Horror films are fantastic affairs – they force us to sit with our demons, and reconcile with the feeling of finding comfort and joy from being terrified. John Carpenter’s original classic brought terror to the suburbs, and helped transform horror cinema for generations. But, Halloween, and its sequels and imitators, are of the slasher ilk – possibly the most predictable and rote type of horror film. By the mid-nineties, the slasher genre had become tired and exhausted, so much so that Scream helped … Continue reading Halloween (2018) Review