David Gordon Green's Halloween reboot trilogy started strong in 2018 with Halloween, a direct sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic of the same name, but ended weak with Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, and some creative theories about terror titan Michael Myers could have improved its legacy. As a continuation of the sordid saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode, the Halloween reboot trilogy chose to ignore the numerous sequels that began in the '80s (and Rob Zombie's 2007 Halloween remake), intent on making the franchise high-concept and cohesive. Unfortunately, it also shoehorned in a Christine storyline, a new villain, and tampered with the Laurie and Michael sibling connection.
Halloween focuses on Laurie's trauma in the forty years since Michael Myers' massacre on Halloween night, while Halloween Kills acts as a progression of their confrontation after his escape from a maximum security institution. Halloween Ends and its Michael Myers beatdown serves as a final curtain call for The Shape and the entire Halloween franchise, leaving very little room for more films. Michael Myers has always been a blank canvas when it comes to a director's artistic license, and he's been part of some bizarre storylines over the years, but something more inventive or exciting could have saved the Halloween reboot trilogy from going out in so anticlimactic a fashion.
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