I remember when I was barely 10 years old when the original John Carpenter film classic came out in the theater's. Of course, my folks would never allow me to see it but only 8 years later when I went to college and saw it on the big screen at a midnight Halloween showing I was completely blown away! What an intense and exhilarating experience! And, Jamie Lee Curtis, the original Scream Queen herself giving a performance of a lifetime.
Now, nearly 40 years later, director/writer David Gordon Green along with his fellow writers, Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, have created a true and worthy sequel to the original based on the premise that none of the films after the original exist. This idea paid off in a big way! And I'm so glad for these writers and the director's boldness in taking such a leap!
From the very opening scene to the eerie credits, all those memories from when I first saw the original came flooding back and I was hit with a lot of emotion, in a good way! What a fitting tribute to John Carpenter's original vision as well a new vision for today's audiences!
Now, nearly 40 years later, director/writer David Gordon Green along with his fellow writers, Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, have created a true and worthy sequel to the original based on the premise that none of the films after the original exist. This idea paid off in a big way! And I'm so glad for these writers and the director's boldness in taking such a leap!
From the very opening scene to the eerie credits, all those memories from when I first saw the original came flooding back and I was hit with a lot of emotion, in a good way! What a fitting tribute to John Carpenter's original vision as well a new vision for today's audiences!
As Jamie Lee Curtis mentions in the video (click on the link above) that this film resonates today with the Me Too movement and women and men taking back their lives from past trauma's and saying No More. I will take back control of my fate and will not allow myself or anyone to turn me into a victim ever again!
Jamie Lee Curtis gives the performance of her career as the traumatized Laurie Strode, who, 40-years later, finds herself as the victim, having nearly destroyed her daughter's life with her obsession with Michael Myers, who randomly chose her and nearly killed her and actually succeeded killing her closest friends. This film is not only a homage to the original, but it brings back the terror of what random terrorism is and puts you "the audience" in the front seat to witness the horror.
Director, David Gordon Green pulls no punches, but still manages to not focus on the blood and gore, but on the brutality of someone like Michael Myers. A brilliant modern masterpiece of horror that proves that this genre can still produce great work and not stoop to "pulp" and almost "pornographic" type of entertainment that has so long soiled this genre. Thank you David Gordon Green for producing such a work of integrity and a great horror masterpiece!
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