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jamessJan 12, 2022

Remember Lonnie? The kid that Dr. Loomis scared from behind the bushes in John Carpenter's Halloween? How about Tommy and Lindsey, the kids Laurie Strode babysat while being stalked by the "shape"? Well I hope you care about those charactersRemember Lonnie? The kid that Dr. Loomis scared from behind the bushes in John Carpenter's Halloween? How about Tommy and Lindsey, the kids Laurie Strode babysat while being stalked by the "shape"? Well I hope you care about those characters a lot because they have more screen time than Jamie Lee Curtis' s Laurie Strode, along with once Sheriff Brackett and a bunch of secondary characters around town. While Laurie is recuperating from her injuries in the hospital, the townsfolk become an unruly mob on the hunt for Michael Myers. And the many victims of Michael are these secondary characters who are introduced just to be killed off moments later. Sure, Halloween Kills is the middle of a trilogy, but considering what happens it could have been wrapped up with a single sequel instead of being spread out over three movies. And I hope you like the phrase "evil dies tonight". You'll hear it about 47 times.… Expand

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JLuis_001Oct 18, 2021

Halloween Kills has committed the terrible sin of all the other sequels in this franchise, and what seemed like an incredibly notorious return, fades into a film that at its worst, never gives reasons to justify its existence.

I reallyHalloween Kills has committed the terrible sin of all the other sequels in this franchise, and what seemed like an incredibly notorious return, fades into a film that at its worst, never gives reasons to justify its existence.

I really believe it was a massive mistake to pick up the narrative right where the 2018 movie ended, because it took out Laurie Strode off the game.
This in its eagerness to give prominence to the people of Haddonfield, who until now had always been stupid victims in Michael Myers' path.
In this one, they still continue being stupid victims, they just put up a little more resistance.

There are a lot worse things about the Halloween franchise, and that by no means exempts all the glaring flaws in this film, but frankly I didn't find it that horrible either.

I've seen things in the genre that are way worse, and Halloween Kills is merely inconsistent and flawed, which is a shame considering all the expectations it created.

I read negative reviews because of the violence that unfolds on screen, but if you're watching a film about an unstoppable murderer, I think it is ridiculous to complain about it.
It's not that it's justified, its own concept revolves around violence.

Taking into account these results I no longer have any illusions about Halloween Ends, but considering that I just read that that film will have a 4-year time jump, it's fair to intuit that at least it will not be as abrupt and empty as this disappointing sequel.… Expand

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damonkaylaOct 31, 2021

it was good until the last 20 mins. Michael is a phony. Not a fan of the ending at all seems really fake

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Jrock16Oct 16, 2021

You know I don’t know why this film is getting so many negative reviews, it wasn’t great but it’s not nearly as bad as some of the other Halloween sequels. The kills were gory and brutal which is all we really want from a slasher movie and ifYou know I don’t know why this film is getting so many negative reviews, it wasn’t great but it’s not nearly as bad as some of the other Halloween sequels. The kills were gory and brutal which is all we really want from a slasher movie and if people are complaining there wasn’t enough Laurie Strode then I think it’s good to see how Michael Myers affected the rest of Haddonfield too and not just her.… Expand

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WreticOct 20, 2021

I give this movie a 4, only reason : Michael Myers kills. They did well on the kills with the R-rating but that's genuinely everything about this movie that's decent. The rest is forgettable.

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JGidsOct 15, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Much of the plot line felt extremely deluded and unnecessary, with many scenes making little to no sense. Suspension of disbelief was thrown out the window in numerous sections, and you’ll often think to yourself, “this is ridiculous.” Interesting characters from Halloween (2018) feel watered down and honestly downright stupid at times. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is barely even present in the film, with only about 15-20 minutes of run time focused on her in the ER. — Let’s hope the 3rd film in this Reboot Trilogy brings the Halloween franchise back to glory, because this surely didn’t.… Expand

