Halloween Ends, which takes place four years after David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills, focuses on Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) as she deals with the loss of her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and her most recent battle with Michael Myers/The Shape (James Jude Courtney). She is writing a memoir on her life in Haddonfield and how she has watched the once-charming town devolve into violence and turmoil. She lives with her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak). Myers has vanished. But in Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell), a 20-something who is charged with killing a child he was watching, Haddonfield has discovered a new bogeyman. The truth, however, is that Corey accidentally shoved the child down a flight of stairs as Corey was being pranked by the child. However, since all they require is a punching bag, nobody is interested in the reality. When Laurie encounters Corey one day, she saves him from a gang of bullies. She tries to lead him along a path of atonement. Sadly, destiny has other plans for him.
Warning: Major Spoilers
How Does Corey Get In Touch With Michael Myers?
Laurie nudges Corey towards Allyson after his first run-in with some bullies, mostly so that Allyson can have a companion for the Halloween party and Corey won’t feel lonely in Haddonfield. Fortunately (or unfortunately), Allyson and Corey strike up a conversation right away and decide to go to the party together. While Laurie seems to be pleased about this, Corey doesn’t even discuss it with his parents since his father, Ronald (Rick Moose), is too submissive to defend Corey and his mother, Joan (Joanne Baron), is a helicopter parent. However, Laurie does receive a reality check when a woman who is a close family member of one of Michael’s victims approaches her at the mall and accuses her of starting Michael’s murderous spree.
Corey and Allyson attend the celebration despite the gloomy atmosphere. The two of them start off by having a great time. But when the mother of the dead child notices that Corey is having a good time, she chastises him until he storms off in a huff. Allyson tries to soothe him, but Corey claims she can’t change him no matter how much she wants to. He will always be known as the kid killer, whereas she will always be a survivor in the public view. Consequently, their friendship is useless. Corey runs into the bullies’ group once more as he makes his way home and engages them in combat. Terry (Michael Barbieri), the head of the group, ultimately throws Corey from the bridge and then leaves the area without determining if he is dead or alive.
When Corey awakens, he discovers Michael Myers standing over him and attempting to strangle him. But at that point, Myers sees the abuse Corey has endured, and he releases him. This can appear to be an unexpected story device at first. But if you are familiar with the recurring themes in the series, you’ll know that Myers has demonstrated psychic or spiritual abilities in Rob Zombie’s Halloween II as well as The Return of Michael Myers, The Revenge of Michael Myers, The Curse of Michael Myers, and even The Revenge of Michael Myers. Therefore, it doesn’t necessary feel like a reach for him to do the same in Gordon’s trilogy (which is an expansion of the 1978 movie). Yes, he developed relationships with people who were related to him through blood in the previous movies, but that isn’t the case with Corey. In Halloween Ends, the relationship is increasingly parasitic in character as Michael develops at Corey’s expense and Corey’s evilness grows.
Why Does Allyson Decide To Run Away From Haddonfield With Corey?
Like Michael used to, Laurie senses the difference in Corey when he mistakenly stands close to her home. But when he seems to be repentant about how he treated Allyson, she chooses not to confront him about it and instead permits her granddaughter to accompany him for the time being so that they can discuss their problems. As an alternative, she informs Joan of his son’s relationship with Allyson. She may have gone in expecting Joan to step in and prevent Corey from seeing Allyson again. The issue with parents like Joan, though, is that they’ll infantilize their children in private then brag about their qualities in public (even if the child doesn’t possess them). As a result, Laurie’s attempt to keep Corey away from Allyson fails, and she is left feeling bad about taking away the one thing Corey has right now after years of being bullied by the Haddonfield people.
You must be wondering why Corey, a grown man, doesn’t just leave Haddonfield at this point, especially since the community has nothing to offer him. His interaction with Allyson at the diner reveals the somewhat convoluted answer to that question. Given that Haddonfield is connected to the passing of her parents, Allyson isn’t sure if she should leave. Additionally, she fears that if she does, Laurie may relapse into her vices. However, Corey is inspired to do it for her and himself before leaving with her by her muted determination to burn the place to the ground. The problem, however, is that his parasitic connection to Michael Myers has set in motion a process that won’t let him depart until he resumes acting as the boogeyman once more. Perhaps Corey shares your desire for that as well. He might not want to quit the community until he is certain that the aforementioned nickname has changed to Myers and isn’t connected to him.
