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but I can't deny the film has issues with its dialogue, and the execution of its goals regarding Michael and the town he has haunted for 40 years.

Turns out that Michael was captured and institutionalized shortly after the events on the first film, leaving Laurie to reckon with the trauma of what she experienced.

Granted, I had seen the opening already on YouTube, as well as Busta Rhymes "kung fu fighting" Michael in the end, because yeah, this film stars Busta Rhymes, and he "kung fu fights" with Michael in the end.

A film from Oliver Stone

One of the things that surprised me, though, was how "violent" the film was, at least for a Disney film that's labeled as a family film.

However, when the inevitable sequel came along, it was decided to move the story "forward" that Laurie and Michael Myers were siblings, giving some sort of motive for his killing spree, but also stripping the film from its terrifying randomness.

The film has a few twists and a certain grit to it that just makes it work, in addition to its neo-noir vibe, which reminds me of classic film noirs like Detour or maybe even D.O.A.

Found this short mostly by chance in a list of films with Native American characters made by Native American people, and it certainly left an impression.

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers follows up a couple of years after Halloween 5 as Loomis realizes that Michael's existence or evil is the result of scientific experiments performed by members of a druid-like cult trying to investigate and control the power of Thorn...

The latter is the basis for this weirdly lovely Pixar film.