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Halloween Ends is the final movie in the current Halloween trilogy, and I say ‘current’, because if this is the last we ever see of Michael Myers, I’ll bare my bottom in Dixons’ window.
Early on – the film beginning on October 31st 2019, student Corey (Rohan Campbell) is babysitting a young lad called Jeremy, whilst making some food, and leaving the knife out after investigating a disturbance… so you can expect part of what’s going to come next. However, to say the evening goes wrong is a massive understatement, and his services are no longer required.
Four years on (well, the film doesn’t state it’s four years, but based on what I’ve read about this finale), we see Corey again, now the pariah of the community, but finding solace in Laurie’s granddaughter, Allyson (Andi Matichak). Will it be a happy relationship? Erm…
The two live together, given that this is the only family Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) has left, and our heroine is writing a book about her experiences with brother Michael, but clearly not ALL of them, given the films they’ve ignored, since while Halloween Ends contains flashbacks to the original film and this trilogy, the 2018 movie continues on from the 1978 one, and ignores any other films inbetween.
If this finale has a plus, it’s that I didn’t expect how Michael would come into this story, nor how things panned out for one aspect of his journey in this entry, so at least there was that. Meanwhile, Rohan Campbell looks older than his 25 years, and a bit like Andrew Robinson from Dirty Harry, who played the Scorpio Killer, and so if they ever did remake that film… actually, please, no, let’s not.
Overall, Halloween Ends is not a great film by any stretch of the imagination. It’s partly lazy and tired, but this was the first – and probably last – time I’ll see a Halloween movie on the big screen. Last year, I saw Halloween Kills at home because it was on the Peacock streaming service. This new one is, too, but since I’m on the mobile phone service Three, I’ve since learned the Three+ app has a weekly voucher for watching films at Cineworld for £3 on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. That’s for a regular 2D film, and it even gives a generous discount for their other options, whether they be 3D, 4DX or Superscreen (not sure about IMAX, as the Didsbury branch doesn’t have one, but you can try it on their website to see if it works). This film is certainly NOT worth a full tenner, or anything more.
Back to the film, though, and perhaps, the main problem with this latest trilogy is that John Carpenter isn’t really involved any more, making you wonder what the point is.
A better film is Hard Target, starring Jean Claude Van Damme, which Corey’s Dad is seen watching on a laptop while at work.
As another aside, there was a bar scene where a man was clearly drinking beer from an empty bottle! Come on, guys, I can tell a prop when I see one.
Oh, and I guess Laurie will have to move house again…
And a further aside, which I’ll had behind a spoiler header:
Now, onto my audience experience… Like the time I went to see Smile, once I was sat in my seat, and waiting for the adverts to pass, I checked to see how many other people were likely to be in attendance, and two tickets (second row, on the left-hand side as shown above) had also been sold for the front section of seating where I was sat (middle of the third row, which is the back row of the front section of seating – ignore the random red block on there). Before the trailers, I went to the loo, and on my return, I saw they had taken their seats. The bloke looked a bit familiar, given his dark hair, and it didn’t take too long for me to realise… Oh, my fucking God!
It’s the same two morons from the Smile screening, two weeks earlier – also on the Saturday afternoon, and in the same ROOM! How can lightning strike twice in the same place?!
This particular pair would chat loudly and occasionally, so even if I was to go up to them, they would’ve stopped by then, but they’d start again later.
Their mutterings were ridiculous dumb asides, such as after 28 long minutes of trailers and adverts, finally, the BBFC title card for the film comes up, and while I understand the sentiment, to sit there and chirrup loudly, “ABOUT TIME!” just makes me want to go over and smack them in the fucking mouth. YOU ARE NOT IN YOUR FRONT ROOM, SO SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Given how much this went on, I actually think the pair really aren’t all at home, and don’t understand how their loud voices carry. Plus, at one point, they were even pointing at the screen, as if they were looking at something in a kitchen onscreen and wanting to decorate their own that way. Good Lord, just shut the fuck up!
So, since I’d been to a Halloween shop beforehand, I put my Michael Myers mask on, and slowly walked over and just stood behind them. Within a minute or so, they realised I was there, looked up, and JUMPED OUT OF THEIR SKIN!
…Nah, I WISH I had done that 😉
Halloween Ends is in cinemas now, and is available to pre-order on 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD, with the release date not yet known.
You can also pre-order this Halloween Trilogy is on Blu-ray, and DVD, with the release date not yet known.
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 111 minutes
Release date: October 14th 2022
Studio: Universal Pictures
Format: 2.39:1 (Anamorphic /i Scope, Anamorphic Hawk Scope)
Cinema: Cineworld Didsbury
Rating: 5/10
Director: David Gordon Green
Producers: Malek Akkad, Bill Block, Jason Blum
Characters: John Carpenter, Debra Hill
Screenplay: Paul Brad Logan, Chris Bernier, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green
Music: Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter, Daniel Davies
Cast:
Laurie Strode: Jamie Lee Curtis
Allyson: Andi Matichak
The Shape: James Jude Courtney
Corey: Rohan Campbell
Frank: Will Patton
Officer Mulaney: Jesse C Boyd
Terry: Michael Barbieri
Stacy: Destiny Mone
Margo: Joey Harris
Billy: Marteen
Joan: Joanne Baron
Ronald: Rick Moose
Nurse Deb: Michele Dawson
Willy the Kid: Keraun Harris
Lindsey: Kyle Richards
Dr. Mathis: Michael O’Leary
Jeremy: Jaxon Goldenberg
Mrs. Allen: Candice Rose
Mr. Allen: Jack William Marshall
Gas Station Proprietor: Turcotte Nancy
Sondra: Diva Tyler
Sondra’s Sister: Leila Wilson
Radio Receptionist: Diana Prince
Vagabond: Blaque Fowler
Terry’s Father: Tony DeMil
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