Review: "HALLOWEEN ENDS" Because It Ran Out of Gas

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 45 of 2024 (No. 1989) by Leroy Douresseaux

Halloween Ends (2022)

Running time:  111 minutes (1 hour, 51 minutes)

MPA – R for bloody horror violence and gore, language throughout and some sexual references

DIRECTOR:  David Gordon Green

WRITERS:  David Gordon Green & Danny McBride and Paul Brad Logan and Chris Bernier (based on the characters created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill)

PRODUCERS:  Malek Akkad, Bill Block, and Jason Blum

CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Michael Simmonds (D.o.P.)

EDITOR:  Tim Alverson

COMPOSERS:  Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter, and Daniel Davies

HORROR/THRILLER

Starring:  Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Rohan Campbell, Will Patton, Jesse C. Boyd, Michael Barbieri, Destiny Moné, Joey Harris, Marteen, Joanne Barron, Rick Moose, Michele Dawson, Keraun Harris,Kyle Richards, Michael O'Leary, Jaxon Goldenberg, Candice Rose,Jack William Marshall, and Omar Dorsey

Halloween Ends is a 2022 slasher-horror film from director David Gordon Green.  It is the thirteenth installment in the Halloween film franchise.  It is also the third film in a trilogy of sequels to the original 1978 Halloween, the first of that trilogy being 2018's Halloween.  Halloween Ends finds Laurie Strode wondering if the troubled young man that her granddaughter is dating carries the evil she saw in her decades long nemesis, Michael Myers.

Halloween Ends opens in Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night, 2019.  Twenty-one-year-old Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) is babysitting a bratty 11-year-old boy.  The night ends tragically, and Corey becomes a pariah in Haddonfield.

Three years later, it is 2022.  Haddonfield is still reeling from the aftermath of the killing spree launched by the notorious Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) in 2018 (as seen in 2018's Halloween and 2021's Halloween Kills).  Michael has vanished, and his main victim, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), is writing a memoir and living with her granddaughter, Allyson Nelson (Andi Matichak).  Corey is working at his stepfather, Roger's (Rick Moose) salvage yard.

A bullying incident brings Corey into contact with Laurie, so Corey meets Allyson, who is immediately taken with him.  It seems as if the pariah Corey and the traumatized Allyson have found the perfect mate in each another.  However, Corey has a strange and unexpected encounter that might lead to the creation of a new serial killer.

One could argue that Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) is a soft reboot of the first two films in the franchise – Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981).  Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) was a reboot of the franchise in that it ignored franchise entries four through six.  Rob Zombie's 2007 film, Halloween, was an ever harder reboot.  Halloween 2018 was not so much a reboot as it was a true sequel to the original story.  Halloween Kills (2021) was basically an attempt to insert a course correction of Halloween II that would sit between the original Halloween and 2018 Halloween, while kicking 1981's Halloween II partially to the curb.

Halloween Ends is spiritually related to Rob Zombie's 2007 film, at least a little.  Zombie's film asks the question what creates a monster like Michael Myers.  Halloween Ends depicts how a town's toxic legacy and history and its shitty townsfolk can come together to create the kind of monster and inhuman killer that will stalk the town's streets and kill the townsfolk.

Halloween Ends flirts with brilliance, but director David Gordon Green and his co-writers turn the second half of the film into a tedious display of ultra-violence.  The film has a lot to say about scapegoating, pariahs, grief, trauma, post-traumatic stress, victim-blaming, and mercilessness, to name a few.  In the end, however, Halloween Ends has to be a Halloween movie and bodies need to be dismembered, smashed, crushed, shot, and violently penetrated.

I really enjoyed this movie for a time; then, I was ready for it to... end.  The performances are good, but no one performance really stands out to me, although (sexy) Will Patton as Deputy Frank Hawkins certainly tries, as he usually does in all his film and television performances.  Whatever future this franchise has, it is time to move on to something really new.  Halloween Ends is a good, but not great way to end the murder spree that began with the original film.

6 of 10

B

★★★ out of 4 stars

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from Oct 27th to 31st, 2024 - UPDATE #12

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SPORTS - From ESPN:  The Los Angeles Dodgers (National League) win the 2024 World Series, beating the New York Yankees (American League), four games to one.

