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If you loved Halloween, the first one, like I did, you will have a great time at this movie. If you couldn't care less about Michael Myers or if you don't find him remotely scary, don't even bother. The body count is low, the personal drama with the inestimable Jamie Lee Curtis (I mean, the Baroness Haden-Guest!) is thick, and Michael just keeps coming.
The movie has some nice little horror movie nods in it, such as a cameo by Janet Leigh and her car from Psycho, the creepy Mr. Sandman opener, stuff like that. |
| I have always been scared to death of Michael and he is very bold in this movie, coming right up to people and everything. There's some good creep out, a surprisingly high percentage of off-camera killings, and a bunch of comely teens to draw out the baddie. Who is that girl with no eyebrows, and how did that Jumanji kid get * that * girlfriend? Sure, it seems silly, but it's a horror movie! |
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It's not trying to be all hip and smart and self referential, but it ties up a lot of loose ends that were either poorly dealt with or not at all dealt with by the sequels. It kind of pretends Halloween 3-6 didn't exist, much like the movie-going public did. This was a wise choice on the part of the filmmakers. I was yelping "Oh my god!" through most of the film and I was generally kept in suspense, but I have to say the ending is kind of not the huge finale Myers deserves. |
| It's not a small tasteful affair like Kirk's funeral in Star Trek: Generations either - it just seemed tacked on to the rest of the movie, which was obviously created by someone deeply in love with the original story.
It was fun and scary and definitely cool to have Curtis back again, to deal with the situation properly. I also appreciated the fact that all the harsh language used in the film really felt organic - it felt like genuine, situationally inspired cursing, rather than f@*k for f@*k's sake. In other words, the dialogue was surprisingly good for a horror movie. And Curtis is truly the rightful heir to the scream queen throne held by her mother. |
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