No clue why I kept saying “douche bag”. Prior to this video, I hadn’t used the term since like 2013. (Side Note) Rewatching my review, I seem to not praise Rohan Campbell’s acting. He was fantastic. He has always been such an incredible actor from other projects he’s been in. But sadly, the story was atrocious.
I did not like him at all, he's irritatingly ugly along with the band guy with a brown mullet and pale blonde eyebrows. Green has a knack of finding really ugly kids. Cameron, the Mulaney kids and the girl with glasses that I thought was a boy from Kills and now these two in Ends, oh and the other nut who jumped from the window in Kills. 😏
@@NoxMonstrum Yes but Halloween 2 is so stupid and takes itself far too seriously. It honestly feels like another addition to the Friday the 13th series. At least in H20, we get to see Laurie grow and change.
Yeah, at that point in the film, this "dork" was infected with Michael's evil. That's why he was able to go toe to toe with. Also, he never "beat him up". He used Michael's own momentum against, causing him to trip and smack his head. You obviously never pay attention to context in films.
Absolute best scene ever is when Corey and Michael are riding together on the Motorcycle while the Song Time of my life from Dirty Dancing is playing. Made me tear up honestly.
The part where the the rain was pouring down and the music swelled and Corey ran into Michael's arms and Michael lifted him up and spun him around romantically - I couldn't hold back the tears.
Halloween 2018: The true sequel and ending of the franchise. Halloween Kills: Nice sequel but thanks to Halloween Ends it makes no sense at all. Halloween Ends: Pure garbage.
I agree with you. My friend and I went to see it and when Corey goes back into the sewer and starts wrestling Michael and takes his mask, I turned to my friend and said, "What are we watching here?" We were highly disappointed and both said this movie was horrible. We were so bored and Michael was barely in it. It's supposed to be a showdown. Except we get a new character that should have been introduced in one of the other movies. Don't waste your money on this people. 🤦♂️
For me it was when Corey jumped Michael and stole his mask. The supernatural serial killer with impossible strength and resilience got punked by some guy who was bullied by literal high school kids. I said "bruh" out loud in the theater.
Yeah, at that point in the film, Corey was infected with Michael's evil. That's why he was able to go toe to toe with. Also, he never "punked" him. He used Michael's own momentum against, causing him to trip and smack his head. You obviously never pay attention to context in films.
Yep! I think 2018 was a pretty solid sequel! But aside from the flashback scene in Halloween Kills, both Kills and Ends were not good films. (James Jude Courtney was a fantastic Michael Myers though!)
Nice run down I had the same reaction as you when I left the theater. I was disappointed. I felt cheated on that grand finale that never came. Felt the advertisers promoted that when it was only a short part of the film. However I have had a near 180 on my perception after letting it simmer and thinking about its core elements and message. We could have gotten a run of the mill slasher with a high body count, gore and Epic final showdown but we didn’t. What I do appreciate is that they took a risk with Ends by showing that evil transcends one man, can touch a whole town and can “change shape” as they say. Halloween was truly never about Michael Myers the man but the fear that this could happen in any quiet midwestern town. Even the nerdy babysitter can become the monster. Michael is everywhere like at the end of the original film breathing with the scene shots. Evil is contagious and maybe just maybe there is a little Michael Myers in all of us. I think they should have introduced Corey earlier in the new trilogy for consistency and toned down some of the love story elements in Ends significantly. If you are interested to hear another take, which really opened my mind I would suggest checking out FilmSpeak’s discussion on it. Again not my favorite film of the series. But Definitely made me reconsider the film and appreciate it more. Cheers!
I read the novelization of Ends and like it a lot more than the film. I still was not a fan either way. Thank you so much for your thoughts and comment:)
I didn’t know what to expect from McBride and Green but I got behind them after 2018. Kills was problematic but atleast it was fun. This was a joke played upon Halloween fans
Great video bro! I agree, it was a mess. The returning characters were so wasted! Lindsay, Hawkins, Laurie, Alison were all given nothing or stupid things to do. I love trying something new but finish what you got first. They could have introduced Cory and had him and Michael killing at the same time early on. All the characters working together and a huge showdown. Wasted potential.
