#Lonnie Elam

[dalekofchaos]

Fixing Curse of Michael Myers(again)

I maintain the opinion that Halloween 4 was one of the best sequels. I have problems with 5, but feel like while imperfect(yeah fuck ya'll for killing Rachel and replacing her with Tina) is still an okay sequel. But Curse of Michael Myers ruined everything. Danielle Harris was disrespected. Donald Pleasance was disrespected. The Man Of Black and the Cult HAD PROMISE, especially after Samhain was teased in HII, but poorly executed and they fucked Michael Myers and put in a fucking incest baby. Fuck both cuts. Fuck Joe Chappelle. Fuck Miramax and most fucking importantly. Fuck the Weinsteins. Danielle Farrands fucking tried. Fuck this movie.

But here is my latest attempt to fix this and the Thorn Trilogy's conclusion. I am taking inspiration to the alleged original Farrands script that enticed Donald Pleasance to return and the Lord of the Dead script(IFYKYK I am not spoiling)

I feel like Curse of Thorn should have just been about the cult of Thorn trying to make Jamie the next killer. No baby and no Strode Family. If anything, I'd replace the Strodes with the Wallaces. Lindsey returns and reunites with Tommy.

Dr Loomis role is similar. Retired after giving up the search for Jamie.

Until 7 years later, he hears her voice. Tommy hears her too.

By chance, Tommy and Loomis meet and save Jamie just in time.

Lindsey, is haunted by that night all those years ago. She has no idea why of all places her family could've moved to, why did they choose the Myers house. Her father turned abusive after he couldn't handle her PTSD and Danny is her little brother instead of her son.

Tommy lives with his family, Mrs Blaneknship is their landlord.

Lonnie Elam is the town drunk, his brief encounter with Michael Myers broke him. Until one day he is offered a new path. Thorn.

The former Sheriff Brackett returned to Haddonfield. To pay respects to Annie, but mostly because he has studied the history of the Myers family and Haddonfield. Something's wrong with this town.

Throughout the movie Michael kills Tommy and Lindsey's families and friends.

Loomis, Brackett, Jamie, Tommy and Lindsey all plan to get the hell out of Haddonfield. There is something wrong with this town and it's not just Michael.

Jamie, Lindsey and Danny are captured by Thorn.

Tommy insists they rush after them. Loomis stops to make an important phone call. "I need you help. I never wanted to bring you back, but they have Jamie and I am dying. Come back to Haddonfield."

"Who was that?"

"Someone I never wanted to involve in this madness again"

Tommy has a confused look, but a sudden realization.

Lonnie helps Tommy, Brackett and Loomis into Smith's Grove and helps them save the girls and Danny later in the movie.

Before they storm the gates of hell, Brackett apologizes to Loomis for blaming him for letting him out. He realizes this cult was in control and let him out. "Michael and Wynn will pay. For Annie. For Judith. And for Laurie."

Loomis and Wynn have their confrontation.

Wynn gives a speech about being the last remnant of the ancient tribe of Celtic Druids, the believers of the true Halloween. Samhain. He believes Michael to be the embodiment of their ancient god, who chose Michael as the vessel and ever since then used Thorn to help Michael back again and again. It was him who taught Michael to drive and it was Wynn who was really Michael's doctor. He takes credit for making Michael take Shape(heh) Now it's time to finally pass his evil onto Jamie.

The ritual takes place and it's a battle of good and evil between Loomis and Wynn for Jamie's soul. If Wynn wins, Jamie will kill Danny. If Loomis wins, Jamie is finally free.

Loomis kills Wynn and takes Jamie. Tommy saves Lindsey and Danny and Michael is hot on their trail.

Michael kills everyone in his path like in the original cut. Until, he finds Lonnie. He has him by the throat and you think Lonnie is dead, not yet..

Brackett sacrifices himself. He fills Michael full of lead and Michael kills him. His last words are "Annie.."

Loomis makes a sacrifice. Has Smith's Grove wired with C4 and blows himself up with Michael and the Thorn cult. "It's time, Michael"

As everyone believes it's over. They head to the bus station. Tommy, Lindsey and Danny are on the bus. The Cult grabs Jamie.

In the center of town, it's revealed the entire town is in on it. They plan on sacrificing Jamie and as her fate looks bleak. Who comes to the rescue? Her mother, Laurie Strode.

She takes a gun and shoots cultists down, unmasks her hood and tells her daughter "RUN" And as Laurie and Jamie are able to escape Haddonfield. They notice something. Someone in Wynn's old MIB garb.

All Laurie can say

"Michael…"

Bonus points. A different H20.

H20 would be about Laurie and Jamie on the run. It's been 3 years since Laurie came to save her and it's about Laurie overcoming her trauma, Jamie overcoming her abandonment issues, trauma and John learning to live with his family's skeletons in the closet. All while Jimmy Lloyd, Jamie's father comes back into the picture. We'd find out Jimmy left Laurie after she left their daughter behind and because of the legality of his "death" he couldn't protect his daughter. Now the Strodes are united, along with Tommy and Lindsey and they fight off the Cult while Laurie and Jamie decapitate Michael and kill him once and for all

Oh and the best part? Michael kills the Cult aka slaughtering nearly everyone in Haddonfield to prove that they never controlled him, he is purely and simply evil.

[websterss]

THE HADDONFIELD BOOGEYMAN — EVAN BUCKLEY

SUMMARY: Halloween can be scary, especially with a pyscho killer running around town.

WARNING(S): Angst, fluff, mentions of blood, mentions of massacre and dying

WORD COUNT: 2,523

PAIRING: Evan Buckley x fem!Reader

A/N: I hope you guys enjoy it! Feedback is always welcomed!

MASTERLIST

2018, Haddonfield, Illinois

Travesty broke through the town of Haddonfield again. It appeared that nothing could kill the man named Michael Myers. Yet man seemed like an oversimplification. Someone who could take hit after hit. That wasn’t a man, he was the eternal of evil, and he was wreaking havoc on Halloween night again.

And what better way than for you to spend your Halloween. Slumping it with a nice cold beer at Mic’s Bar. Watching the oh so talent your neighbors and friends possess. You raised your beer to the previous girl group who finished up. Applause rumbled up the bar. You took another sip of your beer then checked your phone. No messages from Buck yet. He usually checked up at this hour of the night, but you wouldn’t hold it against him. His job required his full attention. “Another round Y/n?” The bartender caught your attention. You sighed and put your phone down.

“Keep them coming!”

“Ladies and gentleman, I’d like to introduce our next Thespian, now I used to bust this guy’s balls when we were kids, but he is all grown up now, and he’s become the most captivating…bird whistler.” Lonnie Elam ran off stage and then walked on, Tommy Doyle. 

“Hey everybody.”

You turn around on the stool and rest your back against the counter. If you were gonna stay here, then you were gonna enjoy the most of it.

“Uhh Lonnie put me up to this shit.” Tommy adjusted the mic stand to his liking. “I’m not gonna whistle for ya…instead I’m gonna tell you a story.”

“Ghost and Goblins!”

You chuckled at the girl who shouted out. That got everyone to laugh.

“Any of you know the story about Haddonfield’s Boogeyman?” When he got no reply he continued. “Too young to give a shit, too drunk to remember?”

It was silent. Yet he kept going.

“Forty years ago, a madman escaped from a mental hospital. It was the night before Halloween and three teenage girls were walking home from Haddonfield High. They had sightings of…a ghost-like figure creeping right through our town. A man in a white mask, or was it more than a man…” A shiver ran down your spine as you pulled down your long sleeve shirt. “He was watching them. Before the night was over, three people would be murdered. And the house next door, there was a babysitter, and a young boy and a young girl, and they were brutally attacked by this stalker. Who had a power, beyond any mortal man.” Whispers and chatter arose amongst everyone. “My name is Tommy Doyle…and I was that young boy.” Gasp of disbelief could be heard in the crowd. “So please join me in commemorating the victims and the survivors of Michael Myers.” You brought your hands together to clap along with everyone. It was touching. “Now we have the lovely Miss Lindsey Wallace, her babysitter Amy Brackett was executed that night. Now we have Miss Marion Chambers, she survived an assault. We have Lonnie Elam.” Tommy took the big spotlight and shined it down on each three of them. “Lonnie survived a face to face encounter.” Your eyes grew big. Your parents and friends always told you it was a myth. You were one of those “I gotta see it to believe it” types. Safe to say you’ve never encountered Michael Myers. Not really sure what you’d do or how’d you react if you did, but hearing other people survive him, it scared you half to death.

