HALLOWEEN ENDS ... ALL THE SPOILERS
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Halloween Ends is already the MOST DIVISIVE movie in the franchise. I'm calling it. They took some BOLD risks, and there's a LOT to discuss in the lengthy ALL THE SPOILERS discussion. Did they go too far with that ending? Let's dive in. #HalloweenEnds
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All, let me put this out there: I LOVE this movie. It has been so heavy on my mind over the last few days. It's bold, daring, and tries something so out of the norm for this franchise. I might be obsesses in time. The ending is my biggest gripe (hence the thumbnail question). Let me know what you guys thought. Are you coming around to it on 2nd viewings? Halloween Ends baby.
I saw it last night I was bummed how michael myers was killed
I can understand why some people have a hard time accepting this movie. You REALLY gotta have an open mind going into this. I liked it. I just wish they stuck with it. I honestly thought when Michael went into the shredder, it would cut back to Corey and he would sit straight up, and credits
usually i would say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. but i disagree with u on this. this movie was trash.
@@MrMegatron85 I wish this was the second movie and we see that the mask has disappeared with Corey’s body and this movie killed off Michael and Laurie together, and then the third movie is basically similar to Kills but the lead Final girl is Allyson (new Laurie) and the killer is Corey (new Michael) and that’s where you bring in the legacy characters and Haddonfield going nuts - and you also make the flashback even longer and have Loomis be the star of it and you make parallels between Loomis capturing Michael in 1978 and Allyson taking down Corey in 2022.
I agree with you so much on this movie!! I didn't want Myers to die either. BTW you are my favorite when it comes to your reviews on horror movies!! While I have not seen as many as you have I am so happy that we agree on the Halloween franchise!! Keep doing what you do!!
Did you notice when Corey jumped from the radio tower, he landed on his back, and he sat up just like Michael
Yes I did! Really cool.
We also got the classic head tilt after he pinned the nurse to the wall.
@@davidthorson2036 that wasn’t Corey who killed the nurse
That's was not Corey, that was body no. 2 for Myers
@@fiend2society I know, I just meant as another reference to a vintage Michael Myers move.
You summed it up. As fans our hearts break seeing a childhood horror icon finally die. We have seen him burned, shot, beheaded all of the above and he kept coming back. Seeing a teenager rip his mask from his face and walk away to me was my moment where I was like. Thats not the Michael Myers I know. Although I do see what they were trying to accomplish and it was refreshing in a way. I just wish he went out with a bigger BANG is all.
I enjoyed the movie. My only complaint would be maybe they could have introduced Corey earlier in the DGG films so we had more of a connection with him. He felt rushed.
Corey should have been her boyfriend from the jump in the 2018 film leading to the MM influence in "Ends" or have Allison become the new MM like halloween 4 and have her kill Laurie after Laurie kills MM.
Exactly!
Yes!! Should have introduced him in Kills instead of overplaying the town mob story. This could have reduced the time jump for Ends as well
The biggest issue surrounding this movie were way too many cooks in the kitchen. The worst of it all was the ending, because it literally buried the previous hour and 30 minutes of the movie, and the attempt of a new direction. I personally feel if it ended with Myers getting killed, Laurie getting killed, Corey disappearing like Myers did in the original, and Allyson being the sole survivor then it would've been fine. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) single-handedly getting the best of Myers was a spit in the face in my opinion even though it was satisfying to some people. It's just been done before. I don't have an issue with going into a different direction, but execution was poorly done.
This is the vibes I saw for the end and was surprised it didn’t happen
I couldn’t put my finger on it but you summed it up perfectly. I hate how decrepit they made Myers look in this movie and Laurie of all people gets to overpower him? I like your idea of Cory disappearing in the night so we can start a new anthology series.
Yes exactly! I wish they also introduced Corey in the earlier films because his whole back story was rushed.
If you want to see Michael kill Laurie rewatch the beginning of Resurrection. Both stories have been done before, one killing the other. So I don't understand why everyone's whining. She decapitated him in H20 and he burned to death in Halloween 2 thanks to Loomis. It's not like this is the first time he's died.
Agree, Corey should have survived and disappeared.
Personally, Ends is my favorite of this trilogy. I really enjoyed it the most despite its flaws. It also seemed the most serious or least cheesy/awkward in terms of dialogue and acting to me. I'm glad I saw it in IMAX with great speakers!
It was interesting how Laurie and Michael were kind of like surrogate parents to Cory except one was trying to lead him to the light while one influenced him to embrace his darkness. I also really appreciated the clips from Hard Target they used.
That’s an interesting take David, and uniquely correct.
Daddy Myers and Mommy Laurie 🥰
Yep I agree
I never thought about it that way. Interesting
Great concept on the Laurie MM parentage side of things, one thing i didnt consider but great suggestion.
This movie did give me Friday the 13th Part 5 vibes. A lot of people are going to be disappointed if they think this movie is going to be anything like Halloween Kills.
I made that same comparison
Way better than Friday part 5, which did not even have jason any way
Except Friday The 13th 5 wasn't boring. You didn't know up front that it wasn't Jason if you didn't notice the blue mask. The kills were better. It had great tits. Halloween Ends was just horrible! Boring as hell!
@@joshuaburris6805 Jason 5 is better than this in my opinion
same
I'm always going to be curious about what the original plan was before they rewrote the script, when they were going to pick up again on the same night as the other two
Myers was going to be unstoppable and kill Laurie. The biggest change they made to ends was making him a beaten up old man as a reaction to fans thinking he was too supernatural in kills, which apparently totally surprised the writers that people felt that way.
