[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by kylactus

Damn, Halloween sneak up on anyone else this year? So what were the best horror movies of 2018? I’m sure everyone’s going to sing the praises of a quiet place, but I honestly didn’t think that much of it... it was ok, but I doubt I’ll watch it again any time soon. Idid just buy the new puppet master movie on DVD, love those practical effect, FU CGI! When does the new, “forget all those previous sequels” Halloween drop?.... and is anyone else kind of pissed about it? I really liked the Halloween franchise, except of course 3, and resurrection. But the scrapping of thirty years of cannon to bring back Jamie Lee Curtis!?! And when the hell did she become Sarah Conner? I know the whole thorn thing was a bit off the rails, and yeah there were continuity issues but H4-H6 were never addressed in any of the sequels (h20, resurrection) then we got the zombie reboot, which I really like, but this new concept of movie franchises deciding which films are and are not cannon in a series is off putting to me. If they randomly just decided to do a follow up to Friday the 13th and just picked up after part 2 and erased all continuity would you not be upset? Anyway, had to start the season with a rant!

They did do that. It's pretty much what they did with the 2009 Friday reboot.

While I can understand folks being upset about the erasure of the convoluted backstory of Michael Myers, I don't have much of a problem with it, because outside of 1 and (maybe) 2...the rest of the movies were largely forgettable garbage (and that's coming from a fan of slasher flicks.) Do we really want to remember Myers taking a beatdown from Ant Man? Or Busta Rhymes? Or that whole mess with the cult? Or the thing with Myers corrupting people to evil with his touch?

I don't see the harm in retcon personally, especially if the new film turns out to be as good as early impressions are saying it will be.