It has taken four decades but we finally have another good “Halloween” film. Despite its title of just “Halloween”, this is 2018 entry in the franchise is not another remake but actually a sequel to the original movie that ignores all the other sequels and reboots in-between. It’s an effective horror thriller that manages to make Michael Myers a force to fear once more.

It’s been 40 years since Michael Myers murdered her friends and went after her but Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis “Halloween”, “True Lies”) has not forgotten about what happened. She has been spending her life preparing for a final confrontation. When he escapes from prison, he returns to Haddonfield on Halloween night and goes on another killing spree.

It’s really great to see Jamie Lee Curtis return to the franchise again (let’s not forget that she was in “Halloween H20”). She does a really good job. Michael Myers is great in this one because he’s an intelligent killer like in the original. I always hated how the later movies turned him into a mindless machine. I also like how he is referred to as ‘The Shape’ because that was what he was credited as in the original film. Some of the other characters are a little annoying but most of them are okay for a slasher film.

The 2018 “Halloween” is such a refreshing film. I thought the “Halloween” franchise could not sink any lower but somehow, the filmmakers have managed to recapture some of the magic that made the first outing a genuinely unsettling experience. They know that it’s not the gore that makes a horror movie disturbing, it’s the ideas and the tension. It’s not a perfect movie as I did not really care for the opening scene and the film ends on a horror movie cliché that leaves the door open for a sequel. However, this is by far the best “Halloween” movie since the original and one of the best horror movies of recent years.