Absolutely perfect low-spooks, goofy costume, tween self-discovery Halloween vibes.
Halloweentown (1998)
Absolutely perfect low-spooks, goofy costume, tween self-discovery Halloween vibes.
We must start with the opening.
After the Halloween franchise had diminished beyond recognition by the sixth outing in the franchise, it needed a new spark.
And so the first Halloween timeline ends with a whimper. This is a bad, bad, bad movie.
If Halloween 4 squeezed the last viable juice from the Michael Myers lemon, Halloween 5 rubs the pulpy rind in the viewers’ eyeballs.
The subtitle “The Return of Michael Myers” works on three levels.
I’ll start with the obvious.
So witty and utterly beautiful as an Austen adaptation that all the rest look a bit stiff by comparison. Anya Taylor-Joy is spellbinding as the title character; Mia Goth is possibly even better. A thrill and a joy, especially the production, especially especially the costumes.
Despite its cliffhanger ending, Halloween doesn’t really suggest an obvious sequel story.