![]() ![]() Yet while Laurie’s being rushed to the hospital, Michael naturally somehow escapes, proceeding to make the population of this small town considerably smaller, thanks in no small part to the abject stupidity of its residents in terms of knowing horror-movie etiquette. Michael Myers in 'Halloween Kills.' Ryan Green/Universal Pictures Instead, in a narrative flourish not helped by extra time on the shelf, the action picks up immediately after the scenario presented in 2018, when Laurie Strode ( Jamie Lee Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) thought they had emerged victorious from a showdown with killer extraordinaire Michael Myers. If the previous movie conjured a bit of excitement by eradicating everything that had transpired after the original, that sense of novelty has quickly worn off. Seeing the movie in a theater, however, merely reinforces how clunky it feels, creating uncomfortable moments where the audience seemingly doesn’t quite know whether to laugh with it in its nods to the franchise’s history or laugh at it, ultimately the prevailing sensation. ![]() ![]() Then again, this 12th film in the series – a direct sequel to the 2018 reset “Halloween” – is odd on various levels, starting with the wholly misguided attempt to weave a half-baked message into its bloody mayhem.Īnother title delayed by Covid, the Universal release will also be same-day available on the studio’s streaming service Peacock, testing the power of horror as a shared experience to overcome the at-home option. “Halloween Kills” is a strange name for a 43-year-old franchise that positively refuses to die. ![]()
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