Notes

Forty years after John Carpenter introduced the world to Michael Myers, the now-iconic villain returns to the big screen in Halloween, a film that functions as a direct sequel to Carpenter's 1978 horror classic and ditches the continuity of every other Halloween movie released since. Jamie Lee Curtis also reprises her role as Laurie Strode for Halloween (2018) and her performance has been celebrated throughout the film's run on the festival circuit. That praise is more than well-deserved, seeing as the older Laurie is very much the movie's heart and soul. Driven by a committed Curtis, Halloween is mostly effective in the way it takes the slasher franchise back to its roots, yet builds on its foundation.

Halloween, as indicated earlier, picks up in real-time, e.g. four decades after Michael murdered Laurie's friends and nearly killed her too, before he was arrested and taken into custody. The older Laurie still lives in Haddonfield, Illinois, but now resides in a heavily fortified and isolated house, where she spends most of her time preparing for Michael's return. Laurie's obsession with Michael has further cost her multiple marriages and alienated her from her adult daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and teen granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak), who are frustrated by her refusal to seek professional help and let go of the past.

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