How Scary & Violent Is Halloween Kills? | Screen Rant
Just how scary and violent is Halloween Kills, and does the movie earn its R-Rating? The 12th entry in the Halloween franchise, Halloween Kills serves as a direct sequel to 2018’s Halloween, and is once again directed by David Gordon Green. It also marks the second part of Green and Danny McBride's planned reboot trilogy, with the final film, Halloween Ends, already in development. Jamie Lee Curtis reprises her iconic role as Laurie Strode, leading an ensemble cast that includes Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Antony Michael Hall, and James Jude Courtney.
While the Halloween franchise is a horror movie staple, Halloween Kills also features its fair share of humor and a number of comedic performers. With a screenplay from Green, McBride, and Scott Teems, the movie boasts a pedigree of horror and comedy talent alike. With that mix of influences behind the camera, what kind of horror and violence can be found in Halloween Kills?
While Halloween Kills is only occasionally scary, it’s thrilling and gruesome. Despite the occasional bit of levity, this is a horror movie through and through. The film is filled with the kind of intense scenarios that can be expected with a knife-wielding monster like Michael Myers on the loose. In fact, the killings are so frequent, there’s relatively little opportunity to actually feel scared.
The 12th movie in the Halloween saga is highly suspenseful but more tense than scary. Any moment of creepy ambiance is quickly punctured by a flash of violence. There are numerous heart-pounding sequences, such as the panic at the hospital as word of Michael Myers’s potential presence starts to spread. There’s a visceral quality to the chaos as the rampaging townsfolk storm the halls. The movie boasts the usual shots of open doors and shadowy figures, as well as one notably eerie home invasion sequence back at the old Myers family home, but it’s the chaos and brutality that seem to take center stage.
In terms of violence, Michael Myers' appearance in Halloween Kills gives the film its grisly name. It boasts two separate gushing neck wounds in its first 10 minutes, there are plenty of broken bones, and more stabbings than any horror fan could reasonably expect. There’s a tongue-in-cheek gleeful nature to the violence, with the film clearly relishing in Michael Myers’s over-the-top brutality. Most of the decapitations are posthumous but there is a skull-crushing scene that will give even the goriest of horror flicks a run for their money. Almost every set piece is punctuated with a splash of carnage and very few characters make it out unscathed.
There’s almost no sexual content or nudity throughout Halloween Kills, with a brief image of a naked corpse as the only exception. A character is momentarily seen smoking marijuana, but the rest of Halloween Kills' R-Rating primarily comes from frequent profanity. Ultimately, when it comes to spine-chilling ambiance, Halloween Kills is a bit lacking, but it has more than its fair share of heart-pounding violence. Complete with a long knife and dark, empty eyes, Michael Myers is back and he doesn’t disappoint. While seasoned horror viewers might remain unstirred by the creepier moments, the movie doesn't pull its punches when it comes to the kills.
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