons. New horror icons might get the hate, but it may take time before the newer ones would gain praise. I'll say this though. Even though using the same stuff is unnecessary. Just like in the last decade we got new horror icons in the mainstream like the Creeper, Captain Splauding and Jigsaw while Sam from Trick R Treat becomes a cult horror icon with Leslie Vernon when Trick and Behind the Mask were sent to the DVD direct to video market rather than to all mainstream theaters which should had happened even Hatchet was shown in midnight theaters than all theaters as there's Victor Crawley whom is a cult horror icon. Now outside the mainstream we got Wolfcop, Tucker and Dale etc. should had been released in all theaters. I'd say end these horror franchises (Chucky/Halloween/Elm Street/Friday The 13th/Saw/Scream/Hellraiser/Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and bury them, let them rest in peace from film and let them live on through merchandise, comics, video games, toys, appreal, streams of the old movies on amazon/hulu/crackle/Netflix whatever even re-issues of the films on blu-ray and that's fair game. Can we have new original cinematic horror icons/new franchises already? try to come up with new horror icons/franchises and try try again mainstream and let the older franchises rest in peace in favor of new franchises/new icons. I saw Hell Fest which is something different in mainstream horror and a comeback for slasher films, we send the message to studios we want fresh new horror icons and new franchises as that movie has potential to make one. Yet there is some like me and Matt/MIke being them some other horror fans who are tired of these same old worn out horror franchises being hurt by these new sequels/remakes hurting the franchises legacy and staining their name to become jokes). Just don't make anymore. That's my advice. The more you make, the longer you keep this franchise sucking the life out of other horror projects and potential franchises. This is like when Universal completely ran their Monsters franchise into the ground, just make new ones already and new icons. Being a fan of these horror franchises/older horror icons is like having a beloved friend who's been on life support for years, some have come to accept they are gone and your just waiting for someone to pull the life support plug.
I left the theater depressed and bored this is the best they could come up with with all this supposed talent I know carpenter didnt have much to do with the screenplay and even if he looked at it remember what he did to snake plissken in escape from la you wanna talk about a crap film and who doesnt love the snake character carpenter lost his talent along time ago
@@uncharted7againblackking256 Seen his reviews? he's a fantastic reviewer! check out his excellent review on Creepshow and his hilarious rant on August Underground (aka worst film he's seen)
This is why I wish they had gone with the Halloween III: Season of the witch route to bring something new and fresh to the franchise get away from Michael Myers.
It’s funny that the version of Laurie in H20 went through more in that story arc than the 2018 Laurie. The 2018 version just encountered Michael once that night in the original film. The H20 version of Laurie encounters Michael in the first film and second throughout the hospital, and that version of Laurie was more sane than 2018 Laurie...
Laurie in 2018 was totally understable and even better developed than the boring H2O version that doesn't even felt/ looked like Laurie Strode at all. Laurie never got help after the events of 1978. JLC herself explained that Laurie doesn't even had support by her own parents, she lost her close friends, she was almost murered, she saw how Michael scaped like nothing happened after being stabbed by her and shot by Loomis. She returned to school just two days after that horrific night and nobody helped her, there was no mental heath services offered for her (Everything was different back in the 70s). I hate when people say Laurie was "unrealistic" in 2018, because there's a lot of real people around the world with less worse traumas than Laurie's that actually have lived traumatized for decades. In the Halloween Ends novelizaton they even explain that Laurie's mom kicked her out of the house because of her traumas, paranoia & nightmares, then she became older and everyone treated her as the freak, even her daughter got away fro her, plus, Jamie Lee Curti's acting performance was far superior in Halloween (2018), (she even brooke a rib on the fight sequence) and she actually looked like Laurie aesthetically speaking. I love the fact that she was a prepared warrior (She was way cooler in 2018) instead of a coward that even faked her death and changed her name (I love the fact that she became a teacher in H2O, but that's all, also, the sibling twist was unnecesary). Laurie in H20 did nothing until the third act of the movie ,and she even killed a paramedic after a hilarous chase scene at the school. Akkad tricked JLC since the beggining on killing Michael in H2O and then, he disrespected her killing her character off in Halloween Resurrection. Halloween (2018) exlpored trauma and fear in a deeper and more complete way, also, I love the subtext of the movie about how people minimize other people tragedies because of today's standars. The poadcasters even humanize the monster (Michael) tryng to find for an explanaton and seeing his victim as another monster because of her lifestyle (Lauire) Just like JLC said, If Lauire would have left Haddonfield, evild have would won, and they gave her a more complete & deeper story,and the happy ending she deserved. Halloween (2018) is the best sequel in the franchise, the best movie after the original. because Michael was terrifyng, he looked cool as fuck, the score soundtrack by Jhon Carpenter was magnifecent, the atmosphere was top tier, the acting was better, the kills were better than in H2O, they erease that stupid siblings thing, JLC was magnifecent and the third act was wild and more serious. H2O is boring, it has no atmosphere after the opening, the soundtrack was easily the worst in the franchise, the masks were AWFUL, the fight was more like a hilarous chase scene, it felt more like Scream and at the end, Akkad tricked JLC on killing Michael Myers and that lead us to Halloween Resurrection. Here's a video of JLC herself explained a little bit of Laurie's story from 2018 : ruclips.net/video/dvbePi1o_Q0/видео.html
another big problem for me is how this 40 years later timeline Disregards all the sequels. Danielle Harris in an interview was especially bummed about it because according to this Jamie Lloyd never existed. being protective of her character you can see why Danielle Harris would be pissed
the dr Sartain swerve was completely unnecessary. Had no effect on the overall story of the movie. it sucked Will Patton died i enjoyed the character just didn't have enough screen time.
The tracking shot with the killing two neighbors was the best part of the movie! The rest of it was rather tensionless, no dreadful atmosphere, too brightly light, and Sluggish pace. Although I do like the new score by Carpenter and his son, the movie doesn't create the Boogeyman of the first two films, or even part 4. I think they're intentions were more genuine than any other sequels, it's a miss overall.
This franchise died with H2O! Resurrection, V, Rob Zombie's 2 were horrible and Rob Zombie's remake and 6 with lame just like this movie! this franchise is already dead and Michael earned his retirement from the genre even the franchise! i hope the next one after the next flops as your just gonna get diminishing box-office returns and sometimes enough is enough, it's better to return this franchise back to the grave where it belongs and to rest in peace. Come up with new horror franchises and icons already.
@BootherJr It's also really stupid how they called this sequel the same title of the original, were the film makers that fucking lazy that they couldn't come up with a different title to indicate that it's a sequel, stupid.
I liked it but it I was seriously disappointed Didn’t like the granddaughter or daughter The humor bugged me The intro and ending were underwhelming I just thought it woulda been more epic and groundbreaking
Jason Neil the best parts for me were Michael Myers and Laurie strode Everything else that filled in the movie around that was the problem to me The pacing felt jumbled and I think the camerawork could have been more smooth The whole movie should have been tracking of Myers Also one thing is Michael rarely stalks anyone in the film That bothered me a lot
I thought the moldy, rotten pumpkin inflating into a fresh fully formed pumpkin in the opening credits was interesting, but also extremely on-the-nose! Like the filmmakers were obviously implying that the Halloween franchise for years has been rotten, but now we're trying to rejuvenate life into it again.
LordMalice6d9 it was a nice visual But when the title credits appeared it felt abrupt I woulda opened the film with a POV MYERS SEQUENCE OR A LOOMIS AND MICHAEL COURTROOM SCENE HAVE LOOMIS GIVE A SPEECH HE LOSES IT WHEN THEY DONT GIVE HIM THE DEATH PENALTY AND SHOOTS HIM DEAD IN THE EYES THEN A CLOSE UP OF MICHAELS EYES BLEEDING DOWN ON HIS FACE LIKE IN H2 81 then BOOM! David Gordon’s Green HALLOWEEN
he should have said feel the power of love since later on in the film there was a shameless plug for universal studios with the freaking back to the future pinball machine myers doesnt talk to limeys
I agree this move was terrible. .. The most boring Halloween ever Questions 1. If u under the house why would you shoot threw the floor letting him know where you are. 2 does Michael take steroids how was this 65 year old man lifting up people like they are little kids stabbing them threw walls. 3 how was Michael punching threw glass 4 how did he escape the buss causing it to crash? Did he break his cuffs? If he can break cuffs why did he wait 40 years to escape #5 what was so special about this Halloween he let 39 Halloweens pass and did nothin lol #6 he get shot with a 45 to the back, hit by a truck, shot with a shotgun and stabbed AND HE STILL COMING!!!!!!! THIS IS THE STRONGEST GOT DAMN 65 YEAR OLD IVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!! JESUS
The whole point of this movie is to take him back to being the "evil on 2 legs" he was in the original. He isn't a 65 year old man per say. He's an incarnation of evil. Therefore he can do almost anything. I do agree with why wait 40 years though.
@@FTRHOODFRESH8984 again bud go watch interviews with Carpenter from over the years. He's NOT meant to be human. He's meant to be simply the shape of evil. Not human. That's what I'm saying.
No, you are completely wrong. It is entirely possible for even a 60 year old man to still be able to perform some of the feats of strength that Michael Myers did in this film, it is painfully obvious that you are not familiar with martial arts, as even a trained 60 year old martial artist can kick the living shit out of a 20 something little shit stain! However, nothing in this film leads us to believe that Michael is trained however, and he is simply just described as "pure evil". And I also believe that movie implied that it was the crazy doctor who helped Michael escape from the bus.
@@dweetsauce8513 Finally somebody had the balls to say It the first Halloween is good and all but it's so fucking overrated....and this movie it just fucking blows.
@@dweetsauce8513 the original "Halloween" movie is still better than this piece of turd shit. I knew this new "Halloween" movie was gonna be garbage. It sucks.
Fuck this! Halloween is a dead franchise, let the next one bomb so we can give studios the message that some of us are tired of the same old horror icons and let them rest in peace. We need new horror icons and franchises like Quiet Place which was a risk and it was a hit and we are getting a sequel
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I also realize how important Donald Plesence character Dr Loomis was, the man was brilliant, this franchise has been dead since he died anyway,...and not even John C, or Jamie Lee can bring it back
@@anubusx Just my opinion, but I hated the movie! I'm a HUGE fan of the original and I enjoyed 2 and even liked 3. After that, they all sucked! I decided after seeing the 2018 movie in theaters, I'M DONE! I might watch the new movies when they come out on redbox...MAYBE!!
