HALLOWEEN KILLS First Reviews Stalk Online Following Venice Film Festival Premiere

HALLOWEEN KILLS First Reviews Stalk Online Following Venice Film Festival Premiere

Like Dune, Halloween Kills had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, and the first reactions to David Gordon Green's highly-anticipated horror sequel have now been shared online...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 08, 2021 01:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Halloween

Michael Myers will soon return to stalk the streets of Haddonfield, and Halloween Kills had its world premiere earlier today at the Venice Film Festival. Some early social media reactions found their way online soon after the screening, but now that the embargo is up, critics have begun to post their full reviews.

For the most part, David Gordon Green's direct sequel to his 2018 revival seems to have been fairly well-received, but it certainly didn't win everyone over. The cast, led by franchise icon Jamie Lee Curtis, has come in for a lot of praise, as have the extra gruesome kills. However, the movie has been criticised for defaulting to usual slasher tropes, and it sounds like the ending is more an abrupt set-up for the final part of the trilogy than a proper conclusion to this film.

You can keep an eye on the reviews as they're added to Rotten Tomatoes here (it currently sits at 56%), and check out some Tweets below.

Myers was defeated by three generations of Strode women in Halloween 2018, and while he appeared to burn to death, we all know you can't keep a good masked maniac down for long. Curtis, Judy Greer, and Andi Matichak will all return to stand in his way - and it sounds like they're going to have quite a bit of backup this time!

Kyle Richards will also reprise the role of Lindsey Wallace from John Carpenter's original Halloween, while Anthony Michael Hall will play Tommy Doyle, another character Michael terrorized in the 1978 film.

Minutes after Laurie Strode (Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their unstoppable monster. The Strode women join a group of other survivors of Michael’s first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands, forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt Michael down, once and for all. Evil dies tonight.

Halloween Kills slices its way into theaters this October.

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Menks123
Menks123 - 9/8/2021, 1:52 PM
Everything about this sounds like literally 50/50.

Some loved, some hated it. Which is a bummer because the last one was incredible.
IronSpider101
IronSpider101 - 9/8/2021, 3:58 PM
@Menks123 - I find that just a little bit exciting. Usually the early reviews are all unanimously positive, even if it's a stinker. Having a split like this makes me think it'll at least be an interesting movie.
dracula
dracula - 9/8/2021, 1:52 PM
Still need to watch the first (technically second)

Wonder how Blum’s Dracula and other dark universe movies are coming
tmp3
tmp3 - 9/8/2021, 1:56 PM
Trailer for this made it look very superfluous, so the reviews being this mixed isn't that surprising
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 9/8/2021, 1:56 PM
Im a little worried knowing that there is another on after this will make this movie feel like a stop gap but i'm still excited. I liked the last one so here's hoping this builds on the momentum that one had
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 9/8/2021, 1:59 PM
Off-topic: another movie that premiered at Venice and has reviews out:



Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 9/8/2021, 2:46 PM
@MUTO123 - I'm very hype for Last Night in SoHo. I love Edgar Wright and this looks very different than what hes done before but still awesome
GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/8/2021, 2:09 PM
Not surprised it’s mixed
WeAreDenim
WeAreDenim - 9/8/2021, 2:09 PM
To all the Michael Meyers haters out there…



WeAreDenim
WeAreDenim - 9/8/2021, 2:11 PM
PantherKing
PantherKing - 9/8/2021, 2:11 PM
Why isn’t this guy dead yet?
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 9/8/2021, 2:18 PM
@PantherKing - you can't kill evil XD
Blergh
Blergh - 9/8/2021, 2:43 PM
@PantherKing - because Michael is the embodiment of evil and evil can't be killed
Slotherin
Slotherin - 9/8/2021, 3:59 PM
@PantherKing - because when you have a cash cow, you milk it til it bleeds
Unites
Unites - 9/8/2021, 2:11 PM
Well you might wanna include the actual reviews?
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/8/2021, 2:12 PM
I will watch the trailer and decide from there,I heard its more political,the BLM riots are part of it.
Unites
Unites - 9/8/2021, 2:17 PM
@marvel72 - Lol. It's a direct follow-up of Halloween (2018). It's not political. BLM riots are not part of it.
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 9/8/2021, 2:27 PM
I like what I'm hearing about it having a real Carpenter feel to it, but it does sound like it's going to end on a massive cliff hanger that sets up the third one, so I can see were that would irritate people.

The flashback to 78 has me intrigued, I'm really hoping we somehow get a Dr. Lommis appreance.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 9/8/2021, 2:41 PM
Halloween 2018 was pretty good. Looking forward to it.
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