Halloween Ends (2022)

Halloween Ends (2022)

 

2/10

 

Starring

Jamie Lee Curtis
Andi Matichak
Rohan Campbell
Will Patton

Directed by David Gordon Green

 

I watched this movie and had one question: why was it written like this?

Of all the ways I thought this movie could go, I have to give the writer and director some respect—this was not the path I expected. So, Michael Myers can somehow detect another soul (Corey) with a similar taste for murder. It just so happens that this person is in a relationship with Laurie’s granddaughter. Wow. What a strange coincidence, the kind that only happens in Hollywood. Myers and Corey team up for their own killing spree, and the whole movie ends up making no sense.

The plot feels like it’s just looking for excuses to stab people, recycling the same tired gimmicks that don’t mean anything anymore in this beaten-up franchise. High school seniors who are jerks? Yep, they have to be stabbed. A man chasing a girl who’s not interested in him? Stabbed. And of course, a couple about to have a sexy night? What’s a slasher movie without punishing them for that? How dare they, with bad guys lurking about—they get stabbed too. This stereotypical nonsense, meant to mark the end of the franchise (for now), completely ruined it. Honestly, I hope I never have to care about this franchise getting revived in my lifetime.

I’ve been watching this series for as long as I can remember. I’ve seen some of the movies and skipped others, but the bottom line has always been that Michael Myers survives.

Spoiler Alert

In this movie, they supposedly wanted to bring the franchise to a close, but it seems they couldn’t figure out how to do that without piling on unnecessary new stories. Instead of giving us some deep detective work or an engaging mystery, they resorted to the same old clichés. Four years after the events of Halloween Kills (2021), everyone is still acting like Michael Myers is some boogeyman.

Why couldn’t we have gotten a deeper, more mysterious plot, with Myers committing kills on the side while the hunt for him continues? Nope, the writers said. Instead, Myers has been living in some underground hideout by himself for four years, waiting for the right time to reappear.

Then Corey stumbles into Myers’ path by accident. They lock eyes, and suddenly a "bond" is formed. The movie’s big climax? Both bad guys (Myers and Corey) get killed. Sure, that was a pleasing result—mainly because this movie was such a waste of time—but it didn’t redeem all the hours I’ve invested in this franchise. Out of this revived trilogy, only the first film (Halloween (2018)) made any sense. These last two? A complete waste of time.

They barely used Myers in this movie, which was disappointing. Instead, they wasted most of the runtime focusing on this new kid, Corey, who ended up being useless anyway. If Myers could supposedly see into Corey’s soul, why choose him as his protégé in the first place?