MMO Does Halloween

What Is This Episode? - Top of Show
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REVISITING HALLOWENN ’18:
Does It Hold Up? - 3:00
Damn the Doc - 9:34
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FINAL TRAILER REACTIONS - 14:00
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CRITIQUING THE CRITICS - 22:20
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DAY AND DATE RELEASE:
HK Hides From Peacock’s Socials - 33:10
Using Mikey to Bump Peacock Subs? - 34:40
How Halloween Can Make Box Office $ - 38:21
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FINAL PREDICTIONS - 50:02
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WILL LAURIE DIE? THE EVIDENCE - 52:42
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THE DEAD POOL: WHO LIVES? WHO DIES? - 1:01:33
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Where To Find Our Work/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:05:55
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:06:51

Halloween Kills Prepisode - Peacock Lives, Does Laurie Die? - MMO Does Halloween - Ep 376

What is This Episode? - Top of Show
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HALLOWEEN KILLS REVIEW:
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SPOILER-FREE REVIEW:
Reception - 2:28
Expectations/Watching Experiences - 6:47
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Writing/Directing - 8:53
Performances - 11:56
Production Values - 15:15
Watch or Not? - 18:28
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SPOILER WARNING - 21:12
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SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW:
The Mike1 “Part 2” Trilogy Manifesto - 22:20
Learning On the Sidelines- 31:50
AMH+ We’re a Big, Unruly Mob 1 - 35:20
Best: Michael, The Artist + Laurie, The Bad Ass - 42:00
Best: Tell Me a Story - 46:01
Worst: We’re a Big, Unruly Mob 2 - 51:00
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PREDICTING HALLOWEEN ENDS - 57:38
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FINAL GRADES - 1:04:20
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Where to Find Us/LEAVE US A 5* REVIEW! - 1:06:20
What’s Next/Words of Wisdom - 1:07:06

Halloween Kills Review - Halloween 12: Halloween 2 - Part H3 - MMO Does Halloween - Ep 380

What is This Episode- Top of Show
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HALLOWEEN KILLS TRAILER BREAKDOWN:
Box Office/Is Mike1 Excited? - 1:57
Premise/Where Halloween Kills Left Off - 4:40
Wild Speculation and Looney Tunes Injuries - 9:35
The Corey and Copycat Conundrums - 14:10
Beat-by-Beat Through the Trailer = 18:51
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TRAILER QUESTIONS:
Fair Thee Well, Laurie? - 28:14
The Big Four Questions - 33:04
Box Office Over/Under - 40:00
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Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 41:16
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 42:07

Halloween Ends Trailer Analysis - The Copycat Cunningham Conundrum - MMO Does Halloween 11

What is this episode - Top of Show
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HALLOWEEN ENDS REVIEW:
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Spoiler-Free Review:
Halloween Historical Highs and Lows - 2:00
DGG’s Vision, Part 1 - 4:39
Early Film Reception, Scores, Theater Experience - 6:16
Final Girl Bechdel Tests/Script Thoughts - 12:09
DGG’s Vision, Part 2 - 17:54
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Production Values:
Score - 19:41
Set Design, More - 21:25
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Performances - 23:33
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SPOILER WARNING - 30:24
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Spoiler-Filled Review:
DGG’s Vision, Part 3 - 31:30
If Ambition Falls in the Forest… - 36:48
Gory Spectacles - 40:22
Universal Issues - 43:10
A Pivotal Series Re-Write - 47:13
DGG’s Vision, Part 4 - 50:01
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FINAL GRADES - 56:20
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:01:04
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:01:58

Halloween Ends Review - It's Over, But For Who? - MMO Does Halloween p.12 - Ep 419

& Six Degrees Of MMO

***This Episode Should Be Listened To No Matter Your Likes or Dislikes of Spoilers***
We do Six Degrees Of MMO followed by a beefy production profile & then a full plot breakdown.  So sans warning music, this episode has a spoiler section.

