By Bailey Garza
Student Reporter
Director David Green and co-writer Danny Mcbride brought back John Carpenters iconic 1978 Halloween to the big screen this past week with a funny, scary, jumpy sequel.
This film skips every Halloween film that was added to the series and creates its own timeline. Instead of Micheal Myers coming back all of those times to kill Laurie Strode( Jamie Lee Curtis) he has been locked away for 40 years in a mental institution, while Laurie strode has gone through two marriages and now has a daughter( Judy Greer) and grand daughter(Andi Matichak).
Green and Mcbride did a great job with filling the script with comic riffs and references to the original film. They even brought back the iconic pumpkin-colored fonts in the credits just like the original.
Just like the old Halloween films, the teenage make-out sessions, death by knife and steel-toe boots, the bathroom stall kills, are all there and is what makes this film worth watching.
In this sequel Laurie Strode has been obssesing with getting revenge on Micheal Myers for 40 years, causing her to ruin every relationship with everyone she loves. In the beginning of the film two english journalist come to Haddonfield in search of answers for what the town calls the “babysitter murders.”
They actaully go to the mental institution where Michael is being held and present to him the famous mask he wore all those years go, setting off the other patients. After 40 years Myers is being transported to another institution, and of course Michael escapes.
Once more Michael Myers goes on another killing spree, and this time he’s not letting anyone get in his way. Little does he know Laurie Strode has been preparing for this moment for 40 years.
This film works with the fundamentals and the comedy that Green and Mcbride put in it. Micheal still doesn’t speak and has his scarred mask and slow deadly walk. Curtis did an excellent job as the scream queen she introduced to us in 1978.
In the end Laurie strode may or may not finally accomplish what she’s been wishing for since 1978, but every horror fan knows that pure evil and true hate never dies. Halloween fans and horror fans will not be disappointed with this film.