Film Preview: Halloween Kills (2021)

Page Revisions:

(July 12, 2020) Original
(November 8, 2020) New Trailer (#2)
(July 4, 2021) New Trailer (#3) — New Poster (#1)
(September 26, 2021) New Trailer (#4)
(October 10, 2021) New Posters (#2-#6)

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The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series.

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series.”

Poster Rating: C / C / C+ / C (3)

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Review: (#1) Never before has this masked looked more like William Shatner and seldom has it been more fitting, but less interesting.

(#2) Nothing much different from prior designs. (#3) This combination is well structured, but the burning oranges and reds look out of place and perhaps a bit too gimmicky. (#4-#6) These three character posters go with the prior designs well, but they just aren’t that appealing.

Trailer Rating: C+ / C / B / B-

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Review: (#1) A simple teaser continuing the story of Laurie Strode and her struggles to stop her demented brother from killing more people. It should do a nice job of enticing fans of the prior effort to the theater, but might not appeal to many others.

(#2) Another simple teaser, but this feels less exciting, less inventive. Surprisingly dull for something the producers want to use to tease a film’s release.

(#3) If you haven’t seen the first film, then you are likely to have its finale spoiled. Thankfully, if you’re already a fan of horror films in general and the Halloween films in specific, nothing here will surprise you. There’s plenty of suggestion of blood-letting, but beyond that, everything looks fairly rote.

(#4) Tapping into prior Halloween films, the cohesive universe that’s being built is fascinating, if only tangentially referenced. The end result is something that feels too generic to be effective even if the opening playground bit works modestly well.