The "Texas Chainsaw 3D" of the "Halloween" franchise, David Gordon Green's "Halloween Kills" is dumb as hell but also a blast. Delivering the right kind of fan service with its flashback scenes to the night of Halloween 1978 and the right kind of slasher fun in the brutal present-day actions of a GOATed incarnation of Michael Myers, this superior sequel to 2018's "Halloween" only loses points for the dopey social commentary Green tries to shoehorn into an otherwise unserious slasher movie with Tommy Doyle's (Anthony Michael Hall) "Evil Dies Tonight" mob. Set on the same night as the previous movie, it sees Michael Myers survive the fiery inferno that was once the Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) compound, offing the attending fire crew in one of the franchise's most exhilarating scenes before continuing on a collision course with the citizens of Haddonfield that sets the stage nicely for the trilogy's concluding chapter. As I've said, this movie is dumb as hell, and if you're inclined to pick it apart you'll find plenty of ammunition. But for me "Halloween Kills" is just too satisfying an experience to dwell on its flaws, especially when its chaos is shot and scored as beautifully as it is. This is a "Halloween" movie with great gore and great rewatch value.
THE HALLOWEEN FRANCHISE
Halloween II (1981)
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