I know it's early to start writing stuff for Halloween but I brought this a while back, watched it, lost it, and then found it yesterday when I was routing though my draws. As most know, the Halloween franchise revolves around the serial killer Michael Myers, a psychotic child who grows to a super-strong monster, who also has a thing for masks and knives. Standard horror affair then, but wait... I don't know what it is, whether it's just me, but I honestly find these films enjoyable. The first two are horror staples, both revolving around the same night, covered in blood and terrified teenagers. Very cliche, but we forget that this film allowed other films to make it cliche. It's the grandaddy of them all and no film/horror buff would not have these on the shelves. After that, well I admit it goes downhill. Halloween 3: Season of the Witch is the only one that doesn't feature Michael Myers. Despite this, it's a decent watch and truly quite shocking in some places. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, is well, the return of Michael Myers. Queue the blood and gore, and a star return from Donald Pleasance as Michael's psychiatrist Doctor Loomis. There really is no point discussing the other films as they follow the same lines, also starring celebrity names from a young Paul Rudd, LL Cool J, a return from Jamie Lee Curtis, Tyra Banks and Busta Rhymes. On the whole the films aren't big, or at all clever, but they can capture the mood quite pefectly for a friday night. Especially more as it approaches Halloween. Godfather, it ain't, but enjoyable it is.
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Jul 30th, 2009
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