The Halloween series is one of the longest running and most successful franchises in horror. Nevertheless, it`s been nearly a decade since the last movie--Rob Zombie`s Halloween 2--and even longer since a movie that was well received by fans and critics. While Zombie`s two remake/reboots attempted to do something different with the series, for many, it was 1998`s Halloween: H20 that was last great Halloween movie.Today sees the release of a new film titled Halloween. This is a direct sequel to John Carpenter`s 1978 original and ignores all the sequels, remakes, and reboots in-between. It`s directed by acclaimed indie filmmaker David Gordon Green and co-written by comedian/actor Danny McBride, with Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode from the first movie.The film originally screened to critics at the Toronto International Film festival last month and the reviews are in. So is this just another disappointing addition to the series, or have the filmmakers delivered something worthy of the title Halloween? Let`s take a look at the reviews...GameSpot -- no score`Halloween doesn`t reinvent the wheel or create a new subgenre of horror. What it does is take the best parts of all the films in the franchise, and deliver the ultimate companion piece to Carpenter`s 1978 masterpiece. It`s a film that not only has something to say about trauma and PTSD, but also delivers a bloody, fun time at the theater. Will Michael Myers return again? Who knows, but we sure as hell welcome him home.` -- Rafael Motamayor [Full review]Entertainment Weekly -- B+`A big, funny, scary, squishy, super-meta sequel that brings it all back to John Carpenter`s iconic 1978 original. The movie mostly works because itīs so fundamental, and funny too: Michael still never speaks; his mask and his slow, deadly, deliberate walk say everything they need to. At 59, Curtis seems to have fully arrived in her role as a midnight-madness queen, and she has a great time in jeans and a grey fright w ...
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