Horror fans and film fans alike it's not uncommon for an iconic and technically still on going film franchise to have multiple times lines I mean heck just look at the X-Men movies as proof of a major film having multiple time lines. However the Halloween franchise is different because of the fact that the Halloween film franchise has three films all called Halloween and the Halloween film franchise has so many different timelines that it's honestly hard to keep up with what sequels are ignored in what film and so join me as I review the 2018 film that is called simply "Halloween" enjoy.
The plot of this film is forty years after Michael Myers first tried to kill Laurie Strode Michael Myers now return to finish the job only this time Laurie Strode and her family re not only prepared but are also waiting for him with Laurie Strode's granddaughter being his current target and as such the family have to race against time to make sure that Michael doesn't kill Laurie Strode's granddaughter and kill Michael Myers possibly for good. In terms of what I thought about the plot of this film in all honesty the plot of this film is so freaking good since not only does the plot of this film rely on the ideas that were first introduced in the 1978 film but it also expands upon them and that's what i good sequel should do in my humble and honest opinion.
Starring in this film is one of this films executive producers the legend that is Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode and Judy Greer as Karen Nelson. Also starring in this film is Andi Matichak as Allyson Nelson , Will Patton as Deputy Frank Hawkins , Haluk Bilginer as Dr. Ranbir Sartain , Virginia Gardner as Vicky , Jefferson Hall as Aaron Korey , Toby Huss as Ray Nelson , Dylan Arnold as Cameron Elam , Rhian Rees as Dana Haines , Miles Robbins as Dave , Omar Dorsey as Sheriff Barker , Drew Scheid as Oscar , Jibrail Nantambu as Julian Morrisey , James Jude Courtney as Michael Myers / The Shape , Nick Castle as Michael Myers / The Shape and another Halloween legend because we also have P. J. Soles as The Voice Of The Teacher.
As for what I thought about the acting that's in this film in all honesty the acting that's in this film is alot better then it really had any right to be and I say that because no one expects great acting from a sequel to Halloween. However that isn't the case with this film since pretty much all of the actors that are starring in this film turn in some really good performances in my opinion and while yes there are some actors that don't turn in good performances in this film (I can't think of them right now but one of them is Drew Scheid) but those actors and their performances are in my opinion at least very few and far between but that's just what I think about the acting that's in this film anyways.
Now then boys and girls this is something that we might not have known at the time but unless you a die hard Halloween fan that is but this film actually kicks of yet another timeline in the Halloween film franchise. Now after doing some quick maths I worked out this is actually the fourth timeline in the Halloween film franchise since there's of course Halloween which then spawns Halloweens 2 , 4 , 5 and 6 and then there's Halloween H20 Twenty Years Later and Halloween: Resurrection which ignores Halloweens 4 ,5 and 6 and then there's Halloween 2007 and Halloween 2 2009 which is a remake timeline and then there's this film , Halloween Kills and Halloween End which ignores every Halloween barring the 1978 original film.
Now then boys and girls this film does rely on some of the old Halloween tropes and story ideas like for example Michael Myers is being persued by a doctor and Michael does kill a babysitter. However this film puts spins on those same tropes and ideas like for example the doctor that is persuing Michael isn't trying to bring him back to Smith's Grove but is instead trying to study him for himself and in the process of that becomes consumed by Michael to the point where he is willing to protect Michael and the babysitter that Michael Myers kills in this film is a nothing character since she adds nothing to the overall plot which is a pretty solid idea in my humble and honest opinion.
Now i've been pretty positive about this film so far but there are some things that I don't like about the film. Like for example the film does feel alot like a retread of the 1978 original film which wouldn't be a bad thing if we hadn't just had a remake almost ten years prior to this film being released and the other thing that i didn't like about this is the fact that very few of the new characters that are introduced in this film are interesting or even likable since alot of the new characters that are introduced in this film are very uninteresting and are pretty unlikable but that's just what I think anyways.
Now then there is a reason as to why i've put the Charlie's Angels 2019 film poster here and that's because unlike that film this film actually has interesting and well written female characters and what makes those female characters interesting in this film is the fact that not only are they given personalities but they are also given flaws. Just by the fact that the female characters in this film are given personalities and flaws makes them more human and alot more three dimensional and the female characters in this film are alot more stronger then the female characters in both Ghostbusters 2016 and Charlie's Angels 2019 but that's just my opinion anyways.
This film film has a total running time of one hour and forty five minuets and forty seven seconds and in my opinion the film didn't need to be this long. Since you could tell the story that's in this film in one hour and thirty minuets or even just over or even just under one hour and thirty minuets and you wouldn't have to cut out anything that's important to the actual plot of this film but that's just what I think anyways.
Now then boys and girls this is a slasher film after all and that means that I have to talk about the kills that are in the actual film itself and in my opinion the kills that are presented to us in this film are in my opinion at least a very mixed bad. Since while we do get some good looking kills and some really good looking gore effects there are also a lot of kills that happen off screen which is something that you never want to do in a slasher film since the audience that's going to see your slasher film wants to see the kills and so by having alot of the kills in this film happen off screen is a very / pretty bad thing in my humble and honest opinion.
Overall this film is honestly one of the best films in the Halloween film franchise in my opinion and you can really tell that this film was written and made by people who are die hard fans of the Halloween film franchise since they made a film that somehow manages to capture the spirit of the 1978 original film. Now then boys and girls i've talked about both of the good and the bad things that are in this film in this very review and as such this film gets an 8.5 out of 10 from me.
As for where I got the images that I used in this review from well boys and girls I got all f the images that I used in this review from the official Halloween fandom wiki page and the official Charlie's Angel's fandom wiki page. With My preferred website to use t get images from this film being the official Halloween fandom wiki page just because alot of the images that are on the official Halloween fandom wiki page are fairly high quality as well as fairly high definition and as always horror fans we end this review as we always do with our true goddess Elvira wishing us all some very unpleasant dreams.
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