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"Halloween: 25 Years of Terror"...any replay value?
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Very, very little.
The earlier documentaries (e.g., "Halloween Unmasked" and "A Cut Above The Rest") are much better than "25 Years Of Terror" (IMO). Although, of course, this new one does stretch its boundaries and talks about the sequels in a bit more depth. But it just didn't hit a home run, in my own personal view. (It's about a "two-bagger" when judging it on a baseball-flavored scale. And it just barely made it second, having to avert the tag at the last instant with a hook slide.
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There's barely a sign of franchise star Jamie Lee Curtis in the new "25 Years" programs (and what is included with Jamie was simply culled from the earlier documentaries; I guess she must have gotten tired of saying the same thing over and over again in the new Halloween retrospectives that keep getting produced)..
And there's not very much to be seen or heard from John Carpenter or Nick Castle either, which was disappointing. (In fact, I'm not sure I spied Castle in there at all.)
The "Horror's Hallowed Grounds" segment was pretty good, though. Although the walk-and-talk tour through the Pasadena filming locations with P.J. Soles was certainly repetitive (it shows pretty much exactly the same thing that is included on one of the earlier docs, just taped on a different day). And it looked to me as if P.J. was a tad ill-at-ease during the "Hallowed Grounds" walk-through.
Disc 2 of the "25 Years" set, which features extended interviews and approx. half-hour chunks of the "2003 Convention Panels", is as dry as the Mojave. (Again, "IMO".)
The "Cut Above The Rest" documentary wins first prize in my book for Best Halloween Featurette (so far).
I doubt I'll ever re-visit the new one (particularly Disc #2), especially when I know I could just as easily pop in either of the other documentaries mentioned.
