Halloween Review, Trailer, Plot Synopsis, Posters And More
It's been 40 years since Laurie Strode survived a vicious attack from crazed killer Michael Myers on Halloween night. Locked up in an institution, Myers manages to escape when his bus transfer goes horribly wrong. Laurie now faces a terrifying showdown when the masked madman returns to Haddonfield, Ill. -- but this time, she's ready for him.
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Halloween - Official Trailer
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Halloween Trailer #2
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Halloween Posters And Photos
Halloween Review
Halloween is an extraordinary film because even though it was made 40 years after the original, the story and the characters are treated with the same level of love and care as they were by Carpenter back in 1978. Yes, Danny McBride, Jeff Fradley, and David Gordon Green’s script is very much a love letter to the fans, but it is also the perfect continuation of what Carpenter has created. The film’s plot is not complex but rather very basic and straightforward. When it comes to a Halloween movie, fans want two things; Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. And that is exactly what they get with this film.
If you have seen the trailer or have read the premise online, it is pretty obvious that Michael Myers will somehow get loose and wreak havoc on Haddonfield. While the setup is exactly how many would expect, what is so rewarding about the film as a whole is how the story plays out and how the characters are portrayed and handled. What Green does so incredibly well is that he focuses on the characters and builds upon their personalities. Along the way, and in the vein of the original film, Michael finds and disposes of secondary characters with no kind of development, whose sole purpose is to be a victim and vehicle of some of the most ingenious and violent deaths of the franchise. With touches of humor, McBride and Gordon Green turn one of the most criticized clichés of the genre into a tool to provoke all kinds of reactions in the audience, but never one of disgust or disappointment. The comic sensibilities are threaded nicely throughout the script. They aren't solely interested in reinventing the knife so much as they are in ensuring it's used with the same precision and unrelenting terror as Carpenter wielded it. The result is almost the Platonic ideal of a slasher-reboot – it's fierce, it's lean, it's mean, and it has at least three first-pumping "Hell, yeah!" moments. Hopefully, producers will never, ever have to make another one Altogether,Director David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) and screenwriter Danny McBride (Eastbound and Down) have achieved what seemed unlikely: to make a Halloween sequel that, 40 years after the first film, finally manages to emulate the director's winning formula and composer John Carpenter and his horror classic of 1978. Both McBride and the director, self-proclaimed fans of this franchise, are fully aware of the elements that worked in 78, but instead of simply imitating them for a result that would come closer to a "Remake", they manage to adapt them to contemporary audiences and the demands of modern horror cinema. For both filmmakers, a "trip" of nostalgia would not have been enough, demonstrated in their handling of the main character. I give Halloween 8/10 |
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