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Literally filler. When they expanded the new Halloween series to three films, they needed some extra padding, which is basically all Halloween Kills is. There's no real plot, no obvious ending, just Myers running around, killing people. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but Green just isn't the man for the job. Michael Myers survives the fire from Green's first, killing a bunch of firemen while he escapes the burning house. He is on the loose, planning to return to his old home, but the road is long and in between he'll find many people on his path. Some of his old survivors are banding together to track him down, catching him is still pretty much impossible though. The problem with Halloween Kills is that Myers isn't very formidable. He kills a lot of people in rather unadventurous ways, and that's that. He has lost a lot of charisma in Green's series, and that used to be the thing that set him apart. Performances are pretty weak too, but at least it's slightly better than the 2018 version. Not great, but acceptable filler.Read all
Pretty dull. That's what you get when you try to make an elevated horror flick that isn't all that elevated. The build-up is slow, the drama is tepid and the payoff is insufficient. In the end, Believer is nothing more than an extremely basic exorcism film that can't justify its two-hour runtime. Two girls plan a seance, as one of the girls wants to connect with her mother who died giving birth to her. They are found three days later, with little recollections of what had happened to them. At first, the town is happy they've returned safe and sound, but it quickly dawns that something is wrong with both girls. There are some references to the original film, but they feel forced and pandering. The introduction is way too long (shortening it could've cut 30 minutes without losing anything substantial), the performances aren't that great and most of the horror is bland and derivative. Things do pick up during the finale, but by then it was too late to salvage this film.Read all
Let's hope it does. This final entry in Green's Halloween trilogy isn't necessarily better or worse than the previous films, it's just not very interesting anymore. Myers is a side attraction, more than half the film is spent on character development (without any interesting characters in sight) and the kills are bland. Myers, literally a very old man now, is still roaming around in Haddonfield. Instead of attacking people directly, he found himself a little substitute (Corey) who does the dirty work for him. Things become complicated when Corey starts a relationship with Allyson, Laurie Strode's granddaughter. Myers isn't the impressive killer he once was, 110 minutes is way too long for a simple slasher, and any aspirations Green had to make this into something more fail horribly. Some scattered references are somewhat fun, but that doesn't save the film, or the franchise. Bring back Zombie.Read all
A rather poor attempt to sequel-reboot the Halloween franchise. Green fails to build up the needed tension, the acting is subpar and the film often drowns in references to the original. Too much pandering to the old, not enough identity and balls to be its own thing. Time for another reboot I'm afraid.
