Halloween Ends

"It’s the most joylessly metaphorical and convoluted entry."

"What starts out with a clever refresher steadily descends into self-serious trash, with laughable dialogue and plotting."

"Uninspired..."

"In trying to grapple with the horror beneath Michael Myers’ mask, it gets lost..."

"No. 13 turns out to be not so lucky, creatively speaking..."

"(A) welcome return to what a Halloween film should both look and feel like."

"Halloween Ends is no more coherent than its predecessors, but at least adds some new elements to the formula."

"Green and his team can’t figure out how to wed their undeniable ambition to something that’s coherent."

"An ambitious, if somewhat confused, final chapter."

"(Halloween Ends) manages to find an ending while having some shaggy and unhinged fun along the way."

"The franchise tank is officially empty."

"All of this lofty thematic stuff feels very cheap and insincere because, at the end of the day, this is a slasher movie, and not a very tense or effective slasher movie."

"The pleasantest of surprises."

"It’s just got enough fresh ideas, laughs (mostly intentional) and queasy jump scares to make for a raucous Friday night at the movies."

"Did you want closure in a satisfyingly coherent way? That’s not what you’ll get. Did you want to see Curtis in one more (we think) badass performance...? You’ll get that."

"Fast-paced, well-acted..."

"Who ultimately survives... ends up not mattering, since the film itself shows such little signs of life."