Review of halloween: a nightmare that has lasted four decades is far from over

Back in 1978, the horror film Halloween was released, costing $300,000 and shot in 21 days. It was the undisputed winner. The latest version of Halloween is now available to audiences on the 40th anniversary of the film’s release, and it is clear that the film is still very much in good faith, with John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis and others in the lead roles.

The whole film, so to speak, is both closely linked to the first film and stands on its own. So, for those who have seen the first film or not, there is not much of a problem. The story begins with the escape of the murderer Michael Myers from prison, which once again unveils a past from 40 years ago, where the victim was already a grandmother, living alone in a cage-like home, fighting, shooting, instruments, everything, but family relations were a mess. She has never got along with her daughter, but she gets along fine with her granddaughter, and is seen as a total freak.

For 40 years, Michael Myers has been held in a mental institution, silent and seemingly harmless, waiting for his chance to escape. The film cleverly uses the main line of interviews with two journalists to relocate this old case and a host of witnesses who lived through the killings back then, including the killer, the police officer who came out of the scene, the doctor involved in the case, and the heroine who is being hunted, arguably restoring the original “halloween” series to the greatest extent possible, which is the most commendable thing about it.

The atmosphere of suspense throughout the film is captured quite well, whether it is the interior of the mental hospital or the killings on Halloween night. In order to account for the story 40 years ago, the first half of the film drags a bit with fewer exciting episodes. Instead, after Michael Myers escapes from prison, the overall story and plot starts to pick up and evoke the desire to continue on. This is a common problem with sequels to European and American films; the pacing would have been better if it had started directly with the prison break, continued the main thread of the killings, and then flashed back to the story 40 years ago.

Imagine a tall, sharp knife-wielding, masked eccentric who wanders through the festive late hours of the night, killing at will. The film does reflect this, and it’s a little hard to watch as one innocent person after another perishes and one killing after another takes place. The end is nigh, but the story of legendary killer Michael Myers doesn’t end there. The killer returns and the story continues in the next film, Moonlight, Moonlight and Panic.

HALLOWEEN, FRIDAY THE BLACK and STREET OF THE SLAYERS – which of these classic European and American horror series do you like better?