Halloween Ends Review - Off The Shelf Reviews 

I imagine Michael Myers met the Ninja Turtles while living in the sewers, befriended them,and had exciting adventures.

God willing we'll all meet again in Halloween: The Search for More Money.

Ians rant about babysitting is scarier than this film 🍿

Happy Halloween, Shelfers! 👊🎃

Should have been called Halloween the Corey story Also in the Halloween 2018 reboot Laurie was prepared for Michael weaponised locked up paranoid about his return and Mikey was in prison Now in halloween ends Michael is on the loose no one knows where he is and Lauries just chilling carving pumpkins setting up her daughter in a stupid relationship

Iain, that was a majestic opening rant! Thank you. 🌷

It's crazy how this is the end of a trilogy when most of the movie feels like the start of one.....thanks for the video guys

Been absolutely loving your work this month boys. What a great bunch of reviews. Top quality as always. 👊

The GOATS of movie reviews. Love you guys! Only thing I wish is that I could have a beer and just talk films with you boys. My mates dont want to hear it anymore 😅 Great review once again 👍

Holy hell! I sympathize with Iain all the way! I felt his pain throughout this review! I'm a diehard Halloween fan myself, and this movie really upset me too! Every argument you guys made, I question it too! The plot of the movie isn't bad, Cory going from nice to evil and questioning what's evil and how it changes shape IS a good story to tell! BUT it's not what I (and many fans) wanted to see in a "finale" about "Michael Myers." Halloween II & Halloween H20 felt more like a Halloween finale than Ends was. Iain is also right about David Gordon Green directing another horror movie should never happen again. Hell, his new Exorcist film was even worst than Halloween Ends. The guy should really stop doing horror films and direct something else. This was one hell of a way to end the Halloween marathon guys! I'm sorry it didn't end with a good one. Maybe next year it'll be better. Happy Halloween guys! Thanks for ALL the Halloween content this month! YOU GUYS ROCK!!! 👊😎

Loved this review. Love people being DEAD HONEST about stuff

The only other time I hated myself while watching something in the theater next to The Predator was this movie. Can’t wait for this. SHELF LIFE!!❤

This review is going to be more entertaining than that Piss poor attempt of an Halloween movie

What a great send off to this Halloween special. Thanks guys! For bringing an amazing October with the Saw reviews. Have a Happy Halloween Shelfers!

One of my favorite scenes in this movie was after Mikey kills the doc and nurse and it cuts to Cory riding his bike with someone on the back. At first I thought Michael Meyer's was riding bitch on a motorcycle and laughed so hard my daughter had to pause the movie until i could get it together and explain what was so funny. But yeah Halloween 3 Season of the Witch was better than this Halloween 3/Christine/Stranger Things re imagining. Oh and the idea that Cory suddenly stops needing his glasses because he "transforms" is one of those troupes that gets deep under my skin.

Really enjoyed this review. The banter in the discussion between you two is great. Thumbs up guys! Keep on making great reviews!

That Iain rant at the beginning was like when Alan Partridge shouted, "Stop getting Bond wrong!". Then he acted out the start of The Spy Who Loved Me.

Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends were supposed to be filmed at the same time, but the lock downs stopped that. I refuse to believe that *_this_* was the script for Halloween Ends at that point. Something happened and everything changed! What happened???

Glorious finale to Spooktober. 🎃

Drink every time Iain says "movie language" 🥃🍺

Happy Spooky Day everyone! 🎃

So many good points were made during this review! Good job guys.

Always said if the trilogy was thought out before hand, Corey could have been built up through the movies.

So happy to see this on my RU-vid tonight.

"Corey's got Michael powers" -Gary, 2023-

Love the content this month

Im so glad you guys decided to review Halloween Ends, I knew Ian was gonna go off at some point. Thanks guys!

Spending 15 minutes on the opening of this movie really gives you an idea where this is gonna go

''somebody left the fking toilet seat up ... GUESS WHOSE IN THE HOUSE '' lol best line of the video, iain and this one is seriously one of the all time best videos' you guys have done, and i have seen almost all of them amazing work as always

It felt like two old people fighting over the last bottle of arthritis medicine at the pharmacy

What a brilliant review to end a home run of great reviews this Halloween. Your work ethic has been off the charts! Many thanks to you both for bringing us top banter and insightful discussions in equal measure. Happy Halloween everyone! :)

Thanks guys for all the Halloween reviews I always binge watch them. From Seb

Holy shit im pumped for this! Ric flair woooooo! Thankyou lads this is gonna be amazing 😂🤘👊

AAAWWW was hoping for Saw X as a Halloween grand finale.

