2020 · comedy · horror · mystery
Hubie Halloween
Directed by Steven Brill1h 42m2020
Hubie Dubois, despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary Halloween celebration), is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. But this year, something really is going bump in the night, and it’s up to Hubie to save Halloween.
Our read: Hubie Halloween (2020) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive comedy · horror · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured comedy / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- twisty
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How Hubie Halloween feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want cozy Halloween silliness with Sandler sweetness under the jokes.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if Sandler immaturity or bully-comedy embarrasses you with company.
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