What I'd really like to leave here as a "review" is something like, _"I have no words..."_ Unfortunately, I _do_ have words…none of which are positive. Why the entire _Halloween_ franchise became so hugely popular becomes ever more confusing to me, as this series is just utter rubbish and nonsense, a toxic blend of disjointed and confusing stories that have zero explanation. From the very first _Halloween_ I still have no idea why Michael Myers became suddenly hellbent on destroying his own extended family, or how he gained such immortal and supernatural powers. His ability to "heal" from gunshot wounds, knife wounds, falls, boards to the head, etc make Wolverine look like a first-year student at Professor X's School for the Gifted. And in this particular episode of the ongoing saga, the story - along with the script, the acting, the dialogue, and everything else - just steeps deeper into the bilge tank. What a complete stinker. Wow, this was absolutely horrible... just completely awful. There was **nothing** to like and scads to detest about this film, from the weird attempt at ... I don't know.... were the plans to make the little girl a "scared speechless" mute for the entire movie until they discovered she just wouldn't shut up? Or was it part of the storyline to have her suddenly lurch from "scared speechless" into "scared stammering" when she finally burst out with _"T...T...Ti.....Tinaaaa!!!"_ (Insert eye-rolling sound here) Ai yi yi, this was bad. Everything. EVERYTHING about this just reeked. Even some of the closing scenes were an obvious ripoff of the _Friday the 13th_ movie. Like I said, there was absolutely **nothing** to like about this, and pretty much **everything** to either disdain, sneer at, despise, or just look away from. I must have some kind of sick masochistic tendencies to keep watching these but _Halloween_ is one of the few horror franchises that I haven't watched in its entirety, and - halfway knowing what to expect, sadly - I decided I would go ahead and get this one out of the way. From the original _Halloween_ to this one, it has gotten progressively worse and I don't hold out ANY hope of it improving, not even with time. Take my advice as one who has sat through this stinkbomb: AVOID THIS ONE AT ALL COSTS.