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Jordan Anderson's Reviews > Halloween
Halloween
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Spooktober 2020 Book 10
I’m man enough to admit that I’m not a huge fan of the film Halloween. Personally I find the film slow, and kind of silly, with far too many plot holes and confusing moments. However, I can’t deny how seminal the film is both in terms of horror and the film industry in general. There is obviously something interesting and different about the film and story and, couple that with a novelization I hoped would fill in the gaps, as well as it being October, it only made sense to give Curtis Richards’s book a try.
This particular novelization is almost as popular as the film its trying to tell about. Unlike a lot of novelizations that are just blatant fictionalizations of screenplays this version of Halloween goes in a completely different direction, adding some new and rather strange elements to the story. There’s a whole historical component that attempts to explain Michael Myers’s character, as well as some inner monologues that we didn’t get in the film version. It’s also pretty obvious that this book was based off an early draft as Myers looks completely different than his film counterpart, and the final climax takes a different direction.
Overall, Halloween is a decent read. It’s fast paced and cuts right to quick of thing, skipping exposition for action. Seeing what could have been is interesting, though I feel there are still far more questions and a startling lack of information to explain certain moments.
I’m man enough to admit that I’m not a huge fan of the film Halloween. Personally I find the film slow, and kind of silly, with far too many plot holes and confusing moments. However, I can’t deny how seminal the film is both in terms of horror and the film industry in general. There is obviously something interesting and different about the film and story and, couple that with a novelization I hoped would fill in the gaps, as well as it being October, it only made sense to give Curtis Richards’s book a try.
This particular novelization is almost as popular as the film its trying to tell about. Unlike a lot of novelizations that are just blatant fictionalizations of screenplays this version of Halloween goes in a completely different direction, adding some new and rather strange elements to the story. There’s a whole historical component that attempts to explain Michael Myers’s character, as well as some inner monologues that we didn’t get in the film version. It’s also pretty obvious that this book was based off an early draft as Myers looks completely different than his film counterpart, and the final climax takes a different direction.
Overall, Halloween is a decent read. It’s fast paced and cuts right to quick of thing, skipping exposition for action. Seeing what could have been is interesting, though I feel there are still far more questions and a startling lack of information to explain certain moments.
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