MUSIC/DISNEY - From Deadline:  Disney has snatched the rights to broadcast and stream the Grammy Awards ceremony from CBS, which has been broadcasting the Grammy Awards for 50 years.  The 10 year deal will see the Grammy Awards broadcast on ABC and stream on Hulu and Disney+ beginning in 2027 and ending 2036.

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Keenan Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans are uniting for the first time in 18 years (since 2006's "Little Man") for a return to the "Scary Movie" franchise.  The movie, which would shoot next year, is scheduled for a theatrical release.

SCANDAL - From YahooNews:  Actor, comedian, and voice performer, Jay Johnston, was sentenced to federal prison for one year and a day for his activities during the U.S. Capitol attack and riot on January 6th, 2021. Johnston is best known for his work on such television comedies as "Mr. Show with Bob and David" (HBO), "The Sarah Silverman Program" (Comedy Central), and the Fox Network's "Arrested Development" and "Bob's Burgers."

MOVIES - From THR:  Oscar-nominee Johnny Depp and Oscar-winner Penelope Cruz will team up for "Day Drinker," a thriller that is slated to be directed by Marc Webb ("The Amazing Spider-Man").

MOVIES/STAGE - From Deadline:  George Clooney is bringing his 2005 film, "Good Night, and Good Luck," to Broadway.  This time he will play legendary veteran journalist, Edward R. Murrow.  Actor David Strathairn played Murrow in the 2005 which Clooney directed. Performances will begin March 2025.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 10/25 to 10/27/2024 weekend box office is Sony Pictures' "Venom: The Last Dance" with an estimated take of 51 million dollars.

KAMALA - From TheAtlantic:  Film and television impresario, Tyler Perry, has apparently made a better closing argument for why people should vote for VP Kamala Harris instead of disgraced former president, Trump.  Perry says “It was so important for me to stand with a candidate who understands that we, as America—we are a quilt. And I could never stand with a candidate who wants America to be a sheet.”

From Variety:  Oscar-winning actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, releases a video endorsement of VP Kamala Harris for President.

LGBTQ - From Deadline: Gay actor, Luke Evans, says he can't think of another gay star getting the kind of macho roles he plays.  The Welsh actor has starred in "The Hobbit" and "Fast & Furious" films and is playing a tough, straight guy in Amazon's upcoming, "Criminal."

OBITS:

From Deadline:  American film and television actress, Terri Garr, has died at the age of 79, Tuesday, October 29, 2024.  Garr was best known for appearing in such films as Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstine" (1974), Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), and Sydney Pollack's "Tootsie" (1982).  She received a "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar nomination for her work in "Tootsie."  In television, Garr appeared in multiple episodes of "McCloud," "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour," and "Friend," to name a few.

From Deadline:  American television scriptwriter and producer, Jeri Taylor, has died at the age of 86, Thursday, October 24, 2024.  Taylor was best known for her work on television series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Star Trek: Voyager."  Taylor is credited with writing 13 episode of TNG; 3 episodes of DS9, and numerous episodes of "Voyager," which she co-created with Rick Berman and Michael Piller.  Taylor shared a Primetime Emmy nomination as a producer on the final season of "The Next Generation."  Taylor also wrote multiple episodes of such TV series as "Qunicy, M.E.," "Magnum P.I.," and "In the Heat of the Night," to name a few.

MOVIE AWARDS:

From Deadline:  The 2024 / 34th Gotham Awards kick off the 2024-25 movie awards season by announcing its nominations for achievement in film.  Director Sean Baker's "Anora," which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, leads with four nominations.  The winners will be announced Monday, December 2, 2024.

Review: "HALLOWEEN III: Season of the Witch" is More Strange Than Good

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 155 (of 2003) by Leroy Douresseaux

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Running time:  98 minutes (1 hour, 38 minutes)

MPAA – R

DIRECTOR:  Tommy Lee Wallace

WRITER:  Tommy Lee Wallace

PRODUCERS:  John Carpenter and Debra Hill

CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Dean Cundey (D.o.P.)

