As of today, Halloween has thus far scared up $103,081,717 at the worldwide box office, with $87,213,220 of that made domestically here in the United States.
They were absolutely right to ignore everything that came after the first movie and to NOT change the ending of the original movie.
Except that the new movie makes the first film's ending pretty uneventful since the shock of being shot 6 times, falling off a balcony, then just walking away with only his breathing being heard in everywhere is rendered to him being apprehended eventually that night and being thrown back into the nuthouse for the next 40 years. That just sounds.... awesome?
Except that the new movie makes the first film's ending pretty uneventful since the shock of being shot 6 times, falling off a balcony, then just walking away with only his breathing being heard in everywhere is rendered to him being apprehended eventually that night and being thrown back into the nuthouse for the next 40 years. That just sounds.... awesome?
I havent seen this yet but I was wondering how they were going to handle that whole shot point-blank 6 times in the chest & balcony fall thing. Its like....thats gotta leave a mark, right? I dunno. I love the endng of the original but it was a huge stretch of the imagination to see that happening.
If what you say is how they "handled" it then..... ehhhh....sounds weak.
Except that the new movie makes the first film's ending pretty uneventful since the shock of being shot 6 times, falling off a balcony, then just walking away with only his breathing being heard in everywhere is rendered to him being apprehended eventually that night and being thrown back into the nuthouse for the next 40 years. That just sounds.... awesome?
By having him locked up, Laurie knows he is still alive.
It's been 40 years. Was he just supposed to be missing for that long and than show up 40 years later? How would they even know it was really him when he did show up?
It's been 40 years. Was he just supposed to be missing for that long and than show up 40 years later? How would they even know it was really him when he did show up?
Yes I do wonder what people think Michael would have been doing for the last 40 years or so?,the only real solution was to have him recaptured and escape again.
Yes I do wonder what people think Michael would have been doing for the last 40 years or so?,the only real solution was to have him recaptured and escape again.
Another nice concept would have been if Laurie visited Michael from time to time around Halloween season over all these years. To tease and provoke him to break out. Or acutally be directly responsible for his escape. Since she prayed every night for him to break out, so she can kill him. That might have added a little twist and Laurie would finally be able to see MM the same way Loomis did.
Another nice concept would have been if Laurie visited Michael from time to time around Halloween season over all these years. To tease and provoke him to break out. Or acutally be directly responsible for his escape. Since she prayed every night for him to break out, so she can kill him.
I still think there was pretty much only one way to go with this.
It's been 40 years. Was he just supposed to be missing for that long and than show up 40 years later? How would they even know it was really him when he did show up?
Exactly, thus why it was a mistake to ignore ALL of the franchise mythology. Michael Myers goes from unstoppable bad ass dropping 12 bodies in Halloween 1 and 2 only to get blown up in grand fashion, surviving, killing thru the years(take or leave 4,5, and 6) and coming back for Laurie 20 years after that first night killing 6 more people before being decapitated, then Resurrection blah blah blah Busta blah blah cringe....
... to killing 4 people(mechanic in a ditch included) and getting captured and locked up for 40 years until he's an old fart who took (Die)agra and decided THEN to escape and kill again... because morons triggered him.
That may sound appealing to some purist Halloween first film classic fans, but Michael was stripped of his legend, coasted along by willing and unwilling idiot helpy helpers who gave him his mask and an escape route yet still wanted Michael to retain that image. Basically having the cake and eat it too in the lamest of fashion.
The franchise has been double fvcked with a nice pretty wool cover to make people happy about it.
I gave this movie a chance as i had a friend as we went to see this in one of my city theaters and we were both let down but at least i didn't pay for the tickets.
I must say this is The Last Jedi or Superman Returns of the franchise for me!
