Brutal and graphic gore leads to slasher heaven in David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills. Yep, it’s a skull crunching, eyeball squeezing, throat slashing kinda sequel! And if that’s not your thing, then this will definitely not be your movie. The doubling down on viciousness only makes our main monster that much more terrifying. I’ve honestly never been more afraid of ‘ol slow walking Michael Myers than I was watching this film. He really is the ultimate boogeyman here, and nobody (and I mean nobody) is safe. That is to say that the body count is very high, and in some cases, the kills are quite surprising. But, while the movie nicely honours some of the franchise’s past players, it does a major disservice by sidelining the previous film’s standout, Jamie Lee Curtis. Yes, while she is in the film, she is criminally given little to nothing to do. Now, to be fair, this film is the middle piece in an already planned threequel, so “filler” was to be expected before Curtis’s Laurie Strode gets her concluding showdown with Michael. It’s just a waste to see her not involved in more of the narrative this time around is all. But, anyway you slice, dice and stab it, Halloween Kills succeeds at bringing some intense frightful thrills! And frankly, that’s more than enough to hold me over for the final entry!