EDITOR:  Millie Moore

COMPOSERS:  John Carpenter and Alan Howarth

HORROR/SCI-FI/FANTASY

Starring:  Tom Atkins, Stacy Nelkin, Dan O’Herlihy, Michael Currie, Ralph Strait, Jadeen Barbor, and Brad Schacter

Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American horror and science fiction-fantasy film from director Tommy Lee Wallace.  It is the third installment in the Halloween film series and the only one not to feature the franchise's star antagonist, Michael Myers.  British science fiction author, Nigel Kneale, and series co-creator, John Carpenter, joined director Tommy Lee Wallace in contributing to the writing of this film.  Season of the Witch focuses on a doctor who uncovers a plot use children and a particular brand of Halloween masks to resurrect an ancient ritual.

When her father is murdered in his hospital bed, Ellie Grimbridge (Stacy Nelkin) begins to suspect the involvement of a powerful novelty company with whom her father, Harry (Al Berry), had a relationship.  She convinces an over-stressed physician Dr. Daniel “Dan” Challis (Tom Atkins) to accompany her to the headquarters of the company, Silver Shamrock, where they meet the company’s creepy owner Conal Cochran (Dan O’Herlihy).

Silver Shamrock’s big sales push occurs at Halloween, and everywhere the two go, they encounter omnipresent television ads for the company’s three Halloween masks.  As Halloween gets closer, the world around Dan and Ellie becomes more perilous and stranger, and they delve deeper into Silver Shamrock’s evil plans for the holiday.

After wrapping up the story he began in the 1978 film, Halloween, in the sequel, Halloween II (1981), John Carpenter had different plans.  He intended Halloween III: Season of the Witch to be the first in an annual series of Halloween movies that each told a different Halloween related story.  Each film would, of course, have the “Halloween” brand name, but this film failed at the box office and killed that plan.  Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, the film editor of the original Halloween and for Carpenter's 1980 film, The Fog, Season of the Witch is average horror film with the potential to be something really great.  It is gross-filled genre fare having equal doses of horror, mystery, and science fiction.

It is difficult to point out concretely just where it all went wrong.  The mystery element is great, while the science fiction element is far fetched and more fantasy than science.  The sci-fi/fantasy element fails because of a lack of proper execution and because the magical elements are flat and unconvincing.  The horrific aspects are strong, and the dénouement is bracing and unsettling.  Somewhere along the line, however, it all falls apart, and the movie can leave the viewer as unsatisfied as it will leave him curious about what happens in the story after the movie fades to black.

Still, I’d watch it again.  There’s something in it, warts and all, that intrigues me, and I wish the filmmakers had taken the time to get whatever it is right.

4 of 10

C

★★ out of 4 stars

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Advanced Comics Review: "BIG GUNS STUPID REDNECKS #3" Raises the Stakes

BIG GUNS STUPID REDNECKS #3 (OF 3)

BAND OF BARDS

STORY: Austin Allen Hamblin

ART: Mariana Meira

COLORS: Mariana Meira

LETTERS: John Ira Thomas

EDITOR: Chuck Satterlee

COVER: Mariana Meira

VARIANT COVER: Trey Baldwin

Color, $4.99 U.S. (November 2024)

Rated: “Teen”

Big Guns Stupid Rednecks is a three-issue miniseries written by Austin Allen Hamblin and drawn and colored by Mariana Meira.  Published by Band of Bards, the series focuses on a retired lawman who fights to the death in order to entertain an alien television audience.  Letterer John Ira Thomas completes the series' creative team.

Big Guns Stupid Rednecks focuses on Clint, a retired police detective who was investigating a string of unexplained disappearances in the southern part of the United States.  One of the missing was Clay, Clint's younger brother by twelve years.  The search resulted in Clint being abducted... by aliens.  Intergalactic cable's biggest hit show is “Big Guns Stupid Rednecks” (BGSR), and the alien producers need a steady supply of rednecks, which they get by kidnapping humans.  Clint is the latest combatant.

Big Guns Stupid Rednecks #3 opens with a celebration of “Big Guns Stupid Rednecks'” anniversary program, and the celebratory anniversary match is a doozy.  It's Clint versus... his brother Clay?!  But isn't Clay dead?  Well, that's alien science for ya!  And Clay is out for blood, while Clint has no idea of what's to come.  Plus, Oweful, the alien creator of “Big Guns Stupid Rednecks,” has a deadly surprise for everyone.