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A_Pers0n2004Oct 15, 2021

I am certainly mixed on this movie. Overall the acting from everyone was good (except for a few characters). I enjoyed the kills and I thought that they picked a good message to go along with what they where trying to do. However I feel thatI am certainly mixed on this movie. Overall the acting from everyone was good (except for a few characters). I enjoyed the kills and I thought that they picked a good message to go along with what they where trying to do. However I feel that they did not do a good job of blending the two together. I also feel that the premise that they had (a town going after a killer) was not utilized to its full potential. In the end, I can't say that I had a bad time with this film but it certainly was not as good or as well put together as its predecessor, Halloween 2018.… Expand

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Nick1280Oct 15, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A few interesting death scenes. The bad pacing got a little better as the movie progressed, but too many superfluous subplots, none of which serve a purpose; and the whole story comes across as filler material between I and III. Toward the end there was a laughable attempt at social commentary. At least they (potentially) killed a Strode, if they undo that, it’ll be super lame. It had a few enjoyable moments, especially Big John getting killed. 6.8/10.… Expand

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MetacriticOnurOct 15, 2021

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imthenoobOct 15, 2021

Halloween Kills is an hour and 45-minute movie that still could have been 15 minutes shorter. There really isn't much of a story here as it largely just deals with the fallout from the ending of the previous film while also setting up theHalloween Kills is an hour and 45-minute movie that still could have been 15 minutes shorter. There really isn't much of a story here as it largely just deals with the fallout from the ending of the previous film while also setting up the final movie. So don't walk into this expecting much of a plot because you won't get one. What you will get is plenty of satisfying kills and a lot of Michael Myers. That's all I really wanted out of this as it was billed as Michael's revenge and it most certainly delivers in that regard.

Is it as good as the first movie? Well, That all depends on what you are looking for. I appreciate the shorter run-time and the gory kills but it doesn't have the story that really helped elevate the first movie. As a longtime fan, I honestly enjoyed it. It had its flaws but there are far more highs than lows. I think a lot of people will walk away thinking it was one of the better films of the franchise but it is not among the best.… Expand

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GinaKOct 19, 2021

Not the worst Halloween/Michael Meyers film I’ve seen, and that’s possibly because of the involvement of Jamie Lee Curtis. Of course, it was not as great as the original, but it did have a point of view (that violence begets violence), butNot the worst Halloween/Michael Meyers film I’ve seen, and that’s possibly because of the involvement of Jamie Lee Curtis. Of course, it was not as great as the original, but it did have a point of view (that violence begets violence), but any “point of view” or “idea” about Michael was obscured by a series of ugly killings that just got uglier.… Expand

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moviemitch96Oct 16, 2021

This next installment in the recently rebooted 'Halloween' franchise picks up immediately where the first film ended. Michael Meyers still isn't dead and is continuing his killing spree on Halloween night, so Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis)This next installment in the recently rebooted 'Halloween' franchise picks up immediately where the first film ended. Michael Meyers still isn't dead and is continuing his killing spree on Halloween night, so Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) her daughter and granddaughter (Judy Greer and Andi Matichak respectively), and the rest of their town and several past survivors band together to try and stop him. I really enjoyed the first installment of this rebooted franchise that was released a few years ago, so I was eager to see how it would continue here. And while it's heavy on gore and kills, as is to be expected, it didn't quite have the same draw as the first film had for me. This one felt a lot more soulless and hollow with not as much of a rooting factor for me this time around. In the first film, seeing three generations of Strodes band together at the end to kick Michael Meyers' ass was one of the most satisfying and awesome things I'd seen in a horror flick in years, and there really wasn't a whole lot of that going here with this one. Instead we get a lot of angry mob scenes and our protagonists aren't as near as effective or as strong in this one. It almost feels like this film decided to just go back to what the retconned sequels were all like: soulless and bloody, which is all fine and dandy, considering this is a 'Halloween' film after all, but it's still a little disappointing to see it fall back on old tricks after how refreshing of a turn the previous film took. But on the flipside, Curtis, Greer, and Matichak are in top form here once again and all three give fierce performances. But overall, aside from the solid three lead actresses, this happened to still be fun and certainly had plenty of creative and gory kills, but it does happen to fall back and rely on old habits a little too heavily for my liking.… Expand

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radixlecti84Oct 19, 2021

Pretty boring as far as horror movies go, completely moronic characters who practically throw themselves at Michaels knife. I didn't feel a moment of suspense watching this.