Going by the extended non canon ending of Kills where laurie leaves the hospital after talking to michael over the phone, probably.
@@willdallas53 yes, totally surprised me too, because Michael is supernatural, so this elseworld version of ENDS is interesting, but is incapable of reaching the satisfaction of the fans of the franchise. On the other hand I bet the nex Halloween movies will be leaning more in the supernatural Michael Myers.
Why did they rewrite the script?
My theory is because they kept making a point to show how Corey’s hand was healing faster than it should have, and Michael did that weird thing looking into coreys eyes, that he transferred his being into Corey and Corey isn’t actually dead…he is now supernatural and Michael’s body was just too old and he had to pass his spirit to a younger soul. So they could make a new franchise following Corey as the boogeyman and Allison as the main character.
That is an interesting theory Ashley!
I would just hope they wouldn’t bring in a new main character and make us feel for him and then kill him off and there be no other reasoning for it. So fingers crossed! I wouldn’t mind a continuation actually!
Ashley I noticed that as well. I think had they played on that more? Thr movie would've been better. Making Corey get stronger and darker with every killl
I'm thinking if they don't reboot Halloween & bring Michael back, Corey will be possessed by Michael & continue to kill.
No. They implied he was supernaturally healing at the drs house but later they showed that it was actually getting worse when Allison commented on how it was getting infected. He may have been getting more immune to pain but he wasn’t healing.
That intro was INSANE. I loved the 80’s carpenter vibes / Christine / the fog/ etc + David’s indie drama approach +
The callbacks to 78 were a lot less forced (the camera angles!) & nostalgia porn in this one compared to others
The whole score was the best part of the movie I thought.
@@Dw-rb5yl I really love each entry in this new series, however I am 100% sure they wouldn't work so well without the Carpenters' score.
The score elevetes all 3 big, biiiiig time!
I'm disappointed in Halloween Ends, but grateful and happy to see Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode one last time. I loved Nick Castle's cameo. I enjoyed Michael and Laurie's final moments, but did not enjoy the rest. I hate that after 44 years, they changed Michael's M.O., though I understand what they were going for. I appreciated that they wanted to take risks, but it just wasn't for me. It didn't feel like a Halloween movie to me. I was left wanting more. I also wanted to see Michael a lot more in the film.
Seeing him for 5 minutes wasn't enough? lol
@@vapor-cake hahaha!
where was nick castles cameo?
@@thealienbros5431 He was the "flasher" at the Halloween party.
The writer and director did more killing in this movie than Michael did
The one thing that keeps bugging me about this movie is a line Corey says when he wrestles MIchael's mask away and crawls out of the sewer. He says: "You're just a man in a Halloween mask, what are you gonna do now?"
That intrigues me.
The Mask is the power and the boy learnt that the hard way
He kills him! That's what he did and used him as a pawn this movie is so psychological
What I got from that was Corey simply underestimated Michael because he was weak and Corey felt Michael wasn’t worthy of the mask which is why he said what he said.
Also, fun fact: Doug Melanie, the older cop that Allyson used to date (Ironically was around her dad's age) WAS one of the kids that bullied Lonie from Halloween Kills in the flashback. The flashback he said,"Don't fuck with the Melanie's". Just as he was entering the sewer chasing after Corey, he said that same line,"Don't fuck with the Melanie's". I found that interesting, not very many people would of caught that.
Drumdums, thanks so much for putting your unique viewpoint out there! I’m having a hard time deciding how I feel about this one but I appreciate all the points you make!
Thanks for hearing me out Conner.
I liked Ends a lot, BUT I really wish that Corey's plot had a through-line in all 3 movies. Like the yin to the yang of Lauries story.
There is no excuse for all 3 of these movies being written separately and all of them being mostly self contained. A huge missed opportunity.
@@CarloisBuriedAlive seriously, write a great story and split it into 3 chapters not write as you go along
As much as I agree, this wasn’t planned all along, covid delays, had more influence on the new script than what was originally planned. It was all supposed to take place on one night, setting up another Laurie vs Michael plot. That would be kind of redundant, and wouldn’t make sense considering Laurie’s injuries from kills, probably would’ve kept her vulnerable.
@@sweetchristmas92 thinking they could maintain strong characters by making them all experience the same night in borderline real time was a flawed idea to begin with, so it’s still their fault lol
@@CarloisBuriedAlive I agree, I wouldn’t say brutal, just a more veteran Batman in the shadows, who can beat street criminals with ease. He’d be fully committed, and probably even more focused, but very much in the shadows
Upon rewatch, I think I know why Michael is so weak in Ends.
In Halloween Kills, after Karen removes his mask, that’s when he suddenly gets his ass kicked.
He puts it back on and kills them, but with severe wounds, going into hiding for some reason.
In Halloween Ends, Michael takes his mask back from Corey, only to get his ass kicked again.
My theory, is that Michael gets stronger with each kill when he’s wearing the mask,
But the moment it comes off, he resets, and is back to a being a regular man, until he kills again, to “transcend”.
This would explain why Michael reacts so strongly when his mask is taken off, and why he targets those people more brutally, with Karen, Corey, and Laurie.
Hence why he’s killed so easily by Laurie and Allyson.
Michael was essentially running on empty,
And he needs to kill Laurie in order to fully come back to his full self.
I love this film!!! It's so refreshing to see a director do something bold and daring instead of just making the same movie over and over again. This film is amazing! I was in awe in the theater!
I always catch up with your channel around Halloween times, and I always check out your Halloween reviews. In 2018 I posted to your Halloween review that I hated it- you responded perplexed. I posted last year that I hated kills- you responded perplexed. I’m posting here and now that I LOVED Halloween Ends. Best installment of the trilogy. Absolutely loved it.
