10 Horror Movie Sequels That Started In Surprising Ways

In terms of shocking horror sequel opening, it doesn't get more jarring than seeing the greatest franchise protagonist in horror history being brutally killed off in the first few minutes. For the oft-lambasted Halloween: Resurrection, that's exactly what it ended up doing.

Picking things up after Laurie Strode had beheaded Michael Myers after the conclusion of Halloween H20, Resurrection finds Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie locked up in a mental institution. There, it's detailed how Michael had pulled a switcheroo in H20, putting his famed mask on a poor paramedic, who Strode then decapitated. Thus, Laurie was traumatised and left as an institutionalised mute.

Of course, Curtis' character was really playing possum here, for yes, while she was locked up, she was merely biding her time for Michael to come and find her. In typical Myers fashion, the Shape does indeed turn up at the facility housing Laurie, with a rooftop battle between the two actually seeing Strode get the better of her long-time rival.

When Laurie hesitates in killing her then-canon brother - for fear of it being another innocent under the mask - Michael seizes the moment to stab his sibling and throw her body to its death. And with that, Halloween: Resurrection peaked, as the film then descends into a farce that culminates with Busta Rhymes busting out some kung fu moves on Michael Myers.