By Braden Weinel//
“Halloween Kills,” the newest edition to the Michael Myers movie series, has everything you would expect from a creepy horror movie coming out just before Halloween.
If you’re okay with jump scares, violence, suspense, blood, and gore, then there is no need for you to cover your eyes during this movie.
“Halloween Kills,” released on Oct. 15, is the sequel to Halloween (2018) which takes place 40 years after the original Halloween, made in 1978.
The premise of the movie is that a deranged serial killer, Michael Myers, has escaped death once again and is now coming after people living in his hometown, the same town he has been tormenting since his first kill when he was six years old. Nobody knows why Myers is like this, but the town comes together with a motto of “evil dies tonight.”
The cinematography combined with the perfectly timed spooky music creates a feeling of uneasiness that horror fans love. The slow pans across seemingly empty, dark rooms as you’re scanning for the masked killer adds intensity that puts you on the edge of your seat.
Throughout the film, there are flashbacks to the original movie, scenes the audience hasn’t seen before. These flashbacks mainly come from police sheriff, Frank Hawkins, who had a shot to end Michael’s reign of terror when it began four decades ago, but he missed his chance. This gives the audience another perspective of the events to follow.
Besides just being horror-themed, the audience can see character development like that of a coming-of-age movie.
Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), the main protagonist from the original movie, is now a grandmother and has dedicated her life to protecting herself from any further attacks from her old enemy. She spends almost this whole film in a hospital bed nursing an injury from, who would’ve guessed…Michael Myers.
Tommy Doyle (Anthony Michael Hall), who was a young child in the original movie, is now an adult and has the same goal as Laurie, finding and killing Michael. He leads a band of community members in hunting down the killer. As he’s recruiting townies, you as the viewer feel a rush of energy through your veins as if you’re suiting up to play in the national championship football game.
Tommy is joined by Karen (Judy Greer), Laurie’s daughter, for their final showdown with the man behind the mask, setting us up for a perfect ending to the film, but things don’t go as expected.
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