Day 14. Halloween Kills (2021)
If you liked the 2018 movie, you're gonna like this one. I am very glad I decided to rewatch the 2018 one right before this; not that there's any danger of losing the "plot" if you don't, but since this one picks up literally minutes later, there are a lot of little things to appreciate if you've got it fresh in your memory.
My thoughts are mixed on it, just because I tend to overthink nonsense like this. As a
Halloween sequel specifically, it's great, one of the best. As a slasher horror movie in general, I think it's still very good. It does all the things a slasher film is supposed to do, but doesn't reinvent the wheel doing it.
As a movie-movie, as pretentious as that distinction may sound...it's definitely competent, but too fanservice-y to leave much of an impression when viewed outside of an "another installment in the franchise" lens. Michael Meyers in the 2018 movie was treated like someone who's been killing and escaping death off and on for the past 40 years, not someone who killed 3 teenagers 40 years ago. And this movie REALLY doubles down on that. Every time someone picks up a kitchen knife, it's shot with the importance of someone firing up a light saber, and I can't help but think, "That's just what he used in the first movie because it's what he had access to."
The TL;DR version is, I enjoyed it, but I'm predisposed to. If slashers aren't your thing, or even if Meyers specifically doesn't do it for you, there's nothing here I can point at to change your mind.