Halloween

"You don't believe in the Boogeyman? You should."

2018 1h 46m EN

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★6.6TMDB · 5,188

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Synopsis

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Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

“You don't believe in the Boogeyman? You should.”

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Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis
Laurie Strode
Judy Greer
Karen
Andi Matichak
Allyson
James Jude Courtney
The Shape
Nick Castle
The Shape
Haluk Bilginer
Dr. Sartain
Will Patton
Officer Hawkins
Rhian Rees
Dana Haines

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Warren Drummond
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Grossed $260M — a 26.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Halloween Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Gordon Green, shot by Michael Simmonds. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Carpenter. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Timothy Alverson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jamie Lee Curtis and Judy Greer and Andi Matichak carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You don't believe in the Boogeyman? You should.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Gordon Green directs. Michael Simmonds behind the camera. John Carpenter scores. Timothy Alverson cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Grossed $260M — a 26.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
2Released 8 years ago.
3Part of the "Halloween Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by David Gordon Green, shot by Michael Simmonds. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by John Carpenter. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Timothy Alverson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jamie Lee Curtis and Judy Greer and Andi Matichak carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "You don't believe in the Boogeyman? You should.".
9IMDB entry: tt1502407 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 15 themes, including "post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)", "trauma", "halloween", "knife".
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael Simmonds
Original score: John Carpenter
Editing: Timothy Alverson
Production design: Richard A. Wright
Costume design: Emily Gunshor
Makeup / hair: Deidre Outlaw
VFX supervisor: Simon Maddison
Sound: Chris Terhune
Stunt coordinator: Rawn Hutchinson
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,000,000
Box office: $259,939,869
Return: 2599% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Halloween (2018)

Part of

Halloween Collection

Halloween is a horror film series that consists of slasher films focused on the fictional character of Michael Myers. Michael's killings occur on the holiday of Halloween, on which all of the films primarily take place. Originally intended to be an anthology franchise, the only film that doesn't feature Michael or any of the characters from previous films is Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982). However, audiences were unhappy with Michael's disappearance, and he was eventually brought back for Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988).

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Gill-Man2018-10-19
★ 7/10
A semi-welcome return. Not the greatest horror film to hit theater screens this year but certainly not the worst. It unfortunately lacks the finality that the original had but still proves to be an effective entry in a franchise known for its inconsistency in quality. I can’t call myself a fan of the franchise but I am a fan of the original film and this sequel transfers the formula made famous by said film pretty well to a Generation Z audience. There are plenty of callbacks to the first entry (one of the victims even being a babysitter) and they all work incredibly well. There unfortunately isn’t that much tension. Most, if not all of the scares are executed brilliantly but the fights between Michael Myers and his victims are pretty disappointing. The gore is awesome; can’t really complain much about that. Subplots are handled poorly; despite already being in motion, they end pretty quickly which is a letdown. Writing is fine..good, not great. Humor is handled well though. Serviceable to fans new and old. It’s evident that Blumhouse knows how to make horror movies and that’s the big takeaway here. The new score is brilliant. One of the best I’ve heard all year, in fact. Enjoyable. Would recommend overall.
Gimly2018-10-31
★ 6/10
The unfortunately named Halloween has been released, and in doing so has created an entirely new fifth timeline in the Halloween franchise. It's a decent timeline this one, makes a lot of sense. Not perfect, pretty expected run of events, but yeah, good. Gonna throw myself under the bus once more by yet again mentioning my love for the Rob Zombie Halloween films, but here goes anyway: Seems interesting that a decent chunk of the same people who hate those Rob Zombie movies (99% of all horror fans), love this movie, despite some scenes in the 2018 Halloween seemingly being ripped straight from Mr. Zombie himself. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
Rodney Wollam2018-11-10
★ 6/10
So we're all totally just going to ignore Laurie had a teenage son twenty years ago?