Fantastic entertainment watching you 2 guys as usual

I've been waiting for this for a long time. Thank you so much.

I really loved the movie but you guys made a lot of valid points and I enjoyed your review regardless! Happy Halloween.

GGs on the Saw reviews guys! And now a 1 hour 20 minute review. Of a Halloween film. On Halloween. You’re spoiling us at the moment! Amazing work. Cheers 👍🏻

This movie played one of my favourite songs at the end credits.....I still left the second the cards came up. My review was 8 seconds in my car just saying "people are gonna be f-king mad" and that was all I had to say

That was an epic rant Iain 😂

"40 YARRS AGO!" hahahaha quality.

i am so with iain on the whole, ''why did you take me here allison// i'm not your project'' scene after the bar confrontation main dude was such a jerk to her, and she is way out of his league in the first place, if she had any self esteem

So after 40 years and 4 people killed in 1978, with Michael in prison, Laurie is paranoid and unable to move on with her life. After 4 years, after Micheal killed 50+ people, including her daughter, her son in law, not to mention that he was never captured Laurie is now relaxing and decides to move on. Like it is possible to dismiss a trauma so easily, just because you decide so. And worst than anything we are supposed to care about Corey. I really missed a point in my life since there are people making loads of money by writing incoherent, lazy, useless crap. And feeling geniuses about that.

I skipped this because kills was such a letdown.

I don't know how many reviews you guys have give us, but, I have been watching everyone, and all off you podcast's until the recent one! guys, this one is for you.... --->👍

The problem with this film, they built Myers up as this unkillable entity of evil that no matter what you do he keeps on coming, so the explanation on why he won’t die they completely drop in ends leaving that film too much of a spin-off film to even connect to H40 and kills. We not even gonna mention how Laurie’s character development is completely backwards, Laurie should be acting like her character in h40 in ends, wish they explored Laurie and Alice’s relationship breakdown in ends losing her parents driving Laurie to alcohol and building the house in ends not H40, because Myers is out there. But it’s H40 where Laurie should be a very happy married woman with a great relationship with her family is ripped apart by Myers in H40 and kills, and it’s Alice who hates Laurie in ends. So ends should be laurie preparing for Myers return, and wanting revenge Now Michael was shot 6 times, falls 20 feet off a house in 78, you look at the injuries he suffers in H40, and even more so in kills, by the time he kills the mob and Karen he’s taken on so much punishment you cannot backtrack to say he’s human, he’s taken on to much punishment to even defy logic that’s even a man anymore, and Gordon green is just defying logic trying this think his audience are plain stupid with his explanation in ends. He’s not human, and they needed to explain why he kept on killing, hell if they wanna do some twisted illogical dumb twist having Corey in it, they may is well have done some stupid sleepy hollow hocus pocus plot where Corey is doing some witch craft bs that he’s controlling Myers at this point he’s the puppet master, because he was supernatural in 78, H40 and kills There’s no way in hell in how they setup the ending to kills they came to the ends plot, they were setting something up and he changed his mind trying to clever for his own good. But it’s pretty obvious he woke one morning an idea like this popped into his head, because ends just does not connect well with H40 and kills

ugh, the only Halloween is Carpenter's first.

They said in the beginning that Corey just started doing the babysitting gig. He wasn't an established babysitter and never watched that kid before.

1:13 , that's what I was expecting to occur. Not as sequel bait, but as a connection to the ending of Halloween (1978). I mean that film was originally a one off.

I might catch some heat for this, but I actually enjoyed this film. I totally understand why most people hate it. I think if this story would have been introduced earlier in this trilogy it would have been received much better. Seeing the scenes of Michael struggling to kill people being too old to kill is quiet jarring. I personally loved JLC’s performance, it felt fresh and different to me. Too each their own, Happy Halloween and thanks for a great month of reviews! 🎃

I like how it mirrors the original Halloween 3 with the blue titles

After the two of you ripped Halloween Kills a new one, can't wait to hear what you guys have to say about this one 😂😂

I definitely enjoy the industrial grinder as part of the ending but I think it would have been more satisfactory as to have Michael about to toss the granddaughter in as a kill and her unmasking him and we all get to see his face finally and Lori comes out of nowhere to tackle him into the grinder together putting an end to both of their stories together

Boy, that Iian... He's an excitable fella, aint he? ❤ Love you, guys! Happy Halloween!

