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After the harrowing events of Halloween night 2018, Laurie Strode (Curtis) has been trying to put her life back together by finally going to therapy and living with granddaughter, Allyson (Mattichk). While Laurie writes her memoirs, Allyson takes up with a troubled teenager named Corey (Campbell) who was accused of murdering a child he was babysitting back in 2018. And to top it all off, Michael Myers might be back to continue his crimes.

Halloween Ends certainly has guts. It tries to do something different, but as we all learned from Season of the Witch, most of the Halloween fans prefer seeing more Michael Myers and this will have some fans upset. Curtis gives a solid performance as does Campbell as the angst-ridden Corey and Green's direction has moments of atmospheric excellence that call to mind some of the earlier entries in the franchise.

Halloween Ends is a mixed treat bag with some nasty tricks thrown in.

Former small town hairstylist, Pat (Kier), has been spending his days in a retirement home recovering from a stroke. When he receives news that his friend and client, Rita (Evans), has passed away and wanted him to do her hair for her funeral, he gathers up enough strength for one last hurrah, meeting all sorts of interesting characters and resolving past drama on the way.

Swan Song is one of the few films to feature a lead performance by veteran character actor, Udo Kier, and he proves himself to be more than up for the challenge. His character of Pat is will probably be reminiscent of many small town hairdressers who were, unfortunately, born at the wrong time and had to deal with so much more oppression than many of the LGBT people of today.

Jennifer Coolidge turns in an equally great performance as Kier's former student/rival and she's not borrowing from her usual bag of comedy tricks. She creates a fully lifelike and moving character for the few minutes that she's on screen.

Swan Song might be a little too episodic at times, but it all wraps up in a moving and heartfelt way and it's one that's worthy of being seen by wider audience.

After the events of the first film, The Blind Man (Lang) has "retired" from his evil ways and has been raising an orphan named Phoenix (Grace) and is terrified of letting her go to school or have friends because of how the world is. All this is turned upside down with a band of psychotic men storm his house one night and kidnap Phoenix. Now, he's back on the hunt and will use his survival skills to get her back and get his revenge.

Don't Breathe 2 is a competent and decently entertaining film, but the whole time you do wonder "why bother?" The first film wasn't screaming out for a sequel and the idea of turning this psychotic turkey baster rapist into someone to cheer on seems a bit tone deaf to say the least.

That said, the film does take a few risks and the last act is exciting and sick in all the good ways a horror film should be. It's just not very much fun getting to that point. All the actor commit to their sleazy roles which deserves some praise and the cinematography is nice and moody.