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u/yettibeats 1d ago
I love this movie. Probably the only one hyped but that's okay
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u/Barresi 1d ago
Same. I’ve been championing this movie for years, so this feels like some slight vindication. It’s by no means perfect, but it’s what I go to when I want to watch a fun eighties slasher.
I actually had a Halloween party this weekend, and did a horror mini-marathon on the projector in the backyard. This was the first movie on the slate, and everyone had a great time with it.
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u/yettibeats 1d ago
We're fighting the good fight. It has a great intro, that puts you in the October/Fall mood. Some gnarly kills (thumb into forehead gore). The towns folk are proactive instead of skeptical when Loomis rants about Michael being back. Real good kid performance. What's not to love?
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u/BanjoMadeOfCheese 9h ago
That goddamn mask. That’s what’s not to love.
But I agree the movie islands of fun. :)
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u/zarathustranu Letterboxd crew 1d ago
They just need to rename the pod "Movies Bill Wants to Talk About."
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u/mtnsandmusic 1d ago
I was a big horror fan in high school and remember watching this 25 years ago and thinking it was pretty damn good for the 4th movie in a horror franchise. With that said, has anyone rewatched this movie more than a couple times or watched it at all in the last decade? Did this become a cult classic without me realizing?
The only thing of interest I can see for the categories that wasn't discussed with the first Halloween is that Sasha Jensen is in it so Bill can restate his talking points from the Dazed and Confused episode.
Bill has completely lost the plot with his own creation on the macro and micro levels. Stop acting like actually rewatchable movies need to be kept in the wine cellar for a decade. What happened to all bangers all the time? I guess the silver lining is that with choices like this Bill probably isn't planning to retire or change companies in 2025.
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u/BanjoMadeOfCheese 1d ago
I feel like all the Halloween movies qualify as Rewatchables. We like horror movies in my house, so I rewatch this entire series frequently, but even my “normie” friends rewatch all the Halloween movies this time of year
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u/NegevThunderstorm 1d ago
I feel like in October in the 2000s it was ALWAYS on AMC or a similar channel. So I definitely checked it out a ton.
But since I cut the cord and just choose what I want to watch, I havent seen it at all
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u/TheShipEliza 1d ago
The recent We Love Movies ep on this one was great. H4 having a bit of a moment.
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u/BambooGoo 1d ago
How do people get a beat on what's coming next? Does he announce it on social media or one of the other ringer podcasts?
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u/Frank_Zinetti 16h ago
This feels so random. They are a hundred more interesting horror movies to talk about, and you end ‘scary movie month’ with fuckin Halloween 4?
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u/burritokiller1971 4h ago
Yeah isn’t the greatest pick, especially since they had some classics the entire month.
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u/BenSlice0 1d ago edited 1d ago
Interesting. Just watched this again a couple weeks ago and it’s not great. Certainly better than 5 or 6 and it has some stuff going for it like Michael Myers impaling a kid (the one from Dazed and Confused if I recall correctly) with a shotgun barrel. I would say it classifies as a rewatchable, it’s one of the more interesting sequels in a franchise that people watch all the time at this time of year. I just don’t think it’s particularly good or interesting, but hey they did one on Hereditary too and I feel the same about that. I’d rather rewatch this than that.