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32. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Charon - 19
Genny - 20
Inviso - 27
Johnbobb - 28
JONA - 30
KBM - 31
Scarlet - 31
Snake - 31
Karo - 38

Charon - While not the film the 2018 version would be H20 gave us an early glimpse of what a reunion between the two series leads would be like, and much like that film it'd have some success. I've always enjoyed the dynamic relationship shared by Laurie and Michael; most slashers like Freddy and Jason lack a connection to their victims whereas Myers has a singular driven goal. This movie also introduced a young Josh Harnett whom I thought played his role well. I'm probably a little biased towards Halloween as a whole, but this film was a nice return to form after a couple of real stinkers for the franchise.

Genny - I know Michael Myers is regarded as the best of the big three slashers by some, but he's always been my least favorite of the trio personally. Jason and Freddy have that supernatural flair about them and what sets Michael apart is that he's a normal guy who happens to be evil for no reason. Also that he seems impervious to fire, bullets, stab wounds, and falling from heights. Really I think the mistake was making him "normal" Jaime Lee Curtis gives a solid performance here, but everyone else either phones it in or overacts aside from LL who's acting isn't enjoyable for a different reason. I especially dislike the many irrational decisions made by Laurie and Michael throughout the film, but it has some nice kills. 7.3/10

Inviso - First off, I feel like my enjoyment of this film is either hampered or bolstered by the fact that Ive literally never seen a single film in the Halloween franchise, outside of the reboot we watched for the last horror list. Hampered, because I have no context for the films plot. Bolstered, because I have no idea how much better or worse the film is compared to its predecessors. But I digress. If youre going to make a slasher film and youre going to fill it with contrived nonsense, the least you can do is stack up a high body count. But this film starts with a trio of unnecessary deaths, then a LONG gap, and then three more kills in quick succession. Really, the only thing that makes this feel different from a generic slasher film is the ending. Laurie FUCKS Michael up MULTIPLE times. She stabs him, steals the morgue truck with his dead body in it, slams on the breaks to fling him through the windshield, runs him over, pins him against a tree, and decapitates him. While this ending is awesome, its also completely pointless and feels like a means of bloating a movie that doesnt even reach 90 minutes. Seriously, this is a ten-minute sequence after the standard Michael is presumed dead and escapes to set up the sequel moment of the film, and the fact that it was necessary is not great. There is just SO much filler in this movie just to get it up to a decent runtime, and it winds up not being that great as a result.

Johnbobb - As much as I want to give this movie credit for sticking the landing at the end SO HARD, I can't. One trope I HATE in horror movies is "significant character so unbearably and irrationally awful that you want them to die." Another is excessive fakeout jumpscares. And holy shit does this movie abuse those two to hell and back. The son is such a horrible shit that I can barely sympathize with Laurie for wanting to protect him, and literally like every five minutes there's someone startling somebody else for some stupid reason. There are cool, classic Halloween moments hidden in a bunch of bullshit.

JONA - Most of the movie is dull but the climax can be pretty entertaining.
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