Yet you wouldn’t know that the only reason they survived was because they were children at the time, and Michael Myers never killed children.

“It’s Halloween night in Haddonfield, when terror is supposed to be fun…” Tommy stared into the crowd. “When we hide behind masks, and we pretend we aren’t who we are. Is he real…who knows? Who’s next? Maybe not tonight, maybe not tomorrow, but the Boogeyman is coming for me, and he’s coming for you, but he’s not gonna get us. Not this time! Because we will never succumb to fear. This is for your Laurie! Wherever you are!”

You grabbed your drink and raised it up in salute to this Laurie chick. You gulped down the rest of your drink and asked Brian for another one. “Brian can I have one more?” You raised your pointer finger.

“That makes three now…and you drove here right?” He asked you. 

“Mhmm.”

He scoffed and came back with-

“Water? I asked for a beer…”

“And I need a raise for taking care of you careless drinkers, but you know what…” 

“What?” You laughed rolling your eyes.

“Life’s a bitch like that.” You pouted and traced the rim of the glass. “Drink your water!” He gestured to the glass in front of you.

“Alright, alright.” 

-

“Copy that. Utilities are being shut down!”

Buck slammed his shoulder into a door of the house looking around and calling out for any survivors.

“We got a gas fed fire in here!” Buck spoke into his walkie.

His partner that was with him gestured to him to continue moving forward. “Ten-four. Stand by!”

“Copy!” Buck dragged the heavy hose then released the water. Hoping to reduce the amount of fire that was spreading like crazy.

“Assignment complete! Utilities are disengaged.”

“Copy! Eyes on the roof. Watch out.” Buck warned as some of the wood from the floor was starting to break. “With me!”

“Command ladder 13, do you copy?”

As he kept walking further into the house the radio chatter became indistinctive. He was worried he was missing something.

“This is Buck with Engine 118, I didn’t quite catch that!”

Nothing could be heard but the loud crashing that came from behind him. He whipped around and walked closer to the edge.

“Mayday, mayday, mayday, we have a firefighter down. There’s been a structural collapse. We have a firefighter that fell through. I repeat we have a firefighter down, over!” He peered down. “Brenton you okay?”

“M-My air supply is busted.” He then pulled his emergency alert button on his portable radio. 

“Radio silence, we have a mayday alert!”

“I’m gonna get you out of there, okay? Just hang tight alright.” Buck called out to him. Brenton called out to his radio. “This is Brenton with Engine 8. There’s been a structural collapse. M-My air supply is compromised. PASS alarm has been activated…Oh shit!” Brenton’s eyes widened as he saw a masked figure standing not more than a few feet away from where he lay.

“Come in, Engine 13, Engine 118.”

“There’s somebody else down here!” Brentom exclaimed as the man walked over to him. He was then kicked in the face making him head his head against the ground.

“Brenton!” Buck watched with wide eyes as the man started beating the shit out of him. “Do you copy?”

Brenton felt his world stop as finally realized who hovered over him. It was Michael Myers. He cried out as he saw the pick ax being raised. “Buck run!”

“No!” Buck cried out for the man, but stumbled back as Michael turned around to look up at him. Buck didn’t think for a second to get the hell out of there.

-

It had been some time late in the evening when every phone in that damn bar started going off and chimming.

“Oh my god!” Marion gasped. “Tommy look, hey turn it up!”

Brian turned the Tv on, and what popped up on the screen had turned out to be your worst nightmare yet.

“…at the service station earlier today. This evening four bodies were discovered in three homes along the same residential street. Residents of North Haddonfield are on high alert. Officials are investigating.” The newsported announced. The man followed up with a report about a house fire, but what was said about a huge massacre of firefighters made your heart plummet to your feet.

“Hey isn’t Buck on that call?” Brian pointed out to you.

Your glass shattered to the floor as you stood up grabbing your coat and keys. “Oh my god!” You felt like you were gonna throw up.

“Hey it’s not safe out there.” The man Tommy called after you. “Y/n!”

“It’s not safe anywhere!” You pushed your way through people to get to the door. 

“Y/n, be careful!” Brian called out after you.

-

“Got a goddamn massacre on our hands.” Sheriff Baker stood up from peering inside of the car with a decapitated head inside. “Graham.”

“Yes sir!”

“Establish a perimeter.” 

“Copy that!”

Sheriff Bakker walked around the car to fully inspect the blood shed before him. Firefighters dropped dead on the lawn. Heads bashed into, you could hardly even recognize them anymore. “Motherfucker!”

When you got to the location you had quickly put the car in park. The car rolled a centimeter as you got out. You looked at all the chaos, mostly seeing officers, and…

“S-Sheriff Barker!” You ducked under the ‘do not cross’ tape line and ran towards the tragic scene before you.

“Attention, all responders. Be advised we have a violent criminal at large, armed and dangerous.” Graham spoke into his megaphone. “We will deploy all units of frontline and tactical officers to search the area. This fugitive is on foot…and his name is Michael Myers!”

You stumbled back seeing the mess Michael left behind. All what once was the boogeyman used to scare children to go sleep or eat their veggies was now a reality. None of the firefighters were spared, and if that were the truth then that meant….You were pulled out of your daze feeling hands lightly push you away from the scene.

“Y/n, I’m gonna need you to step back, you can’t be here right now.”

“Is my fiance here? I need to know if Buck’s here?” You brushed past him trying to look for him. 

“Y/n please-”

“H-Has anyone seen Evan Buckley? First responder Evan Buckley! He’s with Engine 118. Please, has anyone seen my fiancé!” You frantically looked around, shouting and trying to get the attention of any of the officers around you. Your breathing was growing uneven with every swivel of a turn and whip of your head you did.

“Evan!” You cupped your mouth glancing over at the dead first responders. “Oh g-god…” You almost threw up at the scene. Dead wasn’t even the correct term to describe the horrid scene before you. You didn’t even want to imagine that Evan could be amongst the bodies. “Evan!” You shouted out again. “Evan-“

“Y-Y/n?”

You turned around and let out a broken sob. There he was. He wasn’t dead, he wasn’t dead. You kept repeating to yourself. The love of your life wasn’t dead. You ran over to him. When you reached him, you didn’t know how to grab him, whether or not to tighten your grip on him or wrap your legs around him like your life depended on it. You didn’t know. You pulled him in close. Your hand curling around the back of his head of hair. His face falling into the crook of your neck.

“Oh my god!” You thanked whoever the hell was listening to you. “I thought you were dead. I thought he killed you. A-Are you hurt?” You examined him for any injuries. Buck shook his head no.

“I’m okay, I promise. I hid in the woods as soon as he killed the captain.” He whimpered into your neck. “I-I didn’t do anything, I didn’t help anyone. I just ran like a coward…” It was your turn to shake your head.

“No, Evan no. You’re human okay, those were just your instincts kicking in. I think anyone would have ran. But if I’m thinking selfishly…” A tear fell down your cheek. “I’m glad you did, I’m glad you didn’t stay rooted to one place.” You nodded furiously. “I’m glad you’re right here in front of me. I’m so glad!”

“I was scared.” He shook his head sitting at the back of the ambulance. “I couldn’t breathe, and then he came out of the burning house…picking us off one by one. I didn’t think I was going to see you again.” You reached forward and cupped his face. He looked exhausted. You turned your hand and placed the back of it against his forehead. He was sweaty and warm. 

“Let’s go home.” Buck sighed his head falling forward against your chest. “Please.”

“W-We can’t.” Your voice cracked. “He’s still out there.” You were trying to stay calm for you and for him. Yet your heart that was practically beating out your chest told you otherwise.

