Halloween Kills tries to strike a balance between horror and comedy, but a mob accusing an innocent man of being Michael Myers is just too ridiculous.
The Big Picture David Gordon Green's middle installment of his Halloween sequel trilogy, Halloween Kills, has one moment that is absolutely hilarious, even though it wasn't supposed to be. Much like peanut butter and jelly, the genres of horror and comedy have become a perfect combination despite being a difficult one to nail perfectly. Make a horror comedy too funny, and the horrific stakes simply cease to exist. Make a horror-comedy too scary, and the humor feels out of place.
'Halloween Kills' Is a Mixed Bag in General Green's first Halloween film from 2018, simply titled Halloween, was a great return to form for the series, bringing the franchise back to its slow-paced and methodical roots. Its sequel on the other hand, Halloween Kills, feels like a step backwards for the series, falling back into standard slasher movie tropes.
However, for every positive Halloween Kills has, there's also a negative. For one, protagonist Laurie Strode spends virtually the entire film in a hospital, feeling completely inconsequential despite her central role in the prior films. The narrative overall here just doesn't feel all that cohesive — it's as if it's just Michael Myers killing people with no thought or substance.
Before we really get into why this sequence doesn't work as intended, we don't want to suggest for a second that any of that is the fault of actor Ross Bacon, who tragically passed away from cancer before Halloween Kills was released. Quite the opposite actually, as Ross Bacon is one of the scene's only saving graces. His small yet authentic performance is the bright spot in an otherwise absurd and logically incoherent moment.
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