Review by brucefinch

I've followed the Halloween franchise on and off from day one. Saw the original in 1978 and liked it so much I stole the poster outside the cinema. (Still have it). ("The trick is to stay alive" - so cool)

Have seen many of the sequels but they lost me a little in the middle there. Then 2018's version got good enough reviews to entice me back. It was pretty good and I thought 'they've breathed life back into the series'.

Maybe I should listened to my gut when I saw Danny McBride's name attached to Halloween Kills. He's pretty hit and miss in my experience. This was a miss... It was lots of other things. Well cast, well shot, with an instantly recognisable John Carpenter soundtrack. What could go wrong? It was also silly, chaotic, irrational and bloodthirsty. None of those things matter a darn if the movie is entertaining. Alas... It was far from entertaining. My wife called it 'dumb'. And, as much as I wanted to like it, I found it tedious. I yawned. A lot.

Ultimately, it felt like it was nothing more than... a mess.