“Five years.” Buck said out of the blue. He scoffed then chuckled, shaking his head. 

“What?”

“I’ve never seen him in Haddonfield for five years. Each year on Halloween for five years, he’s shown up and killed people.” He looked down at his lap. “You don’t really start believing the stories they tell you until you see the blood and the bodies on the ground and when you finally do. You start realizing there’s a pattern. One after the other, bodies start dropping, people go missing from a party….and there’s nothing you can do. I’m supposed to save people, but lately…there hasn’t been a whole lot of that.” A tear fell down his head.

“You’re not invincible, Evan Buckley.” You half-heartedly laughed as you caressed his birthmark on his left eye. “A firefighter, yes, but you act like you have more than nine lives. You can’t keep over exerting yourself because one day you’re gonna push too far, and something is gonna shove back. I’m scared of what that day will feel like. I am. I adore how much you love this job, and I love you for being the caring and loving person you are.”

“But?” He looked up at you, frowning a bit.

“I can’t stop you from running into a burning building…I knew the minute that I met you what I was signing up for. I can’t stop you, but I can tell you I can’t bear to lose you. You’re too important to me.” You pressed your head against his.

“I can’t lose you either.” He turned his head and pressed his lips against yours. You placed your hands on his cheeks trying to cherish the moment while it lasted since tonight was still going on, and Michael was on a killing spree. “We can’t stay here, we have to go somewhere safe.” 

“Where else would we even go?” You looked back at the blood bash. Covers being draped over the dead firefighters. You shivered and focused on Buck’s touch.

Buck stopped for a second and thought about it. Then it looked like a lightbulb went off inside his head.

“There’s always the fire station. He’s never really gone there over the time I’ve lived here. We can try there.”

“As long as I don’t look like them…I’m all in.”

“Nothing’s gonna happen to you, not on my watch okay?”

“I trust you.” You nodded and took his hand. He got up and you guys walked over to your car. 

[brandnulife]

Enemies of Michael Myers

Alive

Allyson Nelson

Billy Hill

Danny Strode

Frank Hawkins

Freddie Harris

John Tate

Kara Strode

Laurie Strode

Lindsey Wallace

Molly Cartwell

Ronnie Jones

Sara Moyer

Sondra Dickerson

Steven Lloyd

The town of Haddonfield, IL

Deceased

Cameron Elam

Corey Cunningham

Jamie Lloyd

Judith Myers

Karen Nelson

Leigh Brackett

Lonnie Elam

Marion Chambers

Rachel Carruthers

Samuel Loomis

Terence Wynn & the Cult of Thorn

Tommy Doyle

[cinematicfantasies-blog]

Movie: Halloween (1978 film)

Synopsis: On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove. He returns to his quiet hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he looks for his next victims.

Cast:

Donald Pleasence as Dr. Samuel "Sam" Loomis

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode

Nick Castle as The Shape (Michael Myers masked)

Tony Moran as Michael Myers – age 21 (mistakenly 23 in credits) (Michael Myers unmasked at the end of the film)

Will Sandin as Michael Myers – age 6

P. J. Soles as Lynda Van Der Klok

Nancy Loomis as Annie Brackett

Charles Cyphers as Sheriff Leigh Brackett

Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace

Brian Andrews as Tommy Doyle

John Michael Graham as Bob Simms

Nancy Stephens as Marion Chambers

Arthur Malet as Angus Taylor

Mickey Yablans as Richie Castle

Brent Le Page as Lonnie Elam

Adam Hollander as Keith

Robert Phalen as Dr. Terence Wynn

Sandy Johnson as Judith Myers

Peter Griffith as Morgan Strode

David Kyle as Danny Hodges

Trivia:

-From a budget of $300,000 over a 20 day shoot, the film went on to gross $47 million at the US box office

-John Carpenter's intent with the character of Michael Myers was that the audience should never be able to relate to him.

[lboogie1906]

Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972) known by his stage name Common, is a rapper, actor, writer, philanthropist, and activist. He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained an underground following into the late 1990s, after which he gained mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians. His first major-label album Like Water for Chocolate received commercial success. He won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for the Erykah Badu single "Love of My Life". His album Be was a commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the Grammy Awards. He received his second Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Southside", from his 2007 album Finding Forever. His best-of album, This is me Then: The Best of Common was released. He launched Think Common Entertainment, his record label imprint. He had released music under various other labels including Relativity, Geffen, and GOOD Music. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his song "Glory" from the film Selma, in which he co-starred as Civil Rights Movement leader James Bevel. His acting career includes roles in the films Brown Sugar, Smokin' Aces, Street Kings, American Gangster, Wanted, Terminator Salvation, Date Night, Just Wright, Happy Feet Two, New Year's Eve, Barber Shop: The Next Cut, Run All Night, Being Charlie, Rex, John Wick: Chapter 2 and Smallfoot. He narrated the documentary Bouncing Cats, about one man's efforts to improve the lives of children in Uganda through hip-hop/b-boy culture. He starred as Elam Ferguson on Hell on Wheels. He is a Christian. He served as spring commencement speaker at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and was awarded an honorary DFA degree, he attended FAMU for two years and majored in Business Administration. He is part of the "Knowing Is Beautiful" movement, which supports HIV/AIDS awareness. He is the founder of the Common Ground Foundation, a non-profit that seeks to empower underprivileged youth to be contributing citizens and strong leaders in the world. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CpusZe6OTSl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[artblooger19moon]

Halloween Kills Review

I enjoyed this movie a lot !!! It’s my first watching a Halloween movie in theaters !!!

The flashback to the first movie and to see the characters from the old movies all grown up and with families of their own. It’s been 40 years since the events of the first movie. Laurie Strode and her family were amazing. Michael Myers was awesome and brutal in this movie. The boogeyman is unstoppable !!!

I also enjoyed that the people of Haddonfield joined forces wanting to end Michael Myers on Halloween night.

This movie gave me vibes of the first two Halloween movies !!!

I give this movie 10/10

[kubrik-was-a-c-nt]

So I am watching Halloween Kills right now and I'm going to write all my thoughts down on this one post. Obviously spoilers ahead

Wow, I'm glad they immediately brought back Cameron to show what he ended up doing the rest of the night. It's insane to think that after all the events of the 2018 movie that there were still people who didnt know what was going on because it wasnt reported yet.

I'm very surprised that Hawkins made it to the hospital, he must be tough as nails.

I feel so bad for young Hawkins he was in a trolley situation where either he shoots Michael and might kill his partner too, or he doesn't and Michael kills his partner anyways. It took me a lot of thinking to figure out that he could have shot at their legs to break up the struggle, but he had less than a minute to decide. At least his partner died knowing that they had captured Michael.

I'm tickled by the fact that so many surviving victims of Michael gather together every halloween to have drinks. It's good to find people who know what you're going through... though maybe limit the alcohol.

Imagine the call into dispatch: "hello, 911" "hi, theres a fire at the Strode house..." "yes we've already dispatched several fire engines to fight it" "right, you need to call them back" "excuse me?" "Yeah, theres a psycho murderer trapped inside and he has to die. If the fire is put out, he'll escape and likely kill all the fire fighters" "..." "Michael Myers is in there" "I'll call them back right now"

I'm glad they took a moment to process the death of the dad whose name I cant remember. They never mentioned it in the previous movie but Laurie probably mentioned it during the truck ride to the hospital. "Hey sweetie, I'm really sorry to tell you this but Michael murdered your husband/dad when he was breaking into the house"

Washing the tremnling hands, going to a secluded place to cry, trying to see his body in the morgue, so little said but so much said. The coroner looking absolutely exhausted while surrounded by Michael's victims. You never think about the cleanup afterwards, how a flood of murdered dead bodies can make people who see death every day weary.

Lady your husband said that there was an intruder in the house and shouted at you to run, WHY DID YOU STOP TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR??? You had such a long time to get it open and keep running and you just stood there!

So I completely forgot that Lonnie was Cameron's dad. I like how I went from a passing line in the first movie to an important plot point here.

