‘Halloween Ends’: A Lackluster End to a Promising Horror Trilogy
I’ve been pretty open about the Halloween Ends trilogy not exactly striking a chord with me. Halloween (2018) was fair at best. It had its moments, but with all the potential around it, I didn’t think it was a letdown. Halloween Kills didn’t improve the sequel at all. It took liberties with the material that made no sense. I didn’t much care for the sequel. It was silly at best.
At times, it almost just felt like filler to get to a conclusion. Now Halloween Ends, surprisingly, turns out to be my favorite of the three. Don’t get me wrong, Halloween Ends is still a bit of a mess and it’s not without multiple imperfections, but I did appreciate that it did things differently.
Halloween Ends takes a very different approach to its iconic villain, Michael Myers and I really love the way it reflects on the people of Haddonfield as a specific character focus. Seen more notably in the way the presence of Michael Myers over the years has deeply affected them.
For the most part, Halloween Ends is decent at best, although serving up a good conclusion for the trilogy, falls short of its potential. Not every film put out in this franchise is necessarily good, but there was a lot of nostalgia around it for me. Seeing a horror film villain that shows the wear-and-tear of age and previous damage take form.
I can appreciate going back to all the classic homes, even the not-so-good ones. For this specific trilogy, this was a rather decent way to cement the ending in lore. This Halloween trilogy’s very flawed as a whole, but was better than a lot of the later sequels. It’s also a fun film to watch this month because horror is always a bit more special in October.