One of the first horror UA-camrs to have said they liked it, and I’m so glad. I tried hard to wait until theaters and I started seeing stuff online so I couldn’t wait. I turned off the tv and was SHOCKED by how much I loved it. I’m also a Season of the Witch fan. So 🤷♀️ I think Halloween fans are hard to please unless you are actually carpenter. I loved the new take and like Micheal almost passing the torch. Just really wished the didn’t kill Cory. But did they REALLLLLLYYYY??? kill Cory?🥴 I mean how many times have we witnessed Micheal die? Just some food for thought 🥰
I swear sometimes I think my brain is just wired differently than others when it comes to this franchise.
Remember Laurie in the closet in the first movie, trembling with fear, grabbing a hanger, frantically, screaming and crying, and you could feel her fear? Remember in the second one, how she was dragging herself down the hospital hallway, terrified, as he stalked her? Remember little Jamie in 4, who was a small child and saw him stalking her, not saying a word, and screaming with her? This movie has none of that. It seemed to have potential, but then it was gone. It wasn’t suspenseful or scary at all, and Myers is supposed to be almost supernatural in strength, can hold someone up by their neck with his hand, but he was overpowered by an elderly woman.
I agree, if it wasn’t a Halloween movie, it would have worked much better.
I like how the title for Halloween Ends is a callback towards Halloween III.
It's like they knew that Halloween Ends was going to be the modern day version of Halloween III, in terms of how divisive it is towards the series.
Waited until watching Ends a second time before this video so I could be more comfortable with my viewpoints. And again, I largely agree with your assessments. I do like the implications that Michael has been snatching people, and that we can make that connection with a billboard showing a missing person that's right next to the overpass and sewer where he dwells. This does make him like a fabled troll beneath the bridge takes the unsuspecting.
While it is easy to view this film as the closest to an anthology entry since Season of the Witch, Michael's influence on the town's mentality and thus his curse, as proclaimed by Laurie in Kills, is a natural follow-through in my opinion. Having Corey as a scapegoat makes him another casualty of Myers and even the mob mentality that was tearing the town apart, which is a fine connection for this kind of story.
As for that finale, imagine if either Michael or Corey had lived and opened the possibility of more movies; and all the frustrated groans from people calling this title a lie. "Yet another ending that's not an ending because money," and all that. Of course, that discourse is still being made to anticipate any future films, reboots, etc.
I am glad both die in the manners presented, with Corey having succumbed to evil but still dying at true evil's hands; the ultimate consequence for his actions. And with Michael, I was happy to see him ground up because not only did that mean that this ending was a true one with no cheap workaround, but it kept in line with the Christine parallels right to the end, with Corey dying from Michael and his own rage the same way Arnie did in/with Christine.
Perhaps the fight between Laurie and Michael could've been longer and more brutal, but both drew a nice amount of blood from one another. I even thought it nice they caressed each other's fingers as she bled his wrist, a small gesture that said more than any dialogue between them could. I would've been fine with both of them dying, but this way was good enough. Interesting that he still chose to bide his time when he learned where she lived.
If I have any gripes, it would be that some of the acting from side characters can be grating, and that it could have utilized more suspense. There are a couple of leaps in logic (like throwing away a bloody knife and hoping nobody notices) that might be hard to ignore. Perhaps more Michael would've been nice, but I appreciate that they saved him up.
I ultimately still like this more than Kills but not as much as 2018, which still holds up damn well for me.
Great review! I really enjoyed your thoughts on this one. This movie is the Halloween 5 I always wanted. We have seen that transfer of the "evil" between Myers and others before (Jaime and Danny) but the franchise never had the guts to see it through with another killer. It also fits with the idea of the mask itself having power as they did in Halloween 3. I know I'm in the minority and not the typical Halloween fan (I love Rob Zombie's Halloween II) but I thought this was fantastic!
Yes Gory yes!!!!
garbage
Right!! Seems a lot of people are slowly coming around to see it this way.
Myers and Strode fighting and then falling off of Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland together would have been perfection, Watson! Absolute perfection I say!
Couldnt help comparing Corey Cunningham to Arnie Cunningham from the movie Christine.
I enjoyed it.
Happy Halloween everyone 🎃
H3 was coming off what was supposed to be an end to Michael Myers. He died in Halloween 2 and this gave way to finally starting an anthology series which was originally intended for the Halloween series.
Halloween ends is coming off a movie where Michael is still alive and for this to be the end movie, it's just a terrible way to do it.
Just finished it and honestly I really liked it. I liked Corey’s story and if you notice he mostly killed only people related to his story. I don’t mind myers wasn’t super front in center but I agree I wish l myers wasn’t super over killed to where he couldn’t just come back.
I am a big Lori fan so I am glad she didn’t die after all this time lol but would totally like to see a ending where she dies. If they didn’t kill Corey too I would’ve liked two versions of myers maybe even in different states.
Drumdums, great video as always.
The trailers lied and that what soured me. It’s like if they made a Ninja Turtles movie, made a Huge deal about Turtles Vs Shredder, and then the movie was actually about April O’Neil.
Oh shit, that actually happened.
Did you notice when Michael went after the nurse he was practically jogging as he was running her into the wall? I had to rewatch it again because I thought I was imagining it.
He also ran in H:Kills when he attacked Hawkins partner at the window
19:10 another thing they failed to execute. Laurie or Allyson never knew about him seeing Michael. Laurie never wonders "hmmm how'd you get that mask" or "how are you ending up like him"
Good point!
