'Halloween Kills' (2021) Review

     For the seventh film this month, I watched ‘Halloween Kills’ (2021) which is currently in theaters and free on Peacock for premium members. The Halloween movies are one of the most known monsters franchises of all time. It is also the time of year where we can binge the whole series to be festive with the upcoming season. I was hyped to watch this one because I’m a huge fan of the last film that was released in 2018. ‘Halloween’ (2018) was scary and had perfect moments with built up anticipation. The story paid homage to the original from 1978 but stayed independent enough to stand on its own. Because of my high expectations based on the previous film, ‘Halloween Kills’ had some big shoes to fill.

Right off the bat I was surprised to see how the story picked right back up from the exact moment the last one had ended. I liked how this film was a continuation of the same night from the 2018 film. Movies that stick to events that happen over the course of the same day are more likely to hold my attention span due to the constant action. Let me say, ‘Halloween Kills’ definitely held its end of the bargain by delivering constant action throughout the movie, but was it good? Not really. The film did almost the opposite of the first by disregarding any plot or built up tension and instead is a bloodbath of extreme kills for an hour and 45 minutes. If I had known this going in, maybe I would have appreciated it a bit more. I had expected something more edge of your seat type beat but I was sadly mistaken. 

    Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode is the backbone of the series. A queen status of a horror icon and one of my favorite final girls. Because of this I was extremely disappointed to see that she is barely in the film. The marketing for this movie was made to be the huge face off between Laurie and Micheal Myers, but they don’t even share the screen. I understand they have to build it up for the next movie set to release in 2022, but it was a misdirect that left a bad taste. As for the other characters like Allyson, Laurie's granddaughter portrayed by Andi Matichak, she was a interesting character to watch grow in this film. Her character broke some stigma around the ‘heroine victim’ because of her logical decisions. Allyson has the potential to be a new final girl to add to the franchise aside Laurie Strode. As for the other characters, it was a miss for me. So many unnecessary introductions (and reintroductions from previous films) that added nothing but instead dragged the screen time just for them to die 15 minutes later. I mean, what was with the whole Tommy Doyle side story? Boring. 

    If I gave this a rewatch knowing that it's not going to be like Halloween (2018) and instead a gory horror movie you watch with your friends, I would have loved it (I mean I didn't enjoy the new Childs Play until my second watch, and now it's a new favorite). If you enjoy movies like Friday the 13th, Saw, or The ABCs of Death, I would recommend this movie. I give this a 2.5 out of 5 rating for the time being. But, I can't go without saying to look out for the small Psycho reference at the end of the film. As a horror fan, it was a perfect homage to one of the best movies of all time.

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