It’s not just the story that feels familiar, Green (and co-writers Jeff Fradley and Danny McBride) have littered their Halloween with numerous references to Carpenter’s.
Most refer to the first movie, but with a few nods to those infamous sequels tossed in as well.
It’s a valentine to John Carpenter’s Halloween, wiping away 40 years of middling-to-terrible sequels and restoring the franchise to its roots as a tale of suburban suspense and horror.
If you are familiar with the 1978 Halloween, though, you’ll dig the new one that much more.