Halloween 2018 today?

Quick countdown to Halloween post to say that if everything goes well today (touch wood) I should finally see... the new Halloween movie. Been waiting for a decent and proper sequel to the original movie since I first watched it on Halloween night in 2001. It was a revelation and I have been a fan since then. I cannot believe it took me that long to first watch it, given that I am such a fan of the holiday, but I guess I had been deprived since childhood of access to horror movies (see this post), so when I became a teenager I had a lot of catch up to do, until adulthood. I want to be among the first ones to see the new movie. Touch wood, like I said. And no spoiler in the comments. Not until tonight.

Halloween's second trailer

Oh, goodie, goodie, goodie! He's coming and he's gonna get you, he's gonna get you, he's gonna get you! I am talking of the Boogie Man of course, The Shape, Michael Myers, and of the movie Halloween, direct sequel to the original one of 1978. I have been very excited about it, even more so when I saw the first trailer. Now a second one has been released and I am even more excited! There is so much to love here: Jamie Lee Curtis as an ageing Laurie Strode with a hint of Ahab in her, plenty of atmosphere, some daylight horror, accent seems to be on suspense and rise of tension, not on gore... It is the horror movie to watch this year.

"Halloween" is coming

Oh goodie, goodie, goodie! I had lost all hope for a good sequel for the original Halloween movie, but this is so very promising! Nice, atmospheric, creepy, the Scream Queen back and properly developed as a character. And I agree oh so much with the approach they took (ignoring all sequels for instance, including and especially the family connection between Michael Myers and Laurie Strode). Now I need to find a babysitter for little Wolfie come October. Although it might not be the right film to watch while your child is babysat.