Directed by : David Gordon Green

I have run from you. I have chased you. I have tried to contain you. I have tried to forgive you. I thought maybe you were the Boogeyman. No, you are just a man who's about to stop beathing.

Jamie Lee Curtis in a still from 'Halloween Ends'

Spoilers ahead...


The Halloween trilogy ends with a final showdown between Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Michael Myers/The Shape (James Jude Courtney). 

Story follows 4 years after the events of the last film Halloween Kills. But before that we are shown a very interesting 2019 Halloween night scene that reminds of the original Halloween (1978 one) as a young guy Corey (Rohan Campbell) is asked to babysit a boy for a family. What was supposed to be a normal night turns bloody, but its not Michael (loved the twist).. instead the little boy's prank ends up in an accident resulting in his death with the blame going on Corey. 

How I wish this was the 2nd film of trilogy and not the final one, because the plot of Corey getting labelled as new Boogeyman or next Michael Myers was a pretty good thought. Even the irritating Allyson (Andi Matichak) for being stupid to go against Laurie advice, would had worked then.

Unfortunately like many others, I watched the film anticipating some chilling scenes involving Michael, who is missing for about 30-40 mins and even after that gets very little screen-time with a very underwhelming climax. It was almost like being cheated because the trailers totally left out the Corey part, and stated as a final battle between Laurie and Michael. Some may argue that it still was, as the evil returned in form of Corey this time and Laurie had to first fight him out and then go after Michael. 

Does the movie give a proper ending to Michael Myers and what exactly was he ? No, to be honest, Laurie believing he wasn't a boogeyman but actually a man doesn't addup to the previous movies. How can he survive fire, bullets and what not! Why would he stay silent for 4 years, if the arguement that the number of kills he does makes him stronger then didn't he kill so many people in last film events? Or the logic of he's strong only till Laurie lives in fear or trauma. Or is it about mask, (this is a very odd theory but I read at some youtube comment), that the evil was passed through the mask to Corey, and he dies only once the mask was taken out by Michael, with the final shot showing the mask, it suggests that evil will be out again soon. I personally would had liked the open end, Michael Myers going missing very much like it happened in 1978 movie.

Its sad that the director didn't learn from the mistakes of 2nd film, once again there are numerous under-written characters(the radio guy, bullies of Corey, Allyson's co-staff nurse and doctor, even Corey's own mother) that are so bad that you don't care that they die at hands of either Corey or Michael. I also missed the main theme music of Michael not used enough but then he himself was hardly much in the film. 

I personally still prefer this movie over the last one, because the Corey story was very engaging for me. Rohan Campbell was able to portray very well, how a community that turns up against an innocent can lead to the rise of evil and change that person into a total monster The 2nd kind of evil that's not born by birth, which Laurie talks about in one of the scene. If they had connected it with Michael and also made Michael more involved since start, it would had up the movie level a lot. 

Horror wise, there are few jump scares that land, others don't. Gore lovers (I hate such horror) would get some good scenes specially when Corey goes on a kill spree. 

Jamie Lee Curtis was always the consistent actor, love how her character goes through firstly that incident at teen age and then living through the trauma to seek revenge and thereby losing more of her family she kept trying to save from Michael Myers. If only the rest characters in the franchise were as well written!  She would be missed along with Michael Myers. 

Overall, Halloween trilogy finishes on a very average and wrong note, it started on such a promise with the 1st film but since then the decline was unstoppable. I am still hopeful of another reboot with new actors and a much better writing because the original Halloween deserves lot better sequels than this, and there's lot of scope. 

My Rating : 5/10