"Soulless stalk-slash sequel, number eight in a series that desperately needs to be chopped off at the knees."
The Halloween series recaptured a smidgen of dignity back in 1998 with the unexpectedly decent Halloween H20.
Fans may recall that H20 ended with Jamie Lee Curtis facing down clown-face killer Michael Myers and emphatically chopping his head off.
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