Yea ...being a big fan was excited and aside from Keaton and Catherine O....the rest of the movie was dull. He was the juice but the story and characters fell flat for me. Every character in the first had moments that stuck with you. This one not so much...where the lines? And the Soundtrack no where close to the first. I'll watch it again but it won't be every year at Halloween time like the Original is in our house.