I know I’m late to this comment thread but, I think this franchise would’ve been perfect if they ended it with Halloween 2 (1981) i love season of the witch and wish it would’ve just gone the route of being an anthology series. Because everything Michael Myers after part 2 in my opinion is just stupid. Part 2 was a perfect conclusion to that story
The more I think about this film, the more I dislike it. Problems are Michael completely forgetting Laurie existed because he was just walking around killing ransoms. All the males were useless except the sherrif who then get killed by suddenly going psycho doc. Also if Laurie home is gated how did the granddaughter come in through the wood without setting of alarms or booby traps.
And I actually thought the Podcast premise was interesting, but that went nowhere. I hated how they offed those two characters, since I thought they were pretty interesting.
Just saw it today and I felt pretty much the same. I thought there were a lot of disappointments, even the stuff I liked I was still disappointed with. Like the kid's death scene, I can appreciate the ballsy effort to do it in a movie, but the way it was done was disappointing after seeing it. Also the opening with the pumpkin someone said was a rotting/smashed pumpkin coming back to life as a full pumpkin which sounded interesting, but when I saw it, it was like you described it, like an inflatable pumpkin. Just weird and not that creepy and could have been cooler. Also that twist with the doctor character was just out of left field and random as hell. I don't think it was even that hard to figure out, the prison bus has a bunch of escaped patients, and this doctor didn't get killed/hurt etc.? Why not? Also they pulled that, just to have Michael kill him off to add to the body count. I didn't care about this character either way, and he's definitely no Loomis. The best characters for me were some of the throw away characters like the chubby guy who consults the granddaughter character Allison then gets turned down. He was ok and at least somewhat likable. The other ones like the sheriff and the kid getting babysat by the blonde girl, he was funny and likable. Jamie Lee Curtis was ok acting wise but yeah her character isn't that well written and her character had much more potential in H20, and while that movie hasn't aged as well as it should, it's still a much better type of movie like this than Halloween 2018 was. People are saying based on the ending how are they going to do a sequel? Well, when money is involved they always find a way. I bet when they burnt the house there is probably a window off screen in the basement that Michael busts or crawls out of, or his jumpsuit is flame retardant or some BS idea that we will never see coming. I really thought if they wanted to have a definitive ending for not making any more sequels, they would have Michael's head being blown off by a shotgun but first unmasking him to make sure it's really him so another Halloween Resurrection doesn't happen again, but no. So even then, the ending I didn't see coming but it was honestly disappointing because you don't see anything to show Michael officially died. Even in Halloween 2 he was burnt alive and he and Loomis still came back for sequels... If this film was made 10 years ago and was considered the Halloween remake (instead of RZ's Halloween) people would be shitting all over this movie instead of praising it, but because Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, and Nick Castle are back, it's the greatest Halloween sequel apparently.
Saw, Scream, Elm Street, Hellraiser, Texas Chainsaw Massacre etc. also need to die! closet thing to new franchise we are getting is A Quiet Place and Conjuring universe as Conjuring universe is trying to create their own icons
the film sucked just watch the scene with the 2 cops talking about their dinner terrible screenwriting screw wimpy green and fat crap no talent mc bridge stay away for this series that fat kid was so annoying how could like that piece of crap trying to hit on the girl after she just broke up with her non faithful boyfriend glad he got killed and the little guy who wanted to go to his dancing class instead boy Im glad he got klled what a wimp terrible film
Steve L. Fuck the critics! It seems like their getting paid to love something new because of stuff like that. I honestly think Venom got hate simply because the critics don't work for Sony.
Steve L. it kinda goes both ways with nostalgia. The critics will LOVE a movie like this but have a mixed reaction to something like the Ghostbusters reboot. They want to see a horror movie that actually comes out around Halloween instead of the summertime like the Conjuring movies have. I think they, like most of the average moviegoers, have given up on seeing anything different or fresh and just want to see rehashes of anything from the 70s, 80s, or 90s.
A disappointing movie indeed. Horror does not need forced comedy! I agree that all old horror franchises should be laid to rest already. sad to see my favorite horror franchise in such bad shape. Great review, Matt.
We need more honest reviewers like him to Ocpcommunications who are not afraid to be honest! and we need to let horror icons like Freddy, Jason, MIchael, Leatherface, Chucky, Pinhead, Ghostface, Jigsaw etc. rest in peace on film and only be brought back in merchandise, comics, video games and all that. Come up with new horror icons and new horror franchises already.
I wouldn't worry about critics. They also praised Force Awakens and Last Jedi which are both mix by fans. Last Jedi even worst. Halloween 2018 is mix so far by the fans. The ones who love this movie are going to fight to death over this film. Halloween 2018 is just a repeat plot of the original. Good remake but horrible sequel when you play the original and the new remake back to back. Yes Halloween 2018 this was a remake that you were fooled into believing its a sequel
Saw this today, kind of agree with you. Some good moments but overall disappointing, with a very flat ending. Way inferior to H20, I don't care what anyone says...
They should continue the anthology idea of Halloween 3, I know a lot of people don't want that. Then I guess they should use another title. Plus how many times do you want to see Myers return & kill again and again?
I actually thought the same thing after this movie! Enough with the Michael Myers and Laurie Strode stuff since there is nothing left to tell with that story. Continue it as an anthology series based around Halloween as was originally intended by John Carpenter and Debra Hill.
Honestly, what they needed to do was let Jamie Loyd kill again, and if they really wanted to make the thorn trilogy work, elements needed to be within it throughout. I think it had the potentional to be like "original vs. gothic horror Jason" where they have obvious differences in tone, looks, etc. It divides fans but look how many prefer Jason Lives or the original or prior installments. Michael was also surviving what he shouldn't and seemed so much more aggressive but they failed to put it together to make sense. H20 was a far better retcon film, the remakes took the best of both to me. The real failure to me was there. That being said, I would be ok if Michael returned but tossing around some other plotlines with him either not there or in the background in an anthology series could've been pretty fun. I do really enjoy 3, despite the crap explanation for why the "killer device buttons" actually work.
H20 had a better climax with michaels decapitation, this ending was lame by comparison. And he got his hand blow apart in this one, so what's next he's gonna have a fuckin hook in the next one, it's just getting to be too much they need to stop making them.
I recently watched Halloween: H20 a day before I went to see the new Halloween, and honestly, it doesn't hold up much to me anymore. I like H1, H2, H3 better! I really do think Halloween: H20 = The new Halloween (2018). Since neither of them does anything to stand out amongst the crowd. H20 is really boring in the middle 2nd act with College students I do not give 2 fucks about! I only really like the final battle between Laurie and Michael, the opening scene, and Laurie's PTSD which the new film just repeats with a new family! I think the only reason I even like the new Halloween about as much as H20, is I think some of the acting is better, and I like Judy Greer as the daughter little more than Josh Hartnett. Just my opinion.
I literally didn't care about any of the characters in this film... and all the characters they could easily use as new replacements, they just kill off within a second of trying to get to know them / get used to them. Laurie Strode and her whole family? I could not care less about them... honestly, they need to keep JLC away from Halloween as well as all these older cast members... they're boring, they've lost touch with modern audiences and .. just plain suck. Please, they could've done better with getting Paul Rudd back as Tommy Doyle and have it about him vs. Myers, that would've been something! But no... just back to JLC... the most overrated actress of our times..
It sucked cuz it showed reality in the movie! We want fiction not non-fiction. Michael should of been hidden and not locked up all those years. Man fuck that shit
u say that this movie was "a whole lotta nothing" and then at the same time say Halloween 2 is your favorite in the franchise.....bro I love Halloween 2 but that movie is literally "a whole lotta nothing" until the final act lol which is the best part of the movie.
The 2018 film was just redoing all of the parts of the original films. Halloween 2 had a purpose where we find out Laurie is Michael's sister, an actual goal (the hospital location), and a satisfying ending.
I agree, do you agree that enough is enough and let these long dead zombie franchises like Halloween, Elm Street, Friday The 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hellraiser, Scream, Saw, Child's Play etc to rest in peace? i mean your just gonna get diminishing returns and once that happens that is to send the message to studios and try new horror icons and their own original horror icons like The Conjuring spin-offs are attempting to do
This series endless retconning is just trash. Ok, it's like Halloween I-2, H20 and Ressurection. They could've continued off of that given Laurie's bloodless death at the beginning of crappy Ressurection. Even ackowledged 4 and returned Danielle Harris as the daughter-that would've been far more interesting than these fan-fiction level family members in "2018." Not that I've hated others-I look foward to the restored improvements coming to 5, and Danielle Harris being in the remakes was nice. But c'mon. Go ahead and retcon thorn all you want as it failed to be the next "gothic horror Jason" change in too many ways, but the kill was taking out II. Halloween II, 4, and H20 to me are the best ones-I still enjoy 1 but the pacing is on par with 5, just makes way more sense/better written in every way. TBH, while not as bad movie-wise, it's just as disrespectful and boring as terminator: woke fate.
The original felt so natural and easy to follow, it wasnt so much about a huge plot and thats the problem i have with the 2018 one it felt like so much was going on that they didnt even adress certain aspects of the story and just ignored other parts since everything was going so fast that it felt like they just wanted to scramble everything in one movie without actual storytelling or atmosphere because this film had little to no atmosphere or build up because you cant have no build up if your scenes are just scrambled everywhere because i will admit that some scenes are not actually terrible but they were just badly placed like the humor scenes, i dont mind humor but im not gonna feel tension after a frightening moment to cops start making jokes in the middle of a tense scene so theres no good pace or tone it just goes back n forth
The film is not perfect, but it's a 'good' Halloween movie, especially if you think about the garbage that we got after H78 and H81. The movie should have focused more on atmosphere, the people in Haddonfield and more of the shape lurking. And some stronger characters. But for me, it's without a doubt the best Halloween since H81. I like H3, but that's another universe in the series. James Jude Courtney was pretty darn good as the shape, again, best Myers since H81. The new score by Carpenter was pretty cool, especially the song The Shape hunts/stalks Allyson. Very vintage classic Carpenter feel. I also like the good old teather of the mind feel to it, more suspence, less gore. It had a few very cool scenes where Myers are tracking down his victims, the kitchen scene was very well done, where the camera following the back of Myers thru the entire scene. People have their own opinions, these are mine. H4, H5, H6, H20, and Ressurection was what it's safe to call garbage. I used to like H20 back in the day, but now it feels really dated, very 90's, it tried to be trendy like scream, urband legend and i know what you did last summer. Only H20 felt like Myers walked into the set of Dawson's Creek. It doesn't feel like a Halloween movie at all, to me. But again, my opinions, i respect others opinions on this franchise.
