Halloween Ends
Directed by David Gordon Green
Spoiler Free: A baffling misfire, Halloween Ends can’t decide if it wants to bring the Halloween series in a new direction or pay tribute to its roots, and in the end, it does neither well. Full of breathtakingly bad dialogue and nonsensical characters, a good cast can’t redeem a lackluster ending to this trilogy.
In 1978, Halloween instantly changed the landscape of horror movies, spawning countless imitators and ripoffs, but none of them could match the brilliance of the story of Laurie Strode surviving the night that he came home. Tight writing, nerve-destroying cinematography, and iconic music are all remembered fondly, but it was the more subtle things that made Halloween stand out. The mystery, the intrigue, the unanswered questions about fate, the nature of evil, and the human response to it; have all birthed dozens upon dozens of fan theories and explanations for why exactly Michael Myers and Laurie Strode were what they were. I’m not familiar with all of these theories, some are good, some not so good, but I can say with certainty that all of them are better written than Halloween Ends.
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