I agree with Ian on the kid thing but it only a movie

Nearly 2 years later, I still HATE HATE HATE HAAAAAAAATTTEEEE HALLOWEEN ENDS!!! I can't understand why it has Any Fans at all. Awesome Review/ RANT Guys!!!😀

Making Michael Myers a background character in a HALLOWEEN movie is just plain STUPID!!

Lets address the fact that Alison is still going to the community college and her friend of Slash co-worker is is somewhat older than her IE not a student so even if the doctor wasn't sleeping with her she would probably be the one promoted anyway

Oh boy... well, after a month of Saw from its highs of Saw 1 to 6... to the lows of 7 to Spiral.... it's fitting to end it on the end of Halloween, with Halloween Ends... and man, knowing the first reboot was good, second was eh.... could this end be the end for our shelf boys? I certainly hope not. Be waiting, and hope you guys make it through this one. Shelf fan 4 life Ryan, signing out.

Watched this once, haven't watched it since, won't watch it ever again. Happy Halloween...as long as you aren't watching this.

Despite being in full agreement guys - I sorta want another reboot just for an Iain react image. Sterling work as always!

Making this movie they had good ideas, and the concept of exploring evil is not bad, however, they went too much for it, and put aside what this movie should be about, the final clash of Michael and Laurie and the final chapter of the trilogy, is understandable how audiences got upset with this movie that has very little of Halloween going on

I have been waiting to hear you both on this movie..lol..you did not disappoint Happy Halloween 🎃 😜 😉 🤪 thank you as always❤😊

It's my birthday! Halloween will never end!

Hey guy, Gary & Iain . Love the dedication and facts you bring. Also the passion you guys show. I have a little bit of sad things. Just found out I have colon cancer stage 4 ,15 month to live , i am going to try fight this evil disease with all I got, but wanted to request a couple reviews on my favorite films, hopefully if y’all have time to put on schedule you could. Frozen (2010) , House of Wax (2005) , Texas chainsaw beginning (2006) & Star Wars New hope (1977). take care guys

Thank you guys for doing a halloween review! Top notch as always! 👍Happy Halloween guys!!👻🤡 What was with the kid hitting the floor? LOL! You really worked hard this month, the Saw-movies, a new podcast, an ending with a Halloween-movie! Great job guys! 👍

Happy Halloween 👻

shelf life! ❤

Great review

1:14:04 I totally agree with Iain 100%

It was just such a baffling way to end a trilogy. -Focusing on a new guy that the audience had never met and had no reason to care about. I still think that Allyson (more on her shortly) should have been the main focus here. -Giving the characters who the audience does know very little to do and not really paying off the setups for them in any way. -Having seen the movie a few times, I HATE the way Allyson is written in the film. What she’s doing, what they have her say, reducing her to “love interest,” etc. NONE of it works for me. -Sort of just abandoning the plots and stories set up in the first two films to just go off on some random thing at the last minute. -Etc. Maybe this would have worked as it’s own standalone thing (with better writing imo), but it fails as the conclusion to an Ongoing story.

I'm glad to be one of the die-hard Halloween fans that really enjoyed this film. Annoyingly a lot of plot gripes mentioned in this review can be explained in the novelisation of the film. But I understand that can't justify the plotholes in film form.

Hi Gary. Did you think this was worse or better than Halloween kills?

The writers had to be taking the piss. Laurie and Corey? Silly enough with Arthur and Martha from The Beyond.

I love and own 7 dvds out of the 13 films in this franchise, and I despise all the others (honestly!). My dvds are; Halloween 1978, Season of the Witch, Rob Zombie's Parts 1 and 2, and the David Gordon Green trilogy. And if that isn't an indictment against dropping too much acid back in the 1980's, then I don't know what is! 👽👽

I just finished watching all of The Howling movies. And watched your reviews for all the films. I just finished The Howling: Reborn and went to watch your review.....but there isn't one! How can you review all but the final film? Please go back and watch and review it lol

