I had low expectations for the latest installment of Halloween. Ever since the first movie came out back in 1978, there had been sequels and reimagination (2007's Halloween by Rob Zombie comes into mind), you just feel saturated by it. When the buzz for this year's version was good and found out that Blumhouse (makers of the best films right now in the genre), I grabbed the chance to watch it. It is actually good!!
Halloween 2018 discards all the previous sequels and it's set in the present time. 40 years later, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is a traumatized woman from the events in the first film. She is shunned by her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) for being so paranoid and distances her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) every time and opportunity she can.
The iconic villain Michael Myers is now housed in a mental institution and when two investigative journalists came to visit, bringing them a part of him that attracts himself to killing, mayhem begins.
Devoid of any effects and out of this world premises, Halloween 2018 is a great throwback of the horror/slasher films of the 70s in the age of social media. From the films intro, the music and the actors, Halloween brings authentic horror that's a good escape to the real horrors that the world is experiencing today.
