Septober is here! Anyone else feeling Halloween vibes earlier than usual this year? Maybe it’s due to the onslaught of Halloween product flooding retailers as early as late July this year (!). Personally, I think we should just rename September Septober and be done with it. At any rate, my corner of SoCal has just…
Tag: Michael Myers
“Halloween Ends” (2022) sees the franchise taking an overdue dirt nap…
*****SPOOKY SPOILERS!!***** Halloween Wanes. In 1978, writer/director/musician John Carpenter (“Assault on Precinct 13”) unleashed his micro-budget thriller “Halloween” into theaters, and the movie became a runaway hit. I still remember seeing another movie at a multiplex around that time, and hearing screams from the “Halloween” screening in the next auditorium. I would eventually see “Halloween”…
“Halloween Kills” (2021) offers brutal tricks, but few treats…
******PUMPKIN SPICE SPOILERS!!****** After more than a year’s delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “Halloween Kills” is finally getting a release. Like the Godzilla franchise, Halloween’s continuity has been rebooted multiple times since the classic 1978 original. Halloweens 2, 4, 5 and 6 were (more or less) a straight line series of diminishing quality that…