10 Horror Movies Ruined By ONE Thing

10. The Awful Social Commentary - Halloween Kills

Now, credit where it's due, Halloween Kills absolutely delivered on the promises of its title, serving up the highest body count of any film in the franchise. 

Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) has never looked more savagely, ferociously imposing than he does here, especially during that gorgeous opening massacre of the firefighters who show up to Laurie's (Jamie Lee Curtis) burning house.

The gory kill sequences are basically enough to compensate for the fact that Laurie spends most of the movie confined to a hospital bed, but what really sinks Halloween Kills? It's the picture's groan-worthy attempt at social commentary.

Much of the film is centered around the efforts of a vigilante mob, formed by now-adult Myers survivor Tommy Doyle (Anthony Michael Hall), to hunt down and kill The Shape. This subplot is clearly intended to note the dangers of mob mentality, but the sheer stupidity of the mob's actions - namely, chasing down an escaped convict who clearly isn't Michael - and their moronic, never-ending utterance of "Evil dies tonight!" makes it impossible to take any of it seriously.

The commentary is so bluntly on-the-nose, so lacking in nuance, and so poorly executed on the whole, that it's honestly tough to believe an adult actually wrote any of it. It's juvenile and silly in all the wrong ways, and makes it tough to consider rewatching the entire movie - especially when you can just watch a montage of all the gnarly kills on YouTube.