r96sk
My favourite of the most recent three, if not of them all. <em>'Halloween Ends'</em> gave me more than I was expecting, if I'm honest. After the solid if slightly underwhelming <em>'Halloween Kills'</em> I thought this may fall further a...
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Halloween Ends
2022
Movie
111 min
English
Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.
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IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes39%
Metacritic55
Google Users61%
Director: David Gordon Green•Genres: Horror, Slasher, Thriller
Plot Summary
Four years after the events of Halloween Kills, Laurie Strode is living with her granddaughter Allyson and trying to finish her memoir. Michael Myers has not been seen since. Laurie decides to release herself from fear and grief and embrace life. However, when a young man, whom Allyson was dating, is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a chain of events that will force Laurie to confront the evil she cannot control once and for all.
Critical Reception
Halloween Ends received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, with many finding the plot convoluted and a departure from the established tone of the franchise. Audiences were similarly divided, with some appreciating the attempt at a new direction while others felt it was an unsatisfying conclusion to the trilogy.
What Reviewers Say
While attempting a bold new direction, the film struggles with pacing and character development.
The narrative feels unfocused, juggling too many subplots without resolving them satisfactorily.
Despite its flaws, some viewers appreciated the shift in focus and the exploration of trauma.
Google audience: Audience reviews are mixed. Many appreciated the effort to conclude the story with a different approach, but a significant portion found the plot to be nonsensical and a disappointing finale to the saga. Some viewers felt the film strayed too far from the core elements of the Halloween franchise.
Fun Fact
The film's director, David Gordon Green, revealed that a significant portion of the film was shot in a single, massive soundstage to allow for precise lighting and atmospheric control.
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JPV852
Okay, seriously, when is the real "Halloween Ends" be released? What I saw for the bulk was some lame CW-like story. I have to think at this point David Gordon Green and the writer crew are just pulling a prank. I half expected a post-credi...
CinemaSerf
Well there is a hewn-out pumpkin that looks ever so slightly scary... Otherwise, this is just one "Halloween" movie too many and it's only scream yells "put me out of my misery" pretty much from the start of this slow and plodding denouemen...
Chris Sawin
_Halloween Ends_ does provide what it promises and that’s a proper end to the Laurie Strode saga. However, the birth of a new rushed, hot-headed, and sloppier version of The Shape seems to take precedence only to be squashed before Laurie a...
TwiceONCE2016
It's a sad state of affairs when HALLOWEEN ENDS (2022) is being classed as a "bad", "terrible" or "disgraceful" motion picture and I worry for cinema as a whole if the only direction the mass want is nothing but cookie-cutter. This film ...
MovieGuys
An unfortunate end, to a horror franchise, that started way back in 1978. Halloween Ends, is an inarticulate mess, that fails to build on past films. Instead, it delivers an incomprehensible story, that makes little to no sense, save th...
The Movie Mob
**Poor writing and a confusing story overshadowed a few shining moments and satisfying conclusions to character stories.** It’s so hard to choose whether I liked or disliked Halloween Ends. I enjoyed the resolution to Laurie Strode’s 40-...
Nathan
_Halloween Ends_ is such a weird film, as a standalone movie I enjoyed it but in the trilogies totality it underwhelms and undermines. With each entry in this trilogy, the movies get farther and farther away from what Halloween is. With End...