It's hard to believe the Halloween saga ended for good with Halloween Ends . But Michael Myers is off the streets for now , Jamie Lee Curtis ' Laurie Strode having finally taken him down in the 2022 slasher sequel, 44 years after he first terrorized the only responsible babysitter in Haddonfield on All Hallows' Eve . But while you'll have to rely on repeat viewings to relive those chills, you do have many, many Halloween incarnations and installments to choose from, Halloween Ends having capped off a trilogy that was filmmaker David Gordon Green 's answer to the John Carpenter -directed original from 1978.
"They didn't mention a trilogy, they mentioned one movie ," Curtis told E! News in July 2022 about agreeing to revisit her iconic final girl role in 2018's Halloween , which begs audiences to forget the seven films (plus the Rob Zombie -directed 2007 remake and 2009 sequel) released in the interim. Contractual minutiae aside, "that was a very freeing experience," Curtis continued, crediting Green's approach behind the camera—and the film's unequivocal financial success—for jolting her own creative spirit back to life. "Getting a taste of the way David worked was like [remembering], 'Oh, s--t! This is fun!'" Theatergoers certainly appreciated it, scaring up $256 million at the worldwide box office.
So she dutifully reteamed with Green for 2021's Halloween Kills and then in 2022—albeit four years later for Laurie in the cinematic timeline—for Halloween Ends . But whil.
