Ok, this movie is kind of a whirling dervish. It has a lot going for it, ya know.
William Mosley as our twisted antagonist. He's been an antagonist before, but not like this. He’s very understated. Took the day off from Rob Zombie. Robert Englund, who still blows my mind for taking the simplest damn near-cameo sized moments and making you glue yourself to his every sentence. He does that here again.
We have the reuniting of Danielle Harris and Dwight Little. Star and Director of 1988's Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. She was about 9 when she played Jamie in that film, and grew up to be executive producer of this one. Little is one of the best journeyman directors in the biz. He also provided us with Brandon Lee's kickstart, a film wonderfully grounded by Powers Boothe, Rapid Fire.
This is a Halloween film for sure, as it begins and ends around Halloweens decades apart. Our protagonists are teens, and well written and performed ones at that. One of our adolescents has a character dating his mother that has a wonderful and unexpected character arc. It is very much away from the typical "slasher film supporting role" trope and it’s a pleasant surprise.
The rest of the film, though fairly underwritten, looks great and is directed well. With a vet like Little at the helm, that is to be expected.
But it has enough plot holes to look like swiss cheese, that sure hurt the film enough if you think about it, but they're easy to ignore if you're just looking for a good October spooker. A nice enough blending of mad slasher and the supernatural in a story that's at the very least, fun.
Can't say I was thrilled with the ending, as its connection to one of those plot holes make it a question mark.
But hey, don't let that stop you. It's almost Halloween!
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