It's nothing but a half-assed cashgrab sequel which feels like a big screen bad fanfiction story (despite there are some good on the internet) than an actual movie, with poor writing, bad poorly written humor that felt out of place, poor scares, nostalgic jerking off, boring story and steals from Halloween 2 1981/4/H2O which are all better than this and almost not as bad as 5/Resurrection/Zombie's 2 and as lame as 6/Zombie's remake.
Poor movie! i put it on par with Zombie's 2, Resurrection and 5 being one of the worst halloween films! poor writing and all, this was a waste of money for me! i'm done, i'm fed up with this franchise, to me it ended with H2O and i don't need a fake Halloween 2 when i got the real one at home on blu-ray in my boxset as that's the real Halloween 2 to me from 1981 and i like the brother-sister idea in 2 and H2O. There's nothing new you can really offer to this franchise than rip-off the same shit we seen before.
Also ripping off H2O, 4, 1978 and 2, it's not homage, it's just stealing from the other films. This one is just a sloppy money grab with no soul/passion or likable characters, even Jamie Lee Curtis was no help as she was haggard and did this for a paycheck and for money. I think it's time we bury this franchise! no one asked for this sequel. Stop beating this dead horse already! let it rest in peace as Michael earned his retirement. I agree with one of my friends to have horror get out of the shitter in the mainsteam is to take a page from the independent studios and independent horror films and foreign horror films with stuff like It Follows, Housebound, The Babadook, Tragedy Girls etc. stop remaking great horror films that don't need to be remade like Poltergeist, stop making sequels to worn out horror franchises, stop prequels etc.
independent horror films are out from the shitter known as mainstream when the mainstream should get out of the shitter, look for independent or foreign and say "screw the mainstream" sometimes as there is surprises like A Quiet Place etc. and when i'm talking mainstream i mean shit like Poltergeist remake which thankfully bombed and Insidious 4 which didn't do well and dunno why Ouiji a hit, i'm glad people went to see It Follows and some people support that. Enough too much PG-13 stuff like Ouiji but A Quiet Place was excellent for a PG-13 horror film and IT was an R rated hit which was a fresh change of pace for a blockbuster horror film not PG-13 despite it's another adaptation of a book.
Remake little known films like Blood Beach or Lifeforce rather than classics like Poltergeist which thankfully bombed as it's forgotten about where the original will always be remembered but Suspiria looks nice and should be a good remake that is trying something different than be a xerox copy like Poltergeist. They need risks again, take it again mainstream just like the independents are! Paranormal Activity wasn't a risk, stop with the ghost movies, stop with the found footage movies and do something different in the mainstream horror genre. Take a page from It Follows. Stop being lazy mainstream horror genre, get off your fat ass and put down the potato chips or twinkies shoving and shoving them in your mouth and do something else, start trying to do something unique. Just try something different than another remake of a great movie like Poltergeist, sequel to an older franchise, found footage and all that. I don't get the hype and praise Halloween 2018 is getting! A Quiet Place was a much better 2018 horror film than this cashgrab sequel as it was something different, it took risks and became a box-office hit as i welcome it and i welcome the upcoming sequel as this is a new fresh franchise i want to embrace.
i just don't want to see these horror icons (Jason, Freddy, Chucky, Ghostface, Michael, Leatherface, Jigsaw) over and over again on the big screen and your just gonna get diminishing returns just like the Universal monsters being ran into the ground in the 30s/40s/50s as they had huge characters and big hits on their hands then pumped out sequel after another (the only great sequel is Bride of Frankenstein) and the bottom completely fell out with diminishing box-office returns and before these characters became jokes even with Abbot and Costello movies then Universal knew when to quit. If Halloween 2018 becomes a hit then studios will be like "audiences want more Halloween, they want more Candyman, more Freddy, Jason Voorhees etc.", but for Candyman, one Candyman movie was enough as the first was excellent but the sequels were cash-ins and no more Elm Street films, Robert IS Freddy as Jackie proved it was a failure to recast Freddy for you can't do it, Robert IS the character and always was as even Englund said so.
