Halloween Kills

[Yes]

This incredibly may be the dumbest Halloween movie (which says a lot since this franchise involves Michael being drop-kicked by Busta Rhymes) if not the dumbest, most constructally insipid studio release in quite sometime. Does not meet the definition of a film--it's hardly even an act of a film. Michael's impact inciting mob mentality is brazenly tone-deaf and this lacks the empathy and psychology of the Zombie movies. But somehow, still better than the 2018 one. The overall ugly incompetence generates some brutal kills reminiscent of any nasty 80s slasher knockoff. There's a kill involving a gun and a door that's almost as funny and prankish as Michael donning the sheet and glasses to play ghost in the original

[Alethia]

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This whole movie should have just been the flashbacks to 78, which, despite sometimes feeling like an Amazon Prime show, I felt were generally well-done. The Loomis stand-in was seamless.

The rest was a slog.

[Alethia]

Best part of Halloween Kills:

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Big John/Little John - smoking doobs at midnight, watching a Cassavetes flick. Right on.

[WorldForgot]

Agree. That duo brought the goods.
Good gosh did Tommy's storyline not work for me though. Plus

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one-room performance from Jamie Lee Curtis and it isn't even affecting :\

[Alethia]

Yeah that was such a bummer. Were they going for, like, a subtle nod to Halloween II, 1? Bc her plight is basically the same there.