Halloween (2018)

Most people think so. 78% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 73%.

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. Wikipedia ↗

Halloween is a 2018 American slasher film directed by David Gordon Green, a direct sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 original that ignores all other sequels. Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode, now a grandmother who has spent 40 years preparing for Michael Myers's inevitable return — she has fortified her home with a panic room, trained herself in combat, and alienated her family through her obsessive vigilance. When Michael escapes during a prisoner transfer on the night before Halloween, Laurie's decades of preparation are put to the test in a final confrontation.

Jamie Lee Curtis's Laurie was reimagined as a trauma survivor and Sarah Connor-like warrior whose PTSD-driven preparedness, dismissed as paranoia by her family for 40 years, is finally validated. The film treated Laurie's trauma with genuine seriousness while delivering the slasher thrills the franchise demanded. John Carpenter returned to compose the score, updating his iconic synthesizer theme.

Halloween earned $255 million worldwide on a $10 million budget.