"Retconning all but the original, Halloween wears the original on its sleeve not in petty imitation but constant admiration.
From Carpenter doing the score to the shape being genuinely threatening again, there is much to love about this newest addition in what was a stagnant series.
Set 40 years after the original, Laurie Strode has become a recluse and survivalist Sarah Connor style. The unmoving and ever present danger of Michael has moulded her life into a dormant cocoon waiting to break out when he inevitably escapes.
Despite being set in modern day this feels like it could be taken from the 70's in costume and setting, with only smart phones hinting at the current year. It's as if the escape of Michael triggers not only memories but life itself to be transformed back to the original.
For all it does well, the flaws stab sharp. The granddaughter in highschool subplot didn't go anywhere nor was needed, and some of the dialogue seems to have been pilfered from a stoner comedy rather than a horror film and is all rather stilted.
Nevertheless, the menacing monstrosity that is Michael Myers reminds us why we fell in love with this franchise in the first place"
- 7/10
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