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Halloween Retrospective

During October 2022, I will be watching and reviewing the entire Halloween series, culminating in the release of Halloween Ends.

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Halloween (1978)

I’m not sure that there’s a specific name for the recurring cultural phenomenon that I have in mind.

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Halloween II (1981)

Despite its cliffhanger ending, Halloween doesn’t really suggest an obvious sequel story.

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Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

I’ll start with the obvious.

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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

The subtitle “The Return of Michael Myers” works on three levels.

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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

If Halloween 4 squeezed the last viable juice from the Michael Myers lemon, Halloween 5 rubs the pulpy rind in the viewers’ eyeballs.

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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

And so the first Halloween timeline ends with a whimper. This is a bad, bad, bad movie.

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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

After the Halloween franchise had diminished beyond recognition by the sixth outing in the franchise, it needed a new spark.

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Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

We must start with the opening.

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Halloween (2007)

The Halloween franchise was due for another reboot.