Halloween met my expectations. I enjoyed the parts that clearly respected the original, such as the nice balance between gore and implied kills. I liked Michael’s look and the music was amazing.
I’m not sure about the new Doctor Loomis and the direction his character took. I’m also unclear if Michael was even out to get Laurie. In “Rue Morgue” magazine, David Gordon Green talked about disassociating Michael from being Laurie’s brother, that it was scarier to imagine Michael Myers as this random psychopath. That’s why I’m uncertain about the connection to Laurie in this one. Michael was killing everyone in his path throughout the film. He was brought to Laurie’s house, he was never seeking it out.
The new Halloween wasn’t perfect but I wasn’t expecting or hoping for it to be. What I loved was seeing it with my parents and brother and listening to their reactions:
My dad: “I was entertained”
My mom: “I am desensitized. It was too predictable for me.”
My brother: laughing out loud at the reactions of the police in the film (he’s a police officer himself)
That’s what great about horror. Coming together in a theater to laugh or feel scared. In that sense, it hit the mark.
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I think that, while Laurie and Michael are no longer siblings and there is no official connection, there did seem to be that brief moment of recognition when he sees her outside the window. While you obviously can’t see michaels face I totally got the impression that it was a feeling of “I remember you”. I couldn’t tell if it was nervousness, or “not
This time bitch” but there was something there.
Great point! I can agree with that for sure.