Hello and welcome to a bonus Halloween episode of Slate spoiler specials. I am Sam Adams and today we're going to spoil the Halloween sequel

starring Jamie Lee Curtis which was written and directed by David Gordon Green.

This is the 11th installment in the Halloween franchise although it is in some cases the second because it throws out the nine sequels that have been made before it.

And it basically sets up a rematch between masked knife-wielding stocker Michael Myers and his victim from the first movie

Jamie Lee Curtis playing Lori Strode. Joining me to talk about it is Jeffrey

Bloomer who is a senior editor at Slate. Hi Sam. And Kauteritchie, who is the staff writer.

Hi.

Hi.

So let's start up, let's establish our bona fide right off the bat.

Have you seen the original Halloween, any of the nine movies in between that and this one, and what is your general attitude towards the franchise?

Jeff, you want to go first?

Yes, I think I'm probably the fanatic of the groove.

I've seen all the sequels multiple times, including the Rob Zombie Remakes.

Oh my gosh.

I've always, I have from a very young age, my mother might have shown me the original homie

when I was nine or or 10 and it was very

formative getting me into movies. It's an important movie to me and then the sequels are just fun.

I think we could talk about it more later but they're generally not there's none that are unwatchable except

maybe the one with Paul Rudd. Otherwise they're like pretty okay and I've always

loved the franchise so I was very excited for this movie.

Okay and having seen a major theme in this one is Childhood Trauma, so having seen the first movie at the

age of nine, I think you're equipped to.

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