Halloween (film) - 2018

[bassman]

Heh heh....

[shootemindehead]

Cool.

[MinionZombie]

Ooh, that tickles my fan-bone.

[bassman]

Semi-related, but I thought some other members may be interested... Fright-Rags.com has a collection of fantastic shirts from the classic Halloween films, as well as this new sequel. They’re premiering even more new designs next week as well. I own upwards of twenty of their shirts and the quality is top notch! They have tons of great designs for lots of other classics, as well. Including amazing designs for our beloved Romero films, check them out!

[MinionZombie]

Aye, I think an artist they often use is Osbourne (who has also done a few covers for Arrow Video) and their artwork is absolutely superb, probably the best movie artist from the new crop that have hit the scene in recent years.

[bassman]

It makes me so happy to see Carpenter back in the fold. Awesome hat, too!

[MinionZombie]

New trailer!

[Neil]

Fingers crossed this does an "IT" on us. ie: Does a modern take on the original that actually works!

[bassman]

The film premiered at the Midnight Madness portion of the Toronto International Film Festival recently. The general concensus seems to be that they did it: it’s a proper return and very worthy of the original’s legacy. There are a few seemingly legitimate issues here and there, which are found in most films, but they’re saying it’s an amazing flick as a whole. If put into a grading scale, most of them seem to be around a seven or nine out of ten.

[MinionZombie]

Saw a review of IGN ... now, I tend to not bother with IGN's movie reviews (they're a videogame reviewer after all, and their scale is kind of all over the shop) ... but anyway, they loved it and gave it a 9/10. They mentioned there is a fair bit of humour in it, but it seems to work in context, so fingers crossed...

[Moon Knight]

Good movie but it kind of what a little bit of a disappointment. Not that it’s bad or poorly made, just expected a bit more of a fresh take. Felt a bit ‘seen this all before already’ to me. Not too much comedy and the bit it had really worked. Music and sound design was pretty great. The cinematography was good and one scene in particular was really badass! Really wish it had more of that. I wish it was more intense though. Felt like everything that came before it. All in all, the acting was good and the effects were great. A fine addition to the Halloween franchise.

[ProfessorChaos]

Felt a bit ‘seen this all before already’ to me. that's the vibe i picked up from all the trailers i've watched. almost every scene in the trailers is already in another previous film in the series. read a couple reviews that said this film is essentially H20 2.0, and that H20 did most of it better. totally turned off by the fact that they threw every film but the first in the garbage for this new timeline. pass for me, and this is coming from a guy who paid top dollar for a high-quality version of the original mask and dressed as the shape like four years in a row for halloween parties and gatherings.

[Moon Knight]

that's the vibe i picked up from all the trailers i've watched. almost every scene in the trailers is already in another previous film in the series. read a couple reviews that said this film is essentially H20 2.0, and that H20 did most of it better. totally turned off by the fact that they threw every film but the first in the garbage for this new timeline. pass for me, and this is coming from a guy who paid top dollar for a high-quality version of the original mask and dressed as the shape like four years in a row for halloween parties and gatherings. I didn’t watch any of the trailers but I believe it. They give away the entire movie now. The story itself was the biggest letdown. Like you said, been there done that.

[shootemindehead]

People I know that have seen it are giving it relatively poor reviews. Shame.

[Neil]

Mark Kermode thought it was OK/good...