By: Ava Tanis
Hubie Halloween, the latest Adam Sandler movie, came out just in time for Halloween on October 7th, 2020. This review won’t find you in time for the holiday, but if you’re still riding out the wave of spooky season you’re definitely in the right place. Not only is this movie relatively fitting autumn equinox-wise, it will be especially relevant to you if you happen to be a junior reading Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The excessively-festive movie is set in Salem, home of the notorious trials detailed in Miller’s play—although Hubie Halloween definitely documents a different environment than the highly tumultuous Puritan situation that existed in the 1690s.
Following the story of the eccentric Hubie Dubois, Hubie Halloween documents a post-witch trials life in Salem, Massachusetts, where October 31st is naturally the biggest day of the year. Hubie’s annual mission is to make sure that everyone in the town is safe on Halloween, but his offbeat personality incites relentless mockery and pranks at his expense. This year’s holiday becomes extra interesting when a real life killer begins kidnapping people left and right and Hubie makes it his number one priority to launch an investigation and rescue the victims.
In classic Adam Sandler fashion, the acting is quite cheesy and overdone, and the cinematography is not necessarily the most dramatic or meaningful. Some parts do get somewhat suspenseful, but overall Hubie Halloween is much more a comedy than it is a horror film. Adam Sandler’s absurd accent and his character’s tendency to get completely terrified by tacky Halloween pranks both lend themselves to the humor of the show.
With ridiculous, funny plotlines, just about every celebrity you can imagine, and some seriously wholesome moments scattered throughout, Hubie Halloween is all-in-all a lighthearted and entertaining movie. It's by no means a thinkpiece and there isn’t much realism to encounter, but you will undoubtedly find that quintessential, corny-Halloween-movie vibe that will almost certainly feel like home.
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