Halloween Critic Reviews

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Based upon 12 Critic Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly | Bruce FrettsAdd Critic to Favorites

Carpenter's brutally efficient exercise in tension and release.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

This Myers is more problem child than bogeyman.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

As usual, Zombie has added an element of camp fun to the proceedings with his clever casting of B-movie icons in small roles, including Dee Wallace, Brad Dourif, Danny Trejo and Sid Haig.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Steven HydenAdd Critic to Favorites

This latest unsuccessful stab at Carpenter's masterwork just proves that the original Halloween is as unbeatable as its masked leading man.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Peter HartlaubAdd Critic to Favorites

Filmgoers looking for copious amounts of mindless violence won't be disappointed.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Tasha RobinsonAdd Critic to Favorites

It's a more polished, high-fidelity version of a story that's played out on screen many times since 1978, but once Zombie runs out of subtext, he's right back to the same old slasher text: "Blood. Guts. The end."Read the full review

The New York Times | Matt Zoller SeitzAdd Critic to Favorites

The new Halloween has sympathy for the Devil, but not enough.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

This is not a good movie but, considering what Halloween has evolved into over the course of seven sequels, it's perhaps better than it has a right to be.Read the full review

Variety | Staff (Not Credited)Add Critic to Favorites

After a promising opening, Halloween becomes just another maniac-on-the-loose suspenser. However, despite the prosaic plot, director John Carpenter has timed the film's gore so that the 93-minute item is packed with enough thrills.Read the full review

Variety | Dennis HarveyAdd Critic to Favorites

Leaves nothing to the imagination: Michael Myers is always right there in plain sight, committing mayhem sans suspenseful buildup or mystique.Read the full review

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