I thought about doing my own review for this movie (maybe I'll get around to it), but I am always so busy, and this November I'm going overseas to China for a Martial arts tournament, so I have too much going on. But, this movie was simply just disappointing to me. This entire film felt like one big homage and love letter to fans of the series instead of being its own self-contained film with a more original story, and that is its biggest problem! This film should have just been called "Halloween: H40" because that is exactly what it is! There are not very many likable characters except for Jamie Lee's Laurie, her daughter, grand-daughter the sherif and maybe the little kid. I didn't give a shit if anyone else lived or dies, because they did not matter and there was not enough character development. The new Doctor turning out to be the one who let Michael escape just because he wanted to study him, was idiotic and unnecessary. I'm glad they got rid of the entire "Laurie is Michael's sister" plot, and even John Carpenter himself hated that idea and only wrote it into Halloween 2 because of writers block, and he wanted to get paid. I hated it because Michael Myers did NOT need a motivation to go after Laurie, he's supposed to simply be pure evil which already works on its own. The only things I liked about this film were: -The tracking shots of Michael throughout the Haddonfield neighborhood -Laurie suffering from PTSD after a traumatic experience which is very real and unfortunate in real life. -Some of the acting I liked like Jamie Lee Curtis, Will Patton, and the little kid, but that was about it. -Some of the kills were okay, but nothing special And that is honestly all I like about it. I can't think of anything else.
@ Thanks though, if not this year then maybe next year. My travel agent said my flight ticket can still be used next year, so long as I book the flight before September 30th.
I'm scared for the next Thing remake because Blumhouse is making it. Can it be any worse than the 2011 version? Maybe not but still I'm nervous and discouraged. I would prefer it if John Carpenter himself made a sequel based off his version then again he did mention that the video game is a true sequel to his film so that's kind of worrisome lol.
Hell yeah. It's been said, but if this film was just called "Season of the Witch", I guarantee it would be considered an 80's classic by the masses. Or, in the least, the horror fan masses.
The saddest thing is that there's nothing stopping a new entry from being excellent.... but it'll take a writer and production team willing to fearlessly take the story in angle uncompromising by nostalgia or commercial concerns. Which means it just won't happen.
Yeah I had a feeling you weren't going to be a fan of this one Matt. I'll admit that I prefer Halloween, Halloween 2 and Halloween 4 over this, but I honestly didn't mind this movie. JLC and Michael Myers are easily the standouts in this, even though it sucks that they didn't actually focus on their story-line more. Why did we have to spend so much time with the damn teenagers? I didn't understand that choice just like I didn't understand the lame, misplaced attempts at comedy which just wasn't funny, but I'm betting that has a lot to do with Danny McBride writing the script. I enjoyed the gore we did get and the tracking shot scene was well directed. I also thought Will Patton was pretty good, although sadly underused. I also agree with you that H20 handled certain elements about Laurie's character much better.
I think the comedy is extremely necessary in horror films to ease up the tension of the films and bring in there a balance and a recharge of energy, so the next tension becomes even greater, and greater, which is building the tension, it is one of the reasons why films like The Thing or the new Mummy failed with the larger audience. All Halloween films have some bit of comedy, some dry jokes, some light hearted moment, the same for action films, it is there for a very good reason. The gore for me was the weakest part of the film, it should have been without gore and blood completely.
I do however, think that this movie was better than ALL of the Halloween films after H1, H2, H3: Season of The Witch, and I do think that this film is slightly better than H20 because that movie doesn't hold up as well for me anymore.
I heard the score was pretty badass. That's about the only reason I'd go see it. At this point I'm DONE with this franchise. Forget beating a dead horse, more like milking a dead cow. Also Matt mentioned the "chess board", I'm sure in a few months conspiracy theorists on youtube are gonna say this movie is Illuminati confirmed. XD
Seriously though. What the fuck is the hype and praise of this film? What is it doing original? I was not thrilled or shocked by anything. They should had just ended it with H20.
I would rather had seen Carpenter be able to do that plan of having all Halloween films being original stories as like a anthology so that each movie would be unique and different from each other. It would had been better than just recycling the same shit.
@@JoeyDubs1128 While I admit to the fact that this film is not the worst of the series or the worst horror film this year, I still do not believe in this film as original or ground breaking. It seems like it was the easiest to make out of the whole series. If this film came 20 or 30 years ago, I bet you the critics would have hated it. But everything nowadays is all driven by nostalgia.
Dinobot Kiryu this Halloween is one of the best in the franchise I have it too 5 which is really good considering all the other trash ones they made. My top 5 1. Halloween 1978 2. Halloween 1981 3. Halloween 2018 4. Halloween 4 5. Halloween H20 This is the ranking it should be
I loved it! But i do agree and understand where you're coming from. But i do put H2 original over this. Yes, It's all nostalgia. But just felt entertained.
The best Halloween since H20, Jamie Lee Curtis is what makes this film exciting and engaging. For some reason, in which I can't explain. I still prefer H20 over this one. Maybe because of LL Cool J, or Joseph Gordon Levitt, something about H20 to me was more rememberable.
*This movie fucking sucked. Weak kills, old ass Michael moving like a ninja or some shit, bad writing , bad characters, and unforgettable everything. I couldn't even remember a kill that stood.*
Wow Matt You published this review on my Birthday that I didn't anticipate at all , and I'm guessing that you are a Pro Soccer fan since you are wearing a Soccer Jersey. If that is true I would want to watch Pro Soccer games with you. You never cease to be entertaining also unique with your reviews Matt, and candid. It's really depressing that Hollywood can make new Great Horror Movies shown with A Quiet Place which is what It Comes at Night could have been if it had a monster or monsters so terrific to see Hollywood correct that big mistake. Insidious did have a new monster with new characters which is why it's extremely depressing that Hollywood wants to live in the Past mostly reusing famous Horror Movies instead of mostly creating new Horror movies including new Horror Villains along with making sequels to movies that haven't gotten sequels that opened the door for sequels including Super Mario Brothers a underrated movie that doesn't deserve the hate it gets, Deep Rising, Max Steel a line made sequels irrefutable obvious, etc.
I haven't talked to you in a WHILE, sorry about that Matt. Anyway, I had a feeling this would be a rant but at least you didn't say it was one of the worst films of the year...and even gave it a couple positives. I've heard from most people that really enjoyed it so it's cool that not everyone agrees, that's just life man lol. To me it does look really good so I will see it hopefully this weekend....can't wait. And of course no film is perfect but I do enjoy every one in the series including 5 and 6 and the remakes for me are interesting and unique IMO. Thanks for the rant on Halloween 2018 man, it was entertaining.
I understand your critique I saw the movie last night and thought it was too graphic and the side characters were to thinly designed. What happened to the protagonist’s boyfriend at the party 🎉? Why was Michael’s doctor obsessed with him? So many loose ends. It was a by the numbers horror film 🎞 that felt rushed towards the end.
As always thanks for sacrificing your sanity for us Matt. Is it Franchise Stockholm Syndrome? (FSS)? Maybe so but repackaged for the new consumer. IDK when i fell out as a Halloween fan but when they break something in these franchises its simply a nostalgia ride from then on i suppose. After Robs horrible rendition i was totally out. Literally threw both copies in the trash wich i considered therapy and as a public service. I haven't seen this 2018 rehash and had a younger friend even try to get me on board, He said it was all about the kills.Trailer looked silly so i passed still. I guess what it comes down to is just reigniting the Original versions, wich is ok in a certain light. Btw, thanks for promoting a couple good flicks i havent seen. That should be an ongoing Rant video exclusive for you, its a good thing for us. Thanks to the buddy who sponsored this rant wich was top notch as always.
I also thought the original Halloween was a piece of overrated shit. Slow, boring and terrible acting. The moment when Myers carved holes into a sheet I knew the movie was trash. This psycho killer that's filled with rage took time out to carve holes into a sheet to play games with a victim? Why??? Makes no sense. If you ever decide to be honest with yourself you will admit how stupid the first Halloween is. Halloween 2 and Halloween 4 are the best movies in the series
I had never had an issue with the sister storyline the fact that this ignores Halloween II and H20 really hurts the film for me. Granted it’s better than 5,6 and the 2 Zombie films but is not much of an accomplishment.
Doesn't sound like it. It's pointless fanboyism. I would have preferred they ignored Resurrection but at least acknowledged H20. H20 was HUGE at the time. I'd have preferred a story where Laurie's finally gotten on with her life because she killed the fucker, only for "Michael Myers" to show up again another 20 years on. Maybe even leave it in doubt as to whether it's just some copycat nutter or something more supernatural. That already sounds more interesting and respectful than just wiping out 27 years of continuity, just "because".
John carpenter hated that idea he only came up with it from a bad case of writers block now he got a Second chance to fix that mistake besides Michael going after a family member makes him less scary look at movies 5, 6 h2o and resurrection I'm glad this movie ignore it
The "Oh yeah we caught him just because" bugged the crap out of me. Luckily they actually had a capture scene in the script. It was Carpenter of all people who said the dialogue would suffice. :\
I know I'm too late but my mom recently watched it like a day ago, and she liked it. As for me I really don't like this movie I've gave this movie c- I prefer the 1981 sequel.
You and your date should have snuck alcohol into the theater. I don't drink anymore, but I remember needing a bottle of Tanqueray to make it through the Jason vs Freddy movie.🍾
I'm sorry that i have to disagree with you again Matt, but this was not such a bad movie. I respect your opinion, and i can agree with you and others about some things which i also didn't really liked about it, but despite that, i still loved this movie. So while i can't defend something like The Predator, i would and will defend this movie. Honestly, speaking as someone who is a fan of the franchise for years, this was a great surprise and finally, the best Halloween movie ever since Return. I know there is a fan base for H20, but honestly i always thought that it's very overrated and not that well made horror film, although i have to agree with what Curtis said about it, despite it being a paycheck film it does have a couple good moments in it and it's not a complete piece of shit like Revenge, Resurrection and Zombie's films. I don't understand what the hell is people's problem with Laurie in this new film. She barely survived the attack by psycho killer, several of her friends were killed, of course that she's gonna be messed up, and that's another thing the movie did so much better than H20. And while i really like Halloween 2, i can't help it but being glad that they ignored that one and entire brother/sister storyline. I never cared for that, and i always thought it would have been more scarier if there is no reason why Michael keeps chasing after Laurie. Other characters in the film were also pretty good, but not perfect in any way. And the entire crazy doctor thing really wasn't needed. The score... again, i'm sorry that i have to disagree, but it's fucking awesome and along with one from Mandy, my favorite of the year. And speaking of that film, i fucking loved it and with Halloween, it's my favorite of the year, and while i wouldn't put this new Halloween with the original, i would put it above H2, Returns and Producer's Cut of Curse which are my favorites. It's not a perfect, great or whatever, but it's damn good and one of the better made films in the entire franchise, again, just in my opinion. But, saying all this and while i'm happy that it's such a great success, i still wouldn't like a sequel to this, specially because i loved the ending, which is why i'm glad they did re-shoots and changed it following the test screenings. At least it worked for the better in this case than it did with The Predator :)
The problem with Laurie in this film is that the film builds her up on how she's been prepping for his return for the past 40 years, but then gets her ass handed to her by Michael.
