Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare
Cinematic Sommelier
8.5
Similar to the transition between JAWS and JAWS 2, this film trims the nuance and goes straight for the jugular with straightforward action and creative kills. A continuation of “the night he came home.” A more simplified slasher flick than the comparable thinkpiece that was the original “Halloween.” A great film nonetheless. And really the last one of the original trilogy that made sense.
9.1
The directing, storytelling, and score are absolute horror perfection. The tracking shot in the beginning is a thing of cinematic beauty. The unstoppable force that is Michael Myers meets the immovable object that is Lorie Strode. So many firsts that would soon become staples in the genre. A masterclass in horror cinema.
8.1
What started out as a summer “coming of age” movie takes a very dark turn. A small town on the water in Michigan. People getting picked off one by one. An enemy that you can’t quite put your finger on, even by the end of the film. That oh so beautiful cliffhanger ending that makes these horror films legendary. The creep factor of “The Witch.” You think you know where things are going, but then they turn the tables again and keep you off balance almost the entire runtime.
Again, the ending of this is a thing of beauty. It takes a hot second to catch up with what’s going on, but when you do…
5.5
I think they were going for intriguing… but they just left me confused and bored. Like watching an hour and a half of Debbie Downer. You’re rooting for her to die yesterday towards the end of the film.
4.5
On par with “The Room” in the quality department. So bad it’s kind of entertaining film making. Shout-out to Shudder and “The Last Drive-In” for digging this gem out of the depths of the archives. (They had to actually find an editor to finish the film because they never finished it back in the day.) The movie about killer wild hogs that no one ever asked for, during the killer swine craze of never. A Shudder classic.
Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare 