im a huge carpenter fan thats probably why i didnt love this film its not bad it just lacks the atmosphere that the first one had or eavin the old sequel i know its a diferent director but they could atleast make it more suspensful it had enough comedy to make you feel safe they were many plotholes but it does have the john carpenter stylish aproach sometimes it has the style oh halloween 1 and 2 but not the atmosphere the things i like was the score i loved it one other thing i liked was the charecters were really likable like you really did care for them i just wish they wouldnt just use them as plot devices and many of them are just there to be killed by michael but lets see i also liked the fact that it wasnt as gory as i tought it would be i mean it is but it had the style of halloween 2 1981 type of gore it wasnt to much and they are mostly off screen they wanted to focus more on the suspense wich it would have work if it wasnt for misplaced comedy the movie isnt bad i liked it but i wish i loved it they are so many good things here that make the little bad desitions look like big ones because this movie had way more to offer i do believe however that its best then all the sequels and remakes atleast they tried with this one it does feel like the closest to the original after all not a bad film at all just a good film with poor choices