Halloween Kills

As a sequel to the deliciously absurd 2018 resurrection, it's a ponderous bore, far-too-intermittently broken up by spurts of the franchise's signature gore.

Halloween Kills is an ugly, messy film. It's a little depressing to learn that yet another sequel is supposedly in the works.

Halloween Kills fails to resurrect the franchise.

Perhaps the biggest sin is that it doesn't feel like a movie. "Halloween Kills" is a board-clearing pit stop.

This one shows no reduction in the blood-letting and those who appreciate a garnishing of gallows humour with the gore will find Myers' modus operandi as ingenious as ever. But I can't see it winning over a host of new converts.

Its thinks it has an idea, but it would have been nice to been frightened.

Halloween Kills is a worthy sequel and continuation to the original story as it ups the violence and gore.

It is a shame after David Gordon Green’s effective soft reboot/recalibration of the franchise, all that good will is squandered here. After 106 minutes of people shouting “EVIL MUST DIE TONIGHT!”, perhaps it is time for the franchise to finally die.

Halloween Kills attempt at addressing mob rule and the dangers it poses doesn’t mesh in a movie about an unstoppable killer.

I am not entirely certain what happened with Halloween Kills. I am not even too sure if I particularly liked what I saw.