The 13th installment in the 'Halloween' franchise, Halloween Ends, will be released on Friday, October 14th. This film is set to be the last of the franchise, at least for a while. This slasher film is a legendary staple in the horror community. With the first movie premiering in 1978, this franchise has been able to keep audiences engaged for decades
The final installment of the 'H40' trilogy of movies, Halloween Ends, is highly anticipated by horror aficionados and other moviegoers alike, but not without some skepticism. The predecessor of this movie, Halloween Kills, topped the box office during the pandemic. Even though people showed up, the movie got less than rave reviews.
Because of this, fans are weary of how Halloween Kills will end the series of movies.
“I found some of the choices a bit baffling”, said writer and podcast host Josh Conkel.
With such a long-running movie with a solid fan base, it seems less than realistic to believe that this will be the last movie about the infamous Michael Myers in the Halloween series. We asked Conkel what he thought.
“As long as there's money to be made, I think Hollywood's going to keep going to this well over and over again, although I think this will be the last of this timeline of Halloween. But if there's money to be made, they'll go back and mean. There are three different timelines of the Halloween franchise now. So, you know, no reason to believe that they'll stop there.”
Thriller fans, don’t lose hope yet. Conkel said, even though the movie starts slow, the writers did a satisfactory job of wrapping up the trilogy.
“The last third of this movie is really fun. It's a great payoff for the trilogy, and it somewhat redeems everything that came before it. But yeah, it just feels a little bit weird and disconnected,” he said.
KRLD’s What to Watch team digs deeper with Conkel on his thoughts about the movie and other horror content dropping this month.
Halloween Ends premieres this Friday, October 14th in theaters and on Peacock+.
Hellraiser
Halloween isn't the only horror classic returning to the screen this year. Hellraiser premiered on Hulu last week and was met with mixed reviews.
The 1978 horror classic of the same name gets a revamp in this reboot directed by David Bruckner. The film follows the story of a woman in the throes of addiction who comes across a puzzle box with 'sadistic, supernatural forces.'
Fans of gore and S&M horror will likely be pleased with the reboot, while others say the shifts in storyline make the plot a bit generic.
Rest assured, the Cenobites make their return in the film along with 'The Priest,' an updated version of 'Pinhead' from the original film, played by Jamie Clayton.
Chucky: The Series
Created to continue the story of the seventh installment of the 'Child’s Play' franchise, the Chucky TV series premiered to rave reviews for its first season last year. This horror drama follows the same premise as the films. A doll possessed with the spirit of a deranged serial killer causes all kinds of havoc, murder, and violence in Hackensack, New Jersey.
This series adds a fresh take to the same slasher sequence. The owner of the doll is a teen who is subsequently suspected of committing the murders. While still focusing on the doll’s killer hijinks, we also see the teen navigate his most awkward years.
Season 2 Episode 2 of Chucky premiered Wednesday night. You can watch new episodes on Syfy and USA.
Till
Till is a retelling of the cruel and riveting true story of the murder of Emmett Till, from the perspective of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Emmitt Till was only 14 years old in 1955 when he was brutally killed and mutilated for supposedly whistling at a white woman. The woman’s husband and other male family members kidnapped Till, tortured him, shot him, and then threw his body in a river.
His body was found a few days later, his face and body severely bloated and deformed. Because of this, his mother held an open-casket funeral, sharing her pain with the world, and showing the atrocities that have happened to black people at the hands of white people on American soil.
Till premieres in select theaters on October 14th, and will release in all theaters on the 28th.
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: The Reunion
Reality TV and Real Housewives super fans were on the edge of their seats this week as Real Housewives of Beverly Hills aired the first part of its highly anticipated reunion.
Hosted by Andy Cohen, the reunion concludes the drama-filled 12th season of the show, and the housewives certainly didn't hold their tongues.
The trailer, which dropped just a week before the reunion premiere, set the internet ablaze. Fans of the show are itching for a conclusion to the highly publicized feud between Lisa Rinna and Kathy Hilton.
Jamie Lee Curtis is certainly busy this year. In between battling Michael Myers, she made a surprise appearance on the RHOBH reunion to thank the housewives for their contributions to her charity.
The first part of the reunion introduced some conversations and feuds that certainly need more context, but in true reality TV fashion, you'll have to wait until next time to wrap up those loose ends.
Part 1 of the RHOBH Reunion is now available to stream on Peacock.
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