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MattBrady99Oct 24, 2021

‘Halloween Kills’ - the body count has been heighten in brutal fashion. From start till finish it’s a bloody carnage, and if you want to watch a movie that’s all about the kills, then this is for you, but don't go into this expecting anything‘Halloween Kills’ - the body count has been heighten in brutal fashion. From start till finish it’s a bloody carnage, and if you want to watch a movie that’s all about the kills, then this is for you, but don't go into this expecting anything else, because even though I liked the 2018 version, this unfortunately felt like a step down in quality. Firstly, the writing in this movie is terrible and the people of Haddonfield have got more brain cells than oranges have pips! The number of times a character will remind you how evil Michael Myers is, as if showing him brutally killing people at random wasn’t enough. Even when this mob finally catches up to Myers, they only beat him up a little bit and then let him have a breather. There should be a drinking game of the amount of times "evil dies tonight" is said, but I fear that might cause the statistics for alcohol poisoning to go up.

I was honestly rooting for Michael Myers the whole time. There were only two death scenes where I felt sorry for the characters, but the rest kind of deserved it for being so stupid. One of the funniest death scenes is when a woman starts opening fire on Myers while he’s in the vehicle, somehow missing every shot despite her bragging earlier about firing one before, Myers kicks the car door open causing the door to strike the gun she’s aiming at, discharging it, and accidentally shooting herself in the head. Or how about the amount of times characters are in perilous situations from which they could easily run away, but never do. It’s bizarre choices like this that makes me wonder what the filmmakers were thinking. Hammy dialogue and a disjointed narrative structure.

I can easily see people getting bored watching this movie because there’s nothing there on the surface besides the kills. I mean, say what you want about the 2018 version, but what surprised me is how the movie showed the aftermath of most of the kills instead of the kill itself. While in this movie, despite being a gory guilty pleasure, it felt like mindless gore.

Although I appreciate that the movie is trying to go for a social message about mob mentality, jumping to conclusions, and how far it can escalate. I mean if you’ve been on Twitter for six years, you will get the gist. The idea of fear and rage and rumor spreading through a mob which sets out to hunt Michael is very interesting, but it was executed so poorly. It’s also about finding the right balance of social message and a dumb slasher movie, and unfortunately, I got dumber slasher movie with extra dumb.

Other than that, some familiar faces (or character names) make a return, for better or worse. Although it made me question, 40 years after a traumatic event why would you stay in one place. The worst example of this has to be an older Tommy Doyle played by Anthony Michael Hall, who delivers an embarrassing performance. I thought he was incredibly one-note and after a while he got on my nerves. They should’ve brought back Paul Rudd as Tommy Doyle, just saying. Other returned characters are there for call back references without the respect they deserve.

On the other hand, it’s not to say the movie doesn’t have its merits.

I like the fact that Michael “Groovy Baby!” Myers has gone back to being not motivated for his actions and is just the embodiment of evil, who may or may not be supernatural. He's brutal and intimidating in this movie that every time he’s on screen there’s a deep feeling of dread. He is an immortal killing machine.

The score was great, of course with it being from John Carpenter himself, but also his collaborators Cody Carpenter (his son) and Daniel A. Davies. There were a couple of moments where the score became the icing on the cake.

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode is still great as always, but this time takes a backseat and misses most of the action, but for good reasons, as in the last movie she received serious injuries when confronting Myers and I thought based on the marketing of the movie that she will get out of the hospital bed and face off against Myers for a second round, which I’m glad they didn’t do and they are self-aware enough to know that would be too ridiculous. Judy Greer was also great as Karen, the warmest and caring character in the whole movie.