Six Degrees Of MMO Challenge 3 Recap/Winner - 1:05
Our Answers - 4:55
Round 4 Challenge  - 8:55

MMO Does Halloween Introduction - 12:00

Halloween III: Season of the Witch Review

Non-Spoilers
Cast & Crew & Surprise Cameos - 15:08
Movie Specs (who is Dino De Laurentis?) - 19:32
Production Notes (why is Dino De Laurentis?) - 23:40

Spoilers
Plot / Premise - 27:11
Worst Scenes - 30:12
Best Scene Disguising As A Worst Scene - 43:48
Actual Best Scenes - 45:37
Where H3 Fits in the Halloween CU - 53:01
Serious Cinematic Subtext That Actually Exists in This Movie - 55:50


Outro / Longview of our Halloween Rewatch Series - 58:13

Great job with the Six Degrees Of MMO round 3 submissions.  We had a difficult time choosing a winner because of all the fun you had with them and of course, all the fun we had reading them.  This episode begins as we pick the winner of the round followed by our own Six Degree answers,  and then we choose a “Halloween” inspired round 4 challenge.

The bulk of this episode kick starts our re-watch of the Halloween franchise, a series of films sacred to Mike 1 and irresistibly critique-able AND appreciate-able for Also Mike.  We’ve had some fun recordings over the last year plus.  Though let it be known!!...this goes down as one of our instant favorites.

Although we don’t have a spoiler warning dance music interlude in this episode, you can easily parse between spoilers and non-spoilers if you’re allergic to the former.  Though we do encourage you overcome your allergy and just keep listening because this is one of our better discussions.

Our format for these Halloween franchise movie reviews opens with a production profile of cast & crew, specs, & behind-the-scenes information.  We enjoy comparisons to The Conjuring Universe pods (episodes 96, 98 & 99), mention the high school days of John Carpenter, and differentiate between the narrative through lines of the series at large as only an authority like Mike 1 could give.

The plot is simple on the surface, but as we break it down via a marvelous litany of worst then best scenes (most of which could be described as best worst), there’s a ton of ambition and complexity on display from the powers that be.  Legendary producer Dino De Laurentis, legendary stewards of the franchise like John Carpenter & Debra Hill, and of course, the filmmakers both credited and uncredited all have an impact on the story, and we relish every minute of this discussion.

If this episode is any indication, we shall thoroughly enjoy this rewatch series on the Michael Myers slasher films to come.  So stay tuned as we’ll work our butts off to get you reviews of all these movies building up to the movie event that is 2018’s Halloween coming out on October 19th.

We’ll also be interweaving Oscar coverage.  Go back to our previous episode (105) for a preview of all the terrific films coming out in this loaded month of October, and do listen to our massive back catalog of episodes for our full coverage of the Oscar Sprint.  We feature OSPs (16 & counting thus far in this year after total coverage of last year’s awards season), retrospectives on seasons past, and plenty of wonderful divergences into the realms of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Mission Impossible films, and of course, The Conjuring Universe.

Halloween 3: Season of the Which? - MMO Does Halloween Part I - Ep 106

As a matter of fact, it was.

***This review of John Carpenter’s Halloween is Spoiler Filled***
The movie is 30 years old.  If you haven’t seen it by now, you MUST.  Then you truly need to listen to this Halloween franchise rewatch series from MMO.  

Intro  
Quick History of Horror Movies - 4:10

John Carpenter’s Halloween Full Review
Cast & Crew - 7:15
Jaimie Lee Curtis - 14:00
Specs / All The Staggering Numbers - 20:45
The Infamous Budget Backstory - 25:49
Production Notes / Unbelievable Fun Facts - 28:13
(Including How The Mask Came to Be + Mike1’s Mask Story - 29:22)

The Movie
Plot Review - 35:02
Opening Single Take Scene - 37:07
Michael Breaks Out and Comes Home - 40:17
The Stalk Begins - 44:19

The Evolution of Horror Tropes - 48:13

The Dr. Is In/Loomis On the Hunt - 51:11

Halloween Night Begins - 54:58
Michael Myers Babysitter Stalker - 56:34
Michael Myers: Babysitter Killer - 58:32
The Implied Plot Points - 1:02:29
Cat Chases Mouse To A Legendary Score - 1:04:44
The Outtro Dread - 1:10:31
Halloween Universe Fit/Why This Episode Matters to Halloween 2018 - 1:12:43

Social Media and Words of Wisdom - 1:16:17



Mike 1 has hailed this film as one of his all time favorites, and we produced perhaps one of our more researched and detailed episodes to date.  We have all kinds of behind the scenes nuggets from multiple sources on the web, DVD commentaries & special features, and the documentary ‘Halloween 1978: The Inside Story.’  There are anecdotes from our childhoods, mask making endeavors not unlike what happened on the actual set in 78.’  We also break this movie down more thoroughly than we’ve tackled any other film as we go scene by horrifying scene to analyze both the artistic flare & technique that only a John Carpenter could showcase, but also the storytelling fundamentals on display.