They left out a lot from the trailers! Even when Corey says “what are you going to do when Michael comes for you because He is coming” smh missed chance. And Karen wasn’t even addressed or Tommy smh and Lindsey was a wasted character
@@CoolBoysVirgoWorld definitely! Or no "he's dangerous this time" they probably cut that out damn well knowing he's not more dangerous this time lol
I think if they rearranged the order of the story it may have hit harder. 1st movie about Michael escaping and heading to Haddonfield. 2nd movie about Haddonfield revved up to kill Myers, but that's when Corey storyline would come in and town would kill the wrong person but think they killed the real Michael Myers. Then 3rd movie is Haddonfield ignoring Laurie when she says Michael isn't dead. Ends with Laurie trapping Michael in her trap house and burning him to death - maybe she had to be downstairs in trap to capture Michael and she sacrificed herself to finally kill Michael. Anyway, until the next instalment, Stay safe!
I was honestly on board with Corey taking the mantle. It's a shame his story was cut so short. Kinda seemed redundant when the movie ended.
Ha! Loved the little Over The Top reference! 😁😁😁😁😁😁
I thought this was actually a great breath of fresh air in general, if you listen carefully when the credits roll before fear the reaper starts playing there’s Corey’s breathing so don’t think he’s really dead; this was a great mashup of a lot of classics like Scream, Christine, Friday 13 Part 5 etc; it’s kinda crazy almost like Joker “you’re just one bad day away from being me.” So has this evil infected Allyson also let alone anyone else that’s had traumatic experiences to push them to desire accepting in the Evil for their own revenge stories like Corey’s; To me, it’s showing anyone could be a vessel for MM’s Shape of Evil like that movie Fallen etc.
There was a line that Laurie said at the end...The truth is Evil Doesn't die...it changes shape. I thought it would have been awesome if after she said that, we see Corey Cunningham's body in a hospital morgue, getting ready to be tagged and put in cold storage, and his eyes open...The saga of Micheal Myers has ended, but the story of Corey Cunningham has just begun.
Corey wrestles Michael Myers, shoves him down, and takes his mask. Imagine if I told you that before the movie. He just came across as weak and soft to me. We saw him vulnerable way too many times for my liking in Ends. Also feel like the movie centered around Corey which we all knew going in. But this was essentially his movie, and I just dont feel like there was a payoff for me. He just dies abruptly and then they move onto Myers vs Laurie.
He wrestled the boogeyman to the ground? 😂 I’m glad I haven’t seen it 😂
@@danielbaugher826 Lmfao Daniel, I wish I was kidding. Not only wrestles, but gets the upper hand and takes his mask.
It’s even more dumb because a scene before he lifted a full grown woman with one arm!
Well said 👍 I love Season of the Witch and different stories. Everyone saying it’s great they took chances and did something different? Okay yeah for a stand-alone movie NOT for the Finale in a trilogy and in the Michael and Laurie arch. Hello that is just bad storytelling and writing. Set up all of this lord and just throw it away for the conclusion.
@@danielbaugher826 You don't want to either
My favorite part is when the homeless man says “I’m Michael myers” and then he pulls out that tiny knife😂🔪.
The similarities between Christine and ENDS are so on point!
1. In the beginning both arnie and Cory Cunningham were picked on and eventually their glasses were stepped on
2. They found something old and evil that needed fixed up and became crazy about it.
BEST ONE👇🏻
3. When they both started/helped killing THEY BOTH SAID SHOW ME.. so crazy
4. They both killed their bullies in awesome ways
5. They both hated their mother
6. When they would see each other they were alone in their certain places. Most of the time anyways
7. Christine and Michael were on top of both Cunninghams when they die by a sharp object
8. Both were disposed of in a junk yard in a machine that compacted/tore them apart.
Now that I’ve connected the dots I gotta say, now I love the movie because Christine is one of my favorite movies of all time! I can’t be mad at it anymore because I am accepting the fact that it’s not a Michael Myers movie, it’s just a Halloween movie.. I also love and appreciate Halloween 3
Both movies have a Cunningham with a evil driving force that changes/kills them!
Look at it as it’s own movie and not a Michael myers movie and you may appreciate it more! That is all
You just blew my mind
@@DrumdumsOfficial 😇
OMG!!! if I didn't have the [CC] on, I would've sworn that you were saying... "Coke Classic" but you weren't...sorry, I just had to throw that out there...lol
One way to look at the ending and perhaps appreciate it more - Kills was the true ending, and looking at it that way, he ultimately won. This film was more of an epilogue that then shows a Michael already dying, and Laurie happens to be the one to help that process along. I'm kinda glad it ended this way since her victory in H20 was immediately invalidated by Resurrection, so this needed to happen to make me feel more okay with that. Did think the ending could have played out a bit better, but overall I really enjoyed the movie. Glad you did too!
H20 was the best movie that should have ended
I completely agree.
@@Smoothoperator89 h20 is terrible Michael Myers looks a kids doll 😂 and it doesn't even feel like a Halloween movie
@@Mr8ofspades idk what yu watched! It was scarier than This one
@@Smoothoperator89 I know what I watched, I know this movie did a complete 180 and its my least favourite of the new trilogy, but it still feels more of a Halloween movie than h20 even Corey's Myers is better than h20 Myers😂
my problem were the last movie set up that there was something about looking into a mirror or window's reflection "not looking out, but looking within". It made sense for Myers to be static looking out his window, impatiently waiting in the hospital.. but just standing still in his mask and boiler suit in the sewer?????
