While David Gordon Green is an excellent director, his work on the latest two films in the Halloween franchise may be a sign horror is not his greatest strength. The most recent reboot in particular feels like a missed opportunity, in more ways than one.
Deeper inspection of ‘Halloween (2018)’ shows the film is shockingly mediocre and overrated. It contains terrible dialogue, one-dimensional characters, and a noncoherent storyline filled with plain, bloodless deaths. In fact, some parts of the movie leave viewers wondering whether or not Michael Myers actually killed any of his victims. Though the film attempts to establish Myers, a dangerous killer, is on the loose, nothing significant happens until the last 20 minutes of the film, when all of the main characters begin to die unexpectedly.
The scariest parts of the film also leave a lot to be desired. Most of the horror scenes are shot plainly and occur in a cliche, predictable manner. This paired with the main characters being unlikeable makes the viewer have little sympathy for what happens to them at the end of the film. In fact, none of the characters are spectacular, not even Michael Myers himself.
While ‘Halloween (2018)’ is not the worst horror film to have been released, it has also failed to live up to the many decades of hype it cultivated leading up to its release. The original film, though terrifying and groundbreaking at its time, simply does not hold the same weight today. The reboot should have tried something new in order to adjust it more to modern times.
