What’s Aged the Best?
Vigilante mobs deepen the town story and Loomis’s strategy, though the all-white lynch-mob imagery draws an objection.
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- Vigilante mobs deepen the town story and Loomis’s strategy, though the all-white lynch-mob imagery draws an objection.
- The absence of Black residents is questioned; the town’s drunken mobilization builds lore and is compared with later trilogy unrest.
- Autumn horror and the little girl’s performance are praised.
- The misty bridge, hitchhiking harassment and children’s cruel orphan taunts remain effective.
- Myers’s dog hatred is put in both aged-best and aged-worst, with the golden retriever’s death especially upsetting.
- The sexual-morality trope, score attributed to observed Alan Howworth and Carpenter’s theme are discussed.
- The film’s sense of humor is praised.