Halloween

Name: Halloween
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: October 19, 2018
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Andi Matichak, Christopher Allen Nelson, Drew Scheid, Dylan Arnold, Ginny Gardner

2018

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 19, 2018 | R

Starring: Andi Matichak, Christopher Allen Nelson, Drew Scheid, Dylan Arnold, Ginny Gardner, Haluk Bilginer, Hannah Russell, James Jude Courtney, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jefferson Hall, Judy Greer, Miles Robbins, Nick Castle, Omar J. Dorsey, Rhian Rees, Toby Huss, Will Patton

Movie Facts:

Unlike the first film which was shot in California (mostly in South Pasadena), this film was shot in South Carolina.
A direct sequel to John Carpenter's original 1978 film.
The original Halloween from John Carpenter made $47 million in domestic box office and has a Metascore of 78. Produced on a budget of $300,000, it is widely regarded as one of the most successful independent films of all-time.

Summary: 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.

Director: David Gordon Green

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 106 min

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The Playlist Victor Stiff

Sep 9, 2018

Halloween is a love letter to the original picture and entertaining on its own terms. Thrilling, atmospheric, and brutally violent, Green delivers exactly what fans want from the series and then some. Read full review

The Film Stage Josh Lewis

Sep 10, 2018

The kills are plentiful and the splatter sticky, meanwhile Green and cinematographer Michael Simmonds do excellent work with the widescreen frames, using all kinds of background/foreground tricks as well as reflections and shadows. Read full review

John DeFore

Sep 9, 2018

The picture has a good shock or two up its sleeve before getting to Laurie's armored, booby-trapped home, and once it's there, it surprises us again. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Oct 15, 2018

The Halloween of today is slick and sick, but little is left of that sleep-destroying dread. Still, not all is lost, because the Bogeyman, bless him, has not forgotten his manners. For old times’ sake, he gets to sit up straight. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Oct 17, 2018

It’s a fairly engrossing bit of fan service, boasting many clever touches and a few disappointing ones. Director and co-writer David Gordon Green’s picture veers erratically in tone, and the killings are sort of a drag after a while, en route to a rousing vengeance finale. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Oct 17, 2018

This isn’t a wisecracking, tongue-in-cheek picture: Green wants us to believe in his Bogeyman, and Curtis is his ace card. Leaving no room for winks or giggles, she makes Laurie’s long-festering terror the glue that holds the movie together. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Sep 9, 2018

For all of the film’s attempts to get back to the sinisterly sidling Michael of the first Halloween, his stealth movements no longer terrify because his fixations are less unthinkingly instinctual, more compulsively mortal. Read full review

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wkallao

Oct 19, 2018

After seeing this film, I realized how all the prior sequels missed the mark on everything. Those sequels missed dedication, passion and promise - three things that this film all included. Halloween (2018) isn't just a well made horror movie, it's a well made movie in every aspect. TheAfter seeing this film, I realized how all the prior sequels missed the mark on everything. Those sequels missed dedication, passion and promise - three things that this film all included. Halloween (2018) isn't just a well made horror movie, it's a well made movie in every aspect. The cinematography is gorgeous, the lighting is eerie, the acting is phenomenal, the music is chilling...and it is scary!!!

In this film we follow Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) who has been suffering from PTSD for 40 years following her escape from Michael Myers back in 1978. This film does an impeccable job of portraying PTSD, and how Laurie's life has been derailed by it. The film follows Michael escaping after a bus crash, and in this film - Laurie is the one hunting him down. It is a unique twist that is well done.

This film is filled to the brim with incredible references to all prior films and is done so cleverly, they work! These allusions don't feel forced or like a gimmick. They are natural and work so well with the film. This film will keep you on the edge of your seat because for the first time in 40 years, we feel how scary and dangerous Michael is. From when we first see him in action., we know he isn't not here to mess around.

Aside from some necessary expositional dialogue, this film makes all its marks. It is a film done so well with such passion and dedication. David Gordon Green, Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley made an impossible to miss movie. Finally, a Halloween sequel that feels like a MOVIE. A true story you are invested in and can follow.

This is a MUST SEE film for all Halloween fans - and all horror fanatics, and anyone who just loves good movies! I viewed this film in a special screening, and the audience there screamed, laughed and cheered their way through it the entire thing. This will go down as one of the best horror films made, and even one of the best slashers too. This film is so well done, it doesn't only outdo all the sequels, it nearly outdoes the original. YES - it is that amazing of a film.… Expand

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jakebayne2002

Dec 19, 2021

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Kirollos-Noah

Dec 13, 2018

Halloween is directed by David Gordon Green, written by Jeff Fradley, Danny McBride and David Gordon Green, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak and James Jude Courtney & Nick Castle as The Shape.

Halloween is largely erasing all the disappointing sequels of the originalHalloween is directed by David Gordon Green, written by Jeff Fradley, Danny McBride and David Gordon Green, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak and James Jude Courtney & Nick Castle as The Shape.

Halloween is largely erasing all the disappointing sequels of the original Halloween, and finally they made an equal to the first one.

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.

I went to see this movie and I wasn't excited or putting my hopes on, 'cause after decades of disappointing sequels, I can't be excited, or expecting to see a good movie! But Halloween satisfied me in every way. The intro made me care about Micheal Myers, even more than The Shape himself! Since then I knew that I'm gonna see something special, and I did indeed!

I'm a huge fan of the original Halloween movie, beside all of its flaws, it's still one of the best horror movies ever! And I'm a fan of The Shape as well, and what I found through the years were lots of disappointing movies, and two terrible remakes, AND Halloween: Resurrection! But finally I got the chance to see Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in a very iconic way, and The Shape at its finest performance ever!

Halloween isn't perfect though, I have a little flaw with it, and it is killing two people for no reason, maybe the old woman (as we saw in the trailer) because he wanted the knife, but it's very similar to a scene in Halloween II, when he killed an elder woman as well to take her knife, still it was very well directed, as soon as this was about to end, he enters a house to kill a woman for no reason, he just kills her, so this scene is wrong but the music with the amazing direction made this scene entertaining!

Because of these two flaws, Halloween isn't perfect, but entertaining, and it did some stuff way better than the first one: the performances, the pacing of the movie which this one was more fast-paced and the breathtaking moments.

Halloween is very entertaining, I loved it and I'm gonna give it an A!

Alright guys, thank you as always for reading my review, and supporting my stuff. Lots of reviews are coming up, so if you liked this one, you can read my old ones and wait up for the upcoming ones as well. Thanks again!… Expand

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pnoyfilmtvadik

Oct 29, 2018

It's official! This film makes Halloween a certified horror classic. Forget all the awful Halloween movies that followed (if u can LOL). But if you're a horror film fan all your life, this one is sooo goooooood. Watch it.

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Vinrich

Oct 20, 2018

Pacing issues & not enough of Laurie.
Good but not great. A lot left to be desired.

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SimenElvhaug

Oct 22, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh gosh darnit people, this movie gave me the hibbie jibbies! I was so scared i almost peed my poopoo filled pants. I couldn´t sleep for a month and i am 31. This movie is very not that surely scary. I am a dad married to my cousin from Alabama hippie kayaye i love Kanye. Vote trump 2020… Expand

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queenstephanie

Apr 26, 2020

why do so many movies nowadays play it safe? it's so **** irritating. this film is crap

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