The biggest praise I have for this movie is how they manage to find someone who had the same appearance and voice of Donald Pleasence, as Dr Loomis returns briefly in the 78' flashback scene, played by Tom Jones Jr., and dubbed over by Colin Mahan. People thought it was CGI or deep fake, which couldn’t be further than the truth. This movie and ‘Doctor Sleep’ stepped away from that technical side and instead used an actor. I wish more movies would do that.

Overall rating: My biggest issue with this movie and its sequels and tired reboots, is that the original Halloween was more about the mundane and subtlety. The studios need to remember that.… Expand

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CDizznessOct 19, 2021

HALLOWEEN KILLS.....my interest in the 3rd film...

To be fair, it started off strong...but fell on it's face. Michael Meyers is not Jason Vorhees....yet the newer films seem to want him to be this "embodiment of evil". When at the end of theHALLOWEEN KILLS.....my interest in the 3rd film...

To be fair, it started off strong...but fell on it's face. Michael Meyers is not Jason Vorhees....yet the newer films seem to want him to be this "embodiment of evil". When at the end of the day, all they need is the chick from "You're Next" to take a swing at him and forever put an end to this torment of cash crap(meant to say grab, but crap is more fitting)of a slasher franchise. Evil dies the night when they decide this franchise has been milked enough. At least the kills were brutal.… Expand

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MidAirManOct 28, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Halloween movie that never needed to be made. It completely destroys the work the last movie did to try and give some thrills and kills. The movie should really be called Michael can. Spoiler, at the end of the movie Michael gets destroyed by a mob that seems to be 20 or 30 people. The he hulks up and murders them all one by one as if they were waiting in line. It's really the dumbest thing I have seen in a long time. We have all seen the damage mobs can do. He wouldn't have been in one piece, but in this movie he can single handedly defeat 20-30 people like its nothing. These movies aren't scary or entertaining at this point. It's more about how can they make the characters in the movie dumb enough so Michael can prevail.… Expand

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ThwompthingOct 19, 2021

I don't think it deserves a red score of 0-3, so I'll be generous and give it a 4 only for the kills/gore and sound. Everything else about this movie just stinks. The acting is horrible, the dialogue/script is even worse. The mob stuff wasI don't think it deserves a red score of 0-3, so I'll be generous and give it a 4 only for the kills/gore and sound. Everything else about this movie just stinks. The acting is horrible, the dialogue/script is even worse. The mob stuff was horribly done. Some of the worst acting I've ever seen.

You've got to have extremely low standards to give this anything higher than a 5 or 6.… Expand

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snorkissOct 20, 2021

Halloween kills doesn't feel like a Halloween film, it seems odd to say a slasher flick lacks heart and soul, but this slasher flick lacks heart and soul - 4 stars for some admittedly fun gruesome deaths.

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ArsonPanda703Oct 23, 2021

Movie was okay. I love Michael Myers and they did a good job portraying him and how vicious he is. The story was okay nothing really too special but okay. The one thing that broke the immersion for me was how stupid everyone was. When you'reMovie was okay. I love Michael Myers and they did a good job portraying him and how vicious he is. The story was okay nothing really too special but okay. The one thing that broke the immersion for me was how stupid everyone was. When you're holding a gun why would you run up to someone 3 ft away to try and shoot them. Or in a huge group try to take on someone one at a time. The ending was pretty cool with that little twist but just couldn't get over how dumb everyone was. Overall it was an okay movie probably won't watch it again for a long time. To be honest glad I streamed it for $10 rather than pay $40 at the cinema.… Expand

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MrPajamasOct 26, 2021

I don't really know what to say. It started off fine and followed the intro with music, which I enjoyed, but then it started to be about nothing in my opinion. This movie just felt so empty to me. How can I put this. For example, if I look atI don't really know what to say. It started off fine and followed the intro with music, which I enjoyed, but then it started to be about nothing in my opinion. This movie just felt so empty to me. How can I put this. For example, if I look at the previous installment from 2018, that one had a plot in my opinion. Here, there is something going on, but it feels so empty, without a purpose. There's even a moment that I thought was pretty overdone. They're still putting the events of the original Halloween movie in here and I don't know, but I just didn't like it and my opinion is that they should have stuck with the 2018 movie and not made a sequel. The only good thing here in my opinion are the scenes with Michael murdering his victims. Those are really good. But the rest of the movie is a misery for me and in the end it is a mediocre movie that I don't recommend.… Expand

