You know, whenever a new "Halloween" flick comes out I always get mixed feelings. Michael Myers has always been my favorite slasher, way above Freddy, Jason, and the like. Even though he is stuck in crappy films, his character still emits some degree of creepiness unlike the other two. But even though Michael is still cool, you just know the film is going to suck, and of course it always does. The only two worthwhile are of course the first one, with part 4's "Return" coming up a very distant second. All the other entries are complete pieces of shit yes, that includes even H2O. So, when I started reading about the newest entry to the series, my worst fears were confirmed. Here we have Busta Rhymes telling us that this film will scare the crap out of you, and in his own words he say's, "the "Halloween" films are the best scare flicks around, and I don't do bullshit movies". Wrong dude, you'll do any flick that will put your name up there in lights, and as for these films being the best around, you best stick to rapping partner, cus' you don't know jack about the horror genre. We even get part two's Rick Rosenthal back in the directors chair, promising us a scary film and one that will answer all the questions about big Mike, blah, blah, blah. Whew. Ok, so is it really that bad of a film? Well, no and yes.

Picking up three years after part 7, Michael decides to get off his ass and hunt down that sister of his one last time. In about 15 minutes he finally kills her, and with no purpose left in him returns to the old Myers house for a little R&R. Once there though, he finds that a group of kids with cameras on their heads have invaded his home, and so with nothing else to do he goes about killing em' one by one. Busta Rhymes character is the head of some production company who plans on sticking the kids in there on Halloween night to do an MTV "Fear" thing broadcast over the internet. Let's see, 6 annoying teenagers, a pissed off Michael, one house, and about 15 butcher knives...doesn't look to good for em' does it?

The thing that really bugged me though, besides the kids being in Mikes old house, what really is his motivation to kill them? Michael never really killed anyone unless you got in his way, as he was always after his sister, niece, nephew, etc. Michael should have ceased to exist after killing Laurie, and since the filmmakers act as if his nephew from part 7 never existed, what is his interest in this new batch of kids? Some of the kills were pretty good, and I enjoyed the knife fight scene with that dude in the kitchen, but you know....the whole thing seemed off. Lot's of the ideas that were abundant in the series are completely abandoned with this entry. They act as if parts 4-5-6 never existed, and to me that just sorta sucks. None of the questions about Michael are answered as promised, and you just sort of feel cheated leaving the theatre. The ending of course leaves it wide open for part 9, but jeez....enough already guys.