[Dr Kain]

Halloween - Picked up the 35th Anniversary BD that came out today and I must say there was a lot I did not notice the first time I saw it last year. I do feel the ending of the movie worked a lot better for me this time around than before, and part of that was due to understanding more of Loomis' dialog. Anyway, the movie itself is very well done. The pacing is fantastic. The music truly fits the mood and scenes that surround it. Not to mention the acting is quite good for the majority of the movie and I love the camera angles used throughout Michael's stalking moments. It is also amazing to think of how little money and time Carpenter had when he made the movie, and yet, it is so much better than most horror movies made today with million dollar budgets. Overall, I give the movie a 9/10 stars as it is a damn good movie and I am glad I bought it.

Halloween II - So we couldn't wait until Friday to watch the next one and went right into II after we finished the first one. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeell, I'm not sure really what to think of this movie. It wasn't terrible, it had some really great moments to it, but it was not even close to being even remotely as great as the first one. I also don't like that they have now made Lauri be Michael's sister. I preferred that he just went after her because she stepped on his house. On the other hand, a lot of it still felt like it was a Carpenter movie mixed with a standard slasher movie, so I do give it points for that. Overall, I'm going to give Halloween II a 7/10 even though it was a generic horror movie rather than being something truly unique and creative.