I too had lowered my expectations before this although I found Halloween Kills was empty fun. But Halloween Ends needs to be studied in screenwriting classes as an example of how not to write a screenplay. The more reviews and breakdowns I hear highlights even more issues with the lousy storytelling. This movie is not a slasher film. It is mumblecore disguised as a slasher film. Top class rant. Subbed for life. Thumbs way up
The director said he just wanted to force a romance in there, essentially because he was bored. As if someone forced him to accept the job of director. Personally I think he made Michael little more than a cameo in his own movie to spite the series fans. Hating the IP and fans you're directing a movie for almost seems like a requirement for directors these days - and not just for fantasy and video game IP anymore. And as is normal in Hollywood these days he's failing upward to direct The Exorcist remake. I don't know why they would choose to remake that movie these days. Assembling a cast that is even a shadow of the original's would be a feat in itself. Got to love that this director s*** on Friedkin a few weeks ago. As if he'll ever do anything as remarkable as the original Exorcist, The French Connection, etc.
Evil dies tonight! I've seen enough spoiler vids and reviews, and there's a lot of ranting. I didn't get into the Halloween movies apart from the first two. The original one is awesome and began the movie slasher craze.🎃
Thank you for this review! I really hated this movie as well and I was hoping someone also share this feeling, you did great. I think this movie was so poorly made that it almost seems intentional
@@tyleronder11 No problem mate, I agree with you also what you also said about the love story I go to Halloween for a slasher flick not a dam romance novel lol. An talk about anger I’ve seen some movies in my time that were a let down but Ends Oh boy it just made me mad as hell an still dose. I don’t think I’ll be rushing out to get the 4K blu ray anytime soon. The question I ask myself is what the F happened they set up everything so good with Halloween and Halloween Kills only to stuff it all up. Like did they just decide to follow the trend of bad or not so good Halloween movies.
The film was 💩💩💩 it made no sense as an end to a trilogy and didn't even connect to Halloween Kills. Cory was a superfluous character that took up screen time for no reason with no pay off. He just kills himself for what reason???? Micheal was in the sewer why?? Laurie was all carefree and at peace after all this heightened hysteria for the last 40 years why??? Awful awful awful awful film
watching the movie in the theater there was this guy who was drunk/high and starts yelling "TTH TTHIS SISS FUCKIN BULLSHIT!!.....WASSTTE UH FF FUCKIN MONEY!!" and i mean he wasn't wrong! lol
I’m still very salty that my favorite horror character got disrespected in just a matter of 6 minutes. I’m done with this movie & will not acknowledge or rewatch this movie at all.
All they needed to do was have Michael stalking like in the original. He’s been gone for 4 years… no one would expect it. Everyone’s guard would of been down. Lorrie could of been the only one with her guard up and they could of spent the movie with her hunting a smoke like Michael Myers.
To put it bluntly: Blumhouse Productions, David Gorden Green, Danny McBride, Chris Bernier and Paul Brad Logan have took a huge dump on the Halloween Franchise for the fourth time with Halloween Ends. I'm really not sure if this Franchise can recover from this disaster again. The makers of this film put Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning (1985), Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993), A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) and Christine (1983) in a blender. Mixed those four films together with the worst elements of Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) and Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995). Thrown in a dash of Halloween H20 (1998) and voilà! The result is Halloween Ends and it's gloriously awful. And yet this new Halloween Trilogy got off to a good start with Halloween (2018). Yes, it stumbled with Halloween Kills (2021), but Halloween Kills was just a bridge movie in this trilogy. That had been a big problem. Halloween Ends isn't just a big slap in the face for these two movies, oh no! This film is a huge slap in the face to the entire Halloween Franchise. It doesn't feel like a Halloween Movie at all! It's just boring, frustrating and disappointing. So many new characters are introduced in this one. All have zero personality, are simply one dimensional and a bunch of assholes. I didn't like the Corey storyline at all. It had ZERO Pay off and was just pointless! Allyson is all over the place in this film. Her decisions made no sense and were completely contradictable to her character in comparison to the previous two films. Not to mention how annoying and unlikable she became in Ends. She really reminded me of Scout Taylor-Compton's Laurie Strode from Rob Zombie's Halloween 2. Michael Myers himself (when he appeared) seemed bored, disinterested and tired. To add insult to injury, he was completely disrespected in this movie. You really want me to believe that some 24 years old douchebag who was bullied and beaten by some high school bullies, can beat the f*cking Michael Myers and steal his mask. Are you serious with this bullshit?! Heck, when this movie FINALLY decided to be a Halloween Movie, I was about to walk out of the theater. Not even the Kills are good in this movie imo. How can you screw up so much with something so simple! Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode is the only shining light in this awful film. She's the only thing stopping me from giving this movie 0/5 stars. If David Gorden Green really wanted to "Season of the Witch" the Franchise then he should have NOT bring Laurie and Michael back in Kills and Ends. He had the opportunity to give those characters a nice send-off in 2018 but he didn't do it. He is a hack! His Halloween Trilogy is so inconsistent. Like he and Danny McBride can't decide whether or not Michael Myers is a normal human being or a supernatural entity. In Kills, Laurie said and I quote: "I always thought Michael Myers was flesh and blood, just like you and me, but a mortal man could not have survived, what he's lived through." Then in Ends she says and I quote: "I thought maybe you were the boogeyman. No, you're just a man [...]." Is he supernatural or not? David Gorden Green and Danny McBride be like: "Who knows, who cares!" Halloween Ends (2022) gets 1/5 stars from me. I can deal with a badly made movie that has bad writing and bad acting as long as it's still entertaining. The worst thing a movie can do to me is if it bores me and waste my time. Halloween Ends did that to me. I have never left the cinema so speechless, confused and angry at the same time. It's by far the worst movie in the Halloween Franchise. Yes, it's WORSE than Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Halloween: Resurrection (2002), Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 (2009) and Halloween Kills (2021). I'm dead serious! I would rather rewatch those movies than this piece of shit ever again because at very least those movies felt like actual Halloween Movies to me, even so they suck. I HATE Halloween Ends. After this travesty, whatever other studio who will own the rights to this Franchise should really just do Halloween Anthology Movies. Do what John Carpenter and Debra Hill envisioned for this Franchise to become after Halloween II (1981). It failed with Season of the Witch in 1982 but now it is the right time to do that in my opinion. Michael Myers character is so played-out at this point that I don't think a new Reboot with him will be any successful, especially without Jamie Lee Curtis. Even if they will bring back Danielle Harris as Jamie Lloyd and make a direct Sequel to Halloween 4 and delete Halloween 5 and 6 from the timeline, so what? They gonna f*ck it up again! They do it everytime! Everytime they made a decent or a good Sequel to the 1978 Original or 1981 Halloween II, they immediately do a Sequel/Sequels that ruins everything. They did it with Halloween 4 which was ruined by Halloween 5 and 6. Then with H20 which was ruined by Resurrection and now with Halloween (2018) which is ruined by Kills and Ends. This makes 3 strikes now. You're out! As far as I'm concerned the Story of Michael Myers ended with Halloween II (1981). Michael Myers died in that movie with Dr. Loomis who sacrificed his life and died in a blaze of glory.
As much as I hate Halloween Kills, that movie at least had a consistent tone from Halloween 2018 that makes you feel that fear of the shape, despite how much I fucking hate "Evil dies tonight". When I go to watch a Halloween movie, I should not be seeing any comedy, love interests, or dumb decisions while I should be seeing the actual main antagonist doing what he does best, not get his mask stolen by some teen and being a goddamn punching bag. I came here to see horror, not a fucking drama. And for those people saying Michael has to kill to regain his strength after 4 years of Halloween Kills. Then maybe Michael should've been very very weak in Halloween 2018 since that movie took place 40 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL HALLOWEEN!!! Think, people. It helps
Way too many plot holes for a franchise film to sustain. Swiss cheese. Moment after moment going huh? What?! I always felt the guy known for doing Pineapple Express was a weird choice, I was skeptical. But, 2018 was ok and Kills was ok, but Ends was not ok. I won't be getting excited to see another movie by him. Isn't his next franchise The Exorcist. At least that property is already in the dumpster, so he can only go up, but no re enacted scenes or flashbacks to the original which is my biggest gripe about his Halloween trilogy. He's a very derivative director. Needs to try to be more original.
The director did this movie for his own selfish reasons, and to think he's taking on the exorcist franchise next.....huge horror fan like everyone else, I can rewatch any title over and over again, I barely made it through ends.....it's available on peacock and I can't bring myself to watching it for a second time
Halloween ends is so disrespectful. I've commented a few times, and as I said, one would like to take all the rolls of film and symbolically put them in a scrap press. When I saw Michael Myers in the sewers in the movie it made me think of IT Pennywise and if Michael Myers could talk he would say Corey do you want to fly too? We all fly with you here. Just stupid and I knew from the start that Jamie Lee Curtis doesn't like horror movies and I don't like this Franchise Halloween ends from David Gordon Green.
Brilliantly said, what they did to Michael Myers, his Legacy, the series of films and his standing among horror icons, ENDS is a total insult to him, a total lack of respect as you say. ENDS Sucks.