I loved the story. “Christine” is one of my favorite horror films, so I enjoyed that aspect of it. The character development was very well done, here, and the dialogue didn’t feel cheesy or contrived. The ending just didn’t work for me. That said, I can appreciate where they went with it. I feel like it was written based on our casual conversations of what we would do to make sure Michael Myers never came back. Then, when we see it, we’re like: “Nope.”
First, Lee has made this trilogy an even greater viewing experience over the past 4+ years with his uploads. I enjoyed Halloween Ends, Im not sure what people expected. This was the end of the David Gordon Geen Halloween universe, the final chapter. The movie is titled Halloween "Ends". Just calm down everyone, hug your loved ones, go watch a sunset and remember that this is just a piece of fiction and I promise that your life will not change.
David Gordon green should never be given another trilogy again . He did great with 2018 but it’s clear he had no idea what to do after that .
I chock up Michael taking out the mob at the end of Halloween Kills to him experiencing one last burst of adrenaline before his momentum dissipated, and his battle injuries began taking their toll on him. Add to it that he has not received proper treatment for his battle injuries, and his subterranean environment is not doing him any favors.
Just saw the movie and I’m torn.
So far, it’s the worst of the trilogy.
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I liked most of the things in this movie. I really liked how they gave the characters that much attention, just to develop. I think Corey is a pretty good character. He's quite tragic. He's involved in an accident, that only he knows, was an accident. Everyone else thinks he's a monster and treats him as such, which turns him exactly into the monster they believed him to be all along. I was hoping that he would be able to come back from the darkness, but it was not to be and it's ok that way.
But by giving some aspects of this movie so much attention, one other important part suffers from it. Michael himself. My biggest problem with this movie is that Michael is barely in it. Barely any screen time, barely any kills and barely any cool scenes. I don't mind at all, that they turned Corey into the main killer in this, but Michael got sidelined a bit too much for my liking. Yes, you can argue that Kills was Michael's movie and it definately was, but having Michael barely present in the finale of the trilogy is a bit weird. Especially if you have such a great and fan-beloved actor like James Jude Courtney for the shape. If you have him, use him.
The idea for this movie would have worked better either as the second movie of the trilogy, which means that Michael can come back in full force and presence in the third movie or have him have a great comeback in the third act of the third movie, if you keep this story in the third movie. Doing the latter however would either mean a long movie or cutting down character stuff, neither of which is preferable.
Also I think Haddonfield itself was neglected in this movie. Michael went on a full out killing spree in the two last ones, but we barely get to see how it affected the people of the town. Yes, we get to see a survivor and some mentions, but it's not enough in my opinion. The previous movies showed the ordinary people doing their stuff and it was great to see the character of the town. This movie has his focus on the main characters and thus this movie feels a bit different from the first two, because you can't get a feeling of the town itself, which feels odd. The trick or treating scene in this movie is like five seconds of kids running in the street to remind audiences, that it is in fact Halloween, but other than that, you don't get to see Halloween itself, aside the decorations.
The cops also seem to be strangely absent from this movie. One cop literally goes missing and two hospital workers get killed, but we never learn, what the police is doing about it. Are they assuming Michael is back, do they think this is something else, are the people getting worried again? I think it would have made the third act more impactful, if Michael murdered some people on his way to Laurie's house, so that everyone panics again, because he returned. If that happens, Laurie fighting and beating him has way more impact, because she stops an active threat, instead of the two of them fighting without anyone even being aware, that this is going on and then just randomly showing up at the procession at the end.
Now, this was a rather long text, but as I said in the beginning, I mostly liked the movie. I'm not sure if it is one that I'll rewatch that often, because I do want my dose of Michael in a Halloween movie (except Season of the Witch of course) and that is just not given here. But other than that it's good with good characters and obviously good soundtrack by the Carpenter/Davies trio.
Lovely positive review dude
So the movie we saw was Laurie writing about how she imagined her life going, but shes writing from an institution. Nothing after kills happened like she said
Halloween Ends, written and directed by David Lynch. Now it’s dark.
Halloween ends can suck me off, lmfao TERRIFIER 2 is hands down the best thing in horror right now. I feel so damn bad for anyone else releasing a movie in the genre after watching this juggernaut of the most relentless movie in horror. Art the clown is king, Micheal Myers WHO????
I’ll have to say when I watched last night I didn’t care for it. But I was expecting another typical Halloween movie. We already had tickets today for the theatre so I watched again with different eyes and loved it!! With the exception of a few things.
You should put a light coating of fake snow on that TV in the back. It will cut out the glare and if it's light enough, it wont be noticable.
I’m not sure if anybody else was thinking this, but during the scene in which Laurie was contemplating suicide, I thought they were going to go a different direction than it being a luring trick. I thought it would be interesting if she is actually about to take her own life. But, just before she pulls the trigger, Michael, not Corey, walks through the door and Laurie is sort of distracted by that and changes her mind. How ironic it would have been if Michael would have unintentionally kept Laurie from doing what he’s been unable to achieve for many years, which is end her life.
How could you have possibly believed she was going to do that when there’s an entire trailer of her & Michael fighting that hasn’t happened till that point in the movie ?
@@MR.__G tbf he probably avoided the trailer
@@terryprice1691 only explanation then
Halloween Ends finally tackles a topic I've wanted to see since the ending of Halloween 4 and the final shot of Halloween (2018), which is the evil of Michael Myers as force that can be passed on to another being/rub off from prolonged exposure to Michael Myers. Be it his doctor, a victim of crime/circumstance, or a town. Seeds for the story and themes of Halloween Ends were fully baked into Halloween (2018) and only partially followed up on in Halloween Kills in a really poor way; Evil Dies Tonight! The continued arcs for Allyson and Laurie in Halloween Ends would play a lot cleaner if you remove most of Kills, transplanting Karen's death to the end of 2018 (sacrifice "killing" Michael in the basement), some more scenes showing dead Haddonfield citizens (including Cameron) before Michael is hit by Frank, and have the fire trucks drive by at the end, leaving wether Michael is actually dead ambigues, still ending on the original final shot. This will be my head canon from now on, and I will lovingly enjoy Halloween, Halloween (2018), and Halloween Ends as a trilogy.
