The vast majority of reviews hold that Halloween is a lean and mean slasher movie that takes what’s great about the original and then takes it in a fresh direction.
While few are saying it’s quite as good as the first Halloween, it is being called a worthy successor.
As of this writing, Halloween is holding about an 86% positive rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
For the most part, Eric’s opinion is held by the majority of critics.