Halloween (sequel to original)

[BillsCarnage]

I'm excited for this. The score alone is enough to give you chills.

So this is a direct sequel to the original and dumps all the others. I thought the original sequel was pretty good, but Meyers was BBQ'd, so that would have made this as less believable as the rest.

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[oaken1]

that looks worthy of watching

 

[BillsCarnage]

Hey kids, there's a reason this is an R-rated movie. The girl on the left during and after is classic.

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[NJCardFan]

I'm not a fan of remakes and reboots and stuff but I'm excited for this movie because it erases Halloween 2-Resurrection(where Michael kills Laurie) and the Rob Zombie movies and John Carpenter is attached to this which can't be a bad thing. I'm guessing this takes place decades after the original Halloween. I'm also glad to see Moustapha Akkad's son producing his movie. Good tribute to his father.

 

[Stout]

Yeah, they can call it a sequel to the original all they want. And bully for Carpenter. I will pass.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I'm there as long as they bring back Donald Pleasance too.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Rivercard]

The buzz I've heard so far on this Halloween sequel is pretty good. Has anyone seen this yet?

 

[ozzfloyd]

Saw it yesterday. Enjoyed it. Doesn't do much new or innovative, but well done. The final 20 minutes are gold.

 

[oaken1]

Saw it yesterday. Enjoyed it. Doesn't do much new or innovative, but well done. The final 20 minutes are gold.

do we get to see Jamie Lee running down the street in her panties again?

 

[Rivercard]

do we get to see Jamie Lee running down the street in her panties again?

Yes! but she's wearing Depends in this one.

 

[Rivercard]

Saw this last night. It was pretty good entertainment overall, but there are 2 incredibly stupid things that happen late in the film that made me think "WTF, the Jamie Lee Curtis character is just silly stupid". It kinda ruined the spell that the movie had built up prior to that point. They could have easily remedied these.

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1. She goes to incredible lengths and expense to prepare her house for the inevitable confrontation. She builds brilliant things like an underground panic room, layers of locks, cage doors installed for each room, etc. But she somehow fails to have any sort of lighting system installed inside the house for when the fecal matter hits the fan. She does however have a small light system, like a bedside night-light, shining from the front of her rifle in order to see in front of her. So here she is allowing Michael to creep around IN THE DARK while also showing off her location to him with the illuminated rifle. Sorry JLC, you just didn't think this through.

2. At the end she has Michael trapped in the panic room with the cage bars locked. She could just shoot him to death with the myriad of firearms she had stockpiled and call it a night. But what does she do instead??? She freaking sets her whole house on fire!!! What? Who would burn their property to the ground in that situation?? JFC, I saw my own mortgage papers going up in flames there. Hundreds of thousands of dollars lost for no reason.

 

[Superbone]

One total disconnect I had:

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When Michael is rampaging through the neighboorhood, they find him and start shooting at him. It's not like he's fast and super sneaky. Finish the job! Instead, suddenly we transition to a meeting of the minds with the doctor, the sheriff, and Laurie as they plan their strategy. Wha?

 

[Covert Rain]

I actually was able to get my wife to see a horror movie because a couple friends went with us. Overall entertaining but as typical with this type of movie very predictable. Funnier than I thought it would be and again entertaining.

Most of the Halloween sequels were so beyond bad it's kind of a good thing they ignored those.

 

[oaken1]

last night I watched the 2007reboot of the original... enjoyed it.

did they touch on the fact that Mike is a senior citizen in this new movie?? I mean hell, he is like 15 years older than lori right?? ten at least

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Halloween

Release date: October 19, 2018
Studio: Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Miramax
Director: David Gordon Green
MPAA Rating: R (for horror violence and bloody images, language, brief drug use and nudity)
Screenwriters: Danny McBride, David Gordon Green
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Suspense
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Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak

Plot Summary: Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who 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. Greer would play Karen Strode, the daughter of Curtis’ character.

Master of horror John Carpenter will executive produce and serve as creative consultant on this film, joining forces with cinema’s current leading producer of horror, Jason Blum ("Get Out," "Split," "The Purge," "Paranormal Activity"). Inspired by Carpenter’s classic, filmmakers David Gordon Green and Danny McBride crafted a story that carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film, and Green also directs.

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[Covert Rain]

last night I watched the 2007reboot of the original... enjoyed it.

did they touch on the fact that Mike is a senior citizen in this new movie?? I mean hell, he is like 15 years older than lori right?? ten at least

Sort of. They showed him from the back and side and he was obviously older.

 

[overseascardfan]

What I didn't understand is some of the really unnecessary random killing in the movie and how did he stumble across the house where the granddaughter's friend was babysitting? Plus crash was not explained.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Yes! but she's wearing Depends in this one.

You're in trouble?

 

[NJCardFan]

Here's what I don't get, and I haven't seen the movie yet so this isn't a spoiler, just trying to understand the plot. Dr. Loomis shoots Michael 6 times and this is after Laurie already stabbed him in the neck with knitting needles, poked him in the eye with a hanger, and stabbed him in the stomach with a kitchen knife. So, he not only has these injuries, he also falls from an upstairs balcony onto his back on the hard ground. So, he, apparently, gets up and instead of re-stalking his prey, he walks back, completely unnoticed, to his house then at some point he is captured and institutionalized once again where he turns it all off for some 40 years before he escapes and hunts Laurie down again? I'm all for a suspension of disbelief but c'mon.