Halloween
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Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
What critics thought
David Gordon Green's direct sequel earns cautious approval for stripping away decades of convoluted mythology and returning to the stripped-down cat-and-mouse formula of Carpenter's original, with Jamie Lee Curtis's Laurie Strode as the clear standout. The core dispute is whether that act of nostalgia-driven simplification is itself a virtue or a cop-out — admirers find it refreshingly focused, while detractors argue the film never matches the tautness and atmosphere of the film it's so clearly worshipping.
“not very good or tightly-directed, and it fails as a character play and a scary movie”
Scott Mendelson·Forbes
“Carpenter's own Halloween was itself a bumpy ride, made on the cheap, but carried along by the director's firm grasp on his potent themes. The new one works overtime to keep them intact, while communing with the first installment in every possible way — from that famously creepy synth score to the blocky orange credits that bookend the story”
Eric Kohn·IndieWire
“Halloween pays loving and respectful homage to the 1978 original while making a very bold and decisive claim for its own existence [...] this is quite possibly the scariest Michael Myers has ever been”
Jonathan Barkan·Dread Central
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Cast & Crew
David Gordon GreenDirector
Jamie Lee CurtisLaurie Strode
Judy GreerKaren
Andi MatichakAllyson
James Jude CourtneyThe Shape
Nick CastleThe Shape
Haluk BilginerDr. Sartain
Will PattonOfficer Hawkins
Rhian ReesDana Haines
Jefferson HallAaron Korey
Toby HussRay
Virginia GardnerVicky
Dylan ArnoldCameron Elam
John CarpenterComposer
Cody CarpenterComposer
Daniel DaviesComposer
Danny McBrideWriter
Michael SimmondsCinematographyFrom the studio
Halloween
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
What critics thought
David Gordon Green's direct sequel earns cautious approval for stripping away decades of convoluted mythology and returning to the stripped-down cat-and-mouse formula of Carpenter's original, with Jamie Lee Curtis's Laurie Strode as the clear standout. The core dispute is whether that act of nostalgia-driven simplification is itself a virtue or a cop-out — admirers find it refreshingly focused, while detractors argue the film never matches the tautness and atmosphere of the film it's so clearly worshipping.
“not very good or tightly-directed, and it fails as a character play and a scary movie”
Scott Mendelson·Forbes
“Carpenter's own Halloween was itself a bumpy ride, made on the cheap, but carried along by the director's firm grasp on his potent themes. The new one works overtime to keep them intact, while communing with the first installment in every possible way — from that famously creepy synth score to the blocky orange credits that bookend the story”
Eric Kohn·IndieWire
“Halloween pays loving and respectful homage to the 1978 original while making a very bold and decisive claim for its own existence [...] this is quite possibly the scariest Michael Myers has ever been”
Jonathan Barkan·Dread Central
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Cast & Crew
David Gordon GreenDirectorJamie Lee CurtisLaurie StrodeJudy GreerKarenAndi MatichakAllysonJames Jude CourtneyThe ShapeNick CastleThe ShapeHaluk BilginerDr. SartainWill PattonOfficer HawkinsRhian ReesDana HainesJefferson HallAaron KoreyToby HussRayVirginia GardnerVickyDylan ArnoldCameron ElamJohn CarpenterComposerCody CarpenterComposerDaniel DaviesComposerDanny McBrideWriterMichael SimmondsCinematographyFrom the studio
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