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Deadpun313Oct 14, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have to start off by saying a 6 is me being VERY generous. I appreciate them trying something new but it just doesn't work in my opinion. The 1st hour and a half of the movie isn't really even needed. Don't even get me started on the awful ending. The 1st movie of this "reboot/continuation" was by far the best, they should have ran with that ending and had Michael pull Laurie into the fire.… Expand

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6

Badgerryan27Oct 14, 2022

I liked the 2018 one, didn’t’t like Kills and for about 75% of this I liked. There was a pretty cool story and where it was leading to that I somehow enjoyed. But overall not bad, had a decent time with it

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4

Mack9393Oct 14, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you enjoy the original Halloween films, particularly 1 & 2, then you’ll probably want to watch regardless of reviews. The reviews shoveling praise onto this film must be bots. Let’s just say it’s disappointing compared to the previous two films, which weren’t standouts on their own beyond returning to the franchise roots. A solid 40min of slow buildup for a character and relationship that seems foreign and inauthentic to the established characters. It was unique in that it tried to convey how evil can grip anyone, but it just wasn’t executed well.
Plenty of gore, and quality kills. Very little suspense and a disappointing plot all in all. It completely ignores how he could endure so much physical trauma without death only to die by a couple stab wounds and arterial bleeding in a five minute conclusion to 40 years of terror.… Expand

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4

moviemitch96Oct 15, 2022

*sigh* here we have yet another supposedly final entry in yet another long-dragged out horror franchise. In this "final" installment, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), still reeling from the previous events that occurred in 'Halloween 2018'*sigh* here we have yet another supposedly final entry in yet another long-dragged out horror franchise. In this "final" installment, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), still reeling from the previous events that occurred in 'Halloween 2018' and 'Halloween Kills' finds herself facing off against Michael Myers one last time while also attempting to reconcile with her granddaughter (Andi Matichak). What started off as such a fresh, promising, and exciting reboot series with 'Halloween 2018' four years ago quickly started to show early signs of delving into quick gloom and doom slasher cliche territory with 'Kills' last year, and this one sadly not only dives even further into that but also reaches bottom of the barrel territory. This one is surprisingly more of a slow burn compared to the previous two entries, but unfortunately, this results in quite a drag with very few kills or true frights, which is the whole point of these films (or so I thought), and instead trades this in favor of one long hour and fifty minute-long moral debate about evil, inner demons, letting go of the past, blah blah blah. Furthermore, we're treated (or rather subjected to) a forced, corny, and cliched romance between Matichak and newcomer Rohan Campbell who plays a mysterious man with a tortured past that the film's opening scene explores. This, along with much of the accompanying dialogue, is pure cringe. My only positive note: Curtis gives it her all for her supposedly final performance as Strode, the role that launched her into stardom back in 1978 with the original film. Otherwise, there's really not much worth seeing her, no matter how epic her showdown with Michael may be. Overall, director David Gordon Green and writer/producer Danny McBride showed such promise and potential with this reboot series initially with 'Halloween 2018' and left me excited for more over these past few years, but this one left me wishing that they simply would've just stopped with '2018' and that 'Kills' and this film would've never happened. It all ends with such an underwhelming and unsatisfying whimper that doesn't even come close to doing Curtis's iconic final girl heroine the justice that it so rightly deserved after nearly 45 years.… Expand

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5

BradMorganOct 16, 2022

Average at best. Halloween ends does not bring memorable moments to the screen. With the exception of a few murders, this film is milder than its predecessors and doesn't really stand out it in any way.

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5

ExceladeogunOct 17, 2022

The Halloween franchise finally comes to a triumphant end for Laurie strode. The deaths aren't as ingenious as the former movies, and the overall tone of the movie isn't as scary or thrilling as former installments. The inclusion of newThe Halloween franchise finally comes to a triumphant end for Laurie strode. The deaths aren't as ingenious as the former movies, and the overall tone of the movie isn't as scary or thrilling as former installments. The inclusion of new characters and an extra villain is fresh, but this sidelines Michael Myers and leads to lower stakes for the movie. Halloween ends is a complex and surprising end for the franchise, but isn't as satisfying as it should have been.… Expand

