This is an advance review out of the Toronto International Film Festival 2018.
The new Halloween is the movie fans of the series have waited 40 years for, a genuinely well-made and thrilling direct sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 original that honors its classic forebear while developing an identity of its own, thanks in part to an unexpected but much needed dose of humor.
This time around, the final girl is now the last line of defense. The trauma of Laurie Strode’s (Jamie Lee Curtis) experience surviving masked serial killer Michael Myers (Nick Castle) in the first Halloween has fully consumed her these past four decades, making her obsessively security-conscious and beyond paranoid. It’s profoundly affected her relationships with both her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak).
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The new Halloween is the movie fans of the series have waited 40 years for, a genuinely well-made and thrilling direct sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 original that honors its classic forebear while developing an identity of its own, thanks in part to an unexpected but much needed dose of humor.
This time around, the final girl is now the last line of defense. The trauma of Laurie Strode’s (Jamie Lee Curtis) experience surviving masked serial killer Michael Myers (Nick Castle) in the first Halloween has fully consumed her these past four decades, making her obsessively security-conscious and beyond paranoid. It’s profoundly affected her relationships with both her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak).
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