@@pikeflowedthank you my friend yes the disrespect for micheal was real ... they put micheal myers on the side lines of his own damn movie. For a new character Corey we don't care about 💯 micheal we not in the movie for the first 46 minutes Corey took over the movie makes no sense
It's tough for me to get on board with Corey as Michael, I am old school and I gotta have Michael, he was literally the terminator in kills and now this? I've heard many say because he's older but damn only 3 years isn't that much
The he needs to kill to become powerful is weak excuse, he had a forty year draught of not killing between the original and reboot so by that logic he would have started weak in the first film in the new trilogy.
The non-sensical complaints of Halloween Ends: "Michael was weak in Ends" - Uh, yeah. That's literally the point. Throughout most of Kills, he was probably pumped up on adrenaline. The mob beating absolutely wrecked him. He was dying from years of untreated, infected wounds. And he's 65. He is quite literally an old man. He's still a human, afterall. "Michael got beat up by a nerd who got beat up by band bullies" - This one is my favourite. First of all, at this point in the story, Corey was infected with Michael's evil. THAT'S WHY he was able to go toe to toe with him. With this, it also made him stronger. Also, he never "beat up" Michael. He used Michael's own momentum against him, tripping him up causing Michael's head to smack into the ground. Secondly, those "band bullies" (I love how people have to shoehorn the word "band" in there) were literally the same size as Corey. Anyone can get their ass kicked by a group of teenagers. You're lying if you can't. What's more, Paul Brad Logan, the screenwriter of Ends and author of the Ends novelization, said in a recent interview, that he himself was once bullied by members of a marching band. The fact that they are in a band is irrelevant. "It's just an Allyson and Corey love story" - No, it's not that. It's a story about one person's descent into darkness and it showed that his attraction to Allyson turned into obsession because the evil was taking over. THAT is the point of that relationship. "Michael is hardly even in it" - Okay... But he was there the whole time. You could literally feel his presence seeping through every crack and crevis of Haddonfield. He tainted the town with his evil. And you know, he actually had less screentime in the original. Hell, Freddy Krueger only had about 7/8 minutes of screentime in the original Elm Street. But did that matter? No. Because you could still feel his presence. It's all about quality over quantity. Using him sparingly. "It's not a Halloween film" - Except, it quite literally is: a) It continues the story of the OG, 2018 and Kills. b) Michael Myers is in it. c) It takes place on Halloween. How is it NOT a Halloween film? Oh, I get it. Because it's not 2 hours of Michael going house to house, stalking and slaughtering people... Is that what you all wanted? Just a repeat of 2018 and Kills? Then you would all complain that Ends was just the same as the others. Now you complain that it's too different. These filmmakers just cannot win with this fanbase. They made the right choice. They branched out. Gave us something fresh. Something unique. And you know what? I would have them do it again. Oh, and let me just touch on what Laurie said in Kills. "The more he kills, the more he transcends into something impossible to defeat: Fear. People are afraid. THAT is the true curse of Michael." How people cannot understand this is beyond me. People thought she was talking about Michael himself becoming unstoppable, which is why they are pissed off with how he is utilized in Ends. She was literally talking about the fear he creates. The more people are afraid, the more Michael's evil taints the town of Haddonfield. For 4 years after the events of 2018 and Kills, his presence was felt throughout the entirety of Haddonfield. Haddonfield was just a cesspool of dread and fear. And when watching Ends, you can feel it yourself. Not one point did I not think that Michael wasn't there. He was there the whole time. His evil presence was seeping through every crack and crevis of Haddonfield. SYMBOLISM people. It's not that hard to fucking grasp
Bro. Okay you have different opinions than me. But all my points still stand. I’m so glad you enjoyed the movie and think the way you do. I really do. But I still stand by EVERYTHING I said. I was beyond disappointed.
@@tyleronder11 Fair enough. Btw, this is just a post of mine that I copy and pasted from a group, so it's not intended to be insulting or provoking towards you yourself, although it may seem that way.
I am also very disappointed in the film and most of all in Jamie Lee Curtis. I hope it's a flop and it really doesn't have much to do with the Michael Myers cult. I grew up watching the movies and I hate this Halloween Ends script. I compare it to Terminator and I would prefer the actress to Jamie Lee Curtis because she appreciates the role of the cult Terminator more. I know the interviews of both actresses and was also initially a fan of Jamie Lee Curtis but she often has something to criticize and I think she worked a lot on this script and I'm angry because Michael Myers wasn't the main character but Jamie Lee Curtis and She didn't like the acting role in the first Halloween film and even in Halloween 20 years later she felt fooled that the films continued and she killed the wrong person but she did it for money and I would have preferred she had gotten out before but she's a good actress. It give a Petition for Halloween ends reshoot. I'm for Michael Myers.
