BLOOD BROTHER
NO SELF-RESPECTING SLASHER FILM buff would argue that John Carpenter’s original Halloween (1978) is not deserving of a prime place in any horror movie hall of fame. The sequels, however, are a very different matter, with the Carpenter-produced Halloween II (1981) meeting with mixed reviews and introducing a twist whose effects endured for decades: that Myers and his perennial victim Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) are in fact brother and sister. The iconic masked murderer temporarily halted his killing spree for Halloween III: Season Of The Witch (1982), while Halloween 4 (1988), Halloween 5 (1989) and Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers (1995) pushed the character further into the realms of the supernatural. In the conclusion of the latter, which was a box office disaster, Myers is even revealed to be part of a sacrificial druid cult!
When fans began to lose interest in such an increasingly convoluted storyline, the