If you’re new to MMO, want to refer a friend to our show and you’ve seen this film (since we are full spoilers from the jump), then this is an episode we’d highly recommend you try.  We already reviewed Halloween III: Season of the Witch in episode 106, and after covering the awesomely bad spectacle perhaps one of our crazier deep dives, we’re now fully on the hunt and in the terrifying POV of the franchise stars, Michael Myers and Laurie Strode.  Our next show will cover Halloween II and H20 to continue this Laurie & Michael storyline.  Then we’ll charge onward through the series taking 2 films per episode until we build up to this year’s Halloween 2018 movie event on October 19th.

If you’re enjoying our series re-watch on Halloween, do check out our reviews of the first two trailers for this year’s entry (DatA 2 & Halfisode 19).  We’ve also reviewed this year’s Oscar contending horror films like A Quiet Place (62) and Hereditary (75 & 77) plus a bonus movie event on the schlock fest that was The Cloverfield Paradox (37).  Then don’t forget our James Wan / Warrens series on The Conjuring Universe (eps 96, 98, & 99).  

Chat with us on social media.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Gmail.  We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and do send us your Six Degrees Of MMO round 4 challenge submissions to us.  When reality sucks, watch movies with us.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

Halloween '78: The Night He Started A Genre - MMO Does Halloween Part 2 - Ep 108

“O’ Mr. Sandman”.... You know the rest.

***This Review of Halloween II is Spoiler Filled***
Watch H2 & enjoy this one.  Bottom line: we hope you have half as much fun listening as we did recording.  So if you don’t like spoilers, see the film first.  If you’ve seen the film or don’t mind, then do we have something cool for you.

Episode Preview/What Happened to Covering Two Movies? - 1:59
Film Inception  - 4:12
Who Wants to Die? - 12:29
Specs - 13:34
Production Notes - 16:44

Plot Premise/Starting at the End - 18:15
Loomis Unhinged (Now with Impersonations!) - 19:37
Michael on the Loose - 20:44
Loomis on the Loose - 22:42
Homages and Omissions - 24:47
Misdirections at Haddonfield Memorial - 27:04
Idiot Jimmy - 31:01
Loomis the Felon - 34:51
All in the Family - 38:51
Everyone at the Hospital - 41:22
Surgical Room Finale - 43:39

Unaddressed Best/Worst Scenes - 46:45
Where This Fits in Halloween CU - 49:36

Words of Wisdom and Social Media - 54:34


Halloween II is beloved by true fans, and we try to do it justice in our full review here.  Though we hoped to cover both H2 & H2O in the same episode, best laid plans were thwarted by Michael Myers once again.  So we dedicated a full show to Halloween II and only Halloween II.  It was well worth the trouble.

We researched the heck out of this presentation as well.  So there are a ton of behind the scenes nuggets, quotes from interviews, and internet easter eggs to explore.  We also can’t stop ourselves from diving into ALL the ins & outs of the various plotlines.  We revel in the awesomely bad, the awesomely awesome, and the plain old bad alike.  However you take it, there’s a ton of entertainment and fun to be had during this re-watch and during our review. The “King Kong” that is the Ringer “ain’t got shit on” us (stick my chest out).

Go back & enjoy the first two installments in this Halloween series rewatch.  We covered the non-Michael storyline of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (or Which?) in episode 106.  Then we covered the classic genre creating greatness of the 1978 original John Carpenter masterpiece in episode 108.  So when reality is sucking with SCOTUS hearings, etc, keep watching these Halloween movies with us.  We have many more of these episodes still to come, and H2O will be our next full review coming soon.

We’ve also been covering Oscar movies throughout our recent catalog with all the previews and reviews you could want.  Our A Star Is Born review is our most recent in the Oscar Sprint Profile series of awards season contenders.  It’s also our 19th film reviewed in its own episode in 2018.  So if you like your coverage of the current year in movies, we’re your one stop shop for everything in the film world.  