This franchise just gets worse and worse and worse! Parts 1-6 Producers cut all brilliant! Then h20 ruined it, rob destroyed it and this new one will bury it. For months everyone praised this new film before seeing it. Once they saw it they all hated it lol
Actually, i'd say that the reactions are 50%-50%. Lot of people liked it, lot of people hated it, but the movie is still a huge success so what do we know, right? I mean, just look at some of the comments here, almost 700 of them and you have so many different opinions about the film, both good and bad.
I don’t like that they retconned the second movie out of the trilogy but also they could have easily just made him survive the fire at the end of that film and made him a burnt face less shape but they keep going for the remakes there is about 2 remakes/3 different story alterations within the trilogy other than that I have no other problems with the movies
Finally someone who gets it! I can't believe critics are giving this piece of shit a pass. The original Halloween 2 is a masterpiece.
Agree, Halloween 2 is the real Halloween 2 to me, we don't need a fake one like Zombie's or this.
We need to let this franchise die.
John carpenter admitted that he hated hallowen 2 and that he was drunk when he wrote it
The original halloween 2 was a corny half hearted continuation of the original. I cant believe people think halloween 2 was a masterpiece.
Halloween 2 was the best because of the year it was made. A shot-for-shot remake today would be terrible no matter how much or how little money they threw at it.
This 2018 woke shit is disgusting they steal everything and say it doesn’t exist juvenile crap dumb humors bahn mi sandwich between the two cops was fucking awful the best part when Myers killed that little fruit cause he wanted to go to his dance class all men were portrayed as losers and cheaters and all women were great what garbage from green pansy and fat mc slob no attention asshole
Yes. When they took THE storyline (siblings) out of this franchise, I knew that there would not be a lot of places for this character to go. :'(
Statement stands.
@@rossmitchell2134 A classic? are you insane?
@Shawn Cook I don’t care about carpenters opinion. These new reboots fucking suck and Halloween 2 1981 will always be the true sequel.
Had a idea for a After Halloween Ends Movie...Halloween:Dawn of Thorn Here is a short Video ruclips.net/video/MpxPVkSuxsc/видео.html
So glad they did away with the STUPID (dumb) sibling (brother sister) storyline! Back to the original basics. Better than Zombie’s generic shit, not a masterpiece but the best since the original Halloween 2
The offscreen kills really bugged me in this movie. There were just way too many. The couple, the two cops, the lady with the hammer, the journalist lady, the people at the gas station. Way too many kills you don’t see.
I absolutely HATE off screen kills
I think the only kills I actually liked in this movie were the lady with the knife jammed into her throat, and the doctor getting his skull crushed under Michael's boot and that's about it!
Daniel Milburn No but it’s a fucking cop out to use that many off screen kills in a slasher movie. This is a more competently directed movie then the rob zombie movies. I’m not asking for random rape scenes I’m asking for them to show him kill that women with a hammer. Like in Rick Rosenthal’s Halloween 2. Show me him killing the cops, the young couple etc. slashers have an easy formula. It’s boobs blood and mayhem. You have to show the majority of your kills on screen.
The kills don't actually matter that much. And there's two 'offscreen' kills in the original, that are as 'offscreen' as the podcasters is. His sister and the mechanic.
...So? That's a budgetary limitation. It works fine, but I liked the new kills with more gore.
This was way way over hyped i was sooo disappointed in it and my expectations was way too high and i should have known better. The movie totally lacked any kind of suspense or atmosphere and im sorry but the original Rick Rosenthal Halloween 2 blows this new one completely out of the water. The best thing about this film was the look of Michael i loved his look and especially the mask.
yeah this movie sucks I hated it so lame and stupid and very boring the kills were lame fuck this movie
@LivingOnLifeDyingfromLife187 Exactly me too.
@@martymccann559 I know right.
Exactly man! Way over hyped, I was so excited for this and the reviews had me anxious 2 see it and I left so disappointed 🤦🏾♂️
Well I saw H20 last year and think it holds up just fine...
Yeah, Part 4 & H2O, better, The Collection, better. This film made money, because of nostalgia, once they hype dies down, it'll be forgotten.
Ive already forgotten this bore fest
I agree,this movie is a joke and an insult to everything that made the original movies great.
Just because a movie makes money on the first weekend doesn't make it good.
Correct
Yea look at the shitty mcu
I finally saw this recently and I agree wholeheartedly with your opinions on it. This is easily one of the most overrated horror films in recent memory. It's boring, it's not anywhere near as clever as it thinks it is, and it's ultimately fucking pointless. This is Now That's What I Call Halloween 40 Years Later. Way too many lazy homages to other films in the franchise that is trying to ignore and retcon, ridiculous attempts at humor and levity that are pure cringe, and despite some decent practical effects, a good score by Carpenter, and nice atmosphere and direction, it's a generic lame take on H20 with all of the awful touches present in most of Blumhouse's worst films. I don't understand the hype at all. This film is just as bad as the Rob Zombie films to me but in a different way. The boring one.
Make new movie 😄 of 🎃🎃 Halloween new one
I don't believe Laurie Strode would have a batcave bunker with guns and traps in her house after 40 years. Like, taking Halloween 2 out of the picture apparently, only the traumatic events of Halloween 1978 happened with the killings of her friends, and then she wounded Michael a few times then he got shot off the balcony. For all she knows, he could've wandered off and died from blood loss. Even if he's not dead, he's locked up. It's not like Michael is looking for Laurie when he gets free. But after 40 years, she decides to have a batcave house on the off chance that he'll come looking for her when she was the one that went looking for him. I get going out to find him and kill him to stop him from killing anyone else, but I just find it hard to believe that she wouldn't try to move on. I think the PTSD from H20 is more believable. We'll just say she's insane now.
I saw this when i was on my way home from Santa Fe's comic con as my mom and her friend Sal went to Las Lunas theaters as they went to see hotel movie and i went to see this as i'm glad i didn't pay any money for this.
It's nothing but a half-assed sequel with poor writing, poor scares, boring story and steals from Halloween 2 1981/4/H2O which are all better than this and almost not as bad as 5/Resurrection/Zombie's 2 and as lame as 6/Zombie's remake. Horrible movie! i put it on par with Zombie's 1 and 2, Resurrection and 5 being one of the worst halloween films! poor writing and all, this was a waste of money for me! i'm done, i'm fed up with this franchise, to me it ended with H2O and i don't need a fake Halloween 2 when i got the real one at home on blu-ray in my boxset as that's the real Halloween 2 to me from 1981. Also ripping off H2O, 4, 1978 and 2, it's not homaging it's just stealing from the other films.
This one is just a sloppy money grab with no soul/passion or likable characters, even Jamie Lee Curtis was no help as she was haggard and did this for a paycheck and for money. I think it's time we bury this franchise! no one asked for this sequel. Stop beating this dead horse already! let it rest in peace as Michael earned his retirement.
To have horror get out of the shitter in the mainsteam is to take a page from the independent studios and independent horror films and foreign horror films with stuff like It Follows, Housebound, The Babadook, Tragedy Girls etc. stop remaking great horror films that don't need to be remade like Poltergeist, stop making sequels to worn out horror franchises, stop prequels etc. independent horror films are out from the shitter known as mainstream when the mainstream should get out of the shitter, look for independent or foreign and say "fuck the mainstream" sometimes as sometimes there is surprises like A Quiet Place etc. and when i'm talking mainstream i mean shit like Poltergeist remake which thankfully bombed and Insidious 4 which didn't do well and dunno why Ouiji a hit, i'm glad people went to see It Follows and some people support that. Enough too much PG-13 stuff like Ouiji but A Quiet Place was excellent and IT was an R rated hit. Remake little known films like Blood Beach or Lifeforce rather than classics like Poltergeist which thankfully bombed but Suspiria looks nice and should be a good remake that is trying something different than be a xerox copy like Poltergeist. They need risks again, take it again mainstream just like the independents are! Paranormal Activity wasn't a risk, stop with the ghost movies, stop with the found footage movies and do something different in the mainstream. Take a page from It Follows. Stop being lazy mainstream horror, get off your fat ass and put down the potato chips or twinkies down and shoving them in your mouth and do something else, start trying to do something unique. Just try something different than another remake of a great movie like Poltergeist, sequel to an older franchise, found footage and all that.
I don't get the hype and praise Halloween 2018 is getting! i just don't want to see these horror icons (Jason, Freddy, Chucky, Ghostface, Michael, Leatherface, Jigsaw) over and over again on the big screen and your just gonna get diminishing returns just like the Universal monsters being ran into the ground in the 30s/40s/50s as they had huge characters and big hits on their hands then pumped out sequel after another (the only great sequel is Bride of Frankenstein) and the bottom completely fell out with diminishing box-office returns and before these characters became jokes even with Abbot and Costello movies then Universal knew when to quit. If Halloween 2018 becomes a hit then studios will be like "audiences want more Halloween, they want more Candyman, more Freddy, Jason Voorhees etc.", but for Candyman, one Candyman movie was enough as the first was excellent but the sequels were cash-ins and no more Elm Street films, Robert IS Freddy as Jackie proved it was a failure to recast Freddy for you can't do it, Robert IS the character and always was as even Englund said so. Can't we have new horror icons already? let the worn out old tired icons like Freddy, Michael, Jason, Leatherface, Jigsaw, Ghostface, Candyman, Chucky and Pinhead die and rest in peace already, don't keep digging up them from their graves every 5 or 10 or 15 years then propping their corpses up on the big screen in Weekend at Bernies style. Just come up with with your own new horror icon and new horror franchise already! i'm not super big in Insidious and the Conjuring spin-offs but at least it's something different, well not quite different, but not the same old horror franchise some of us seen or the same horror icons for they are trying to create their own. I know they haven't been the best but at least they are giving a damn and giving it an effort, that's just how i feel about it. Just try try again mainstream horror! making new horror icons would actually work because there are no ideas to bring in for most horror icons. New horror icons might get the hate, but it may take time before the newer ones would gain praise. I'll say this though. Even though using the same stuff is unnecessary.
