"Halloween": Movie Review
The sequel to the 1978 cult classic, also titled "Halloween", fails to scare, empathize, and entertain in it's 106 minute run time. What could've been a great revival of a horror icon, takes a huge giant step back in it's 40 year quest to find success.
Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) is a strong, but unsound woman who finds herself confronted by her demon, Michael Myers (Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney). The storyline is beat to beat predictable, and a complete bore to watch.
Director and Screenplay writer David Gordon Green, along with co writers Danny McBride (yes, that Danny McBride) and Jeff Fradley, unsuccessfully formulate sympathy for the majority of the characters that make an appearance on screen. In turn, this makes the film a complete chore to watch, as the script is miserably poor.
What's worst is "Halloween" is just not scary. It heavily relies on jump scares, and a plethora of gory deaths that are more creepy, then frightening to witness. And when you have annoying teen romance, contrived parent representations, and two pushy reporters, it's difficult not to root for Michael in almost every circumstance.
It's a lazy, predictable, and badly acted production, that seems like a real missed opportunity. What could've been a Michael Myers for a new generation, ends up falling on its own knife.
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