Review: ‘Halloween Kills’ is a strange title for a franchise that just won’t die

“Halloween Kills” is a strange name for a 43-year-old franchise that positively refuses to die. Then again, this 12th film in the series — a direct sequel to the 2018 reset “Halloween” — is odd on various levels, starting with the wholly misguided attempt to weave a half-baked message into its bloody mayhem.