Just like in the last decade we got new horror icons in the mainstream like the Creeper, Captain Splauding and Jigsaw while Sam from Trick R Treat becomes a cult horror icon with Leslie Vernon when Trick and Behind the Mask were sent to the DVD direct to video market rather than to all mainstream theaters which should had happened even Hatchet was shown in midnight theaters than all theaters as there's Victor Crawley whom is a cult horror icon. Now outside the mainstream we got Wolfcop, Tucker and Dale etc. should had been released in all theaters.
I'd say end these horror franchises (Chucky/Halloween/Elm Street/Friday The 13th/Saw/Scream/Hellraiser/Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and bury them, let them rest in peace from film and let them live on through merchandise, comics, video games, toys, appreal, streams of the old movies on amazon/hulu/crackle/Netflix whatever even re-issues of the films on blu-ray and that's fair game. Can we have new original cinematic horror icons/new franchises already? try to come up with new horror icons/franchises and try try again mainstream and let the older franchises rest in peace in favor of new franchises/new icons.
I saw Hell Fest which is something different in mainstream horror and a comeback for slasher films, we send the message to studios we want fresh new horror icons and new franchises as that movie has potential to make one.
Yet there is some like me and Matt/MIke being them some other horror fans who are tired of these same old worn out horror franchises being hurt by these new sequels/remakes hurting the franchises legacy and staining their name to become jokes). Just don't make anymore. That's my advice. The more you make, the longer you keep this franchise sucking the life out of other horror projects and potential franchises. This is like when Universal completely ran their Monsters franchise into the ground, just make new ones already and new icons. Being a fan of these horror franchises/older horror icons is like having a beloved friend who's been on life support for years, some have come to accept they are gone and your just waiting for someone to pull the life support plug.
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Hell Fest was so fun! Really loved that one!
Not gonna happen bro. You need to accept that.
I wish Hollywood would listen to you and Cody Leach' review of Halloween.
WHat about Ocpcommunications?
I left the theater depressed and bored this is the best they could come up with with all this supposed talent I know carpenter didnt have much to do with the screenplay and even if he looked at it remember what he did to snake plissken in escape from la you wanna talk about a crap film and who doesnt love the snake character carpenter lost his talent along time ago
@@Johnlindsey289 hell no
@@gkroll8467 facts
@@uncharted7againblackking256
Seen his reviews? he's a fantastic reviewer! check out his excellent review on Creepshow and his hilarious rant on August Underground (aka worst film he's seen)
This is why I wish they had gone with the Halloween III: Season of the witch route to bring something new and fresh to the franchise get away from Michael Myers.
It’s funny that the version of Laurie in H20 went through more in that story arc than the 2018 Laurie. The 2018 version just encountered Michael once that night in the original film. The H20 version of Laurie encounters Michael in the first film and second throughout the hospital, and that version of Laurie was more sane than 2018 Laurie...
Laurie in 2018 was totally understable and even better developed than the boring H2O version that doesn't even felt/ looked like Laurie Strode at all. Laurie never got help after the events of 1978. JLC herself explained that Laurie doesn't even had support by her own parents, she lost her close friends, she was almost murered, she saw how Michael scaped like nothing happened after being stabbed by her and shot by Loomis. She returned to school just two days after that horrific night and nobody helped her, there was no mental heath services offered for her (Everything was different back in the 70s). I hate when people say Laurie was "unrealistic" in 2018, because there's a lot of real people around the world with less worse traumas than Laurie's that actually have lived traumatized for decades. In the Halloween Ends novelizaton they even explain that Laurie's mom kicked her out of the house because of her traumas, paranoia & nightmares, then she became older and everyone treated her as the freak, even her daughter got away fro her, plus, Jamie Lee Curti's acting performance was far superior in Halloween (2018), (she even brooke a rib on the fight sequence) and she actually looked like Laurie aesthetically speaking. I love the fact that she was a prepared warrior (She was way cooler in 2018) instead of a coward that even faked her death and changed her name (I love the fact that she became a teacher in H2O, but that's all, also, the sibling twist was unnecesary). Laurie in H20 did nothing until the third act of the movie ,and she even killed a paramedic after a hilarous chase scene at the school. Akkad tricked JLC since the beggining on killing Michael in H2O and then, he disrespected her killing her character off in Halloween Resurrection. Halloween (2018) exlpored trauma and fear in a deeper and more complete way, also, I love the subtext of the movie about how people minimize other people tragedies because of today's standars. The poadcasters even humanize the monster (Michael) tryng to find for an explanaton and seeing his victim as another monster because of her lifestyle (Lauire)
Just like JLC said, If Lauire would have left Haddonfield, evild have would won, and they gave her a more complete & deeper story,and the happy ending she deserved.
Halloween (2018) is the best sequel in the franchise, the best movie after the original. because Michael was terrifyng, he looked cool as fuck, the score soundtrack by Jhon Carpenter was magnifecent, the atmosphere was top tier, the acting was better, the kills were better than in H2O, they erease that stupid siblings thing, JLC was magnifecent and the third act was wild and more serious.
H2O is boring, it has no atmosphere after the opening, the soundtrack was easily the worst in the franchise, the masks were AWFUL, the fight was more like a hilarous chase scene, it felt more like Scream and at the end, Akkad tricked JLC on killing Michael Myers and that lead us to Halloween Resurrection.
Here's a video of JLC herself explained a little bit of Laurie's story from 2018 : ruclips.net/video/dvbePi1o_Q0/видео.html
Every time I think this franchise cant get worse a film like this comes out. H20 was bad and started the downhill but this new one is worse
Uhh no, it started to go down hill at 5 and if anything H20 brought it back up.
@@Supre3m3Kai h20 is the one that destroyed the franchise
@@PRHILL9696 How?
@@Supre3m3Kai it ignored the other films plus made no sense and made Myers seem goofy
matt i wacthed Halloween 3 season of the witch i loved it
most excellent film dan s perfromance is amazing great villian
agreed dan was a great villian
Love part 3
I always watch part 3 on halloween
another big problem for me is how this 40 years later timeline Disregards all the sequels. Danielle Harris in an interview was especially bummed about it because according to this Jamie Lloyd never existed. being protective of her character you can see why Danielle Harris would be pissed
h20 did that too
PRHILL9696 i miss dani 🥺
the dr Sartain swerve was completely unnecessary. Had no effect on the overall story of the movie. it sucked Will Patton died i enjoyed the character just didn't have enough screen time.
That was very stupid.
He didn't think Michael might kill him anyway? LOL
he was a wimp too
Thumbnail LOL I saw this coming 😂 love the review Matt
The tracking shot with the killing two neighbors was the best part of the movie! The rest of it was rather tensionless, no dreadful atmosphere, too brightly light, and Sluggish pace. Although I do like the new score by Carpenter and his son, the movie doesn't create the Boogeyman of the first two films, or even part 4. I think they're intentions were more genuine than any other sequels, it's a miss overall.
This was basically were going to cherry pick from other movies and pretend those don't exist and try to sell this turd off as new
Spot On Correct-Like Bob Dylan ripped off Civil War Poets,Robert Johnson,&Hillbilly music!
Yup
That's exactly what they did and made the storyline worse..it was lazy writing and it was obvious!!!
This franchise died with H2O! Resurrection, V, Rob Zombie's 2 were horrible and Rob Zombie's remake and 6 with lame just like this movie! this franchise is already dead and Michael earned his retirement from the genre even the franchise! i hope the next one after the next flops as your just gonna get diminishing box-office returns and sometimes enough is enough, it's better to return this franchise back to the grave where it belongs and to rest in peace.
Come up with new horror franchises and icons already.
@@Johnlindsey289 Agree at this point it's just a perpetual cycle, Halloween is done as franchise there's nothing left.
Disappointing movie overall.
Fisk4life no it wasn’t y’all are dumb everybody in the comments is they ain’t hardcore Halloween fans y’all are idiots
@@JoeyDubs1128 That's not an argument, try again
@BootherJr It's also really stupid how they called this sequel the same title of the original, were the film makers that fucking lazy that they couldn't come up with a different title to indicate that it's a sequel, stupid.
This new film is the worst of the worst! How can a once great franchise get SO BAD!
Eventually the returns on this franchise will diminish and when that happens, let this franchise die and create new franchises and new horror icons
I liked it but it I was seriously disappointed
Didn’t like the granddaughter or daughter
The humor bugged me
The intro and ending were underwhelming
I just thought it woulda been more epic and groundbreaking
xTRANSPARENTxBODYBAGS x hahha! I’m total opposite. The first and third acts were the best parts!
Jason Neil the best parts for me were Michael Myers and Laurie strode
Everything else that filled in the movie around that was the problem to me
The pacing felt jumbled and I think the camerawork could have been more smooth
The whole movie should have been tracking of Myers
Also one thing is Michael rarely stalks anyone in the film
That bothered me a lot
I thought the moldy, rotten pumpkin inflating into a fresh fully formed pumpkin in the opening credits was interesting, but also extremely on-the-nose! Like the filmmakers were obviously implying that the Halloween franchise for years has been rotten, but now we're trying to rejuvenate life into it again.
LordMalice6d9 it was a nice visual
But when the title credits appeared it felt abrupt
I woulda opened the film with a POV MYERS SEQUENCE
OR A LOOMIS AND MICHAEL COURTROOM SCENE
HAVE LOOMIS GIVE A SPEECH
HE LOSES IT WHEN THEY DONT GIVE HIM THE DEATH PENALTY AND SHOOTS HIM DEAD IN THE EYES
THEN A CLOSE UP OF MICHAELS EYES BLEEDING DOWN ON HIS FACE LIKE IN H2 81 then BOOM! David Gordon’s Green HALLOWEEN
Daniel Milburn I said he barely stalked anyone
There could have been a lot more
There’s like 40 mins of Michael stalking in the original
This Halloween movie was trash as hell.
he should have said feel the power of love since later on in the film there was a shameless plug for universal studios with the freaking back to the future pinball machine myers doesnt talk to limeys
Trash would be in improvement over this film
Y’all are fucking stupid. Just saying.
@@derekmiles9069 and why's that? Lol
@@johncoltrane965 okay boomer
I agree this move was terrible. ..
The most boring Halloween ever Questions 1. If u under the house why would you shoot threw the floor letting him know where you are. 2 does Michael take steroids how was this 65 year old man lifting up people like they are little kids stabbing them threw walls. 3 how was Michael punching threw glass 4 how did he escape the buss causing it to crash? Did he break his cuffs? If he can break cuffs why did he wait 40 years to escape #5 what was so special about this Halloween he let 39 Halloweens pass and did nothin lol #6 he get shot with a 45 to the back, hit by a truck, shot with a shotgun and stabbed AND HE STILL COMING!!!!!!! THIS IS THE STRONGEST GOT DAMN 65 YEAR OLD IVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!! JESUS
The whole point of this movie is to take him back to being the "evil on 2 legs" he was in the original. He isn't a 65 year old man per say. He's an incarnation of evil. Therefore he can do almost anything. I do agree with why wait 40 years though.
