concurrently released Blu-ray. The image here enjoys noticeable gains at the 2160p resolution, offering so vital to this movie, enjoy a healthy gain to density and depth without crushing out critical details in low light situations. Whites are bright and skin

The Dolby Vision color grading is likewise a very nice improvement over the Blu-ray. The grading offers the usual stable of improvements, including

franchise? Sure, it might very well bring this current trilogy of reboot/sequel films to a close -- it follows on the popular Halloween and Halloween Kills -- but really is this the very end of the narratively worthwhile, or universe building arc for him, never mind do anything to leave a lasting legacy on the franchise. Still, kudos to the film for

Ending Halloween (2160p/Dolby Vision, 8:26): Exploring the franchise's evolution and reaching the final climactic showdown are various Haddonfield exteriors, though never so sharp as to give the film an artificial look. On the contrary, this has a very natural, cinematic quality Subtitles are English SDH, Spanish, Mandarin, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish. forward on this format. Universal's 2160p/Dolby Vision presentation offers a quality, though certainly not monumental, upgrade over the companion and Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis , Andi Matichak , James Jude Courtney , Rohan Campbell , Will Patton , Jesse C. Boydand unbale to live his life. Things change when he has a chance run-in with Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) who, rather than kill Corey, series, it's also a standard bearer in the larger Horror, and film, marketplace. There may be nothing left of value to explore in the Halloween

Halloween Ends slices up 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with a two-disc 4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital set. The 4K version is pressed on a BD-100 with the 1080p offering up a BD-50 disc. The discs are housed in a two-disc case with slipcover artwork. The discs load to static image main menus with standard navigation options along the bottom and the bonus features menu along the right side of the screen. They didn’t deliver a film that satisfied on its most base reason for existence – to be an entertaining slasher film, pure and simple somehow recognizes the beast within him. Corey suddenly finds himself a changed man, desiring to deal death much like Michael himself. He finds To be fair - I didn’t hate Halloween Ends. I do not think this is the worst film of the franchise. I actually thought the character of Corey was a genuinely brilliant addition to the franchise. I thought that Laurie Strode masking her pain by trying to be “tits-out” domestic grandma was a smart avenue for her character as she and Allyson cope with their loss. I loved all of this stuff because it felt real and emotionally raw and was actually a smart path to take for a franchise riddled with stupidity. My problem with Halloween Ends is this was the exact wrong time to pull this particular story card.with the Michael Myers side of the universe. This film introduces a new antagonist and does little that's truly interesting or unique with him. The

It’s a solid image overall – nicely organic and oddly filmic (unironically so, even without the grain), it’s a good visual representation that seemingly was never designed to hit the very highs that the format can offer. No Place Like Haddonfield (2160p/Dolby Vision, 7:49): Exploring how this film looks at some of the nooks and crannies around franchise that has spawned no less than 13 films in about four-and-a-half decades? Not likely. John Carpenter's original classic has yet to be topped, and it won't; it's not only the best in the masked slasher, especially for the low reward that turns out for the high risk of building up Corey. The film is nowhere near as gruesome as itsHalloween Kills does not revolutionize the UHD format or push the format even close to its limits, but the film certainly puts its best foot