haha, love it Jonathan, we should Start a campaign for a proper Trilogy -Capper, a proper HALLOWEEN ENDS film and print t-shirts with ***MICHAEL ROLLS SOLO!*** on them ! lol ;)
i hope that david gordon green and the other 50 writers of this atrocity see every single one of these VALID reviews of that dumpster fire of a script they all somehow green lit. not a single one of them opposed it. i’m sure Jamie Lee Curtis was not happy with it. THIS is how they decided to conclude the end of a legacy. by nerfing, emasculating, and disrespecting Michael. Laurie Strode was also disrespected. side note, why bring back legacy characters like Marion Chambers if she’s just gonna be killed off in 20 mins in Kills? and Lindsey Wallace literally does nothing in Ends except for a short bar scene and at Laurie’s house playing cards wtf. also, they should have had Jamie Lloyd’s character Danielle Harris play Laurie’s daughter Karen in this trilogy or at least another contributing character. she would have been amazing
"ONE OF THE WORST FILMS I’VE EVER SEEN!" I can't believe that. Have you seen these: Children of the Corn Genesis August Underground Hellraiser Hellseeker Demons of the Mind Wishmaster 3 Cannibal Holocaust Leprechaun Origins Killjoy Wrong Turn 6 Silent Night Deadly Night 3 Jeepers Creepers Reborn I get different opinions and all but from a filmmaking perspective Halloween Ends is fantastic! The cinematography is just phenomenal. Wether you like the Corey character or not, there's no denying he's fantastically portrayed by Rohan Campbell. The film has some amazing kills and obviously the score by John Carpenter is super kickass. Not buying the love angle is obviously a different point of view. For me it made a lot of sense and totally bought it. I fell in love with love at first sight a similar way. So I thought it was realistic. Don't get me wrong I agree with some of your negative points but they didn't bo.ther me so much. It's my third favorite in the franchise. Obviously agree to disagree! :)
Yeah this movie was garbage!! I have no reason to EVER watch it again! I don't care how many times SyFy plays it in October in about 2 years!! Never again!!!
If they really needed to make a trilogy then they should have ended with Kills. That would be a trilogy. Just remove that ending scene with Karen being slashed, because it never matters anyway, and the series would be instantly much better.
Wasn't the worst movie I ever saw but wht makes it worse is tht it's the final movie in a Halloween trilogy, I do admit I watch H kills the most as I think it's a fun ride, and I love the flash backs Hell I wish we stayed there. 👍 video dude. I subbed to your channel I look forward to more.
I agree, KILLS was so much fun, had so much going on, tonally consistent with the 2018 Halloween, a good join-up and progression with that first establishing film, tonnes of fantastic Myers action and " kills ", gr8 1978 section and you really feel the fear Myers has instilled in Haddonfield and the on-going trauma compounding and creating a panic-stricken hysteria in the populace where Michael kills without remorse or much opposition until near the end when they gang up on him, so many thrilling and pulse-quickening scenes, I really enjoyed KILLS. ENDS just fails on every conceivable level....and Myers doesnt kill Cory ??? And steal Myers' mask ! This is a joke of a film : ENDS is an insult to the legacy of the Halloween series and the fans, such a waste of time.
@@pikeflowed kills will be a classic in years to come. It's a fun ride from beginning to end. I like it better then 2018 I love the flash backs also. And I like Tommy in it.
MICHAEL MYERS SAW THAT COREY HAD EVIL POTENTIAL JUST LIKE HIMSELF. THATS WHY HE SPARED HIM. MYERS WAS FUCKED UP FROM HALLOWEEN KILLS. WHAT DID U EXPECT, THEY CALL IT HALLOWEEN ENDS 4A REASON. MOVIE WAS AWESOME, TOOK MAJOR BALLS. IM HAPPY EVERYBODY HATES IT. MAKES ME LOVE IT THAT MUCH MORE 😆
I disagree and thought this was a poor conclusion with good ideas not done right. But I am happy you enjoyed the film! It’s great that everyone has opinions on stuff like this :)
@@tyleronder11 I definitely understand its flaws and have my issues with it but it just worked for me and I loved what the story was and the impact it had on haddonfield. Had a lot of interesting conversations about this film.
The only part I disagree with you about is the kills. I like the brutality of them. Only Rob Zombie's remakes have more brutal kills (Yes, the white horse crap in the second one ruined it, I'm just talking about the kills. That stripper in the hall with all the mirrors - sheesh!) Anyway, I didn't find the ones in this trilogy to be excessive. It's not like they veered into torture porn territory.