@@FTRHOODFRESH8984 again bud go watch interviews with Carpenter from over the years. He's NOT meant to be human. He's meant to be simply the shape of evil. Not human. That's what I'm saying.
Still call bullshit I'm sorry I just can't
No, you are completely wrong. It is entirely possible for even a 60 year old man to still be able to perform some of the feats of strength that Michael Myers did in this film, it is painfully obvious that you are not familiar with martial arts, as even a trained 60 year old martial artist can kick the living shit out of a 20 something little shit stain! However, nothing in this film leads us to believe that Michael is trained however, and he is simply just described as "pure evil".
And I also believe that movie implied that it was the crazy doctor who helped Michael escape from the bus.
Karate kid 4 starring Michael myers
I can't understand why people downthumb movie reviews. Thanks Matt.
I always upthumb Matt's reviews whether he dislikes the movies I like too
Because its shite review
@@shane-irish In your opinion.
@@geoffjoffy 👍
@Daniel Milburn exactly
Taking out the sibling angle was stupid. It took away motivation, and turned Michael into a typical crazy killer. It took away some of Michael's evil.
ridiculous movie
Epic job on ripping this very overrated film apart bro!
ILiveAgain1 Overrated? Tell that to the fucking first film.
@@dweetsauce8513 Finally somebody had the balls to say It the first Halloween is good and all but it's so fucking overrated....and this movie it just fucking blows.
@@dweetsauce8513 the original "Halloween" movie is still better than this piece of turd shit. I knew this new "Halloween" movie was gonna be garbage. It sucks.
This new film is the worst of the worst! How can a once great franchise get SO BAD!
@@thestoner9148
Would you like to see new horror icons and new franchises?
This should have been called Halloween Geriatric since both Laurie and Michael Myers are in their 60s now.
Fuck this! Halloween is a dead franchise, let the next one bomb so we can give studios the message that some of us are tired of the same old horror icons and let them rest in peace.
We need new horror icons and franchises like Quiet Place which was a risk and it was a hit and we are getting a sequel
I also realize how important Donald Plesence character Dr Loomis was, the man was brilliant, this franchise has been dead since he died anyway,...and not even John C, or Jamie Lee can bring it back
what do you think of H20 and rob zombie's movies?
Donald presence made Halloween what it is today such a good actor and a nice man .
The crazy Doctor obssesed with Michael i thought was really forced and stupid.
When we see him wearing Michael's mask, dude..I honestly had to bite my tongue because I wanted to LOL!!
@@joshuahjjohnston
It ruined a lot of the film for me.
@@anubusx
Just my opinion, but I hated the movie!
I'm a HUGE fan of the original and I enjoyed 2 and even liked 3.
After that, they all sucked! I decided after seeing the 2018 movie in theaters, I'M DONE! I might watch the new movies when they come out on redbox...MAYBE!!
@@joshuahjjohnston
I can take or leave them!!!
@@anubusx
It's just sad, I love horror movies.
You earned a subscriber. Great review
I know I’m late to this comment thread but, I think this franchise would’ve been perfect if they ended it with Halloween 2 (1981) i love season of the witch and wish it would’ve just gone the route of being an anthology series. Because everything Michael Myers after part 2 in my opinion is just stupid. Part 2 was a perfect conclusion to that story
The more I think about this film, the more I dislike it. Problems are Michael completely forgetting Laurie existed because he was just walking around killing ransoms. All the males were useless except the sherrif who then get killed by suddenly going psycho doc. Also if Laurie home is gated how did the granddaughter come in through the wood without setting of alarms or booby traps.
And I actually thought the Podcast premise was interesting, but that went nowhere.
I hated how they offed those two characters, since I thought they were pretty interesting.
Just saw it today and I felt pretty much the same.
I thought there were a lot of disappointments, even the stuff I liked I was still disappointed with. Like the kid's death scene, I can appreciate the ballsy effort to do it in a movie, but the way it was done was disappointing after seeing it. Also the opening with the pumpkin someone said was a rotting/smashed pumpkin coming back to life as a full pumpkin which sounded interesting, but when I saw it, it was like you described it, like an inflatable pumpkin. Just weird and not that creepy and could have been cooler. Also that twist with the doctor character was just out of left field and random as hell. I don't think it was even that hard to figure out, the prison bus has a bunch of escaped patients, and this doctor didn't get killed/hurt etc.? Why not? Also they pulled that, just to have Michael kill him off to add to the body count. I didn't care about this character either way, and he's definitely no Loomis.
The best characters for me were some of the throw away characters like the chubby guy who consults the granddaughter character Allison then gets turned down. He was ok and at least somewhat likable. The other ones like the sheriff and the kid getting babysat by the blonde girl, he was funny and likable. Jamie Lee Curtis was ok acting wise but yeah her character isn't that well written and her character had much more potential in H20, and while that movie hasn't aged as well as it should, it's still a much better type of movie like this than Halloween 2018 was.
People are saying based on the ending how are they going to do a sequel? Well, when money is involved they always find a way. I bet when they burnt the house there is probably a window off screen in the basement that Michael busts or crawls out of, or his jumpsuit is flame retardant or some BS idea that we will never see coming. I really thought if they wanted to have a definitive ending for not making any more sequels, they would have Michael's head being blown off by a shotgun but first unmasking him to make sure it's really him so another Halloween Resurrection doesn't happen again, but no. So even then, the ending I didn't see coming but it was honestly disappointing because you don't see anything to show Michael officially died. Even in Halloween 2 he was burnt alive and he and Loomis still came back for sequels...
If this film was made 10 years ago and was considered the Halloween remake (instead of RZ's Halloween) people would be shitting all over this movie instead of praising it, but because Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, and Nick Castle are back, it's the greatest Halloween sequel apparently.
your just gonna get diminising returns and if that happens let the series die! come up with new horror icons and franchises
Exactly.
Saw, Scream, Elm Street, Hellraiser, Texas Chainsaw Massacre etc. also need to die! closet thing to new franchise we are getting is A Quiet Place and Conjuring universe as Conjuring universe is trying to create their own icons
the film sucked just watch the scene with the 2 cops talking about their dinner terrible screenwriting screw wimpy green and fat crap no talent mc bridge stay away for this series that fat kid was so annoying how could like that piece of crap trying to hit on the girl after she just broke up with her non faithful boyfriend glad he got killed and the little guy who wanted to go to his dancing class instead boy Im glad he got klled what a wimp terrible film
Fucking steal from other films say they don’t exist evil dr from part 6 plagerism
I think critics were clouded by nostalgia. There's also the grade-inflation issue with critics that has been going on for the past few years.
Steve L. Fuck the critics! It seems like their getting paid to love something new because of stuff like that. I honestly think Venom got hate simply because the critics don't work for Sony.
@@DinobotKiryu Im a huge spider man fan and I didnt like venom I can barely remember it and unpopular opinion but I dont like tom hardy.
Steve L. it kinda goes both ways with nostalgia. The critics will LOVE a movie like this but have a mixed reaction to something like the Ghostbusters reboot. They want to see a horror movie that actually comes out around Halloween instead of the summertime like the Conjuring movies have. I think they, like most of the average moviegoers, have given up on seeing anything different or fresh and just want to see rehashes of anything from the 70s, 80s, or 90s.
@@DinobotKiryu Especially Rotten Tomatoes. I hate Rotten Tomatoes!
Lol! Critics are paid to give their "opinion". A Hollywood critic is nothing but a whore yes-man.
A disappointing movie indeed. Horror does not need forced comedy! I agree that all old horror franchises should be laid to rest already. sad to see my favorite horror franchise in such bad shape. Great review, Matt.
We need more honest reviewers like him to Ocpcommunications who are not afraid to be honest! and we need to let horror icons like Freddy, Jason, MIchael, Leatherface, Chucky, Pinhead, Ghostface, Jigsaw etc. rest in peace on film and only be brought back in merchandise, comics, video games and all that.
Come up with new horror icons and new horror franchises already.
In the original there was comedy and not all of it worked
Hey Ozoh, no one was talking about getting 'peanut butter on their penis' in the original film. There's a difference.
@@ramboraph4life I know that but it still had out of place comedy
I wouldn't worry about critics. They also praised Force Awakens and Last Jedi which are both mix by fans. Last Jedi even worst. Halloween 2018 is mix so far by the fans. The ones who love this movie are going to fight to death over this film. Halloween 2018 is just a repeat plot of the original. Good remake but horrible sequel when you play the original and the new remake back to back. Yes Halloween 2018 this was a remake that you were fooled into believing its a sequel
Just saw it. Slick storytelling but misses the heart, soul, and brains of the original.
I think the story telling isnt great but it DOES capture the soul and brains of the original.
Saw this today, kind of agree with you. Some good moments but overall disappointing, with a very flat ending. Way inferior to H20, I don't care what anyone says...
BEST LINE&DELIVERY in entire Franchise,Loomis,beginning Part Deux"You Don't Know What DEATH IS!!":)
i love that line x
They should continue the anthology idea of Halloween 3, I know a lot of people don't want that. Then I guess they should use another title. Plus how many times do you want to see Myers return & kill again and again?
I actually thought the same thing after this movie! Enough with the Michael Myers and Laurie Strode stuff since there is nothing left to tell with that story. Continue it as an anthology series based around Halloween as was originally intended by John Carpenter and Debra Hill.
Exactly cause there's nothing more to do.
Honestly, what they needed to do was let Jamie Loyd kill again, and if they really wanted to make the thorn trilogy work, elements needed to be within it throughout. I think it had the potentional to be like "original vs. gothic horror Jason" where they have obvious differences in tone, looks, etc. It divides fans but look how many prefer Jason Lives or the original or prior installments. Michael was also surviving what he shouldn't and seemed so much more aggressive but they failed to put it together to make sense. H20 was a far better retcon film, the remakes took the best of both to me. The real failure to me was there. That being said, I would be ok if Michael returned but tossing around some other plotlines with him either not there or in the background in an anthology series could've been pretty fun. I do really enjoy 3, despite the crap explanation for why the "killer device buttons" actually work.
Boredom is the worst sin a movie can commit, imo.
H20 had a better climax with michaels decapitation, this ending was lame by comparison. And he got his hand blow apart in this one, so what's next he's gonna have a fuckin hook in the next one, it's just getting to be too much they need to stop making them.
Or you just ignore Resurrection just like this new movie ignored every single sequel. So yes, Myers did get decapitated.
@giftofgab247 Yeah, and that stupid twist was their entire plan for the sequel while they were filming the damn movie.