Chat with us on social media.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail.  We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and do send us those Six Degrees Of MMO submissions for our latest round 4 challenge before we announce the winners on air.  We’re having way too much fun this month, and we hope our enjoyment is infectious. Probably not something I should write as we get into flu season, but I’m keeping it in there. Stay tuned.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

Halloween 2 - 1981: He Ain't Crazy, He's My Brother - MMO Does Halloween P. 3 - Ep 109

A Legitimately Good Movie.

***This Review of H2O is a Spoiler Filled Episode***
See this movie.  There’s enough analysis to enjoy our review either way, but we are full spoilers from the jump here.  Do beware & ready yourself for an epic confrontation or SEVEN.

Intro
Halloween Has Made Us Daily?/Where’s the Water? - 1:19

Cast and Crew - 3:25
Specs - 15:44
Production Notes - 19:59
(Including the First of Many Homages to H1 - 24:46)

Plot Synopsis/Profiling 1998 Laurie - 25:19
Biggest Script Issues/Worsts - 29:43

Bests Throughout the Film:
Opening Credits - 38:33
Michael’s New Constitution - 41:26
Laurie, PTSD, and Coping - 43:09
Michelle Williams: A Gem - 48:14
Jamie, Janet, Homages, and Callbacks - 50:38
Halloween Night Reveals - 54:03
Let the Bodies Hit the Floor - 56:22
Haunting Settings + Time to Fight - 59:19

The Franchise’s Most Iconic Shot - 1:01:54

Wrong Place, Wrong Time - 1:04:14
Laurie Strode Fights Her Monster - 1:07:27
Laurie Changes the Ending - 1:11:09

Shared Family Traits - 1:15:20
Creed?! - 1:16:09

Halloween Universe Fit - 1:17:12

What’s Next/Social Media/Words of Wisdom - 1:20:37


H2O is a legitimately good movie, and we researched the hell out of this presentation.  There’s a ton of factoids about the cast & crew, movie specs, production notes, and behind the scenes deep cuts to relish and enjoy.  If you’re a fan of horror films, and of course, if you’re a fan of this franchise, do give this movie a watch or a re-watch, sit back, and enjoy.

Our film analysis pulls out all the chairs and all the stops here for you.  We dive into so many great tricks of the screenwriting trade that elevate this film from what has often been the awesomely bad into the just awesome.  This movie delivers goods for viewers of all tastes and for horror fans, it’s a must watch.

Go back to our massive catalog to enjoy the rest of our Halloween series re-watch. We’ve already covered the first three films in the franchise including the non-Michael Myers film, Halloween III: Season of the Witch and then the first two films in 78’ & 81’ (eps 106, 108, & 109).  This episode continues our coverage of the Laurie Strode storyline to a logical conclusion here.  Then we’ll finish the series out with shows on The Return & The Revenge of Michael Myers, H6 & Resurrection, and then the two Rob Zombie remakes.  

If you enjoy our Halloween series rewatch, do check out our 2018 Halloween Trailer Reviews in DatA 2 and Halfisode 19.  We also covered the entire James Wan / Ed & Lorraine Warren / Conjuring Universe films, the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the Mission Impossibles.  We also have year round, wall to wall coverage of the Academy Award contenders from last year’s 2017 Oscar Sprint through 19 separate movie events in this current year.  We’ll have another OSP on First Man starring Ryan Gosling and of course, we’re building this Halloween series to a crescendo for the movie event of the season on October 19th.

Chat with us on social media.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and do send us your Six Degrees Of MMO submissions to play some Kevin Bacon themed movie trivia games with us.  We’ll read the winners for challenge four on air as we’ve done for the previous 3 rounds.  Then as always, remember our slogan.  When reality sucks, watch movies with us.  Thanks for listening!

Halloween H20: No Puns Necessary - MMO Does Halloween Part 4 - Ep 110

Laurie Strode has a daughter who needs to survive Michael in these ones.



