Binge Movie Aftertaste – Halloween Retrospective w/ Jason Morris and Doug Wicker: Halloween Kills (2021)

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In 1978, a little known director by the name of John Carpenter relinquished Halloween on an unsuspecting public. At the time, it was the most profitable independent film of all time, and is credited with beginning what came to be known as the slasher era of horror. After sequel upon sequel was released to mixed results, with the cultivation being the Busta Rhymes starring Halloween Resurrection in 2002, people thought the legend of Michael Myers was done forever. Even horror lover Rob Zombie failed to leave a positive lasting impression with his two retellings of the Michael mythos in the 2000s. Sometimes I look at the year and cannot believe what I'm seeing happen around it. For example, Michael Myers had a run in the late 70s-late 80s where he was one of our most popular slashers. But when the 90s made him pretty much obsolete, everyone counted him out of making a comeback. Rob Zombie's attempts -at least the first one- to resurrect the character and story was a hit with audiences. But after his second film wasn't what people were expecting, Myers was once again put on ice. Yet, 2018 saw him once again set the box office afire with the simply titled Halloween, and this new one is already tripling its budget in box office take. How is this possible, and is this success warranted with a good film? Listen in as I once again welcome filmmakers Doug Wicker and Jason Morris to continue our look at the Halloween franchise with this review of Halloween Kills, and then make it known whether we really want this franchise to End, which it supposedly is doing next year. PS - If you are a fan of Millennium or even just the X-Files, be sure to check out Morris's documentary Millennium After The Millennium, Halloween Kills (2021) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10) CLICK ABOVE TO LISTEN NOW! Subscribe to Binge Cast on iTunes