Halloween (2018). Film review of the remade first sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 horror

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Film review, by Claire Durrant, of Halloween (2018), starring Jamie Lee Curtis who returns as the character stalked by a sociopathic killer 40 years ago. 

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star rating 3 out of 5 worth watching

 

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Halloween (1978). This short seasonal horror from John Carpenter is long on shocks

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Film review by Jason Day of Halloween, the 1978 horror starring Jamie Lee Curtis as an innocent babysitter stalked by a serial killer who, 15 years previously, stabbed his elder sister to death. Directed by John Carpenter.

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Image of 5 stars for an excellent film genius a classic movie

 

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The big films released this week are…

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If you are off to the cinema this weekend, below is a list of the main movies being released in the UK, as of this Friday, 16 October 2015. To find out your nearest cinema showing these films, use the Find Any Film website.

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Crimson Peak

Tom Hiddlestone is fast becoming the Brit film actor of the moment (his High Rise headlined Crimson Peak posterthe London Film Festival and our reviewer in…Maysa Moncao has had chance to see it). He stars as a seductive stranger who spirits away innocent Mia Wasikowska to his titular, mouldering mansion in this Guillermo del Torro directed horror, which follows a similar visual path to his Pan’s Labyrinth (2006). The trailer looks splendidly creepy and stunning, so lucky for horror fans this will be showing nationwide as a pre-Hallowe’en treat. See the official website for more.

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