Can't we have new horror icons already? let the worn out old tired icons like Freddy, Michael, Jason, Leatherface, Jigsaw, Ghostface, Candyman, Chucky and Pinhead die and rest in peace already, don't keep digging up them from their graves every 5 or 10 or 15 years then propping their corpses up on the big screen in Weekend at Bernies style. Just come up with with your own new horror icon and new horror franchise already! i'm not a big fan of Insidious and the Conjuring spin-offs but at least it's something different, well not quite different, but not the same old horror franchise some of us seen or the same horror icons for they are trying to create their own. I know they haven't been the best but at least they are giving a shit and giving it an effort, that's just how i feel about it.
Just try try again mainstream horror genre! making new horror icons would actually work because there are no ideas to bring in for most horror icons. New horror icons might get the hate, but it may take time before the newer ones would gain praise. I'll say this though. Even though using the same stuff is unnecessary. Just like in the last decade we got new horror icons in the mainstream like the Creeper, Captain Splauding and Jigsaw while Sam from Trick R Treat becomes a cult horror icon with Leslie Vernon when Trick and Behind the Mask were sent to the DVD direct to video market rather than to all mainstream theaters which should had happened even Hatchet was shown in midnight theaters than all theaters as there's Victor Crawley whom is a cult horror icon.
Now outside the mainstream we got Wolfcop, Tucker and Dale etc. should had been released in all theaters. I'd say end these horror franchises (Chucky/Halloween/Elm Street/Friday The 13th/Saw/Scream/Hellraiser/Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and bury them, let them rest in peace from film and let them live on through merchandise, comics, video games, toys, appreal, streams of the old movies on amazon/hulu/crackle/Netflix whatever even re-issues of the films on blu-ray and that's fair game.
Can we have new original cinematic horror icons/new franchises already? try to come up with new horror icons/franchises and try try again mainstream and let the older franchises rest in peace in favor of new franchises/new icons. I saw Hell Fest which is something different in mainstream horror and a comeback for slasher films, if anyone who is fed up with what's been done to these icons need send the message to studios we want fresh new horror icons and new franchises as that movie has potential to make one. Yet there is some like me who are tired of these same old worn out horror franchises being hurt by these new sequels/remakes hurting the franchises legacy and staining their name to become jokes. Just don't make anymore. That's the advice. The more you make, the longer you keep this franchise sucking the life out of other horror projects and potential franchises. This is like when Universal completely ran their Monsters franchise into the ground, just make new ones already and new icons.
Being a fan of these horror franchises/older horror icons is like having a beloved pet you had memories with and grew up with, but sadly the time has come to put it to sleep. Or it's like having a friend terminally ill on life support. You know it's hard to pull the plug but it's for the best.
1 1/2 star. (One of the worst films of the year for me!)
Exactly, thus why it was a mistake to ignore ALL of the franchise mythology. Michael Myers goes from unstoppable bad ass dropping 12 bodies in Halloween 1 and 2 only to get blown up in grand fashion, surviving, killing thru the years(take or leave 4,5, and 6) and coming back for Laurie 20 years after that first night killing 6 more people before being decapitated, then Resurrection blah blah blah Busta blah blah cringe....
... to killing 4 people(mechanic in a ditch included) and getting captured and locked up for 40 years until he's an old fart who took (Die)agra and decided THEN to escape and kill again... because morons triggered him.
That may sound appealing to some purist Halloween first film classic fans, but Michael was stripped of his legend, coasted along by willing and unwilling idiot helpy helpers who gave him his mask and an escape route yet still wanted Michael to retain that image. Basically having the cake and eat it too in the lamest of fashion.
The franchise has been double fvcked with a nice pretty wool cover to make people happy about it.
The problem with including all the over movies is that they are a bit all over the place plot wise,which ones would you include?,they can't use resurrection or H20,I suppose you could carry on after number 6....but I would still prefer this new approach,and I don't think Michael is any less iconic if you only use the first movie.
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