***THESE REVIEWS OF HALLOWEENS 4 + 5 ARE FULL SPOILERS***


HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS REVIEW
Cast and Crew - 2:03
Specs - 10:15
Production Notes - 14:27
Plot Synopsis - 22:58
Best Scenes - 29:14

Worst Scenes and Diet Tips - 36:26
(Including We Need To Talk About Jamie - 39:04)
(And We Need To Talk About Pacing - 40:34)


HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS REVIEW
Intro - 44:51
Cast and Crew - 45:10
Specs - 45:55
Production Notes - 47:55
(We Need To Talk About Jamie, Again - 48:40)
A Terrible Plot, Recapped - 53:52
Best Scenes - 1:02:26

The Mikes Get LOUD Over The Worst Of This Movie - 1:05:29
Party On Mike - 1:09:45
Painful Act 3 Breakdown - 1:12:43
Where H5 Fits in the Franchise - 1:15:49

Social Media/Words of Wisdom - 1:17:05


Mike, Mike, and Oscar take the trip to Haddonfield once again for Halloweens 4 & 5.  It may be 10 years later & a whole new cast of characters, but we get the return of the same old Michael Myers and his nemesis, the still unhinged and monologue happy doctor, Sam Loomis.  The Return is an excellent bad movie while The Revenge is perhaps an epically bad one. In either case, we have some fun breaking it all down in Part V of MMO does Halloween.

The anthology or potential cinematic universe of Halloween III: Season of the Witch was an epic fail.  We give you the full backstory on why & how they gave us these next two sequels in our production profile segments.  Then we dive as deep into the plots as our collective sanity might allow.  Though neither film would ever get a glimpse of a red carpet unless it was one stained in blood, these are both loaded movie reviews for us to savor.

Be sure to keep up to date with the entire series of Michael Myers film reviews as we lead up to the NEW 2018 Halloween movie event on October 19th!  Whether you’re a die hard fan or just need your fix for some movie talk, these episodes should fill that void.  Because if Michael teaches us anything, do not let the rage build up and have to fill said voids with carnage and dog meat and long walks and long slow walks and really long slow walks especially when a girl is trying to get inside of a building that you are walking toward really slow.

Also, we’re in the dead middle of the race towards the 2019 Academy Awards that we like to call The Oscars Sprint. And thus, we’re profiling contending movies and breaking down their chances in reviews we call our Oscar Sprint Profiles. Be sure to check out our OSPs of recent releases A Star is Born (ep 107) and Damien Chazelle’s First Man (ep 111). Then don’t forget to get into the scary movie spirit by answering our Six Degrees Of MMO Round 4 question, where we want to see your best chains connecting Jamie Lee Curtis, to Canadian actor and SNL alum Mike Myers. See what we did there?!

Reality sucks, keep watching all sorts of movies, whether scary, Oscar-y, or other-y; with us!

Halloweens 4 + 5 Review - Michael Myers: Eligible Bachelor  - MMO Does Halloween P. 5 - Ep 112

These. Are. Rough..

***This is a spoiler FILLED episode.***
We lose our shit in this one. The plots are incomprehensible, & we both stalk and kill them dead. Spoilers abound, but you shouldn’t care.  Don’t watch these movies.  Just have fun listening to us after watching these movies.  

HALLOWEEN 6 - THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS REVIEW
Intro-ing the Mess of H6’s Background - 1:28
Cast and Crew - 3:58
Specs - 8:53
WTF Happened/Production Story - 10:24

Plot Premise + Recap:
One Mike + A Baby - 19:27
Our…Protagonists?! - 22:31
Bye Jamie - 27:47
More Loomis Impressions - 28:40
Michael Comes Home Again - 29:32
We Too, Feel Like We’ve Been Drugged - 31:29
Theatrical Cut’s Ending - 33:21
Differences Seen in The Producer’s Cut - 36:53

WTF Did We Just Review? - 39:55


HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION REVIEW
Intro/Cast and Crew - 41:56
Specs/Production - 46:16
(Including the Ridiculous Ret-Con - 47:52)

Plot Premise + Recap + WTFs:
Synopsis - 50:29
The Ups + Downs of Jamie and Michael - 51:40
Breaking Busta - 54:46
A Simple Plot - 56:05
The Awesomely Bad…Emphasis on Bad - 57:18
(Including Protagonist Problem Part Deux - 59:41)
Legitimate Positives…Honest! - 1:02:47
(Followed Incredibly Quickly By More Bad - 1:03:04)
The Merciful Finale - 1:03:45

The Moral of These Movies (Involves Jane Fonda?!?!) - 1:05:48

Important Words for You + Your Words of Wisdom - 1:07:43


MMO is primarily a film appreciation podcast.  We LOVE movies, and we love to love movies. Every once in awhile though, we rip some bad movies for wasting our time and for ruining stories we love.  This is one of those times.  Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers is a literal title.  This film nearly cursed the entire franchise, and things went from bad to worse with Halloween: Resurrection.  