Doctor lady knows the rules of horror movies. Get in your car and you hear something in the back seat? GTFO. She knows what this night is gonna be like.

So theres another prisoner running around Haddonfield? Wtf does this guy want? Steal cars and listen to opera? Now you know he isn't Michael because he can't drive worth a shit. I actually thought, "Michael knew how to drive in the previous movies, why is he fucking up now?"

I love these gay dudes living in the Myers house, making cauttuturie... catchuttury... catturchatty... meat and cheese boards, vibing to vinyl records, and spooking kids with the story of Michael Myers. I'm going to be sad when Michael rips off one or both of their heads.

I'm really glad that Ally set aside her argument with Cameron from earlier that night. Relationship issues come later, stopping a murderer happens now.

Ally is going to be the reason why Laurie lives through this movie. She knows she needs a weapon by her side.

I'm glad that they are forming a mob to track down Michael in this one. I'm hoping it will go better than when the police tried to track down Michael in Halloween II and everyone was wearing the same mask as him. Ben Tramer might survive this time through.

Okay, I want to know what that kid in the skull mask was doing to get killed by Michael. He only kills kids if they're in the way of him getting from point A to B.

Yes. Take the gun away from the nervous man who doesn't know how to use it.

NO. NOT MARION CHAMBERS. DON'T YOU DARE.

AND NOT MALE NURSE. WHERE IS LADY DOCTOR AND HER GUN??? (Also I think a stab wound to the head like this is survivable, theres a chance it could have missed the brain and if it didn't, the frontal lobe can sustain a lot of damage and still function)

NO NOT LADY DOCTOR WHY????

Please be okay Lindsey... please survive this Lindsey... Yeah! Grab his mask! Steal his face! NO KEEP RUNNING, KEEP RUNNING! YOU CAN'T HIDE KEEP RUNNING!

Oh no... Laurie has no idea and Karen doesn't want to tell her. She's going to find out no matter what, but she just got out of surgery and can't leave her bed. She needs to tell the nurses to lock down her room so she can't hear what's going on outside. Once she knows he's still out there she'll want to get up and go fighting again.

Oh god no, no bodies in the car? Wtf are you doing with them, Michael? Putting together some kind of horrifying Halloween decoration?

I ONLY JUST NOTICED THAT CAMERON IS STILL IN HIS BONNIE SKIRT, HE JUST PUT A SWEATSHIRT ON OVER HIS OUTFIT. He actually looks good in a skirt.

LONNIE TAKE YOUR FINGER OFF THAT TRIGGER, YOU ONLY DO THAT WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO SHOOT.

So we got the Halloween 3 pumpkin and skull masks. I guess Marion is the witch? Oh dear, yes she is.

Yeah... just talk to Frank. Dont look out the windows and keep talking to Frank. NURSE DONT YOU DARE MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT MICHAEL. PUT A SIGN ON THE DOOR THAT SAYS "DO NOT MENTION MICHAEL MYERS".

Oh Brackett... oh Oscar's mom... oh all the loved ones of the victims... this is going to be a tough night.

Tommy: we will fucking kill Michael Myers tonight!

Black Police Officer: um... you cant just kill someone...

Sheriff Brackett: KILL MYERS!

GOD DAMN IT TOMMY, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SECRET!

Yeah, I know you want to protect her like she protected you, but now she's trying to get out of bed right after having surgery!

Oh Laurie... I know the system failed you, and I know you need to protect your family... but you won't get far without ripping out the staples keeping your organs inside your body. Just set up a dummy in your bed and find a good place to sit and hide, it worked in another universe.

Since when do you knock, Michael?

NO BIG JOHN RUN. LITTLE JOHN RUN. THOSE KNIVES WILL DO NOTHING. RUN AND LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER HALLOWEEN.

God damn it you always lock the door!!! I dont care if its Haddonfield or Bumfuck Kentucky, you always lock your door! Especially if its night!

Oh, it's that other mental patient who escaped. Oh. And people think hes Michael because hes in his hospital outfit. You would think the Strode ladies would be able to tell that the man is way too short and stocky to be Michael. He was even talking.

Big John this is all your fault, if you had just run out the door with Little John, Michael Myers wouldnt be gouging out your eyes right now. But noooo, you had to be the big man and search the house.

LITTLE JOHN YOU HAVE A STRAIGHT SHOT DOWN THE STAIRS TO EITHER DOOR AND YOU DECIDE TO JUST STAND THERE. MICHAEL DIDNT EVEN IMMEDIATELY HEAR YOU, YOU HAD TIME TO RUN.

Well, at least the Strode women are trying to stop them now, but Laurie got ripped right open.

God damn it, now there's an angry mob in the hospital. I hope this patient guy isnt a violent offender.

God fucking damn it, that mans blood is on your hands, Tommy! He was a mentally ill man just looking for help and you riled up the mob into chashing him! Brackett is right, you guys are monsters too.

Hawkins, you shooting your partner was an accident too. You were trying to save him from Michael but Michael used him as a shield. You took the chance where if you got a good shot, he could have lived. Had you not shot at all, he would have died anyways.

There was no point in getting everyone at the hospital riled up, they weren't planning on leaving to go search and none of them had weapons to take down Myers if he showed up. The best thing he could have done was get a description of Myers from Karen and then make signs describing him and telling people to either run if unarmed or shoot if they're armed. "Super tall man in dirty white mask and coveralls" is fairly unique, even on Halloween.

What, weren't the cops at the Myers house earlier? Taking photos of the John killings? Wouldnt there be tons of 'do not cross' tape and signs everywhere?

Dont get distracted by the dead bodies, pick up your gun and help Cameron search the rest of the house- NO CAMERON RUN

Holy shit, Ally got a few stabs at Michael! But it's a little late to start taunting him now. Cameron's neck is in many, many pieces.

ALLYSON!!

KAREN

KAREN YOU MOTHERFUCKING BADASS WITH THE PITCHFORK

KAREN THERE BETTER BE POLICE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

Yes, angry mob, all go for him at once! He's good at one on one or one on two combat, but he can't do one on at least a dozen.

Oh come on! You had him on the ropes! He was down! Just a few more bullets to his skull and some dismemberment and he would have been dead!

And now Tommy is dead. And Brackett.

KAREN NO

NO KAREN

GOD DAMN IT

You go fuck him up, Laurie

[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my Halloween movie marathon...Halloween Kills (2021) on amazing blu-ray! #movie #movies #horror #halloween #HalloweenKills #johncarpenter #michaelmyers #theshape #lauriestrode #drsamuelloomis #lonnieelam #tommydoyle #LindseyGraham #sheriffbrackett #JamieLeeCurtis #nancystephens #nickcastle #charlescypher #KyleRichards #brianandrews #anthonymichaelhall #2020s #bluray

[fuckyourtriangles]

“What? You know about his situation,” Ray said, picking up the loaded trap. “It’s a relevant factor. The whole household is-”

This book better fucking elaborate because they touched on this in Kills (the film, I haven’t read the book yet) and I’m still lost.

[happys-crazy-queen22]

Crushing

The reader is 18. Just having a crush on Lonnie, Cameron's dad.

"Your dad's hot". You bluntly said while Cameron, Allyson, Oscar and you walked home from school. Didnt know how it got to the discussion about hot parents but you were letting them know you found Lonnie Elam sexy.

"Ew. That's disgusting. Why would you say that"? Cameron scrunched up his nose, throwing his hands up dramatically.

"Because its the truth. Lonnie Elam is sexy and he's definitely a daddy". You purred with a smirk to your lips.

"Oh my god! Stop! I'm going to throw up". Cameron exclaimed holding his stomach. You and Allyson giggled.

"You know I love teasing you. You're so easy". You playfully pushed Cameron.

"So you're joking about liking my dad? MY DAD, MINE". Cameron pointed to his chest.

"Oh no. That's true. I would ride that man like a ferris wheel. Up and down and all around. Damn, he is fine". You growled. Allyson busted out laughing, along with Oscar. Cameron stopped dead in his tracks.