This movie is the most divisive Halloween 'sequel' since Rob Zombie's H2. That film was hated by 95% of the fans, and loved by the rest...including me! And guess what? Rinse and repeat. I cant do into all the reasons I really like this movie because it would become a full blown essay, but I really, really like this movie! Instead of just watching Michael walking around town doing the same old stuff, we have something very different, which I personally was crying out for. And strangely enough, the fact that it was so different, made me appreciate Halloween Kills more, because that one was the purest of slashers. The whole franchise has now become "chose your own adventure", and I love that too, even though I don't like every timeline. My 3 favourite Halloween films are Season of the Witch, Rob Zombie's H2, and this one - closely followed by the original (honestly). Having said all that, you're right in that this would have been better as the middle part of the trilogy. But I just love it when filmmakers take a wild swing. I gave this 8 out of 10. My biggest criticism is that they didn't go far enough with this movie. When Corey goes back for the mask, he should have killed Michael, and then put him in the pokada de pokada machine. He then becomes Michael, goes on his killing spree, and finally kills Laurie...at last! Then we're left with the aftermath. Allison leaves town, Hawkins grieves, and Corey is missing. He's still out there. Somewhere. Then Laurie's voiceover tells us that evil never dies, it just changes shape. Hard cut, end credits. 10 out of 10. The title still holds true however. Halloween really does end for both Michael and Laurie, but evil itself never dies. For me, that would make it 10 out of 10. Halloween Ends was actually fairly close to John Carpenter's concept for the original Part 2, which endears it to me even more. I've written too much already, and I haven't even scratched the surface of all the reasons I like this movie. By the way guys, this was actually a great review. I just don't agree with your conclusions. Everyone's entitled to their opinions, so in that spirit I'll sign off with wisdom and compromise. All you people out there who don't like this movie, you're all heathens. Bloody heathens 😀😀😀

I believe what Ian is referring to, is the age old debate of nurture vs nature. Was he made into a monster, or was the monster always there, somewhere below the surface, weak, but feeding on all the suffering and humiliation untill it was stronger.

Happy halloweeeeeen everyone! 🎃☠️

I was really looking forward to seeing where they were going with the story thread of "Michael goes to that window but maybe he wasn't looking out, maybe he was looking in" but that was never finished 🙄

To be fair he says he isn't a babysitter. Maybe he is in denial. The opening was dumb but slipped by us with shock. Movie sucked either way and now he gets to shit up exorcist. I don't know why it's so hard to do a classic style slasher or horror. Ti west git closest I've seen in decades and it just decent but super stylized. Hereditary obviously is solid but I'm thinking slasher style. Maybe some decent foreign flicks. This director is being given praise and gigs but I don't see why really. The first Halloween he did was okay but who knows what happened after that.

No Saw X?

I'm really not a fan of this film You know what would've been more interesting? If Michael actually did lock Corey in the attic and kill the kid, making it look like Corey did it. Then Michael slowly manipulates Corey's life - messing with him from the shadows to 'create' a new killer like him - instead of ridiculous circumstances and coincidences and nebulous questions like, 'what is evil?'. What is evil? Evil is when someone commits an evil act. This isn't rocket science. They figured this crap out thousands of years ago.

Thanks for suffering through this so that I don't have to!

Love your reviews. Please do the new Hellraiser Reboot review. ❤

i loved this one, in my top 3 Myers films.

Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends were the most disappointing horror movies I've ever seen. Halloween Ends is essentially about this completely new character Corey and Michael Myers is nowhere to be seen in the entire movie, the end. A disgusting finale in this failed trilogy. Laurie is non-existent in this movie and Allison is just hurt and horny. Whoever wrote the script for this movie should be fired forever and reprimanded for creating such a horrible film, it's that bad.

The doctor is setup in the 2nd film as a creepy guy. The black doctor/nurse couple mentions him

How you guys gonna build up all month to Saw X and then not do it before month's end?

Happy Halloween guys 🎃🔪

I liked Season of the Witch better

If Corey went against the push to make him a killer and he saved the day I would’ve actually appreciated the movie

I swear to god, if I see one more RU-vidr say they somehow like this: the very obviously worst sequel in the series; I'm gonna go on a fucking rampage.

Happy halloween 🎃👻👹☠️

Finally two dudes that get it. This is the top two trash Halloween movie. Only in today’s society will people say oh I like it because it’s different FOH

Just have Michael come back on Halloween, burn through some kills , kill Allison and then have a final battle with Laurie. End of story. No hobo Meyers

Could you also do a review on ''AMITYVILLE 3-D'' ? It's been 40 years.

I think I have only seen the 1st and 3rd halloween films more than a few times each and I'll see them both again before I die. No regrets.

Hahaha it’s a brilliant review to the end of Halloween finally !! Your review is 100% better than this film I ain’t seen it as I know it’s rubbish hahahaha. Please continue with your reviews they are brilliant 😂

Thank you gents, I've been waiting on this one for awhile and it did not disappoint! I hate this fucking movie and your review is total catharsis.