Still, we do our jobs and profile both production stories for these films. One might argue that the behind the scenes drama was more compelling that put onto the screen.  WE would argue this and do argue it. So please enjoy how we unravel like Dr. Loomis and pontificate about all of the unforgivable sins of Halloween 6 and 8.  Thank the gods for H20.

We train ourselves like Olympians to bring you the Oscar Sprint. First Man & A Star Is Born our the latest OSPs we’ve dropped on the film world, and we thank you for listening to them as much as you have.  But this Halloween re-watch is beginning to break us down & turn us to the critical dark side. We cannot lie to you, and therefore, we refuse to speak kindly about these two god awful terrible films.

Thankfully, the rest of our Halloween series re-watch has been fun for us. We hope even this episode will be fun for YOU. In any case, it’s a podcasting dream come true for these two Mikes to be able to review this entire franchise.  So do go back and enjoy the rest of our catalog including series re-watches of Halloween, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Mission Impossibles, and Conjuring Films. 

Chat with us on social media. Do you find more awesome badness in these two Halloweens than we did?  Let us know.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter. Send us your responses to our latest round of Six Degrees Of MMO, Jaimie Lee Curtis to Mike Myers, and we’ll be reading our winners on the air shortly. When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us.  Thank you for another week high score of listens. We’re growing, and it’s because of all of you great people helping us to spread the word.  Thank you.

Halloween(s) 6 + Resurrection - The Curse of Watching These - MMO Does Halloween P. 6 - Ep 113

I am the Astro-Creep, a demolition style, hell American freak yeah!

***This is a Spoiler Filled Episode***

2007’s Halloween 1 
Cast and Crew - 2:15
Specs - 7:46
Production Profile - 9:33
Plot Premise and Discussion - 11:11
Worst Scenes - 15:01
Best Scenes - 23:02
The Extra Ending 26:19


Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (‘09)
Cast and Crew/Specs - 29:40
Production Profile - 32:13
Plot Premise + Discussion - 
Intro - 36:09
What SHOULD Have Been The Sequel - 37:04
AlsoMike’s What COULD Have Been The Sequel - 40:26
Worst Scenes - 42:39
Different Endings? - 48:49
Best Scenes - 51:33
(Pizza is a Metaphor - 56:07)
(Tact In Death - 58:14)


Important Information For Only You + Words of Wisdom - 1:05:16


The re-watch portion of MMO Does Halloween comes to a bloody end in this episode as we review the two most recent installments in the franchise via Rob Zombie.  2007’s Halloween is part remake, re-imagining, prequel, and oddly enough, sequel to the first John Carpenter film.  Some of it does in fact work fairly well.  Mr. Zombie demonstrates quite a visual talent for the aesthetic of the franchise, and yet, the storytelling and the gratuitous murder realism seems to turn audience members against him.  This will become even more apparent in his sequel.

But we do have many moments of praise for Zombie’s work (quite to our surprise really), and we can give his films credit where they are due.  However, we cannot resist the need to rewrite some of the missteps of the sequel and dive headlong into some what-ifs on the plotline.  So even if you dislike these films, there’s plenty of new MMO material to enjoy here.  You may have to listen to us exercise some demons en route to these epiphanies, but it’s all there.  

Plus, Mike 1 freaks Also Mike the hell out for at least MOST of this episode, which if it’s not funny, at least it should entertain you all to listen to the fainter heart of our duo audibly squirm his way through this recording.

Go back and listen to the rest of our re-watch of the Halloween series.  We’ve now covered everything but the main movie event.  Stay tuned as we plan to drop that episode for you all this weekend as it’ll make well over 20 films reviewed in our OSP / Movie Events of 2018.  We’ve also reviewed other horror films like The Cloverfield Paradox, A Quiet Place, and Hereditary to quench your thirst for seasonal blood, and of course, we just banded together with 6 other podcasts in our entry to the month long pod Anthology series, All The Horror.

