Early reactions aren't good
2.6 on Letterboxd already and that's before the embargo even lifts.
shareNo, they're not. People are saying it gets really weird and they weren't sure if what they were watching is really real. They don't like weirdness in their Halloween movies. Just look at Curse of Michael Myers and Rob Zombie's Halloween II. They want just a simple, straightforward slasher film.
share Oh trust me, there were times during Ends that I truly felt like I was streaming the wrong movie. It felt that off in spots.
I don’t necessarily want a simple slasher film but if you are going to add something - make it fit the universe you are in!
My issue is that I wish the Blumhouse movies could've stemmed from a previous existing timeline, like either the Thorn timeline or the H20/Resurrection timeline. Destroying all development of Michael is just terrible. Michael spends 40 years in a jail cell from Halloween 1978 to Halloween 2018. Like, what? Come on dude.
Michael spends a total of 59 years in seclusion in this timeline! Awful. 15 years of a mental hospital in the original film + 40 years of being a prisoner between 1978 and 2018 + 4 years in a sewer from Halloween Kills to Halloween Ends. Just underwhelming.
I actually like Curse of Michael Myers (Producer's Cut) and Rob Zombie's Halloween 2. They are about Michael Myers, and Michael is in the majority of those two movies. Here in Halloween Ends, Michael is hardly in the film.
Michael only did one kill in Halloween Ends. There was no urgency for Michael...it was like he was retired in that sewer. To be fair though, I haven't liked any of these Blumhouse Halloween movies, so perhaps I am biased in that way.
I think there was a political meaning to Halloween Ends and it is interesting to think upon it, but the Blumhouse trilogy was just underwhelming for me. My favorite will always be the Thorn/Jamie trilogy. I even like H20, Resurrection and Zombie's Halloween 2, but the Blumhouse movies I can't stand.