THE LOWDOWN:  Series writer Austin Allen Hamblin hooked me up with a PDF review copy of Big Guns Stupid Rednecks #3.  It is the third Band of Bards publication that I have read.

Hamblin has delivered a pleasant ending to this pleasantly surprising series.  For BGSR, he recreated some of the irreverent and edgy humor that readers found in such venerable sci-fi/fantasy anthologies as Heavy Metal and 2000AD over the last five decades.  Hamblin did all that and set up this three-issue miniseries so that it can give birth to a media franchise.  The ending here does not have to be an ending, and that's what I want – more rednecks.

Mariana Meira's art is stylish and visually appealing.  Her storytelling is solid and captures the exciting nature of Hamblin's script.  Meira's menagerie of alien beings also recalls the early years of Jaime Hernandez's “Locas” stories in Love and Rockets.  It is in that strangeness of aliens that meets with the strangeness of outsider humanity.  She spins this weird yarn into its surprise ending, which hopefully will give her a chance to expand the concept in the (near) future.

Yes, Big Guns Stupid Rednecks is not perfect, but it is perfectly grounded in the cool weirdness of comic books.  Big Guns Stupid Rednecks #3 promises that there can be bigger guns and stupider rednecks.  Some of us want that.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of outrageous sci-fi comedy and of 2000AD will want to give Big Guns Stupid Rednecks a try.

A-

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

https://bandofbards.com/

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Website: www.hamblincomics.com

Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/AustinAllenHamblin

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Comics Review: "GEEK-GIRL #13" Rolls Out a Barrell of Fun

GEEK-GIRL, VOL. 2 #13

MARKOSIA ENTERPRISES, LTD.

STORY: Sam Johnson

ART: Carlos Granda

COLORS: Chunlin Zhao

LETTERS: Paul McLaren

COVERS: Carlos Granda with Chunlin Zhao; Art Voyager with Chunlin Zhao

24pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (October 2024)

Rated T+

Geek-Girl created by Sam Johnson

“Identity Crisis” Part 3: “Interlopers”

Created by Sam Johnson, Geek-Girl is a comic book character that debuted in the 2016 Geek-Girl miniseries,  She returned in a second miniseries, 2018's Geek-Girl Vol. 2, which subsequently became an ongoing series.  Geek-Girl Vol. 2 is written by Sam Johnson; drawn by Carlos Granda; colored by Chunlin Zhao; and lettered by Paul McLaren.

Geek-Girl focuses on Ruby Kaye of Acorn Ridge, Maine, a sexy and popular college coed who inadvertently becomes a superhero.  Ruby dons a pair of super-tech eye glasses that give her super-powers.  Ruby's BFF, Summer James, then talks her into trying to be a superhero, even providing her with a moniker.  Now, Ruby is Maine's newest superhero, “Geek-Girl,” but the female super-villain, Identity Thief, has stolen her powers.

Geek-Girl Vol. 2 #13 (“Interlopers”) opens in Geek-Girl's superhero headquarters where Pig Head and his League of Larcenists teammates – Dog Woman and Chromex/Delfi Matrix – make their escape after Pig Head's rescue.  They can't completely escape, however, as erstwhile ally, Joe Cyborg, is sending them straight to boot camp.

Meanwhile, Summer continues her journey towards gaining super-powers and becoming a superhero.  She is in Augusta, Maine at “The Cowbell” bar where she hopes members of “The Hive” can help her obtain powers.  Plus, Ruby continues her own journey towards regaining her powers.

THE LOWDOWN:  Geek-Girl creator-writer Sam Johnson regularly sends me PDF review copies of the latest issues of Geek-Girl, and has been doing so for several years.  I enjoy reading about Geek-Girl and her (mis)adventures.  I like this comic book enough to keep encouraging you to give this series a try, dear readers.