We haven’t neglected the Oscar Race either.  MMO covered the fall film festivals in a September Hollywood Hot Takes, released another Oscar Trailer round up with OT5, and we also gave the full review treatment to major contenders, A Star Is Born and First Man.  Whatever your taste, do go back and search our massive catalog of movie talk episodes. 

Feel free to chat with us on social media. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and our website is FINALLY nearing a launch date during awards season. Also don’t forget our Six Degrees Of MMO challenge 4: Jamie Lee Curtis to Mike Myers as we plan to read those winners on the air in an upcoming episode.

Rob Zombie's 2 Halloweens - Laurie Strode: Living Dead Girl - MMO Does Halloween P. 7 - Ep 115

Laurie is ready. Are you?

***This episode has a spoiler section.***
Our non-spoiler section could work as one final preview before seeing the film as we dive into cast & crew bios and the production stories behind the scenes. Then we break down the plot in the spoiler review.

Non- Spoiler Review of 2018’s Halloween

Cast & Crew & How JLC Loves Anniversaries - 2:17
Production Backstory & How Kenny Powers Made the Pitch Of His Life - 10:17
Movie Specs & How Michael Myers Fared in Toronto - 18:34
Expectations/Experience & How One Mike Had (LOUD) Faith - 22:34
Our Review of the Production Values - 25:03
Review of the Performances - 28:23
Final Non-Spoiler Thoughts - 31:19

Spoiler Warning Dance Music - 33:30

We Getting A Sequel? - 34:46
Over/Unders + How We Handle Bests/Worsts - 36:57
The Plot Breakdown + Discussion - 40:44
(Michael Murdering - 48:00)
(Tracking Shot Goodies - 49:46)
(Vickey, Vickey - 52:03)
(When Allison Met Mikey - 55:30)
(The Dr. Is Sin - 56:54)
(The Night He Came To Laurie’s Home - 59:03)
All the Homages We Saw - 1:04:51


Outro
Spooky Episodes Still to Come - 1:08:46
Social Media/Words of Wisdom - 1:10:05

Final Grades - 1:10:56

We did it. MMO has now reviewed every single movie of the Halloween franchise.  After building up with 10 captain kirk masked slasher film reviews over 7 episodes, our 8th installment in MMO Does Halloween covers the movie event that is 2018’s David Gordon Green / Danny McBride blockbuster hitting theaters TODAY, October 19th.

It was well worth it.  That’s our thesis statement in this episode as we give the newest Halloween our full review treatment.  We give you full filmographies of the cast & crew including longer looks at the director, David Gordon Green and his queen of screaming, Jaimie Lee Curtis.  Our favorite characters are back and better than ever, and we also tell you the story of how it all came to be as we chronicle the story inception journey from Dimension to Blumhouse, from Zombie to DGG, and back where it all started, a Haddonfield October 31st with the original Laurie Strode running and fighting the masked man himself.  Oh, and the Master of Horror not only gave his blessing, but he got his genius ass back behind the synthesizer to producer and help score the film.
The production values and performances both lived up to caliber of filmmakers and cast members attached, and we applaud both of these central elements throughout our non-spoiler review.  Then we dance with you during our spoiler warning interlude before diving into the full plot breakdown of the film.  We preface our beat by beat recap and analysis with some more intel on the potential for a sequel, and our epilogue covers many of the easter eggs we noticed throughout this film that paid proper tribute and homage to the other movies in the franchise.

If you need some spooky listens throughout your Halloween season, we’ve now devoted 10 full episodes to this movie event including 2 trailer episodes dedicated to our preview of the film as well as the 8 episode arc of MMO Does Halloween.  Also don’t miss our All The Horror anthology episode, which was closely linked in theme and tone to our slasher film pod series here, and if you enjoyed these podcasts, then surely check out our reviews of The Conjuring Universe, The Cloverfield Paradox, A Quiet Place, and Hereditary amongst all our year round Oscar coverage.

Chat with us on social media. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Gmail, and at MMandOscar on Twitter. When reality sucks, you’ve been watching so many of these movies with us, and we sincerely thank you for it. In the history of our show, this has been our best month by far. Thanks for all the iTunes reviews and for helping us spread the word about MMO.  We really appreciate it.

Halloween 2018 Review - MMO Does Halloween Series Finale, P. 8 - Ep 116

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