An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No spoilers! If you would like spoilers – check out the Spoiler post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the POV of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic.
Today we’re looking at the sequel to Halloween (2018), 2021’s Halloween Kills
After surviving Laurie Strode’s plan at the end of Halloween, Michael Myers continues his rampage across Haddonfield while a mob forms with the goal of putting the nightmare to an end.
Related Article: Halloween (1978) No Spoiler Review
Related Article: Halloween (2018) No Spoiler Review
Is it Scary?
Nah, there are a few jump scares in the movie but as opposed to Halloween (1978) and 2018’s sequel, Halloween Kills focuses mainly on… the kills. This entry felt solidly like a slasher and because of that, was pretty gory.
Overall you won’t leave Halloween Kills scared unless you don’t like the sight of blood and you have a 40 year old vendetta with a serial killer.
Review:
Halloween Kills is good but it is a huge step down from Halloween (2018). At various points in the movie it felt as if we were being told of a legend and that’s fine but it’s pretty hard departure from Halloween (2018) which felt way more grounded.
Despite this there were still some grounded approaches in the movie that really worked and were interesting concepts to start with.
The acting was great by the leads while some supporting characters felt like they were hamming it up for dramatic effect. The same is said for the dialogue, the supporting characters and even some main characters were given some dialogue that will make you roll your eyes.
I definitely feel like the music was used for better effect than Halloween (2018) but nowhere near the suspense-building levels of Halloween (1978). One of the biggest negatives for me were the decisions of some characters that felt just plain dumb. Usually I try to give the characters the benefit of the doubt and while you can do that for most of the movie, one specific decision left a bad taste in my mouth.
Overall Halloween Kills is still good as a sequel. The movie is also pretty gory and at times pushes that line depicting the brutal kills so if you’re squeamish or don’t like gore, you might drop this down to an okay.
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