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• Horror
• Thriller

• 2021
• David Gordon Green
• 101 mins
• 18

Summary

Minutes after Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen and grand-daughter Allyson left Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie's basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie's trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against the unstoppable monster. Horror sequel, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer and Andi Matichak

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Review

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Josh Winning

Michael Myers returns in this brutal and ambitious, if not wholly successful, sequel to the franchise-rebooting Halloween (2018). Set on the same night as that film, Halloween Kills sees Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) hospitalised, leaving a gang of rabble-rousing locals to take up arms against the bogeyman. Among them are Tommy (Michael C Hall) and Lindsey (Kyle Richards), the kids Laurie babysat in the original Halloween (1978), plus Laurie's daughter (Judy Greer) and granddaughter (Andi Matichak). The premise ups the ante considerably, with shocking levels of violence, and David Gordon Green excels at portraying the escalating chaos as angry townspeople rampage. There are also expertly staged flashbacks to the night Michael first came home, plus a return to the creepy Myers house, now owned by a gay couple. It's a shame, though, that the legacy characters are underutilised, and the film lacks a satisfying finale, its eye clearly on trilogy-capper Halloween Ends. The mixed result will either delight or appal hardcore fans, as the series further sidelines Laurie Strode in favour of an expanded mythology. Still, this is an impressively artful and ruthless sequel, and its depiction of fear and unbridled rage is chilling.

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5.5/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameLaurie StrodeJamie Lee CurtisKarenJudy GreerAllysonAndi MatichakDeputy Frank HawkinsWill PattonLindsey WallaceKyle RichardsTommy DoyleAnthony Michael HallLeigh BrackettCharles CyphersYoung HawkinsThomas Mann (2)Pete McCabeJim Cummings (2)Cameron ElamDylan ArnoldLonnie ElamRobert LongstreetMichael Myers, "The Shape"Nick CastleMichael Myers, "The Shape"James Jude Courtney

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rolenameDirectorDavid Gordon Green

Details

Theatrical distributor

Universal

Released on

2021-10-15

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing, drug abuse

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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