I’m rewatching this movie for the first time in many years and am enjoying it more now than I did when it first came out.

Love it or hate it, it’s hard to deny that Halloween 2018 is one of the best crafted Halloween sequels. As a long time fan, besides maybe H20, I have never experienced a more hyped entry than this one. JLC was back in fine form, Michael was top tier, the writing was mostly well done and the movie ended not only being a humongous box office hit but it also was a surprising critical hit. We were eating good and riding high.

I was initially excited when they announced the trilog but have come to believe they should’ve left well enough alone. Halloweens Kill and Ends just aren’t worthy follow ups. I’m sure a ton of people would agree. They squandered all the good will that the franchise had in 2018 by just putting us right back in Halloween 5-6 territory. It’s hard to believe the same team that gifted us H18 are even behind HK and HE. I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced such a swift and hard fall off from a creative team. What were they thinking?

The ending of H18 is nearly perfect. That would’ve been such a great final showdown for the OG Michael and Laurie. The let it rest and do a clean reboot. Instead we ended up with another H20-Resurrection experience, which is just so baffling and bizarre.

In hindsight? It was a mistake making this the start of a trilogy. Halloween 2018 works almost perfectly as a stand alone anniversary film.