I recently watched Halloween: H20 a day before I went to see the new Halloween, and honestly, it doesn't hold up much to me anymore. I like H1, H2, H3 better!
I really do think Halloween: H20 = The new Halloween (2018). Since neither of them does anything to stand out amongst the crowd. H20 is really boring in the middle 2nd act with College students I do not give 2 fucks about! I only really like the final battle between Laurie and Michael, the opening scene, and Laurie's PTSD which the new film just repeats with a new family!
I think the only reason I even like the new Halloween about as much as H20, is I think some of the acting is better, and I like Judy Greer as the daughter little more than Josh Hartnett. Just my opinion.
@@LordMalice6d9 h20 is so corny nowadays. Its such a dated film.
Michael got shot 6 times and survived a fire. He really is like 50 Cent. XD
I literally didn't care about any of the characters in this film... and all the characters they could easily use as new replacements, they just kill off within a second of trying to get to know them / get used to them. Laurie Strode and her whole family? I could not care less about them... honestly, they need to keep JLC away from Halloween as well as all these older cast members... they're boring, they've lost touch with modern audiences and .. just plain suck. Please, they could've done better with getting Paul Rudd back as Tommy Doyle and have it about him vs. Myers, that would've been something! But no... just back to JLC... the most overrated actress of our times..
Definite rip-off. Overrated waste of a reboot.
And i love halloween 2 1981
It sucked cuz it showed reality in the movie! We want fiction not non-fiction. Michael should of been hidden and not locked up all those years. Man fuck that shit
I liked Halloween 2018 but it's OVERRATED, it's not even the BEST like alot of fans think imo
u say that this movie was "a whole lotta nothing" and then at the same time say Halloween 2 is your favorite in the franchise.....bro I love Halloween 2 but that movie is literally "a whole lotta nothing" until the final act lol which is the best part of the movie.
The 2018 film was just redoing all of the parts of the original films. Halloween 2 had a purpose where we find out Laurie is Michael's sister, an actual goal (the hospital location), and a satisfying ending.
Keep them coming Matt you made my day!
Overhyped piece of crap. Movie is already forgotten and nobody is talking about.
I agree, do you agree that enough is enough and let these long dead zombie franchises like Halloween, Elm Street, Friday The 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hellraiser, Scream, Saw, Child's Play etc to rest in peace? i mean your just gonna get diminishing returns and once that happens that is to send the message to studios and try new horror icons and their own original horror icons like The Conjuring spin-offs are attempting to do
Just saw it last night, very disappointed. At least the mask and soundtrack are good.
Like last three star woke films this shit will be forgotten
Don't care for this movie the biggest flaw for this movie IMO is that most of the deaths are offscreen thats what pissed me off the most
no busta rhymes no watch
Trick r Treat Ma da facker!
Bahahaha
Lol! Surprisingly Busta Rhymes was the best part of that movie lol
Lmao, are you serious?
Why would you want someone that clearly can't act?
50 cent myers LOL you crack me up so much dude.
That was really witty
There is alot more that they can do with Myers . Just need good writers and a great director.
This series endless retconning is just trash. Ok, it's like Halloween I-2, H20 and Ressurection. They could've continued off of that given Laurie's bloodless death at the beginning of crappy Ressurection. Even ackowledged 4 and returned Danielle Harris as the daughter-that would've been far more interesting than these fan-fiction level family members in "2018." Not that I've hated others-I look foward to the restored improvements coming to 5, and Danielle Harris being in the remakes was nice. But c'mon. Go ahead and retcon thorn all you want as it failed to be the next "gothic horror Jason" change in too many ways, but the kill was taking out II. Halloween II, 4, and H20 to me are the best ones-I still enjoy 1 but the pacing is on par with 5, just makes way more sense/better written in every way. TBH, while not as bad movie-wise, it's just as disrespectful and boring as terminator: woke fate.
Also alternative name "H40: Aslyum wheelchair wars" or "H40: Halloween Terminated."
@@oneandonlysound3453 dark fart woke shit
The original felt so natural and easy to follow, it wasnt so much about a huge plot and thats the problem i have with the 2018 one it felt like so much was going on that they didnt even adress certain aspects of the story and just ignored other parts since everything was going so fast that it felt like they just wanted to scramble everything in one movie without actual storytelling or atmosphere because this film had little to no atmosphere or build up because you cant have no build up if your scenes are just scrambled everywhere because i will admit that some scenes are not actually terrible but they were just badly placed like the humor scenes, i dont mind humor but im not gonna feel tension after a frightening moment to cops start making jokes in the middle of a tense scene so theres no good pace or tone it just goes back n forth
The film is not perfect, but it's a 'good' Halloween movie, especially if you think about the garbage that we got after H78 and H81.
The movie should have focused more on atmosphere, the people in Haddonfield and more of the shape lurking.
And some stronger characters.
But for me, it's without a doubt the best Halloween since H81.
I like H3, but that's another universe in the series.
James Jude Courtney was pretty darn good as the shape, again, best Myers since H81.
The new score by Carpenter was pretty cool, especially the song The Shape hunts/stalks Allyson.
Very vintage classic Carpenter feel.
I also like the good old teather of the mind feel to it, more suspence, less gore.
It had a few very cool scenes where Myers are tracking down his victims, the kitchen scene was very well done, where the camera following the back of Myers thru the entire scene.
People have their own opinions, these are mine.
H4, H5, H6, H20, and Ressurection was what it's safe to call garbage.
I used to like H20 back in the day, but now it feels really dated, very 90's, it tried to be trendy like scream, urband legend and i know what you did last summer.
Only H20 felt like Myers walked into the set of Dawson's Creek.
It doesn't feel like a Halloween movie at all, to me.
But again, my opinions, i respect others opinions on this franchise.
H4 and H20 were miles better than this film. I don't know wtf you're smoking. Lol smh
I thought about doing my own review for this movie (maybe I'll get around to it), but I am always so busy, and this November I'm going overseas to China for a Martial arts tournament, so I have too much going on.
But, this movie was simply just disappointing to me. This entire film felt like one big homage and love letter to fans of the series instead of being its own self-contained film with a more original story, and that is its biggest problem! This film should have just been called "Halloween: H40" because that is exactly what it is!
There are not very many likable characters except for Jamie Lee's Laurie, her daughter, grand-daughter the sherif and maybe the little kid. I didn't give a shit if anyone else lived or dies, because they did not matter and there was not enough character development. The new Doctor turning out to be the one who let Michael escape just because he wanted to study him, was idiotic and unnecessary. I'm glad they got rid of the entire "Laurie is Michael's sister" plot, and even John Carpenter himself hated that idea and only wrote it into Halloween 2 because of writers block, and he wanted to get paid. I hated it because Michael Myers did NOT need a motivation to go after Laurie, he's supposed to simply be pure evil which already works on its own.
The only things I liked about this film were:
-The tracking shots of Michael throughout the Haddonfield neighborhood
-Laurie suffering from PTSD after a traumatic experience which is very real and unfortunate in real life.
-Some of the acting I liked like Jamie Lee Curtis, Will Patton, and the little kid, but that was about it.
-Some of the kills were okay, but nothing special
And that is honestly all I like about it. I can't think of anything else.
@ Thanks! It should be interesting.
@ Now however, I might have to postpone my trip to China till next year because of employment troubles. Sucks.
@ Thanks though, if not this year then maybe next year. My travel agent said my flight ticket can still be used next year, so long as I book the flight before September 30th.
Checkboard very symbolic. At least we know who sponsors the movie😀
Freemasons
@@Emulous79 👍🏻
This is the second time they retconed the Halloween series, with H20. I don't want them to do it again.
Critics get paid off. The studios own the critics. lol
Star Man Explain venom?
I'm scared for the next Thing remake because Blumhouse is making it. Can it be any worse than the 2011 version? Maybe not but still I'm nervous and discouraged. I would prefer it if John Carpenter himself made a sequel based off his version then again he did mention that the video game is a true sequel to his film so that's kind of worrisome lol.
you were right about us getting yet another film in the franchise. "Halloween kills" is supposed to come out next year
They are coming out back to back
It cant be worse than the Predator that's for sure......
Or can it?
It is. I think, it's hard to measure it.
Bro this movie is a fucking masterpiece compared to Halloween Ends. Fuck.
I want my money back. End of story
I saw it free and I still want money for watching it
I didnt think this franchise could get worse than h20 and robs shit but 2018 makes those almost look decent
Halloween ('78) & Halloween III are still the best.
Season of the Witch-screened it 2days ago-Very underrated&Creepy.
Hell yeah. It's been said, but if this film was just called "Season of the Witch", I guarantee it would be considered an 80's classic by the masses. Or, in the least, the horror fan masses.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 days to halloween halloween
@@theboredcyborg yes
Halloween 3 is the best film. Fuck Michael Myers. I just watched the original from '78 and I think that movie is garbage as well.
The saddest thing is that there's nothing stopping a new entry from being excellent.... but it'll take a writer and production team willing to fearlessly take the story in angle uncompromising by nostalgia or commercial concerns. Which means it just won't happen.
This one had the potential to be awesome, with the returning actors/director and the good looking mask....BUT they screwed up the movie...
Lmao this was comedy
Yeah I had a feeling you weren't going to be a fan of this one Matt. I'll admit that I prefer Halloween, Halloween 2 and Halloween 4 over this, but I honestly didn't mind this movie. JLC and Michael Myers are easily the standouts in this, even though it sucks that they didn't actually focus on their story-line more. Why did we have to spend so much time with the damn teenagers? I didn't understand that choice just like I didn't understand the lame, misplaced attempts at comedy which just wasn't funny, but I'm betting that has a lot to do with Danny McBride writing the script. I enjoyed the gore we did get and the tracking shot scene was well directed. I also thought Will Patton was pretty good, although sadly underused. I also agree with you that H20 handled certain elements about Laurie's character much better.
I think the comedy is extremely necessary in horror films to ease up the tension of the films and bring in there a balance and a recharge of energy, so the next tension becomes even greater, and greater, which is building the tension, it is one of the reasons why films like The Thing or the new Mummy failed with the larger audience. All Halloween films have some bit of comedy, some dry jokes, some light hearted moment, the same for action films, it is there for a very good reason. The gore for me was the weakest part of the film, it should have been without gore and blood completely.
I do however, think that this movie was better than ALL of the Halloween films after H1, H2, H3: Season of The Witch, and I do think that this film is slightly better than H20 because that movie doesn't hold up as well for me anymore.
