Overview
A terrifying night resurfaces as a woman confronts her past and the monster that haunts her.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- visceral
- tense
- halloween night
- horror movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film an effective, streamlined franchise revival that restores the original slasher formula while benefiting from Jamie Lee Curtis's performance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Laurie Strode has spent four decades preparing for Michael Myers after surviving his original killing spree.
The film ignores the increasingly elaborate sequel continuity and returns to the basic Laurie-versus-Michael conflict.
Michael stalks residents of Haddonfield, Illinois, turning familiar homes and streets into sites of terror.
Michael Myers, credited as The Shape, remains an enigmatic masked presence whose motives are largely withheld.
Films like Halloween, and why
Halloween
masked serial killer, suburban setting, stripped-down slasher suspense, and survivor-centered trauma
Scream 4
late-franchise revival that returns to basic slasher mechanics while foregrounding a legacy heroine
The Strangers: Prey at Night
stalk-and-kill horror driven by a relentless masked killer and intergenerational survivor anxiety
Black Christmas
modernized slasher formula combining familiar genre callbacks with tense suburban pursuit
Movie Details
- Director
- David Gordon Green
- Release Date
- 2018-10-18
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (5178)
Cast
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Judy Greer
- Andi Matichak
- James Jude Courtney
- Nick Castle
- Haluk Bilginer
- Will Patton
- Rhian Rees
- Jefferson Hall
- Toby Huss
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Halloween about?
- Four decades after surviving a masked killer, a hardened Laurie Strode prepares Haddonfield for his terrifying return.
- What is Halloween like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Halloween as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Halloween violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Halloween as graphic.
- What did critics think of Halloween?
- Critics broadly found the film an effective, streamlined franchise revival that restores the original slasher formula while benefiting from Jamie Lee Curtis's performance.
- Which films are like Halloween?
- Films with a similar feel include Halloween, Scream 4, The Strangers: Prey at Night, and Black Christmas.
- How long is Halloween?
- Halloween runs 106 minutes.
- Where can I watch Halloween?
- In United States, Halloween streams on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus.