Therefore, Corey believes that his job is finished, and the real boogeyman is back after feeding Officer Mulaney (Jesse C. Boyd), the police officer who keeps bothering Allyson, and Nurse Deb (Michele Dawson), Allyson’s colleague who is ostensibly sleeping with their boss to get a promotion and preventing Allyson from moving up to Michael. He pulls at Allyson’s attempts to fix him while expressing his desire to leave Haddonfield in a somewhat forceful manner, and she finally gives up after experiencing firsthand how others will perceive their connection. When his mother kicks him out of their home, Corey’s exit seems to be made a little easier. However, when Laurie approaches Corey to warn him that she won’t allow him to corrupt Allyson’s mind because he is as bad as they come, things become challenging once more. If Corey can’t have Allyson, no one else will be able to, Corey vows. Because he won’t stop, I believe he even begs Laurie to attempt his murder by alluding to her inclination to kill Michael in a similar manner.
Halloween Ends Ending Explained: What Does Corey s Turn As The Shape II Signify? Does Laurie Successfully Vanquish The Evil From Haddonfield?
When facing death, Corey turns to Michael and dons the recognisable mask to effectively become him. In a roundabout way, he kills the bullies, the radio host who disparaged him and Allyson, as well as his mother, by tying up all the loose ends. Collateral damage includes Margo (Joey Harris), one of the bullies in the gang, as well as Corey’s father. However, I don’t believe you should feel all that sorry for them because they were Corey’s disaster’s quiet bystanders, and their impartiality enabled the abusers and aided the downward spiral. Having said that, Corey moves on to Laurie’s, who is by herself now that Allyson has left to meet Corey and depart with him. Laurie tricks Corey into believing that she committed suicide. When Corey lets down his guard, Laurie takes advantage of it to both taunt him and repeatedly shot him in the chest.
It’s a wonderful character beat because Laurie presents this dismal picture of herself in Halloween Ends, where she’s writing memoirs, worrying about Allyson, and lacking the wit we saw in Halloween (both the original and the 2018 sequel). But at that same time, we learn that it was all a ruse to hide her true spirit of resistance. She doesn’t seem to let her guard down easily. Although it may not seem like it, she is constantly alert and prepared to draw a gun on any potential attackers. The issue, though, is that she isn’t evil. Because of this, she is unable to foresee Corey’s next move, which is to stab himself in the neck just as Allyson returns home, allowing him to keep his promise to never let Allyson belong to anyone else if he is unable to have her. Allyson falls for this ruse after seeing Corey’s lifeless body inside Laurie’s home, where Laurie is standing over him while clutching a bloodied knife. While Laurie tries to come to terms with the realisation that she won’t be getting her back, she dashes out.
In the midst of all this mayhem, Michael breaks in, murders Corey, seizes the mask, and starts one of the bloodiest combat scenes in the annals of American horror. The police phone Allyson to inform her that she has made a suicide call from her home. Given the situation, it appears that Laurie pretended to commit suicide so that the police might get at her home before Corey or Michael arrived. If you’ve seen the prior movies, you’ll know that Michael has a habit of disconnecting the phone lines to prevent the victim from contacting anyone. Even if he doesn’t do that, it can be challenging to phone 911 while slyly avoiding a serial killer. So, there is another another excellent piece of writing. Having stated so, Laurie uses knives to pin Michael to the kitchen table before dropping the full refrigerator on top of him. even cuts off his throat. Michael fights back, as we’ve seen before, and tries to choke Laurie.
In order for the two of them to end their rivalry, Laurie briefly appears to be willing to let Michael strangle her. However, Laurie is rescued by Allyson, and they continue to bleed Michael to death. When the cops show there, Laurie and Allyson take Michael to the car-crusher and turn him into a mound of bones and flesh instead of allowing them take him to the mortuary with them. Allyson moves out on her own, Laurie completes her memoir, and Haddonfield starts to recover. She claims in it that while she has said farewell to her boogeyman, the reality is that evil never truly dies. It just modifies form. In the final scene of Halloween Ends, Laurie and Will Patton (Frank) are dressed as the Blue yster Cult (Don t Fear) As The Reaper begins to play, Laurie’s study is home to Michael’s mask, which serves as the only memento of his existence as there is no memorial or tombstone for him. Although I don’t believe that foreshadows Laurie’s future transformation into the next Shape (of evil), I won’t be shocked if it does.
To sum up, David Gordon Green’s interpretation of the Halloween series is that Haddonfield, like every other lovely hamlet, is a sewer of evil that permeates everyone who lives there. Michael Myers was just a manifestation of that issue. He was the embodiment of the problem because the bad qualities of that town had been concentrated in him, and he was beginning to spread by cultivating a similar rot in Corey. Fortunately, they were both stopped in their tracks. But does that mean Haddonfield is free from evil in its entirety? Not at all, no. It was time for Haddonfield to begin its mending, according to Patton. It indicated that they had just started the procedure. They have a long way to go and must learn to work on themselves through introspection or counselling. They need to put an end to their witch hunts and love of mob justice. And most importantly, they ve got to come down from their high horses and learn from the past instead of bringing it back to taunt each other. Then they will be able to go forward and prevent evil from taking on new forms.
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