"You're like twelve and my dads like a hundred".

"I'm eighteen. I'm legal but still can fit into my ex catholic school girl outfit. I bet he's got a thing for that". You teased Cameron, slightly bending over and shaking your butt. He quickly covered his eyes with his hand.

"But you're not catholic". Oscar said confused.

"I know. But Cameron here is about to have an aneurism and I find it hilarious".

"Right". Oscar nodded, still not getting the joke.

"You better cut it out. He does look like he might blow a fuse". Allyson wrapped her arm around her boyfriend.

"Oh, is Cammy Wammy going to blow a fusey woozy all because his friend is a slut for his daddy waddy"? You laugh as you talk baby gibberish to Cameron. Allyson and Oscar snicker.

"Shut! up!". Cameron scoffed, jogging away from us.

"You better cool it. He's going to have a cow".

"I know. But what can I say, I love teasing him". You wrap your arm around Allysons and walk to Cameron's house.

"Oh looky who's here"? You lick your lips as you see Mr. Elam in the drive way.

"Behave". Allyson warns you.

"For him? Never". You skipped to Mr. Elam. "Hi Mr. Elam. How are you today"?

Lonnie chuckled. "I'm fine. How are you, Y/N"?

Yes you are. You thought in your head.

"I'm great now, Mr. Elam". You flash a big smile.

"Please call me Lonnie".

"Can I call you daddy instead"? You bit your lip with a moan. Allyson was the only one to hear you.

"Stop". She shook her head.

"What"? You play innocent.

"Okay, it's time for you to go home now". Cameron pushed you along. He wanted to get you far away from his dad quickly.

"Fine. Jeez, dont have a cow. Bye Lonnie. Have a great night. Sleep tight". You wave as you're walking along. "Dream about me". Allyson tried her best to turn you around.

Lonnie waved. "What is up with her"? He asked his son.

"Nothing. Just stay away from her. She's crazy". Cameron huffed, starting to go in his house.

"She's got a crush on me doesnt she"?

"How did you know"?

"I had the same crush on my friends mom".

"How'd that go for you"?

"We dated a few years. We didnt tell anyone. Just had our fun. Our little secret". Lonnie patted Cameron's shoulder as he went past him into the house.

"Oh god. I'm not calling her mom. I'm not doing that". Cameron groaned thinking if his dad and you got together. Lonnie chuckled.

It was just a harmless little crush.....or was it?

[annaphoenix1994]

Masterlist:

Shane Smith & the Fuckin' Saints

"Look at it. It looks silly." Allyson said to her coworker, Deb, trying on a Catwoman-looking mask as the women had been goofing off during their downtime at work. Allyson now worked as a nursing assistant as well as a receptionist at Haddonfield Memorial Hospital.

"Are you kidding?" Deb scoffed, tucking a piece of her red hair behind her ear. "It looks great on you!"

"I'm sure it does, but I'm not going." Allyson frowned, remembering the last time she went to a Halloween party, she witnessed Cameron kissing another girl right in front of her. She didn't expect this from Corey, but she didn't expect it from Cameron, either. Her answer was firm on the Halloween party, but it was just the beginning of the month. She had plenty of time to decide.

"Come on," Deb scoffed. "What if Corey wants you to go?"

"Then I guess I'll go," Allyson shrugged. "He doesn't really like that stuff."

"Mhm. So when are you going to let me meet him? You can't keep him from me forever!" Deb giggled.

Allyson chose to keep her opinion to herself at this point, really not wanting Deb to meet Corey as Deb was, what Allyson would call, slutty. Deb had good intentions, but she knew she could use her natural beauty and "million-dollar body" to her advantage. Almost every man Allyson found attractive, they always found Deb more attractive than her. It was a constant mind battle and she didn't want to lose what she had now to her, not wanting him to see what he could have.

"You'll meet him eventually."

"He's not a cop like the last one, is he?" She scoffed, referring to Allyson's failed relationship - a police officer nearly fifteen years older than her and a real piece of work, Doug Mulaney.

Doug was arrogant and full of himself, thinking every woman in Haddonfield wanted him. When in reality, Doug was just a former bully, as well as a big dork, who had also picked on Lonnie Elam in school and found no sadness for recovering his body on Halloween night in 2018. If he had to guess, he was the reason why Cameron moved out of town. He never really liked the kid.

Mainly because he was Lonnie's son.

"No, he's not. He's different and I'm glad." Allyson answered.

"Is he cute?" Deb asked, innocently biting her lip in curiosity, her mind wandering.

"Uh...yeah."

"I look forward to meeting him...eventually," She giggled. "Have you heard anything about the promotion?"

"No," Allyson shook her head. "I'm not going to ask about it no more than I already have. I figured if I deserve it, it'll come to me."

"Very wise of you, babe." Deb nodded.

"Allyson!" She heard her grandmother say. Surprised that Laurie would return to Haddonfield Memorial, she was really surprised when Corey walked in behind her clutching his hand. Corey and Laurie got along casually, but they weren't close enough with each other to be being out on the town together.

"What happened?" Allyson asked, walking around the counter to tend to Corey.

"Some arrogant kids got on his bad side." Laurie explained.

"Grandmother, this is a laceration," Allyson said, concerned. "Did you get slashed?"

"N-no, uh, I just fell and landed in some glass is all. I'm okay, I promise."

Allyson huffed, "Wait here. I'll get you checked in and taken back to see Dr. Mathis."

Corey nodded, glancing at Laurie as he felt the worst for not telling Allyson the full truth. However, he really didn't want to admit he was being pushed around by a bunch of band geeks.

"Well, well, well, looks like someone's getting into the spirit of things." Laurie smiled, noticing the cat mask in Allyson's hands, twiddling between her fingers.

"I'm trying to." Allyson faked a smile, seeing the gleam in Deb's eyes at the sight of Corey in front of her. 

𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁

"You have significant inflammation," Dr. Mathis explained. "I'm gonna be nice and numb it here so my assistant can clean it up really well and then I will get back and close it with a suture. You're gonna feel a little bit of a pinch here. Cute, isn't she?" He said inappropriately as he took notice of Corey's sharp and protective gaze over Allyson. He didn't like how Dr. Mathis' body language changed around her. Sure, Allyson wasn't quite Corey's, yet, but he had every reason to be protective over her.

And he hoped she knew that. 

"Ow!" Corey winced, jerking his hand back towards his body, accidentally knocking over the portable desk that Allyson had rolled next to Dr. Mathis, immediately apologizing for her wrong move. "I'm so sorry. Sorry!"

"Allyson! What are you doing?!" Dr. Mathis shouted. 

"I'm so sorry!" 

"It was my fault, I-" Corey panted.

"No, no! My fault!" Allyson corrected, embarrassed that something like this had to happen in front of Corey.

"What a mess," Dr. Mathis scoffed. "Just clean it up and get a goddamn sterile kit. And give him a tetanus shot. I'll be back." He explained, glaring at Allyson before disposing of his gloves and storming out of the room, leaving Allyson in literal tears of embarrassment as she disposed of the non-sterile equipment, taking the kind gesture of Corey's good extended hand, helping her to her feet. 

"You shouldn't let that guy talk to you like that," Corey said, his tone sounding of sadness, but his eyes showing fury. He wanted to snap his neck for disrespecting her, but he pushed those feelings aside. "It's gonna make you sad, even if you don't think it does."

"I've dealt with much worse," Allyson assured him. "But thank you. Anyway, I've just been dealing with it. I guess it's because I'm just trying to get this promotion." 

"Is it worth it?" 

"I guess it's better than having to find another job," She shrugged, sitting down to look at the laceration on his hand. "What did you do?" 

"Uh, I went to the gas station and some guys tried to gang up on me and I, uh, got into a fight and fell into some glass." 

Allyson could tell by his mannerisms and lack of eye contact that he was lying, but she didn't question it. She knew something else happened that he was too ashamed to admit. "So, I meant to tell you: my car's been rattling..." 

"Rattling?" 

"Yeah." 

