Evil Dies Tonight! : Defending the Halloween 'Requel' Trilogy.

One year on from the finale's release, and on the launch day of the directors next film, it's time to look back at the recent 'Halloween' sequels and PROVE THEY ARE PRETTY OKAY, I THINK. EVIL DIES TONIGHT! : Defending the Halloween 'Requel' Trilogy.

But what if... society... was the real monster...? We didn't enjoy the new Halloween movies, so now we're gonna dunk on them mercilessly and hope that evil does in fact die tonight.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4KIZQikS6rb6TiQpmyVAeD?si=tt2W4y-fR02vcxq_AR3_lw

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monster-masquerade/id1530132964

https://youtu.be/eQYBTiMvft4

Requel Welch, RIP

Evil Dead II (1987)

Neve Campbell not returning for scream 6 is literally a slap in the face to her because without her there would be no scream franchise, there would be no Sidney Prescott. If it was a scheduling issue I would understand but not them trying to give her less than what she deserves, that’s just pathetic on their end. But looking at it from a 6th instalment movie, and her role in scream 5, it sorta makes sense that she wouldn’t be back, it sucks but she had gotten out of woodsboro for good, she has a family and is living her life, it would’ve been nice to see her character get closure and a good send off. At the same time, she sort of did get closure, she passed the the main role onto Tara. The whole series has come full circle with Scream 5 being a requel, connecting the past with the present/future. Bringing Kirby back is great and all but it definitely won’t make up for not having Sidney, even still having Gale is nice but it won’t be the same.

Scream (2022)

The 5th installment in the Scream horror franchise serves as a Requel of sorts by introducing a new generation of lead characters to work alongside the legacy ones. When a young girl is attacked by someone wearing the infamous Ghostface mask her estranged sister returns to town to help.

As part of her investigation she reaches out to the town's former sheriff Dewey Riley who is once again portrayed by 1 time WCW Champion David Arquette.

Featured Wrestler:

David Arquette as Dewey Riley

Wrestle Rating:

3.5 out of 5 voice changers

A solid entry to the slasher series and the first without the involvement of horror legend Wes Craven. The film knowingly follows the familiar tropes and formats of prequels and remakes but while the story keeps you guessing the cinematic beats feel quite predictable. The Candy Man plays a far more grizzled, reclusive and serious version of his loveable character and puts in one of his best performances acting opposite his real life ex wife Courtney Cox.

Hellraiser (2022)

Justified (2010) - 1x01 || Justified: City Primeval (2023) - 1x01

The risk/reward of just ignoring one sequel's mistakes in the next one

Ghostbusters Afterlife —

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire —

I've previously written on this blog about the unfortunate legacy of The Force Awakens and how its massive success paved the way for a veritable buttload of legacy sequels that made similar mistakes.

One example I cited was Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Among the things I hated there was the declaration that no ghosts had shown up anywhere for approximately 30 years, effectively negating any EU lore or personal imaginings of interim adventures. Instead, we're made to believe that ghosts ONLY appear when an apocalyptic threat is making them emerge.

This year's direct sequel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, just completely ignores all that. Ghosts can appear anywhere and any time regardless of whether a major threat is coming to somehow spawn them. In fact, we even see the library ghost from the opening of the original 1984 Ghostbusters has apparently just been floating around freely EVER SINCE THEN. She's just stayed in the New York Public Library the whole friggin' time! (Which is kind of ridiculous all by itself, but whatever.)

So that's certainly ONE way to deal with dumb/bad ideas introduced in legacy sequels; just kind of pretend the idea was wrong or that you never said it, and don't bother explaining yourself when you show the opposite to be true. :P I... kind of love that??? But I feel like I probably shouldn't, because they should probably have to justify why they claimed that stuff in the first place.

But can you imagine if the Star Wars sequels pulled this kind of thing?

The Rise of Skywalker certainly does take pains to undo some of The Last Jedi, but it also feels the need to acknowledge what that movie said and did. Like "Oh Rey — it IS true that your parents were nobodies, but your grandpa is still somebody." Imagine instead if The Rise of Skywalker had just treated it like "OF COURSE Luke never thought the Jedi were a mistake, and of course he didn't run away to die! He was on that planet to build a new Jedi Academy, silly! Didn't you notice?" And then they just never explained the discrepancy.

I think I might've loved that, LOL. But like I said... I probably shouldn't. :P

Requel old man Three Finger I keep forgetting to post. Haven't drawn any WT stuff in a bit and am really itching to, just gotta get out of art block :(

Tom Jones Jr made up as Sam Loomis for Halloween Kills

scary father with an even scarier daughter duo.

The always beautiful Raquel Welch.

really trying not to post too much abt it bc it only came out days ago but man. saw x was such a love letter to the franchise. you can feel the care for the overarching story and for the characters that went into it and it really really pays off and its really healing to see a Good saw movie, especially after the three titles before it. i will def be seeing it a third time before it leaves theaters