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4

GLADIADOROct 15, 2022

Decepcionante. Halloween ends tinha tudo pra ser o fim perfeito da franquia, mas acabou desperdiçando o princinpal personagem, tornando ele um mero coadjuvante. e acaba focando em outro persoagem que ninguem se importa. E Com certeza esse oDecepcionante. Halloween ends tinha tudo pra ser o fim perfeito da franquia, mas acabou desperdiçando o princinpal personagem, tornando ele um mero coadjuvante. e acaba focando em outro persoagem que ninguem se importa. E Com certeza esse o pior dessa nova trilogia… Expand

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5

CrusaderOct 28, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Michael Myers i back and this time... he's an old weak fart who can barely stand on his own legs, 4 years after taking on a dussin armed people like it was nothing. At least he is from the little we actually see of him. In this final movie he's only a side character. Instead, we have a slow burn psychological drama thriller about Laurie's young granddaughter Allyson falling in love with a bad boy who has a dark side and is driving a motorcycle (yes, really).
And Laurie Strode has decided to stop hating and fearing Michael (who's not much to fear anymore, to be honest) and instead are writing a Self Help book about her experience (again, yes, really).
And despite the director claiming Michael doesn't care about Laurie he still ends up in a battle with her once again, that feels more like two old people fighting at a nursing home.
This is not how a long time Halloween fan wanted this series to end, or how I expected it to be after Halloween Kills that was as different from this movie as it can be.… Expand

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5

Jim222001Feb 6, 2023

A little too disturbing of a beginning that doesn’t even have anything to do with Michael Myers himself. Plus they love violently killing kids too much in this new trilogy. Which is even a bigger turn off than killing dogs or cats in HorrorA little too disturbing of a beginning that doesn’t even have anything to do with Michael Myers himself. Plus they love violently killing kids too much in this new trilogy. Which is even a bigger turn off than killing dogs or cats in Horror movies.
Also a little late in the game to introduce a new character named Corey wrongly accused of murder. With everything more about him than Michael. It feels like a Halloween movie but a slow one with not enough Michael Myers. It’s more about Allyson falling for Corey as he loses his humanity more and more. Sorry, but for the last of the series. We want Michael, not a poser.
The movie isn’t the Laurie and Michael centered movie we wanted. You’d think it would be one big revenge movie since Michael killed Laurie’s daughter. Instead I am not sure Laurie even mentions her daughter once.
Halloween Ends doesn’t remember it’s about Laurie and Michael until like the last 10 minutes. It is a decent but totally unfocused movie. That tries so hard to be not what you expected it to be. However you might wish it was predictable and the movie you were hoping for.… Expand

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5

Jrichard1994Oct 16, 2022

The "finale" to the Halloween series is lukewarm to slasher fans, at best. Halloween Ends introduces a main character to be Michael Myers’ apprentice, but becomes an origin character story to be the premise for most of the film. Bold move,The "finale" to the Halloween series is lukewarm to slasher fans, at best. Halloween Ends introduces a main character to be Michael Myers’ apprentice, but becomes an origin character story to be the premise for most of the film. Bold move, but it’s a finale film for a reason. The fans want proper closure to Laurie Strode and her tormenter, Michael Myers. This idea could of been attempted in the many Halloween sequels leading up this, but the Director and the writers (four in total) chose the wrong time to attempt this strategy. We do not see the Boogeyman (Myers) until like halfway through the movie and barely see him for more than 20 minutes. Laurie Strode is involved a little more often but is more of the secondary cast for this movie. The movie introduces 2 new and uncompelling characters and feels like a set up for a sequel. Too bad (and thankfully) there will not be one.… Expand

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5

HulseeMay 22, 2023

No idea what the heck is going on but it wasn't bad

Hard to explain what I'm talking about but yeah. .

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4

Voodoo123Nov 7, 2022

+Decent production quality
+Great to see returning cast from previous films
+Good soundtrack -Poor screenplay and pacing remove the horror -Editing removes horror and tension Sadly its more disappointment with another action thriller take on+Decent production quality
+Great to see returning cast from previous films
+Good soundtrack
-Poor screenplay and pacing remove the horror
-Editing removes horror and tension

Sadly its more disappointment with another action thriller take on the horror classic. Literally dragging the bones of its lead menace into yet another murder spree with a new spread of fetishistic kills - tongue on a record player anyone? The fan fiction screenplay and pacing issues simply reduce plot to near exposition removing any tension from building and fails to provide any true scares. An entertaining mess of a film.… Expand