So first off, the Halloween, Halloween 2, H20 timeline will always be my favorite due to my love of 2(and H20) but the 2018/Kills timeline is a close second. I loved the 2018 40 years later sequel, and now we get Halloween Kills, which takes place the same exact night. From the get-go we are thrown into the ramifications of the 2018 night. Right when character's cross paths we go back to 1978 and we see what happened after Michael fell out the window and before he was caught. We get returns of old characters, and some embark on new destinies. Back in 2018 we get a sequel that pays tribute to Halloween 2, 3 & 4, increases the brutality of Michael and is ultimately a fan film with a budget. There is so much to love about returning characters, character connections and throwback lines of dialogue. This truly feels like a long lost/highly anticipated sequel set 40 years after, it is fan service with old characters and it marks you out and i loved that. The ending might be contrived but it ultimately sets up Halloween Ends. And after this, it needs to end. That is not a negative comment but storytelling wise it sets up how a final encounter will happen, especially if it too is set the same night/next day. People will still complain that there is a new film, but we have been getting sequels since 1981 so let it go. This could have(and should have) been the finale but i will gladly take one more trip to Haddonfield.
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