2018’s “Halloween” was an entertaining sequel to the original. It ignored all the underwhelming sequels, reboots and remakes that had come out over the years. “Halloween Kills” is a direct sequel to the 2018 “Halloween” but this one just ruins everything again. What made the original and the 2018 sequel so threatening was that they felt somewhat grounded in reality. In “Halloween Kills”, Michael Myers is more overpowered than ever.

After the Strode family fail to kill him in a fire, Michael Myers continues his killing spree across Haddonfield. A mob, which includes survivors of Myer’s rampage in the 70s, forms to hunt down and kill the ‘Bogeyman’ once and for all.

In this film, Myers is repeatedly attacked with bullets, blunt instruments and sharp objects yet he always just gets up and carries on. He probably kills more people in this film than in any of the previous films. The guy is so powerful that he almost feels like he could be a character in “Dragon Ball”. It’s this ridiculousness that makes it hard to get invested in what’s going on. There are also way too many characters. The Strode family get side-lined as we follow a very large cast of characters. None of them are particularly interesting.

“Halloween Kills” has some creative kills, I’ll give it that. However, it just feels very mediocre overall. The film keeps trying to warn us of the dangers of mob violence and it feels a little preachy at times. The film just does nothing to advance the plot. We know that Myers can’t be defeated here because there is already another sequel in the works. “Halloween Kills” is just filler… ridiculous filler. If you want to see some hilarious kills then maybe you’ll get some enjoyment from it but this is a massive downgrade after the highs of the 2018 film.