"Oh, it's just your exhaust system clamp's come loose. It's an easy fix. It takes five minutes. Super cinchy. You just need a lift and two screws." 

"Cinchy?" Allyson giggled. "You have a way with words. I tried to call the shop earlier, but your dad answered and didn't know when you'd be back." 

"He's not my dad." Corey said. 

"Oh? I-I'm sorry, I didn't know. I just assumed..." 

"No, it's okay, um, I never met my real dad." 

"I'm sorry, I didn't know." 

"It's okay, Allyson. I promise. I never knew him, even when I was a kid. Ron's been more of a dad than who my real one was." He explained. He never was curious as to who his real father was, nor did he really care. Ron was more than enough when it came to being a parent. As for his real mother, Joan, he didn't quite understand how or why Ron married her. She was overprotective, a helicopter, even, but was quite literally crazy. He would remember stories about how she had to serve time in a hospital for her episodes. That was, before she got put on medications. 

"Okay," She nodded. "So... I got invited to a Halloween party." She said nervously. 

"Do you want to go?" 

"I mean... do you want to go?" 

"I haven't been to one in a few years, but why not?" 

"Really?" 

"I'd love to go." 

"Okay," Allyson smiled. "I'll text you sometime after I get home tonight about it." 

"Don't forget to bring your car by the shop in the morning so I can look at it for you." 

"I will." 

𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁

"What's Michael been up to?" Little John asked, bringing Mia and Big John a bowl of popcorn as well as his famous charcuterie board. 

"Well, I'm surprised he's not here right now," Mia chuckled. "I got off the phone with him not too long ago. He's been keeping himself busy in hopes of passing time, but he wishes it was time for Ella and I to go home." 

"Ah, he can wait a couple of more days. It's only Wednesday. You go back home Saturday morning, don't you?" Big John asked, taking a puff from his alakazam. 

"Yeah, my flight leaves at ten."

"Don't forget to remind me to not get high Friday night," He chuckled. "I've been making it a habit." 

"You ever going to do anything with him?" Mia laughed at Little John. 

"Honey, that ship has already sailed." 

Big John exhaled a cloud of smoke, soon coughing and laughing at the same time, "Turns out ole Michael is a tall tale around here now. I meant to explain that to you on the way home."

"What do you mean?" 

"Now that Laurie's story has gotten around, she's apparently the one who provoked him in the first place and that's why he did what he did-"

"That much is true.." Mia scoffed. 

"And Michael is the main source to blame when someone goes missing around here. Just like last year, that girl, what was her name, John? Meghan?" 

"Yeah, Meghan Baxter." Little John answered. 

"Yeah, apparently when she went missing, people started to blame Laurie for it, so an investigation was started because of what happened with you, but then it turned to Michael killing her and all that bullshit." 

"That's stupid. So now, people are blaming Michael for every unfortunate event around here?" 

"Yep. Nobody knows where he went. Some say that he's been living under the bridge, but it's really just some hermit."

"And some say that he's been living in the sewer," Little John added. "It's an apparent dare to young kids to go down there." 

"Jesus, sounds like some messed up version of IT." Mia joked.

"That much is true. Here, take you a hit of this. It'll make you feel better." 

"No, I shouldn't..."

"Why not? Ella is asleep and you've been stressed. Michael won't know." He persuaded.

"I am not taking a hit of the devil's lettuce, John."

Big John cackled at the phrase, "Oh my God, Mia. Just say it's weed. Nothing wrong with it! You're such a goodie-two-shoes." 

"Fine, weed," She scoffed. "I'm not smoking weed."

"It'll make you feel better."

"Is this all he's done your whole life? Peer pressure?" Little John questioned his husband.

"Every damn day." Mia answered. 

"You're acting like I'm trying to get you to cook meth. The most that'll happen is that you'll get really hungry and fall asleep. You'll be fine. You need the sleep, Mia."

"Fine! If I take a hit of it, will you shut up?" 

"I might. Depends on how big the hit is," He chuckled. "This is good shit, too. Make it count."

"Okay." She said, hesitantly taking the blunt from his fingers and putting it between her lips, taking a drag from it as if she had been smoking her whole life, except the harsh cough that was soon to follow.

"Damn, and to think I thought you almost had it!" John laughed, taking the blunt back.

"No... but let me try it again." Mia said, reaching for it.

Little John playfully rolled his eyes at his husband, adoring how happy he was, "Great, now I'm going to have two dope-heads to babysit." 

"Listen at you, John. Freakin' out over nothin'. Here, listen to some music - help tune out your negative thoughts."

"Yeah? Who are you making me listen to now?" 

"Shane Smith and the Fuckin' Saints," He puffed another cloud of smoke, turning up the band's song Cocaine Habit. 

[finalgirlincollege]

Reversing the Role. Cameron Elam in Halloween Kills.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Finally, after having waited three years for the release of Halloween Kills (H. Kills), I obviously went last Thursday with a couple of friends to see the it on it’s release date, and in between all the glorious violence at the hands of Michael, one of the deaths caught my attention not only for the brutality of it but because of it’s visual and sonorous elements. It is then that in the subsequent words I propose a brief analysis of Cameron Elam.

Though when we are introduced to Cameron in 2018’s Halloween (H. 18) in the halls of Haddonfield High with him wearing regular teenage boy clothes, it’s his and Allyson’s Halloween disguises where the lines of his role are beginning to truly being drawn.

As part of a couple’s costume, he and Laurie’s granddaughter decide to do a genderbent version of Bonnie and Clyde, leaving her in traditionally male clothes that might represent the necessary masculinization of the Final Girl (FG) that according to texts like Carol Clover’s “Her body, himself” (1987), allows a mostly a male audience to identify with a female protagonist; nevertheless—and putting the issues that arise from this perspective aside—it’s the significance of Cameron in in a skirt, sweater, beret and heels that caught my attention as his character develops until his death in H. Kills.

Before going forward with my rambling, it’s important to address the fact that I might very well be over analyzing a choice that might had only had Allyson’s needs as a FG in the movie after the High School dance; yet, thought we can’t be 100% certain of what the intentions of the costume department was the moment they made the decision of putting him in a skirt—while Allyson wore pants and flat shoes, I think we can at least acknowledge said choice as a conscious decision given the fact that they could’ve worn other outfits that allowed them both to be in comfortable clothing, but instead, Cameron sported clothes that are usually interpreted as female.

Now skipping to his first scene in H. Kills, Cameron can be seen walking through the streets of Haddonfield—presumably towards his home—calling his friend Oscar that unveknownst to him has been murdered by Michael in H.18, with his kitten heels on one hand and seemingly a bit drunk from the alcohol he illegally consumed on the party, we see a scene very reminiscing of what is usually referred to “the walk of shame” that follows a sexual encounter that usually has no emotional connection and that in this case is represented by the fact that he kissed a girl that wasn’t his girlfriend in the couple of minutes it took Allyson to talk to her friend in the previous entry of the franchise.

It is in the midst of the failed phone call that Cameron finds officer Hawkins laying on the street after being stabbed and ran over by Dr. Sartain in H.18, leading the teenager to help him and to acquire the knowledge that Michael Myers is once more roaming the streets of their small town on a Halloween night. It is in this change of scenes, as he puts on a hoodie between him finding Hawkins, and the ambulance and his own father Lonnie arriving to the scene to take the officer to the hospital that we see an important change on Cameron’s outfit that signals two layers of this character: the first one being the façade we are supposed to believe and the real Cameron in relation to the part he plays within the narrative of the film.

As the film progresses, Cameron and Allyson join his father—now being friends with Tommy, Lindsey and Marion—the other survivors of Michael’s attack all the way back in 1978, in the search for the Boogeyman with the intention of finally putting a stop to him; yet as they separate to cover more ground, Cameron, his father and Allyson end up in the Myers’s home. It’s here, after they and we as the audience hear a gunshot that the your couple enter the house trying to aid Lonnie that Cameron’s final sequence begins.

