10 Exact Moments Recent Movies Lost Us
9. "Evil Dies Tonight" - Halloween Kills
Take a shot every time somebody says "Evil dies tonight" in the most recent Halloween movie.
Halloween Kills may boast some of the most brilliantly gnarly violence of the entire series, but it's also got a rotten core that clumsily attempts to make a genuine commentary about the dangers of mob mentality.
Much of the film is focused on Haddonfield's residents, led by Tommy Doyle (Anthony Michael Hall), forming a lynch mob to try and kill Michael Myers once and for all.
Unsurprisingly the mob is an unorganised fleet of local morons, who in the film's very worst scene end up mistaking an escaped mental patient for Michael.
Despite the protests of Karen (Judy Greer), the mob rabidly chases the man onto the hospital roof where he jumps to his death, before Sherriff Brackett (Charles Cyphers) hilariously ponders who the real monsters are. Subtle.
That's not even the end of it - when the mob's plan to ensnare Michael finally plays out, he responds by slaughtering the lot of them.
Nobody really needs social commentary in a Halloween movie, and so it's reasonable to be wary of the upcoming Halloween Ends apparently referencing the pandemic. Yikes.