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Candlejack84Oct 19, 2021

I have been a huge fan of the series for about 25 years. I have seen all of them several times over and would class this as one of the more middling entries. * Slight Spoilers ahead* Every time they start to go down the supernatural pureI have been a huge fan of the series for about 25 years. I have seen all of them several times over and would class this as one of the more middling entries. * Slight Spoilers ahead* Every time they start to go down the supernatural pure evil forces route I lose interest pretty quickly as I find the notion of Michael being simple man and mortal much more compelling. I also noticed that Michael seemed more sadistic in the way that he kills people in this film which seemed out of place with his usual robotic nature. The kills themselves were all great and all you should expect from a slasher movie.
I know a lot of people weren't too fond of the various flashbacks but I personally felt that they added something to the story, especially the first one which obviously fills in a lot of gaps in the narrative. I also personally appreciated the cameo appearances of some of the characters from the original Halloween (78) movie.
All in all I think this entry was a lot weaker than the 2018 entry and I think the decision to go the rote that they chose with the supernatural element spoiled it for me considerably.… Expand

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ThehorrorboyOct 15, 2021

Filme enfedonho, uma queda em relação ao filme de 2018. O que salva o filme são algumas mortes interessantes, mas nada que não tenha visto antes

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DanteStallworthOct 16, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is a comedy, I was laughing watching this movie at the theatre. The ending was the funniest part, When I saw Michael Myers get jumped by 30 people. He got shot six times in the chest and beaten to death with a baseball bat and stabbed in the neck. All for him to get up and kill everyone with his kitchen knife. One of the funniest movie of the year. If you need a laugh you should go watch this movie.… Expand

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sergiopalma02Nov 16, 2021

A legitimately bad movie that I legitimately enjoyed almost all the way through. Watch out for that 3rd act though.

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zachpacreviewsNov 19, 2021

- Bland and idiotic characters; so unbelievably dumb that you won't care when they die
- The kills are so ridiculous and over-the-top
- EvIl DiEs ToNiGhT: a repeated phrases throughout the movie that gets old.. real quick.. It's like the- Bland and idiotic characters; so unbelievably dumb that you won't care when they die
- The kills are so ridiculous and over-the-top
- EvIl DiEs ToNiGhT: a repeated phrases throughout the movie that gets old.. real quick.. It's like the writers came up with it, and just stroked themselves because they thought it was cool and smart.
- They have Michael pinned, they literally could've killed him.. but they didn't.. SEE WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE IDIOTIC CHARACTER??? THEY ANNOY ME!
- The dialogue is corny
- Mediocre performances
- Laurie, literally, is just in the movie to give cheesy monologues about evil
- SPOILER: They bring back every old character from the original just to kill them off here

Overall, I don't even know, watch it? Should you? Sure, on Peacock.… Expand

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Voodoo123Jan 19, 2022

+Great visual style close to the original films(h1&h2)
+Excellent cast
+Great soundtrack -Fails to build tension -Excess of exposition doesnt allow for any horror -The shape gets far too much screen time Clearly a film made with great+Great visual style close to the original films(h1&h2)
+Excellent cast
+Great soundtrack
-Fails to build tension
-Excess of exposition doesnt allow for any horror
-The shape gets far too much screen time

Clearly a film made with great passion and love for the original 2 movies. However this this iteration sadly misses all the tension building opportunities instead using quick cut edits and reams of exposition to build an almost fantasy film level of lore for michael myers and as a result the whole thing comes off as a massive budget fan film. Its a real shame as i think with a less ambitious roster of extravagant kills, this really could've been as tense and scary as the carpenter original however the choices made by the direction and editing (and over the top kill after kill) just detached me from feeling, well anything at all. While i found it an entertaining watch, only a very particular nich of audience will be truly statisfied by this movie.… Expand