Halloween: Film Review

It's been 40 years since the Haddenfield murders. The events still weigh heavy on Laurie Strode who has lived her life locked away and training her daughter for Michael Myers return. After an accident while transferring Myers to a new facility, her nightmare becomes real.

Laurie Strode may have survived 40 years ago but something in her died. She lives out in the middle of a wooded area surrounded by fences and locks. She learned how to shoot a gun and protect herself and her family. Her daughter grows to resent the way she was raised and at the age of 12 was taken away. Now her daughter is raising a daughter of her own and trying to forget her past.

The movie starts with two podcasters getting an interview with Michael at the facility he is being kept at. The doctor says he still won't speak after the events of that night. It's only once they bring out the mask that things start to get weird. All the other people in the facility start to go crazy. Even the dogs are going crazy but still he doesn't speak.

After their visit with Michael they go and see Laurie who only agrees to speak to them for money. Laurie quickly shuts down once they mention Laurie going and speaking with Michael. Laurie ends up giving the money to her granddaughter.

While Michael Myers is getting transferred to a new facility the bus crashes (are you shocked?) and all the patients are freed. A man and his son stumble upon the wreck and go to see if they need help. It's then you realize Michael is loose.

This movie breaks from the originals and takes place 40 years after the first. Laurie is not Michael's sister in this timeline. Some horror fans might not like that but personally I am fine with it. It always seemed a little strange to me that Laurie was his sister anyway.

Halloween is surprisingly good. It isn't a rehashing of another Halloween movie and Michael seems more human than before. Yeah he takes a bullet to the shoulder and you never see it effect him but writers David Gordon Green and Danny McBride (yes, that Danny McBride) did a great job making Myers seem like a person.

I only have two problems with Halloween. First, why the intro with the podcasters? It seemed weird since SPOILERS! they die pretty quickly. Was it just a way to get Michael his mask? As soon as they died the movie went to classic Halloween. My second problem is with everyone in this movie! These murders defined your town. You grew up with stories about it and yet when a guy wearing that exact mask is seen wondering around town again no one says anything? Also, does no one watch the news!?! You see them talk about the bus crash on the news, that's how Laurie found out about it, and yet no one seems concerned. They still let their kids trick or treat. I would be the mean parent and tell my kids not only are we not trick or treating but we are taking a vacation until Michael Myers is caught again.

Overall, Halloween is good, gory fun. The kills are bloody and the ending is really interesting. Halloween broke box office records so expect to see another Halloween movie.

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