By Connor Gray, Senior Reporter
What would Halloween be without talking about a horror movie, especially about the icon himself, Michael Myers?
The final movie in the newest “Halloween” trilogy is “Halloween Ends.”
The film starts out a year after “Halloween Kills.”
It focuses on a new character, Corey Cunningham, who babysits a kid named Jeremy. At first, they seem to like each other in front of Jeremy’s parents.
However, as soon as the parents leave for a party, Jeremy is antagonistic towards Corey and pulls a sadistic prank on him that gets him locked in the attic on the third floor.
While Corey is trying to get the door open, Jeremy keeps taunting him from behind the door.
Unfortunately, after Corey kicks the door open, Jeremy flies over the railing and dies after hitting the ground.
The parents come in horrified, and Corey is arrested.
It then cuts to a well-put-together intro with a fantastic score by the original creator of the Halloween franchise, John Carpenter.
The movie then cuts to three years later and we find out Michael Myers hasn’t been seen since 2018.
Laurie Stroud is writing a book about Myers and hopes her story can help others move on from their boogeyman.
It seems she has been able to move on over the course of the film, but she encounters reminders in Haddonfield, Illinois, of what happened four years ago.
She slowly starts to go back to how she was, especially when Corey starts hanging around her granddaughter, Allyson.
Corey’s role in the film is the town of Haddonfield turning him into another killer like Michael.
Michael overall takes a back seat to what is going on with Corey.
Accidentally killing Jeremy ruined his life, as people already judged him as a killer even though the police ruled it a freak accident because Corey had no intention of killing him.
Corey is bullied and belittled by the town even though I wished they showed a little more.
Allyson meets Corey after he cuts his hand by crushing a bottle of milk. She shows an interest in him at the hospital where she works and they eventually fall in love.
Unfortunately, Corey slowly looses it and becomes a killer, taking Michael’s mask and pretends to be him
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But don’t worry. Michael has great moments in the film, especially in the final encounter with Laurie.
I found this to be the best part of the film.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The films is well-shot, the music is fantastic, the acting is on-point, and the kills are top-notch, but its story is overall weak.
It’s a fun slasher film, and this trilogy was going to be hard to end.
In regards to Corey, I personally enjoyed most of it, but part of me is not sure how I truly feel about the whole set up. I get the idea of what the film was trying to go for, but it just didn’t sit right with me.
“Halloween Ends,” in my opinion, is a good slasher film, but an OK Halloween movie. Its story holds it back despite everything else being good. It’s the worst in the trilogy despite still being a good movie.
The “Halloween” franchise as it stands is over for now, as the only reasonable outcomes would continue without Michael or reboot the franchise over again.