JLC said people were not going to be happy with the movie. I think if you are a Michael fan, you probably aren't going to like this movie. It's a pretty good movie but the Corey story should have started in the first movie and ended in the 3rd so we are invested in him. Making Halloween Ends a Corey Cunningham movie with a special guest appearance by Michael was not the way to go. I still thought it was an interesting movie and I look forward to revisiting it on 4k.
You are one of the only youtubers who seems to have appreciated what they were going for. I loved it too, seems a lot people want exactly the same film over and over again.
I loved it too.
I think you're such a good guy.
I really respect how you validate those that are disappointed.
I wanted to watch a Halloween movie that explored evil...like the best Halloween movies do. This whole trilogy has really been doing that, it's up for debate how well they've done it. This movie definitely did it the best out of the trilogy, though and I loved it.
You missed the infection was passed on to a new "boogyman." He was drained. Then he got revived by using Corey's energy. So many people that.
This Movie was complete Trash. Worst in the Franchise!
THE NEXT MOVIE SHOULD NOT SHY AWAY FROM
THE SUPERNATURAL
I actually liked this movie and the message that is was sending. That evil will spread to even the best people. Like a virus or infection. Also I liked how they where doing a story where Michael's evil would move to Corey making him a pseudo Myers.
Yes. I realized this even more on the second watch.
Or was Corey always evil his encounter with Myers just made him embrace it as we don't know what went on during his childhood with his abusive mother
I like that they seemed to hint that the evil torch might be passed on then Myers is like “Psych! Still my trilogy, bitch.” 😂
I wish that if they were going to kill Michael that Corey could have survived and picked up the mask. Setting up a new Michael and a new final girl in Allison.
Nah bro
I liked this film. I like that they took some risks and did things different. Not just a generic slasher with unstoppable killer. Although the final showdown wasn't satyshfying but I cheer filmmakers for killing Michael Myers for good. And as Laurie said, evil takes shapes. That opens possibilities for sequels with copycat killers. And Myers fans don't worry, they will rebooted it again eventually.
For a good moment there I thought the movie would end with Laurie stabbing Myers over and over again and the evil of him would go into her and the film would end with her as the Shape. After all, when Myers was weak and in the sewers the evil went into Corey, and when Corey was bleeding out on the floor from stabs and gun shots the evil seemed to go back into Myers and then he killed Corey. The evil itself, the Shape, just seemed to go into whatever body worked best, so the logical ending of that is it enters Laurie. Now that would have been a bonkers ending.
No. Jason Goes to Hell didnt work. Michael is Evil pure and simple. He is not some demon spreading his evil around like some Halloween STD.
You have to remember Myers is an old dude and took a massive beating in the previous movie and maybe hobbled into his little tunnel with no medical attention so no wonder he's underpowered from what he once was.
Never been big on having crushes on celebs...but Andi Matichak 😍
Overall, I really enjoyed Halloween Ends. As soon as I saw the title card, I immediately thought of Season of the Witch 💙
She’s so hot I was staring at her the whole time
Hello Lee 😁. I'm watching the movie now for the 2nd time. I think that Laurie's memoirs at the beginning letting us know she was the victor? Or was it just that a memoir?
Did anyone else get hair-raising chills when Michael grabs Laurie by the neck on the kitchen table and all the flashbacks from the original pop on the screen? That part was so epic! I think it's one of my favorite parts of the entire franchise.
Yes!
All the setup stories from the previous films were just dropped in favor of the Corey movie. "The more he kills, the more he transcends", Michael's mysterious connections to the Myers house and especially Judith's room. All squandered in favor of making Michael a homeless bum living in a sewer and now lets introduce a new main character. WTF?!?
I loved Corey more than I did Myers in this movie. I was geeking out in that junkyard scene it was absolutely amazing
Yes that junkyard scene was so damn boss!
The blow torch to the mouth epic!
Lee you know this movie stunk, they did such a disservice to Michael having Corey being able to overpower him and take his mask, and then Laurie being able to overpower him in like five minutes at the end… thank god I saw this on Peacock because it would’ve been a waste of time in the movie theatre… we pay money to see Michael not this odd take they came up with… a total shit show!!!!
@@edwardfortier2335 I took it as the mob beating he took in Kills making him weak. He was initially able to take down the mob because of rage and adrenaline after getting beat down but after he escaped, he became weak. He needs rage to gain energy as shown in the scene where Corey brings that guy Doug to the sewer. That is also why he allows Corey to live. He wanted someone to attract and bring down victims that will basically act as battery packs of rage.
I for one loved having a movie that switched things up. Would a movie that had the cookie cutter showdown have been more satisfying? Maybe but i would have just watched that, been like cool, and maybe never watched it again. I see myself revisiting this one for years to come. Sorry to hear you didn't care for it.
Same! I am all here for Corey coming back and being the new Shape.
Lee, as an anthology, it’s fine, when Myers’s mask was ripped off in the sewer again, I was distraught, the Shape doesn’t get beat up like that. He was violated.
I thought the story for Ends was a refreshing change. I like how there was more of an emphasis on the darkness within Michael that fuels his strength. Seeing Corey being like a junkie needing more and more of his power to punish all the people in his life he feels has victimized and mistreated him after the accident.