Geek-Girl carries over story lines and threads from Geek-Girl #11, Geek-Girl #12, and the one-shot, Fake Geek-Girl #1.  Writer Sam Johnson packs most issues with a lot of characters, which can sometimes drag on the pace of the narrative.  On the other hand, sometimes, a lot of characters equals a lot of fun.  I can't get enough of this large ensemble cast, as is the case with this issue.  They're intriguing and lovable, even when they're being evil and repulsive.  Many of them are just as interesting or, at least, almost as interesting as the title character.

Artist Carlos Granda is quite good at capturing facial expressions and the quirkiness and oddness in the way people act in relationship to emotions and speech.  He certainly conveys the fun of a large cast with this issue.  His clean drawing style recalls the simple purity of the lowbrow weirdness that made superhero comic books explode in the 1960s.  Granda maintains the simplicity of wonder that many modern superhero comic books have lost.  Granda's excellent works shows all the more under Chunlin Zhao's excellent colors and Paul McLaren's lettering.

I had a blast reading Geek-Girl #13, and I continue to recommend it to you, dear readers.  Geek-Girl captures the charm and magic of classic comic books with a clever modern touch.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of lovable superheroes will find an all-around winner in Geek-Girl.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:

SCANDAL - From Deadline:  A New Mexico judge refused to resurrect the state's case against Alec Baldwin for the 2021 accidental shooting death of cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, on the set of the Western film, "Rust."

MOVIES - From Variety:  A nice story recently making the rounds is that actress-producer Eva Longoria saved the original "John Wick" (2014) film with six million dollars in funding 24 hours before the project was scheduled to shutdown for lack of money.

SCANDAL - From Deadline:  Disgraced and imprisoned former studio boss and Oscar-winning film producer, Harvey Weinstein, has been diagnosed with bone marrow cancer.

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Rising "Scream Queen," Lauren Lavera ("Terrifier") will star next to two-time Oscar-nominee, Djimon Hounsou, in the horror film, "The Monster."  The film will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman of the "Saw" franchise.

MOVIES - From Variety:  85-year-old actor and former U.S. Marine, Scott Glenn, talks about being in the new thriller, "Eugene the Marine."

MOVIES - From Deadline: Colman Domingo will make his directorial debut with "Scandalous," a drama from Miramax.  The film will focus on the real-life clandestine love affair between film star, Kim Novak, and singer/dancer and film star, Sammy Davis Jr. in 1957. Sydney Sweeney will play Novak, and David Jonsson will play Davis.

MOVIES - From THR:  Tom Holland (Sony/Marvel's "Spider-Man" films) has reportedly been cast in Christopher Nolan's next film project, which remains top secret and is scheduled for 2026 release.

From Variety:  Tom Holland says getting the call that he'd been cast in Christopher Nolan's next film was the "phone call of a lifetime" and compared it to landing the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Sony/Marvel series a decade ago.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 10/18 to 10/20/2024 weekend box is Paramount Pictures' "Smile 2" with an estimated take of 23 million dollars.

From SilverScreenBlog:  "Silver Screen Blog" reviews "Smile 2."

From ReviewsonReels:  "Reviews on Reels" reviews "Smile 2."

STAR TREK - From Deadline:  "Star Trek: Section 31" will debut on Paramount+ January 24, 2025. It is the "Star Trek" movie starring Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh in a reprisal of her "Star Trek: Discovery" role as "Emperor Philippa Georgiou."

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Director Denis Villeneuve says he'll start on a third "Dune" film probably "sooner than he thinks."

OBITS:

From Deadline:  British cinematographer, Dick Pope, has died at the age of 77, Tuesday, October 22, 2024.  Pope was best known for his association with English writer-director, Mike Leigh, beginning with the 1990 film, "Life Sweet," and continuing through Leigh's recent "Hard Truths."  Pope was twice nominated for an Oscar in the category of "Best Cinematography," for the films, "The Illusionist" (2006) and Mike Leigh's "Mr. Turner" (2014).

From Deadline:  Actor Ron Ely has died at the age of 86, Tuesday, September 29, 2024.  His daughter did not announced his death until today (Wed., Oct. 23rd).  Ely is best known for starring as "Tarzan" in the former NBC television series, "Tarzan," which ran for two seasons from 1966 to 1968.  He also starred in the title role in the 1975 film, "Doc Savage: Man of Bronze."