Yes, if you are reading this then you read it right. I loved this movie. Make no mistake about it, I’m a big Halloween fan and I do not care for the backlash this movie is receiving from critics and fans. If you are not a fan, great and if you are a fan like I am. Then you definitely have my support when it comes to this finale of this trilogy.
First and foremost the reason why I love this movie. Its the risks that it takes, goes with a different formula from most of the movies and the risks for me pay off. Introducing the new character Corey Cunningham and turning him into a crazed killer who starts off being terrified by Michael Myers but then later wants to become like him to serve out revenge on those who called him a monster, teased him for accidentally killing the young boy who was babysitting on Halloween night. Too me that was amazing.
I loved the character, and the idea was something fresh and alot of fun to see in the screen. It was cool for me to see something different. I mean if I was too see Michael chase Laurie Strode for another 90 plus minutes, I might have checked out because I have seen it so many times. But to bring in this character and the way his story arc started was incredible. It was brutal and very disturbing and quite frankly, it was pretty sad and very, very scary if you really think about it.
Too see this character dive in to a very deep abyss of Evil and to want to become like Michael Myers didn’t turn me away, it caused my interest and my excitement to grow even more. The more I looked into this movie and from reading different articles and listening to interviews from directors and the actors told me, “this was going to be very different”. And that’s what I wanted to see. To see Corey spend time with Allyson one minute and next killing a person that did him wrong as he was a some evil Vigilante at night with Michael or without him was so cool to see. I also want to point out Allyson has weird a weird taste in men lol.
This movie brought in a new element of fun. In Halloween 2018 it was fun to see them restart the time line and bring back JLC. Halloween Kills it was fun to see Michael take the body count crown from Jason Voorhees. Halloween ends was fun for the new ideas to make the movie scary with the lack of Michael Myers screen time. To show you that even with Michael not being on screen very much, his evil presence was still there. Even in a weakened condition he was in showed you he was more then just brutal slasher, he was pure evil at its purest form.
Now to see Michael in the condition that he was in in this movie made perfect sense to me. Back in 2017 David Gordon Green and Danny Mcbride confirmed Michael Myers was not immortal, so too see him hiding in the sewers, body damaged from being burned, shot, stabbed, fingers blown off, hit with bats, chains, and etc and being very old as well. Yeah I can say Myers was on some borrowed time at this point. So yeah Ole Mike is going to need some backup. Now the controversial part of Corey fighting Michael and getting the best of him and taking the mask did not bother me at all. I looked at Micahel in this movie like he was Logan, old, beat down and Corey being X23 so he had the advantage of the blood rush and youth getting the best of Michael.
I enjoyed JLC in this one, last movie she got on my last nerve with with the annoying dialouge, the way she talked about Michael. But what can you do. It was good to see the classic Laurie, enjoying her life, moving on from Michael, being a normal baking grandmother who was actually enjoying the Halloween season and longer being afraid of the boogeyman. It was cool to see but then when she had to get down and fight with Michael she had to whoop on the boogeyman and for me I wasn’t even mad about that. You killed her off in a dumb way in resurrection, I say let this iconic character get her win so she can live a peaceful life.
And of course the major spoiler. Michael dies, his number 31 jersey is sent to the raftors with his killing buddies Freddy and Jason and to be honest I felt it was time. The character has been stalking the creens now for 40 plus years and it was time to move on and the way it was handled, I thought it was amazing to see. To see his body grinded up like, turned into a thousand pieces of flesh was amazing and very brave of the writers to actually do it. Of course this ending still in some ways has us left in mystery. Did Michael really kill Corey. Some people don’t believe he is dead and could set up for maybe a Corey Cunningham spin off and if that is the case. I’m for it.
Now on to the backlash. My dad use to tell me, “spoil a kid too much, that kid will turn into a brat and turn on you” and I see what he was talking about. Now if you don’t like the movie, fine, you have that right but I have seen multiple youtubers get attacked by multiple people for liking this movie. Halloween “Gatekeepers” leading the charge on attacks and my response to that is thanks for making this fanbase toxic. But it was only a matter of time. Stars wars has turned toxic, marvel has turned toxic and etc. And its a shame.
Also want to point out this will be my last movie review I post on this blog. I have decided to get back on the horse and try to pursue my own career in Hollywood and write my own movie scripts and didn’t want to Carry on with critiquing other people’s movies. It is now time for me to write my own. Whether I fail or succeed, it is time to give it another shot. Until next time my friends. Be well, enjoy the Halloween season with your love ones and be safe.
D.K.W 