I think people need to look at this movie as not a Laurie vs Michael movie, but more so a psychological look at someone with a lot of trauma and anger (in Corey's case, the townspeople tormenting him) and how that can transform them into something so heinous and dark. In the sense, the creation of "The Shape" itself.
Great review Drumdums as always!
Definitely agree with this take GG
I totally agree with you.
I loved how Rob Zombie's H2 showed the trauma in Lori and Annie and their loving yet troubled relationship. I wish he would've stayed there bc it was real. I hate when everyone who went thru hell, lost their friends and family, and were almost murdered return perfectly fine in the sequel. H2 showed the reality of trauma but it went too far off the rails. I wish he would have stayed with Lori and Annie and how Michael infiltrates their small world without so much supernatural delusions
I LOVED THIS ONE! And I'm not afraid to admit that I cried during the last part of the movie.
Cried because it was so painful to watch?
@@spartanp2064 Because the ending was good.
Honestly, I adore the ending to this movie and I think it's my favorite aspect about this, especially because it sells the theme of this trilogy so well which is trauma and fear and how we deal with it, how we cope with it. Laurie in H18 is haunted by Michael, we see that even if he's not there, the boogeyman has ruined her life and has a constant grip on it which leads to her preparing for the day he got out and when he did? It of course leads to the knock-out fight they have. Kills was about the trauma of a community and how events like the massacre of 78 could deeply affect people, even generations later and the kind of shadow that hangs over them but it also shows these people are afraid, the survivors in particular tell themselves that they will face the boogeyman and they will take it down but they're deep down scared and completely unprepared for what is going to happen. With all that in mind? Ends is primarily about coming to terms with it and trying to move on and through trying to move on, we see that for as evil as Michael is, for how much he is the personification of evil, he really is just one of evil's forms. Evil never stays in one shape (pun totally intended) for too long, it always is changing and evolving. The boogeyman is never the same for every person and with that in mind? It's clear to see, Michael is still at the end of the day just a man.
I think it's especially emphasized with Laurie's short fight with Michael. I've seen people complain that it's too short and doesn't compare to the fight in H18 which is true... because it's not trying to be. The fight in H18 was from when Laurie firmly believed Michael was coming after her, that she was the main target of him and as such it's played out like a hero fighting the villain, Laurie's Luke and Michael's Darth Vader. Ends comes from a different angle, this is a Laurie who has had four years to think about how Michael does not care about her, that he is just a serial killer who kills for the sake of it and has lost so much and is under the belief she's about to lose another and with that? She is done with this. She is done with the cycle of fear and letting it control her life, done with pondering over why she was left on the planet while her friends and family are dead. She is taking back control and is burying her demons, they will always be there because that's how it is to be human and the evil will certainly be present as well as the memories but at least they can breathe and heal.
It also works from a meta perspective because the Halloween franchise when you look at it as a whole has always struggled with Michael in the sense that it has always struggled to move past him. H4 presents an ending where the evil passes to Jamie... only for H5 to undo that. The H6 Producer's Cut while I have my issues with it to give it credit tried to set up the series in such a way where new stories could be told but then the reshoots happened, leading to an ending where it just brings things back to the way they've always been with the assumption that Tommy's gonna be the new Loomis now. H20 resets and tries to be classic Halloween in order to end it... but then Resurrection happened. I mean it was even in the old contracts that Michael could never be killed definitively in the movies. They set up this franchise to keep going on and on and on with basically the same set-up. Michael goes around killing people, he gets stopped, he comes back next time and does the whole shebang all over again. Michael has dominated this series only because the company was too scared to move forward without him, too worried they'd have another H3 on their hands where the box office will be a disappointment and they'll lose their cash-cow to the point where they engineered the series in such a way to where endless sequels would be made with Michael. The thing is about Halloween though was Carpenter was never for that. It was why H3 was made and why initially they planned to turn it into an anthology series, hell it's why he never wanted to do a sequel in the first place.
This trilogy to me more than anything understands this. To me these are not made for people who want to just keep watching slasher after slasher, this is not made for Halloween fans who just want to see Michael do his thing every time. This is made by people who are admirers of film and storytellers first and fans second. David Gordon Green knew he was gonna piss people off with both this and Kills, he knew these were not going in directions anybody expected or maybe even wanted... and he didn't care. He was not making it for those people, he was concerned about telling the story he wanted to tell and how to properly end this trilogy and at least for this timeline put Michael Myers to rest. This is supposed to be Blumhouse's last Halloween film and so he chose a smart and bold route. He ended the series while leaving it open for something new. Them definitively killing Michael showed that, I really don't think this ending would've been as effective if we didn't see Michael die so definitively or if Michael just became the Michael Myers we saw in Kills again here and is a murderboss. In a way, he set it up for Trancas to consider the possibility of what they could do without Michael, how they could go in new and exciting directions while still carrying the Halloween name or hell if they didn't? They could still do something different. I mean Halloween is a series that even before 2018 was selling merch like masks and figures on a regular basis. But mostly, this ending was made to provide catharsis for Laurie, for Jamie Lee Curtis, for John Carpenter and for others by putting the Shape to rest as a capper to this trilogy and personally? I am glad to have witnessed that.
You know what tiny touch I loved is when Michael grabs Laurie by the throat when she says 'do it!' the music ques and you get flashes from all the movies. I felt the emotion there.
Yes! That scene was so badass!
@@DrumdumsOfficial yes it made me think for a second oh she might die
Let's be real...this movie S U C K E D ! ! !
The one thing this trilogy really does wwll is deconstruct and point out how ruined the city is, the people and the town are trying to process their trauma.
