Most of the reviews are pretty accurate on this one. There is tons of gore here, making this easily the most brutal film in the franchise (yes, even more so than Rob Zombie's Halloween II). Michael Myers is as sadistic and menacing as he's ever been, and if that's all you're looking for then you are bound to be happy with this movie. The pacing is fast and engaging, and there's even a few flashback scenes that are incredibly well put together, complete with a banger of a soundtrack that hearkens back quite a bit to the 1978 classic.
On the flipside, the film clearly suffers from being a "bridge" to get us from Halloween 2018 to Halloween Ends next year. There's not much of a story to be had and Laurie takes a back seat in the film for Anthony Michael Hall's Tommy Doyle, who pulls a Halloween 4 and riles up a mob to hunt down Michael Myers. There's some social commentary to be had here about the damage a mob mentality can cause, but it just isn't balanced out all that well with the absolute gorefest this movie is. The ending also suffers from the fact that we already know a follow up film is in production, so it was bound to end on a cliffhanger. The problem is that said cliffhanger isn't just sudden, but it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
It's still a film worth watching if you're a fan of the franchise, and it's certainly still better than most of the Halloween sequels, just don't expect it to top Halloween 2018.
On the flipside, the film clearly suffers from being a "bridge" to get us from Halloween 2018 to Halloween Ends next year. There's not much of a story to be had and Laurie takes a back seat in the film for Anthony Michael Hall's Tommy Doyle, who pulls a Halloween 4 and riles up a mob to hunt down Michael Myers. There's some social commentary to be had here about the damage a mob mentality can cause, but it just isn't balanced out all that well with the absolute gorefest this movie is. The ending also suffers from the fact that we already know a follow up film is in production, so it was bound to end on a cliffhanger. The problem is that said cliffhanger isn't just sudden, but it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
It's still a film worth watching if you're a fan of the franchise, and it's certainly still better than most of the Halloween sequels, just don't expect it to top Halloween 2018.