Is Halloween Ends The Last One? Why The Title Is Probably Lying To You
Halloween Ends is the final entry in the Halloween reboot trilogy, and while it’s believed to be the closing chapter in the franchise, the title might be lying to the audience and could be referring to a different type of “ending”. Some of the biggest trends in the film industry in recent years are reboots and “requels”, and these have been especially prominent in the horror genre, with different franchises being revived through these trends. One franchise that quickly joined the fun with a reboot trilogy is Halloween, which started strong with David Gordon Green’s Halloween in 2018 but was followed by a disappointing sequel in 2021 titled Halloween Kills.
In order to reboot the Halloween franchise again and refresh the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), the reboot trilogy is a direct continuation of John Carpenter’s original movie, completely ignoring all the sequels that followed. Carpenter’s Halloween introduced viewers to Michael Myers, who after killing his sister on Halloween night 1963 when he was six-years-old, was sent to Smith’s Grove Sanitarium. Fifteen years later, Michael escaped and returned to his hometown Haddonfield, Illinois, where he began stalking Laurie, who went on to become the franchise’s main final girl, even if she was later replaced by her daughter, Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris), and Sara Moyer (Bianca Kajlich) in the not-so-popular Halloween: Resurrection.
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Since Carpenter’s original movie, the Halloween movie series has gone through different retcons, the most recent one Gordon Green’s reboot trilogy, which is coming to an end in October 2022 with Halloween Ends. As the new Halloween movies ignore the
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