Halloween Review: 6 Ups & 4 Downs

4. Michael Myers Is Brutal & Terrifying Once Again

If the Halloween sequels quickly became increasingly silly, Michael Myers consequently became less convincing as a relentless, murderous phantom, and by the time the series revealed he was a pawn in a cult's ritual, it was all beyond saving.

Thankfully David Gordon Green takes a respectable back-to-basics approach to Myers here, absolutely nailing his unstoppable nature without having him excessively teleport around or do anything too ridiculous.

Nick Castle, James Jude Courtney and Tony Moran do fantastic work portraying Myers in various stages of the movie, making him a physical force to be reckoned with as he dismantles his victims.

Somewhat surprisingly, this is easily one of the goriest of all the Halloween films, with Myers administering some of the most brutally wince-inducing kills of his "career." Again, though, it avoids ever feeling too cartoonish or over-the-top, landing on the right side of ferociously intense.