10 Movie Characters You Didn't Realise Secretly Died In Movies

3. Laurie Strode - Halloween II (2009)

The theatrical cut of Rob Zombie's Halloween II - as in, the version people have actually seen - ends with Michael Myers (Tyler Mane) finally killed for good by Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton), after which she emerges in front of the police wearing Michael's mask.

The final scene sees Laurie seemingly committed to a psychiatrist hospital, as she witnesses a vision of Michael's mother Deborah (Sheri Moon Zombie) with a pale horse - the very same vision that Michael himself saw throughout the film.

The implication, of course, is that Laurie has lost her mind and is destined to follow the same murderous path of her brother, but according to director Zombie himself, that ambiguous final vision was really meant to signify Laurie's death.

This was confirmed when Halloween II's Director's Cut was released, which instead concluded with a crazed Laurie picking up Michael's knife and heading towards Samuel Loomis (Malcolm McDowell), only to be gunned down by the police.

Given that the Director's Cut ends with the same hospital scene from the theatrical cut, the implication seems to be that Laurie ended up dead no matter which version you saw - and whether you knew it or not.