I heard the score was pretty badass. That's about the only reason I'd go see it. At this point I'm DONE with this franchise. Forget beating a dead horse, more like milking a dead cow. Also Matt mentioned the "chess board", I'm sure in a few months conspiracy theorists on youtube are gonna say this movie is Illuminati confirmed. XD
@@Shalanaya idiot the jokes in this woke fest sucked
Seriously though. What the fuck is the hype and praise of this film? What is it doing original? I was not thrilled or shocked by anything. They should had just ended it with H20.
I would rather had seen Carpenter be able to do that plan of having all Halloween films being original stories as like a anthology so that each movie would be unique and different from each other. It would had been better than just recycling the same shit.
Dinobot Kiryu this idiot made the movie like it was terrible smh he’s wrong it wasn’t
@@JoeyDubs1128 While I admit to the fact that this film is not the worst of the series or the worst horror film this year, I still do not believe in this film as original or ground breaking. It seems like it was the easiest to make out of the whole series. If this film came 20 or 30 years ago, I bet you the critics would have hated it. But everything nowadays is all driven by nostalgia.
Dinobot Kiryu this Halloween is one of the best in the franchise I have it too 5 which is really good considering all the other trash ones they made.
My top 5
1. Halloween 1978
2. Halloween 1981
3. Halloween 2018
4. Halloween 4
5. Halloween H20
This is the ranking it should be
Uh, it captured the mystique and style of the original and made it fall into a storyline adapted to modern times, I dont know how people DONT like it.
Black Panther, The Predator, Venom and now this... Even though I only like one of those films, I will admit, the hype kills it.
Do even put BP in this conversation there entirely different movies.
I don't mind the film. I find it just a film to watch if you have nothing to do.
Robert McGhin hahaha for reals 🤣
Great review bro, I'm glad i don't watch movies anymore, i'll occasionally go retro, but contempory movies are absolutely trash.
As bad as H20 was and as bad as robs halloweens were this new film is by far the worst!!!!!!! I mean its so bad it almost makes robs film look good!!
I loved it! But i do agree and understand where you're coming from. But i do put H2 original over this. Yes, It's all nostalgia. But just felt entertained.
i felt like having the runs
halloween 2 1981 blows this boring pos away
The best Halloween since H20, Jamie Lee Curtis is what makes this film exciting and engaging. For some reason, in which I can't explain. I still prefer H20 over this one. Maybe because of LL Cool J, or Joseph Gordon Levitt, something about H20 to me was more rememberable.
*This movie fucking sucked. Weak kills, old ass Michael moving like a ninja or some shit, bad writing , bad characters, and unforgettable everything. I couldn't even remember a kill that stood.*
This franchise needs to die and can't we have new mainstream horror icons and new franchises already?
I love it. Spot on man. Hoooooly shit this was critique gold
I hate all the remakes in this millenium
Most horror movies today are mediocre at best , and they all get the praise , Halloween 2018 is a 6 and thts generous.
Wow Matt You published this review on my Birthday that I didn't anticipate at all , and I'm guessing that you are a Pro Soccer fan since you are wearing a Soccer Jersey. If that is true I would want to watch Pro Soccer games with you.
You never cease to be entertaining also unique with your reviews Matt, and candid.
It's really depressing that Hollywood can make new Great Horror Movies shown with A Quiet Place which is what It Comes at Night could have been if it had a monster or monsters so terrific to see Hollywood correct that big mistake. Insidious did have a new monster with new characters which is why it's extremely depressing that Hollywood wants to live in the Past mostly reusing famous Horror Movies instead of mostly creating new Horror movies including new Horror Villains along with making sequels to movies that haven't gotten sequels that opened the door for sequels including Super Mario Brothers a underrated movie that doesn't deserve the hate it gets, Deep Rising, Max Steel a line made sequels irrefutable obvious, etc.
I haven't talked to you in a WHILE, sorry about that Matt. Anyway, I had a feeling this would be a rant but at least you didn't say it was one of the worst films of the year...and even gave it a couple positives. I've heard from most people that really enjoyed it so it's cool that not everyone agrees, that's just life man lol. To me it does look really good so I will see it hopefully this weekend....can't wait. And of course no film is perfect but I do enjoy every one in the series including 5 and 6 and the remakes for me are interesting and unique IMO. Thanks for the rant on Halloween 2018 man, it was entertaining.
If your ranting about Halloween. Wait until you see the new child's play. I'm pissed that they greenlit that shit.
I understand your critique I saw the movie last night and thought it was too graphic and the side characters were to thinly designed. What happened to the protagonist’s boyfriend at the party 🎉? Why was Michael’s doctor obsessed with him? So many loose ends. It was a by the numbers horror film 🎞 that felt rushed towards the end.
As always thanks for sacrificing your sanity for us Matt.
Is it Franchise Stockholm Syndrome? (FSS)?
Maybe so but repackaged for the new consumer. IDK when i fell out as a Halloween fan but when they break something in these franchises its simply a nostalgia ride from then on i suppose. After Robs horrible rendition i was totally out. Literally threw both copies in the trash wich i considered therapy and as a public service.
I haven't seen this 2018 rehash and had a younger friend even try to get me on board, He said it was all about the kills.Trailer looked silly so i passed still.
I guess what it comes down to is just reigniting the Original versions, wich is ok in a certain light.
Btw, thanks for promoting a couple good flicks i havent seen. That should be an ongoing Rant video exclusive for you, its a good thing for us.
Thanks to the buddy who sponsored this rant wich was top notch as always.
We had a lot of remakes and reboots this year because Hollywood is out of ideas for original scripts
I also thought the original Halloween was a piece of overrated shit. Slow, boring and terrible acting. The moment when Myers carved holes into a sheet I knew the movie was trash. This psycho killer that's filled with rage took time out to carve holes into a sheet to play games with a victim? Why??? Makes no sense.
If you ever decide to be honest with yourself you will admit how stupid the first Halloween is. Halloween 2 and Halloween 4 are the best movies in the series
I had never had an issue with the sister storyline the fact that this ignores Halloween II and H20 really hurts the film for me. Granted it’s better than 5,6 and the 2 Zombie films but is not much of an accomplishment.
Did retconning the sister thing even have an impact on the story at all?
Doesn't sound like it. It's pointless fanboyism. I would have preferred they ignored Resurrection but at least acknowledged H20. H20 was HUGE at the time. I'd have preferred a story where Laurie's finally gotten on with her life because she killed the fucker, only for "Michael Myers" to show up again another 20 years on. Maybe even leave it in doubt as to whether it's just some copycat nutter or something more supernatural. That already sounds more interesting and respectful than just wiping out 27 years of continuity, just "because".
@@codyw1 Yeah, when you really think about it, they didnt even need to retcon everything. They just did it as an F U to the fans of the old movies.
John carpenter hated that idea he only came up with it from a bad case of writers block now he got a Second chance to fix that mistake besides Michael going after a family member makes him less scary look at movies 5, 6 h2o and resurrection I'm glad this movie ignore it
@@Godzilla-tu2cd so going after JLC amd her family yet again is somehow more scary because they arent related?
The "Oh yeah we caught him just because" bugged the crap out of me. Luckily they actually had a capture scene in the script. It was Carpenter of all people who said the dialogue would suffice. :\
50 cent Myers lmaoo 😂
I know I'm too late but my mom recently watched it like a day ago, and she liked it. As for me I really don't like this movie I've gave this movie c- I prefer the 1981 sequel.
Halloween 4 gets no credit
I never cared for it.
@Aaron Jones how exactly would they deliver on it? Make a little kid a murderer?
@Aaron Jones I dont think they were planning on making a sequel. That was supposed to be the story coming full circle and ending.
@Aaron Jones because people complained when they didnt have myers in 3 so they werent going to make that mistake again.
@@Mr.Rodgers7 I like it but its not great, and not as good as some people make it out to be.
You and your date should have snuck alcohol into the theater. I don't drink anymore, but I remember needing a bottle of Tanqueray to make it through the Jason vs Freddy movie.🍾
Haha man that movie sucks ass.
@@VegasX900 Lol yes it did
Haha
screen fiend
I'm sorry that i have to disagree with you again Matt, but this was not such a bad movie. I respect your opinion, and i can agree with you and others about some things which i also didn't really liked about it, but despite that, i still loved this movie. So while i can't defend something like The Predator, i would and will defend this movie. Honestly, speaking as someone who is a fan of the franchise for years, this was a great surprise and finally, the best Halloween movie ever since Return. I know there is a fan base for H20, but honestly i always thought that it's very overrated and not that well made horror film, although i have to agree with what Curtis said about it, despite it being a paycheck film it does have a couple good moments in it and it's not a complete piece of shit like Revenge, Resurrection and Zombie's films.
I don't understand what the hell is people's problem with Laurie in this new film. She barely survived the attack by psycho killer, several of her friends were killed, of course that she's gonna be messed up, and that's another thing the movie did so much better than H20. And while i really like Halloween 2, i can't help it but being glad that they ignored that one and entire brother/sister storyline. I never cared for that, and i always thought it would have been more scarier if there is no reason why Michael keeps chasing after Laurie.
Other characters in the film were also pretty good, but not perfect in any way. And the entire crazy doctor thing really wasn't needed. The score... again, i'm sorry that i have to disagree, but it's fucking awesome and along with one from Mandy, my favorite of the year. And speaking of that film, i fucking loved it and with Halloween, it's my favorite of the year, and while i wouldn't put this new Halloween with the original, i would put it above H2, Returns and Producer's Cut of Curse which are my favorites. It's not a perfect, great or whatever, but it's damn good and one of the better made films in the entire franchise, again, just in my opinion.
But, saying all this and while i'm happy that it's such a great success, i still wouldn't like a sequel to this, specially because i loved the ending, which is why i'm glad they did re-shoots and changed it following the test screenings. At least it worked for the better in this case than it did with The Predator :)
I surprisingly enjoyed this "Halloween" a lot and I had ZERO interest in seeing it tbh, but I still respect Matt's opinion.
The problem with Laurie in this film is that the film builds her up on how she's been prepping for his return for the past 40 years, but then gets her ass handed to her by Michael.
This franchise just gets worse and worse and worse! Parts 1-6 Producers cut all brilliant! Then h20 ruined it, rob destroyed it and this new one will bury it. For months everyone praised this new film before seeing it. Once they saw it they all hated it lol
Actually, i'd say that the reactions are 50%-50%. Lot of people liked it, lot of people hated it, but the movie is still a huge success so what do we know, right? I mean, just look at some of the comments here, almost 700 of them and you have so many different opinions about the film, both good and bad.
I don’t like that they retconned the second movie out of the trilogy but also they could have easily just made him survive the fire at the end of that film and made him a burnt face less shape but they keep going for the remakes there is about 2 remakes/3 different story alterations within the trilogy other than that I have no other problems with the movies