Let’s remember before going forward that after having helped Hawkins, Cameron now has a hoodie on and changed his heels for a pair of sneakers, yet, he still has the skirt on, a piece that has been partially concealed by shots where he appears from the waist up but that now, as Allyson and him roam the house in search of his father, is once more exposed to us, as if to remind us he’s to be one more victim to Michael’s body count.

As such, he’s attacked by Michael as he looks up to see the mangled body of his father after having felt his blood trickling down onto Cameron’s own face, making him scream and though it’s not something exclusive of female characters, the title of Scream Queen does reminds us the characteristic wails of terror of women in horror films. As Kaja Silverman’s explains in her studies of female voice and sound in film, as female characters tend to use crying or screaming to accompany the visual elements, giving them the part of something akin to setting the mood by not really having an active role in the development to the plot, because—like Silverman explains, women are more like children than adults (Silverman, 1990), specially in the sub genre that is of importance to in this text.

Going back a few scenes, from the first moments Cameron is on screen, he can be seen (and heard) following this pattern as, after finding Hawkins, Cameron resorts to screaming for help as he tries to help him not really knowing what to do.

It’s relevant to note as well Allyson’s actions in this scene as she’s the one that—although futile in the end—tries to save Cameron opposed to the other way around, for although it’s clear she’s acting as another FG to this series, it’s not uncommon to see a male secondary character helping the leading woman, yet there’s no aid from Cameron to Allyson here, making him a passive entity more comparable to the common female victim.

And although this scene can be read as the female character helping the male one and therefore giving representation to female empowerment, it’s interesting to remember that Cameron in a way seems to be female coded, as the skirt he’s using is an element with a heavy history of being linked with femininity and certain characteristics like fragility and helplessness (Entwistle, 2002), and though gender norms have always been questioned and defied by some groups of society (I.e. alternative fashion) I think that today there’s still such a strong connection between sex and gender that it helps maintain the relation that some type of clothes have with some identity-forming characteristics of the person—or in this case character wearing them, which would give sense to the way Cameron is dress in relation to his performance.

Even the brutality of the kill seems like a nod to the violence that is usually used against women in Slasher films, that according to some statistics, have twice as long persecutions than men and more graphic deaths (Sapolsky, Molitor and Luque, 2003).

That being said, and before this analysis final words, I just want to say I thoroughly enjoyed Halloween Kills and what seems to be being done with the franchise. Nevertheless, though female agency seems to have a big role in the David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy, as they seemed to use Cameron to mock some of the rules that up until recently have plagued Slasher films (ie. the killing of female victims that contradict what’s expected with traditional femininity), I feel like they still seem to be punishing femininity for existing as they now transfer values that are attached to the female gender to a male body, not understanding that gender and sex are not the same thing and therefore still end up perpetuating negative stereotypes. Furthermore, some may say H. Kills is not only acting against Cameron’s shitty behavior in the previous film but also in opposition to alternative masculinities that don’t align with the protector and tough persona, and though I don’t agree with this second hypothesis, I think it serves to highlight the importance of communication through fashion in cinema.

[brokehorrorfan]

New Release Review: Halloween Kills

Halloween Kills is a solid slasher movie. It boasts unflinchingly brutal kills with a variety of weapons - ranging from a Halligan bar to a tube lightbulb - racking up Michael Myers' highest on-screen body count in franchise history (around 25, by my estimation). But that's not all I look for in a Halloween movie. John Carpenter set an impossibly high bar with his genre-defining original in 1978, but 2018's confusingly-titled Halloween did an admirable job in assuming the mantle. In that regard, Halloween Kills is a middling entry in the storied franchise.

Halloween 2018 director David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) returns for the second entry in his trilogy with co-writer Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down). This time around, Scott Teems collaborated with them on the screenplay. With the previous film, Green and McBride made the divisive choice to ignore the conflicting timelines of all previous sequels and make a direct follow-up to the original; a logical decision to reset the mythology and start clean. Halloween Kills muddles their own efforts by hinting at an explanation for Myers' evil - something the franchise has tried and failed to do several times over.

A flashback to 1978 was originally written in the previous movie before being cut, per Carpenter's suggestion, but it makes an extended appearance at the beginning of Halloween Kills. Green and company impressively replicate the aesthetic, although it's a largely unnecessary detour that detracts from the mystique of the original Halloween ending. The film then returns to Halloween night in 2018 for more mayhem immediately following the events of the previous film. Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) comes out swinging - literally, making quick work of half a dozen firefighters on his way out of the burning house.

Four returning characters from the original film - Tommy Doyle (Anthony Michael Hall, The Breakfast Club), Lindsey ("Real Housewife" Kyle Richards, who originated the role), Marion Chambers (Nancy Stephens, reprising the role), and Lonnie Elam (Robert Longstreet, Midnight Mass) - are re-introduced in an egregiously obtuse manner. (The other familiar face, Leigh Brackett (Charles Cyphers) is thankfully spared from such a display.) Despite a valiant attempt at a clever transition, their scene lessens the impact of Laurie Strode's (Jamie Lee Curtis, again returning to her iconic debut role) first appearance.

Laurie, accompanied by her daughter Karen (Judy Greer, Jurassic World) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak), is admitted to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital to tend to the near-fatal wounds she suffered when she went toe-to-toe with the boogeyman. Several other key players from the previous film return as well, including Allyson's boyfriend Cameron (Dylan Arnold), still rocking a skirt from their gender-bending Bonnie and Clyde couples costume. Abandoned in Halloween 2018's third act after ditching Allyson, he's determined to redeem himself this time around.

With the system having failed them yet again, Tommy takes charge and leads the residents of Haddonfield to take justice into their own hands, not unlike the lynch mob angle previously explored in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. They adopt the trite rally cry of "Evil dies tonight" as they hunt down The Shape. Emotion trumps logic, making it easy to draw parallels to the actions of a certain disgraced ex-President's sycophants. It's not a bad plot point, but the heavy-handedness leaves something to be desired.

Clocking in at 105 minutes, Halloween Kills moves at a good clip, but the story is aimless. Case in point: the entirely gratuitous subplot involving another escaped psychiatric patient. The script offers sporadic moments of levity, similar to the previous film (although no one is as innately funny as Toby Huss or Jibrail Nantambu), which work for the most part. But one of the film's biggest faults is the abundance of "hero" lines, which are seemingly tailor-made for trailer moments yet play as painfully unnatural in the context of the movie.

A slew of new actors join the fold - the standouts being Michael McDonald (Mad TV) and Scott MacArthur (The Mick) as a couple who live in the Myers house - but the vast majority are underdeveloped roles that serve only to increase the body count. That's par for the course in most slasher movies, but the audience should be given the chance to invest in them so their deaths resonate. With so much time dedicated to ancillary characters, the three generations of Strode women - the foundation on which the previous film was built - aren't given enough time to shine.

That said, Curtis - the pathos of the franchise - and Greer - whose character is still grieving her husband - each get a couple of strong, emotional moments. Hall, despite being given some corny material, also delivers a strong performance. Longstreet brings such conviction to his role, often stealing scenes from more established characters. It's fun to see Richards, Stephens, and Cyphers return to the fold after four decades, although their inclusion is ultimately superfluous. Keep an eye out for a blink-and-you-miss-it photo cameo of Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul).

Courtney yet again perfectly embodies pure evil as The Shape. He shares credit with Nick Castle, who originated the part, though it was likely a brief cameo similar to Halloween 2018. Stunt performer Airon Armstrong (The Dark Knight Rises) dons the mask - a near-flawless reproduction of the expressionless visage - in the flashback, and he nails The Shape's robotic movements. Tom Jones Jr. (Joe) is a shockingly convincing double for Donald Pleasence as Dr. Loomis, but his voice - provided by Colin Mahan (as he did in the previous film) - is less so.

Halloween Kills features several homages to the original film, plus the Halloween III: Season of the Witch masks get more screen time, but for the most part the references are less distracting than those in Halloween 2018. Michael Simmonds returns as director of photography, and though there are moments that harken back to Dean Cundey's beautiful anamorphic cinematography from Halloween, the camerawork and lighting are overall less elegant this time around.

