What the heck was that?! Having watched quite a few Halloween movies recently, almost all for the first time, this has to be the worst I have seen. This gives A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 a run for its bad idea territory. Spoilers ahead, big ones, so brace yourself.
In what world is having Michael become beholden/connected to an unlikable young adult a good idea? On top of that, you make the granddaughter of Laurie suddenly have the emotional intellect of a potato and compete for the most unlikable person award. From playing house, baking pies, to arguing and not trusting one another for no reason. To top this off, the direct has this weird idea of Laurie being seen as blamed for all of this and it just doesn’t feel sincere at all. What a bunch of wasted talent. The same problem persists from the last movie but worse, nobody ends up being likable and every betrays their character development.
I preface what I say next by stating that I think this new series went a couple of movies too long. I normally don’t write alternatives but in a franchise with way more misses than hits, what is one more swing? The prior film established that Michael may be sort of becoming empowered by all of the evil he is doing. I would go further with that and instead have him kill Corey when he is dragged into the sewers. This is the first juice he needed and it is just enough for him to then clear out the homeless camp right outside of the sewer. Michael is back baby, powered by EVIL. What is Laurie doing though? Certainly not baking pies and writing a book. I would love to see Laurie reflect a bit more on the loss of her daughter. Yes that wasn’t a great movie either, but it is easier to talk nice about people who aren’t around. As is, it comes off very strange to have Laurie operating at what looks like her peak mental health in a long time, all while Michael is at large and her daughter was murdered not long ago. They can commit to the town going all pitch forks out but not the existence of her daughter? What in the. Ultimately I think Laurie needed to seek out the fight and to lose. Following off of the ideas of the first film and the prior, about being energized, he is now pumped to the max and disappears once more into the darkness except never to be seen.
I mean it. Never to be seen! If the reboot was trying to be more true to the original film then go all the way with that. Treat these movies like an extended series of events from the first movie but keep the spirit. Pure evil is out there, and Evil does not die.