“Halloween (2018)” (*** out of four) was a chilling horror psychodrama which is a direct sequel to the 1978 original and ignores all other follow-ups and remakes. As it stands now, Michael Meyers has been held in captivity for 40 years since the night of slaughter of the original and he subsequently escapes and breaks loose but Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has been awaiting him which results in a full-scale violent showdown between attacker and the attacked. Appears to be routine at first and to be just another exploitative continuation of the series but this soon incorporates complex emotional states of PTSD and anxiety for survivors of attacks which make it both relevant and interesting and the final third is one of the few (if only) of the series that can compare to the tenseness and horror of John Carpenter’s original. Plenty of homages to the original (and its first sequel) and John Carpenter’s re-working of his majestic score are definite plusses. Far better than the last Curtis/Myers reunion “H20” and the best “Halloween” entry since the fourth which was exactly 30 years ago