The special effects, headed by Christopher Allen Nelson (Halloween 2018, Fear Street), are top-notch. The carnage is convincing, and Michael's burned mask looks menacing. The score - composed by Carpenter, his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies - is a dynamic continuation of their work on Halloween 2018, while the 1978 sequence recycles some of Carpenter's classic Halloween cues.

Perhaps Halloween Ends' conclusion to the trilogy will retroactively bolster Halloween Kills' impact, but as a standalone picture it's inefficient. While Green is surely building up to what is presumed to be the final showdown between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers in the next movie, Laurie's character arch is needlessly paused in favor of other Haddonfield residents. It's far from the worst entry in the franchise, offering at least a couple good sequences of genuine suspense, but it had the potential to be so much more.

Halloween Kills will be released in theaters and on Peacock on October 15.

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Halloween Kills Gets Robert Longstreet as Returning School Bully Lonnie Elam Another character from John Carpenter's iconic Halloween returns to the big screen.

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HALLOWEEN KILLS- 2021 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Halloween Kills picks up on the same night immediately after the events of Halloween 2018. We see Cameron finds Hawkins body, he is still alive but badly hurt after being stabbed by Dr Sartain. Hawkins was one of my favourite characters from the last one so was very happy to see he was still alive. He tells Cameron he is the one that needs to kill Michael and we cut to the most beautiful flashback scene ive ever seen in anything. Seriously the flashback scenes alone get this movie 5 stars. They add well to there own mythology of what happened in the 1978 classic, but the way it was filmed is absolutely breathtaking. It looked so real and authentic you would think it was in the original movie. From the music, to the blue tint in lighting, it was perfect. In the flashback we see a young Hawkins and his partner patrolling the streets looking for Michael. I was surprised and delighted to see his partner was played by Jim Cummings. Cameo of the seasons.

Michael attacks and strangles Jim with rope. An interesting touch as we hear in the original Michael has stolen rope from a hardware store. Hawkins is terrified and panics and shoots his partner. I then couldnt believe my eyes as Dr Loomis entered the house. I thought this was cgi but turns out was actually all practical makeup effects put on a lookalike, which is extremely impressive.

Was incredible to see Loomis back one more time, an excellent tribute to Donald Pleasance. Outside the Myers house is Michael is completely surrounded by police, he is subdued and Loomis is about to shoot him in the head, when Hawkins stops him. Other flashbacks we see involve Lonnie Elam encountering the shape in 1978. Throughout all the flashbacks, its amazing how perfect Michael looks.

After the flashback we see Laurie, Karen and Allyson on there way to hospital and firetrucks on theyre way to the house. One of the firemen falls through the floor, Michael kills him and grabs the hand of another to escape. Out in front of the house, he absolutely destroys a group of around ten firemen. The scene is so badass and sets Michael up to be even stronger than he was in the last one. The mask is fantastic, classic mask from the last one with added burn damage from the fire.

In a bar in Haddonfield, several survivors of the original meet and drink and tell stories from that night. Tommy Doyle is played by Anthony Michael Hall. Nancy Stephens returns to play Marion Chambers and Kyle Richards returns to play Lindsey Wallace. In the bar they find out Michael has escaped and is on a killing spree. Along with lots of other bar patrons and towns people, they form a posse to to try and kill Myers. Now it was great to see Marion and Lindsey back, but the part of the movie involving the mob was my least favourite. A lot of there dialogue was a bit off.

"Evil dies tonight"

Its hard too imagine anyone saying this once let alone multiple times.

I was very disappointed Paul Rudd wasnt available to reprise his role of Tommy Doyle. He wasnt bad but i didnt find this version of Tommy particularly interesting.

The kills throughout the movie were insane. Michael kills kids trick or treating, lots of the mob, big john and little john, the list goes on. Have heard people complain that Laurie doesnt do enough in the movie and the movie doesnt have a main character. MICHAEL IS THE MAIN CHARACTER. And Laurie was just stabbed in the gut, it makes sense she would be recovering and doing more. Michaels motive is often discussed, this movie seems to be saying his main obsession is going home. He likes staring out his sisters bedroom window and always wants to get back there. Laurie thinks killing her is his obsession. Hawkins says it isnt and it was Sartain that drove brought them together.

Cameron, Lonnie and Allyson go to the Myers house. Allyson wants revenge for Michael killing her dad and all her friends. Lonnie goes in first and is killed off camera. Camerons death is absolutely brutal, he is first stabbed then has his head smashed through the stairs. Allyson attempts to distract Michael as Cameron is still alive. Michael follows her but stops and twists Camerons head all the way around. The trailer kind of gives Camerons death away unfortunately. I may try and avoid the trailer for Halloween Ends.

Karen distracts Michael and leads him into the mob of armed townspeople including Tommy Doyle and Sherriff Bracket, played by a returning Charles Cyphers. Sherriff Bracket says his classic line about everyone being entitled to one good scare. Youd think id love this but didnt fit at all.

The gang shoot Michael miltiple times and hit him with bats. When he is down on the ground, Karen stabs him in the neck and leaves to check on Allyson. We then see a montage of Laurie talking about Michael, how he is the essence of evil and the more he kills the more he transcends. She says he cant be killed by blunt force. We see Sherriff Bracket about to finally get revenge for Michael killing Annie. As he is about to shoot Michael, Michael grabs his knife suddenyly and slits his throat. He then kills everyone in the mob including Tommy Doyle! Very cool moment when Tommy looks in his eyes as hes dying. In halloween 2018, Michaels wounds could realistically, possibly have been survived. Halloween Kills seems to have made him full on supernatural. Karen is upstairs in Judiths old room when Michael appears behind her and brutally kills her. This was a huge shock to me, i thought he would kill the mob and disappear. In a way he had to kill her though, it seemed one of the strodes would die in this and it wasnt going to be Allyson or Laurie. Allyson is an excellent horror heroine and does great in this movie. The death of Karen will make the inevitable final showdown between Laurie and Michael more important. Is extremely rare to see a horror movie like this end with the villian standing tall, but was very refreshing and makes sense for the middle part of a trilogy. Reviews for Halloween Kills seem to be mixed, think some people that didnt like it are being too dramatic, seen several people say it was the worst Halloween movie ever, if you think its worse than Reserection you need your head checked. Although it definetly wasnt on the same level as Halloween 2018, there was so much that i enjoyed.

Finally, would like to give props to James Jude Courtney, the MVP. He is now without a doubt my favourite actor to play Michael Myers. The walk and the subtle movements are absolutely perfect.

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Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972) known by his stage name Common, is a rapper, actor, writer, philanthropist, and activist. He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained an underground following into the late 1990s, after which he gained mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians.

His first major-label album Like Water for Chocolate received commercial success. He won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for the Erykah Badu single “Love of My Life”. His album Be was a commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the Grammy Awards. He received his second Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “Southside”, from his 2007 album Finding Forever. His best-of album, This is Me Then: The Best of Common was released. He launched Think Common Entertainment, his record label imprint. He had released music under various other labels including Relativity, Geffen, and GOOD Music.

He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his song “Glory” from the film Selma, in which he co-starred as Civil Rights Movement leader James Bevel. His acting career includes roles in the films Brown Sugar, Smokin’ Aces, Street Kings, American Gangster, Wanted, Terminator Salvation, Date Night, Just Wright, Happy Feet Two, New Year’s Eve, Barber Shop: The Next Cut, Run All Night, Being Charlie, Rex, John Wick: Chapter 2 and Smallfoot. He narrated the documentary Bouncing Cats, about one man’s efforts to improve the lives of children in Uganda through hip-hop/b-boy culture. He starred as Elam Ferguson on Hell on Wheels.

He is a Christian. He served as spring commencement speaker at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and was awarded an honorary DFA degree, he attended FAMU for two years and majored in Business Administration. He is part of the “Knowing Is Beautiful” movement, which supports HIV/AIDS awareness. He is the founder of the Common Ground Foundation, a non-profit that seeks to empower underprivileged youth to be contributing citizens and strong leaders in the world. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence