Halloween Kills 

Directed by : David Gordon Green

Michael Myers has haunted this town for 40 years. Tonight, we hunt him down.


Spoilers ahead.. 


Follows the story of 2018 Halloween as Michael Myers is still alive and everyone in the Haddonfield town come together chanting 'Evil dies tonight'. We also get to see footage of many characters from original 1978 movie that came in contact with Michael in someway, now fully grownup wanting to put an end to this. 

Its a total mess of a movie, more than silly its actually dumb which surprises me because the last movie was actually pretty good even though it wasn't a match to the original. Feels like the writing team got too busy deciding various gore killing options Michael will have for the many many kills we get to see, and hence the title. There's just no proper fear built-up, most of the random people that die actually deserve to die way they act. The team-up that involves the people which suffered in the 1978 halloween night, you expect them to have a plan and initially they give hopes that Yes these folks know what they doing, but nope, rather they come out even more dumber, either shooting at Michael without aiming properly or too busy chanting 'Evil dies tonight'. Also, haven't we had enough movies for the people or atleast those who came in contact with Myers to understand that he doesn't die from bullets, from fire, from knife and yet thats how they want to kill him everytime. This actually makes me wonder how exactly will he die in the final film because there doesn't seem any proper explanation. 

I was thinking maybe it will take the death of Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) for Michael's killings to end but this film actually ends that possibility suggesting its not Laurie that Michael is after. Also, its a blessing in a way that we get to see very less of Jamie Lee Curtis in this movie probably keeping her  for the final showdown whatever they planned. That hospital scene where every person turns together to kill an innocent man thinking its Michael with the chants again of 'Evil ends tonight' was the best way to describe how bad this movie is, they couldn't even show the theme of 'Innocent people turning into monsters like Michael' properly. Also, why would a gay couple continue to live in the Michael Myers home when he has returned that night or do they don't hear any news? 

In the end, Halloween Kills just fails at everything it tries, whether its trying to link all previous movies or bring the town together or make Michael go on a rampage killing. If you are a fan of gore horror, maybe you would have little to enjoy then, for rest like me this was a pain to sit through and yet a part of me is hoping the finale won't be this bad. 


My Rating : 3/10 



The Conjuring 3 : The Devil Made Me Do It 

Directed by : Michael Chaves 

Being brave doesn't mean you are not scared. It means you are scared but you hang in there. 


The third movie in this Conjuring franchise that starts with exorcism but leads to a historic event in the court when a murder suspect pleads for non-guilty citing reasons as demonic possession. The first scene gives you regular vibe of the franchise you are used to until the twist happens and the plot rather than the usual haunted house moves more into a thriller investigation against time involving witchcraft and Satan. Its an engaging movie but despite that I didn't really feel the tension or the kind of mood I got in last 2 films, even the scares or jump-scares landed pretty flat for most of the occasions. I do like the scene where Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) go into the high school girl case history into the forest along with that detective. Ed-Lorraine love story like the 2nd film again is given more importance which I feel they are overdoing. The evil vs Warrens isn't as effective or I should say chilling like the past 2 films was. Patrick and Vera are however again very good, and so is Ruairi O Connor who plays the guy possessed or affected by the Satan power. Did miss direction of James Wan, this is decent addition to the franchise but falls very short of the good work done earlier. The best thing I can say is that despite lack of memorable moments, its not a bad movie which mostly a 3rd movie of any franchise is. 


My Rating : 5.5/10