Michael Myers is back! And this time, he’s going to…well, kill a bunch of people. You guys know how the “Halloween” franchise works, right? This weekend, Blumhouse returns with another addition to the John Carpenter-created horror franchise with “Halloween Kills.” And on this episode of The Playlist Podcast, we discuss if David Gordon Green is able to follow his 2018 surprise hit with yet another scary classic or if “Halloween Kills” is added to the laundry list of unnecessary slasher sequels?
For those that aren’t aware, “Halloween Kills” picks up right at the end of 2018’s “Halloween” with Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) narrowly escaping the knife of Michael Myers after trapping him in her home and setting the whole place on fire. And wouldn’t you know it? The murderous villain doesn’t actually die, and instead, he finds his way back to Haddonfield where the entire town is conspiring to end him. Because, as is said quite a bit in the film, “Evil dies tonight!”
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Unfortunately, without giving much away, we’re not as excited about ‘Kills’ as we were with Green’s previous entry in the franchise. And you can all the reasons why in our discussion below:
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