20 Most Disappointing Horror Movies of the 2020s (So Far)

20. Halloween Ends

Though anyone who knows how Hollywood works was fully aware that Halloween Ends wouldn't be the last Halloween movie, it was at least marketed as the epic final showdown between Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney).

And while, to its credit, it does at least conclude with a definitive end for The Shape, pretty much everything leading up to it is proof that subverting expectations alone doesn't make a story worth telling.

In a bold yet ultimately misguided move, Halloween Ends focuses less on Laurie and Michael than a new character, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell), who we're led to believe just might become the new Michael Myers (spoiler: he doesn't).

As such it became painfully clear that writer-director David Gordon Green had little interest in giving audiences the movie they were sold, instead serving up a lackluster franchise-ender that barely features its two central characters.