It definitely feels over hyped, its an average slasher, no suspense like the original. Its like every other bog standard slasher flick that has tried to copy it since, but they just keep missing the core ingredients that made the original a masterpiece.
This film wasn't scary in the slightest, there are kills but its like the usual stuff from previous instalments, nothing new.
The performances and dialog are perfectly fine, everyone does a great job. The film just didn't draw me in and keep me there, i kept on being taken out of it because it just wasn't engaging and things were happening all over the place with so many different people. A big twist occurred and it was over before it could develop into something interesting. At times i was frustrated or bored.
The original felt realistic for this type of film, but this one had moments that made you want to scream at the screen for being so unrealistic, especially because i was expecting this to be more like the original and NOT like its campy sequels.
The finale had a few seconds that i loved but that's unfortunately all the excitement i felt in this.
I would say this is a movie you should go into with the mindset of watching a film that sits somewhere in the sequels, NOT with the original, and so you'll probably really enjoy it, if you really enjoyed those that is!
I'm such a HUGE Danny McBride fan and i really wanted this to showcase how awesome he is, i'm just glad he wasn't the only writer attached but i'm still happy he is a reason this film has broken box office records and will go on to be one of the highest grossing Horror movies of all time! Plus it looks like half the audience loved this movie so that's great, i'm happy. Maybe in a few years when i'm doing a Halloween movie marathon i'll enjoy it more amongst the whole catalogue.
The John Carpenter score to this was better than the movie, not as great as the one in the original Halloween, but I'll be buying the musical score to this film before i watch or buy the actual film for sure!
6.5/10
This film wasn't scary in the slightest, there are kills but its like the usual stuff from previous instalments, nothing new.
The performances and dialog are perfectly fine, everyone does a great job. The film just didn't draw me in and keep me there, i kept on being taken out of it because it just wasn't engaging and things were happening all over the place with so many different people. A big twist occurred and it was over before it could develop into something interesting. At times i was frustrated or bored.
The original felt realistic for this type of film, but this one had moments that made you want to scream at the screen for being so unrealistic, especially because i was expecting this to be more like the original and NOT like its campy sequels.
The finale had a few seconds that i loved but that's unfortunately all the excitement i felt in this.
I would say this is a movie you should go into with the mindset of watching a film that sits somewhere in the sequels, NOT with the original, and so you'll probably really enjoy it, if you really enjoyed those that is!
I'm such a HUGE Danny McBride fan and i really wanted this to showcase how awesome he is, i'm just glad he wasn't the only writer attached but i'm still happy he is a reason this film has broken box office records and will go on to be one of the highest grossing Horror movies of all time! Plus it looks like half the audience loved this movie so that's great, i'm happy. Maybe in a few years when i'm doing a Halloween movie marathon i'll enjoy it more amongst the whole catalogue.
The John Carpenter score to this was better than the movie, not as great as the one in the original Halloween, but I'll be buying the musical score to this film before i watch or buy the actual film for sure!
6.5/10