Halloween has both tricks and treats in store
A tendency to undercut the tension with goofy jokes and comic asides means this sequel does not have the dreadful elegance of the original
Cinema
Halloween: Directed by David Gordon Green, Nationwide, 16,Rating:***
The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid: Directed by Feargal Ward, Nationwide, 12A,Rating:*****
Trick or treat? Why not both? David Gordon Green brings John Carpenter’s Halloween back to its blood-soaked roots with this sequel to the seminal 1978 slasher horror.
First, the trick. Green and his co-writer Danny McBride pretend the other nine increasingly miserable films in this long-running franchise never ...
