RETRO RECOMMENDATIONS: “HALLOWEEN” (1978)
The night He changed horror films forever.
Although there isn’t a lot of honest suspense here, there is quite a bit of low-rent fun to be had.
Writer/director Michael Mongillo deftly weaves together art-house horror, police procedural, unorthodox love story and dramatic character study in this boy-meets-ghost tale.
At Halloween’s world premiere at TIFF’s Midnight Madness, co-writer Danny McBride stated that the only thing more terrifying than Michael Myers was the prospect of writing another Halloween movie. So are Green and co up to the task?
Gag us with a spoon! This Chicago-made indie bungles throwback style.