Halloween (But Not the Tyler Perry Version)

In today’s episode of “White People do Dumb **** in Scary Movies” I present to you Halloween (2018). The fact that after 40 years, Michael Myers is still out here killing people who are running at full speed while he is doing a smooth pimp stroll is beyond me, but nonetheless, this was one of my most anticipated movies of the year. 

The new Halloween is a “sequel” to the original. We are supposed to forget any movie that came after the original in 1978. We are supposed to forget they said Jamie Lee Curtis was his sister and we are even supposed to forget about Busta Rhymes running from Michael too. Weirdly enough, forgetting all the sequels really worked. This movie picks up 40 years after the Halloween night Michael Myers murdered Laurie Strode’s friends and almost killed her. We learn that life after this night hasn’t been a crystal stair for Laurie. Two podcasters come to interview her and we learn she has two failed marriages and a daughter that doesn’t really bang with her like that. She lives in a heavily guarded house in the woods, waiting for the day Michael comes for her to finish what they started all those years ago. 

Of course after this, lots of murder ensues. Overall, this was a really solid movie. Although it was not extremely scary, it had an excellent plot and a couple of jumps throughout. There was even some comedic relief in the form of little Julian. Julian was legit the smartest character in the movie. Why? Because he knew to get tf low when Michael came in his house. And why did he get low? Because Julian was black and his parents taught him well. Chile, I was so frustrated with all of the other characters just standing around instead of escaping when Michael came for them. For instance, the podcaster trapped in the bathroom had AMPLE opportunity to get low but she sat in that stall holding onto that crowbar like she was about that action. I wanted to throw my phone at the screen. 

I really loved the character development between Laurie, her daughter Karen, and her granddaughter Allyson. We learn that their relationships have not been great over the years but when things go left this family really stuck together. Something else that was important to me in this movie is that it felt genuine. A lot of film and tv reboots try to force it down your throat that we are now in 2018 as opposed to whenever the original came out (hello Charmed reboot). But this felt like we just picked up in Laurie’s life all these years later and we didn’t have to be consistently reminded of how much time had passed. 

This was the perfect October release getting us ready for everyone’s fave holiday. Share your thoughts below!