3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Halloween Ends’:

1. You’re tasked with creating a franchise-ending chapter of a legendary horror series with the iconic star/character that started it all, and _this_ is what you put together? A “final” Halloween film that’s barely about Michael Myers. GTFO. Missed opportunities GALORE.

2. The relationship with Laurie and her granddaughter starts out healthy and promising. A nice setup for chaos to ensue. Two seconds later, Allyson is ready to ditch her family for a random dude. So many out-of-character moments that made zero sense.

3. This wasn’t the film to introduce _(and focus on!)_ a character like Corey. Maybe mid-franchise this could have been done to mix things up a bit. _Friday the 13th_ kinda sorta did that, where the killer wasn’t always Jason. But NOT this time, not when you’re touting a final face-off between Michael and his Final Girl. You’re setting your fans up for disappointment.

Bonus Thought: I’m officially pretending that this new trilogy never existed, back to when Laurie Strode was Michael’s sister and everything made sense.