I honestly love the ending and I actually liked the Corey character which shocked me.
The blue graphics at the beginning and the synthwave music was awesome
I liked this movie more the second time I saw it but I did notice a mindset that is happening in the world where people were blaming the victim more than the attacker. The woman blaming Laurie about Myers attacking her sister in Kills. The cop who was basically being a jerk to Allysan and Cory but your supposed to be mad at Cory for standing up to the cop like it's Cory's fault. Now we are supposed to believe that the band geeks are bullying the people around town now lol. The beginning scene with the kid was FANTASTIC!!
Lol Glad you mentioned the Band Geeks.
I love imagining Michael riding with cori on his motorcycle to the doctors house
The first movie is perfect, so if you're going to do sequels, I prefer for them to go in a weird and bold direction. It's why I really enjoy this, the producer's cut of 6, and especially Season of the Witch. Big swings that were enjoyable, even if they weren't always perfect.
I absolutely agree, I’m tired of the slasher norm. There’s already so many Halloween movies, that take the traditional route, and kills was the one chapter where Michael was fully uncaged. This was the one entry that definitely needed to go into a bold new direction. I loved the new esthetic, and weird direction they took with Corey. It’s better to take risks, and although, the writing could’ve been a little better, I’m glad David Gordon Green took a risk, and switched things up, and honestly giving this trilogy a fairly satisfying ending.
Ok, Lee, here’s my take: initially I was very frustrated with the script choices made (as many were). Now, on third viewing, am working with the film we got and not the film I wanted and I have to say: not f*cking bad. The movie really didn’t even need Michael. And the kills and music in the junkyard band kids revenge scene, AMAZING. Im really coming around here WTF!? 😂
Halloween Ends is a masterpiece.
This film alone has more depth and layers than every single Halloween movie combined. I'm still blown away by how different it is from anything else that preceeded it.. Halloween Ends is a complete deviation from the formula, but in my opinion that works greatly in it's favor! I love how incredibly story driven and character rich this film was. Genuinely can't remember any other Halloween movie having me this emotionally invested...
After 13 movies, it's looks like Halloween is finally finished. There is a sense of closure and finality in this film (even more so than H20). Every story needs a proper ending, and to me this film executed it's ending perfectly! I am 100% content with this being the last Halloween movie I will ever watch.
Halloween Ends is full of subtext and I feel like I'm gonna have to rewatch it a few times to fully grasp and appreciate how much thought and attention to detail was put into this movie. There is A LOT to unpack here.. This movie needs to be watched more than once to be fully appreciated.
A lot of people will probably dislike this film upon release simply because it's different from what they're used to. I can see this movie getting plenty of negative reviews in the coming weeks, but be seen as a classic in a few years from now.
I am looking forward to seeing it again in theaters on Sunday and owning the blu-ray once it's out!
10/10
are you trolling? a masterpiece lmao it was a good movie with ideas but a terrible Halloween movie it was embarrassing thank God this trilogy is over and maybe the next Halloween film will be by a director who knows how to make a Halloween Film
@@goldstandard842 It was different thus it was somehow good to them. It's just a major cope from these people. The movie was awful all the way through it's run time.
I think in a way this will have a legacy like Halloween 3. As a standalone film where this guy accidentally kills a kid and is branded a murderer and keeps getting bullied more and more into killing more people, all the while being befriended by Laurie Strode and growing a romantic relationship with Allison until they too discover how evil he's becoming, it could work on a certain level. But adding Corey's part exclusively in the third movie rather than planting the seeds for it in the previous two movies makes it feel completely disconnected. And much like Season of the Witch, it has the Halloween name attached to it, so people expect to see Michael Myers going on a rampage. Not just showing up for a cameo at the end because oh yeah, Laurie needs to kill him.
I love this film. Most wild and shocking movie this year for me. It gave me 80s horror sequel vibes and felt a lot like Christine. I think this film has cult classic potential down the line as well
I wonder, if you're a person who easily complains how horror movie characters never double-tap on the villain to make sure that they're dead (not a complain of people in the Scream fandom, I'm sure), would you really have a problem that Laurie and Allyson did exactly that at the end of this movie? After all, Halloween 2018 had them run away as Michael was trapped in that burning basement and he STILL got out and eventually killed Karen, it would make sense that they know better than to leave any margin for error this time.
I didn’t like Ends simply because I DID like where the Corey story was going then it seems like the writers got a call from the studio to kill his story abruptly so they could cram in the Laurie vs. Michael fight for the marketing people. Green should’ve seen Corey’s story through. I’d have had more respect for the new angle had it been committed to.
Halloween 3 meets Friday the 13th: a new beginning
Halloween Ends was absolutely and positivity thrilling and exciting as it was filled with so many twists and turns. 😱😰 It was such a nail-biting and intense thrill ride as it kept me on edge of my seat. 😱😰 It was decent. It was definitely and completely mind-blowing as it was such a epic and satisfying conclusion to end the trilogy.😍💯👍😎
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I was kinda hoping one of the townspeople would still be mad at Laurie even though Michael was dead, and they pushed her into the grinder with Michael. Would’ve played into the whole evil passing onto others too.
I actually really liked this movie. Way more than I thought I would. Probably better than the other two previous. It was interesting, good revenge kills, and nice ending. Two thumbs up.
i'd love to see reviews for staying alive ! bold daring totally different ! ! which part of haddonfield was that dr's house in? That first house was taller than the tower in high anxiety !
Corey was the best part of this movie and seeing him trot around with Michael's mask surprisingly didn't bother me cause it was so good I forgot it wasn't michael