james_ws

This is without a doubt the best entry to the series since scream 2 and I think it just about takes the spot as my personal favorite scream movie. The kills are brutal, the scenery and imagery was scary and effective, especially for a modern day slasher of todays standards. The scream movies can be a hit or miss, but for me, this hit, and more - made for a nice a change being set in New York and worked well. The guess of 'who dunnit' kept me guessing just about every character throughout. Some great edge of the seat moments. It's pays subtle homage to the previous movies which fans of the series will notice, providing enough nostalgia for old fans but with plenty of fresh material for everyone to appreciate. The acting / casting is on point. Really surpassed my expectations for a 6th movie in this franchise - if you enjoyed any of the previous movies, I see no reason why you wouldn't enjoy this. Very solid entry.

I wasn't sure about this at first because I thought it was stuck somewhere between a drama and a sitcom and couldn't quite find its place, but I ended up absolutely loving it. At first I did not like how it didn't take addiction seriously, have it a false representation for the majority who suffer from it and glammed it up, but actually, once you accept this for the black comedy it is instead of perhaps expecting a proper drama that's matter of fact, it works well. I hope they make more. Sheridan Smith is always a treat to watch and when it comes to her acting, she's the best of British, this definitely deserves the time to finish through, and doesn't deserve the negativity it's getting.

I understand why people have a split reaction to this. It's not a typical Halloween movie, and if that's all you wanted then yea, you may be disappointed.

This however, adds so much and many psychological elements to it, rather than just being a quick cheesy slash and dash like Kills was.

The story is different and was certainly a risk to take, but it pays off.

It feels like when Rob Zombie tried to add a psychological element to His Halloween 2 (failing miserably), but this one really succeeds in doing that.

There are a couple of plot holes, and Ofcourse the story is entirely far fetched and unbelievable, but this film does not deserve the hate it's getting.

It wasn't your typical Halloween film, and going into it knowing that, I thought I'd be massively disappointed, but I was wrong. The 2018 one is superior to this, but this is far superior to Kills.

Left the theatre pleasantly surprised and rather impressed at what was pulled off here. 8/10.