Tag: Halloween

Halloween Ends

“Halloween Ends” is the latest (2022) and hopefully final installment in the horror series “Halloween” and it’s the third one in the most recent “Halloween” trilogy. This one stars Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween), Andi Matichak (Halloween), Rohan Campbell (Virgin River), Will Patton (Yellowstone), and Michael Barbieri (Spider-Man: Homecoming).

It has been four years after the events of “Halloween Kills” and Michael Myers hasn’t been seen since. A new killer emerges who idolizes Michael Myers and unleashes the evil that is Michael Myers. Laurie (Curtis) must now stop the new killer and hopefully once and for all put an end to Michael Myers.

Out of the recent trilogy this one is the best, the last one wasn’t bad. It gave a lot of nods to the original films, but my big issue with the last one was Michael Myers himself. The guy has to be in his 70’s and they can’t take him down? Enough is enough, it’s beating a dead horse at this point. The cool spin with this one is Michael Myers isn’t the main focal point but a much younger killer all together, with his own troubled back story. Laurie and Michael still have their showdown, and the ending is very fitting. As far as I understand it’s the end of Jamie Lee Curtis with the “Halloween” franchise. Which it is time, we all know remakes will still be made, especially since it still brings in money. Hopefully though, we’re done with senior citizen Michael Myers. Overall, it’s worth watching. I give it a 7.5/10.

Trick

What better way to send off Halloween, and October than doing a review on a Halloween themed movie. Let’s take a look at “Trick”. “Trick” is a 2019 horror movie starring Tom Atkins (Halloween 3: Season of the Witch), Omar Epps (House), Vanessa Aspillaga (Morning Glory), Kristina Reyes (The Naked Brothers Band), and Thom Niemann (The Deuce).

Halloween night at a Halloween party Patrick “Trick” Weaver (Niemann) brutally murders several of his classmates. He manages to escape cops after being shot, and falling through a two story window. Now every Halloween he comes back wreaking havoc and killing more, all while taunting Detective Mike Denver (Epps).

A lot to unpack here, if the description reminds you of a certain film. You guessed it, “Halloween”. I feel like they basically ripped off the plot of “Halloween”, then just added a few different touches, the main difference being a teenager, instead of Michael, and they add a nice twist in the end. They even reference evil, and a supernatural force over and over, just like “Halloween.” If it wasn’t for the twist ending, the movie would be almost unwatchable. The acting is poor, the dialogue is cheesy, some of the camera shots look like it’s done with home video. It’s just another low budget bad slasher film. If cheesy Halloween movies are your thing though, you can watch this one on Hulu. I give it a 3/10, and that’s only because of the ending.