Halloween

Facts from the original

• The page reports early reactions to the 2018 Halloween revival after its Toronto International Film Festival screening.
• The film continues the story of Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie and ignores most of the other sequels.
• Horror fans had been highly anticipating the movie, and trailers teased a scary, gory return to form.
• CinemaBlend's Sean O'Connell said the new Halloween is mean and nasty and takes no prisoners with its kills.
• O'Connell noted that David Gordon Green and co-writer Danny McBride surpass the body count of Carpenter's original before Michael even reaches Haddonfield.
• The kills are disturbingly brutal and involve hammers, head butts, long kitchen knives, boots, and more.
• The film is written by David Gordon Green and Danny McBride and directed by Green.
• The story takes place 40 years after Michael Myers' murder spree that left only one survivor.
• Laurie is now grown up with a family of her own and has been preparing for Myers' inevitable return.
• The new movie ramps up the body count for viewers looking for grisly murders.
• The kills are a significant aspect of Halloween, and both Michael Myers and Jamie Lee Curtis are ready for action.
• Curtis comes full circle, going from frightened babysitter to a shotgun-wielding grandma ready to settle the score with her old rival.
• Variety's Peter DeBruge said Laurie is badass and capable of taking a beating.
• DeBruge wrote that just shy of 60, Curtis plays one of the toughest, most combat-ready grandmas ever on screen, able to get tossed over a balcony, fall off the roof, and still pick herself up.
• The film mostly escapes the franchise's curse and manages to be faithful to the original film.
• Fans will spot many winks and homages to the 1978 classic.
• Entertainment Weekly's Leah Greenblatt wondered if the film might be too faithful at times.
• Greenblatt listed tropes including teenager makeout sessions, frantic escapes through a dark wood, and deaths by ax, steel-toe boot, and bathroom stall.
• The film also includes the iconic score, the pumpkin-colored font of the credits, and a few original supporting characters.
• Greenblatt noted there is no new Deadpool-like fourth-wall breaking or this-is-why-he-cries backstory.
• Overall, those looking for a bloody horror movie that kicks ass will be satisfied by Halloween.
• More than one person on Twitter called it the Star Wars: The Force Awakens of the Halloween franchise.
• The movie is full of things people love about the first film while introducing new things and being surprisingly funny.
• Halloween arrives in theaters on October 19, 2018.
• The article was written by Matt Wood and published on 11 September 2018.