Halloween (2018)

40 years after she was the lone survivor of a slaughter on Halloween night by a masked killer (who has been kept locked up in a high security asylum), a woman (Jamie Lee Curtis) finally gets an opportunity for closure while she awaits to face the "man" who destroyed her life when he escapes. Directed by David Gordon Green, the film ignores the nine HALLOWEEN films that came out between the 1978 original and this one as if they never existed. Personally, I quite liked the 1998 HALLOWEEN H20 but the others didn't bring anything to the franchise. While I liked this one, it was a bit of a disappointment. On the plus side, there's a fierce Jamie Lee Curtis performance whose Laurie Strode has been pushed to the brink of insanity in the 40 years since the murders which has alienated her from her adult daughter (Judy Greer). David Gordon Green does bring some intense action scenes to the fore and he does, for the most part, provide the requisite frights. On the downside, the film has some annoying and lame characters like the two British journalists. So irritating that I literally had to restrain myself from applauding when Michael Myers bashes the head in of the male journalist (Jefferson Hall). Not a good idea to make the victims so unappealing (there are several others) that you side with the killer! The final confrontation is superbly done and yes, the film does let it self open for a sequel. With Will Patton, Andi Matichak, Virginia Gardner and Haluk Bliginer as the film's ill conceived replacement for the Donald Pleasence character.