10 Movie Plot Twists That Punished Loyal Fans
7. Laurie Didn't Actually Kill Michael Myers (Halloween: Resurrection)
The Halloween timeline has been simplified with the release of Halloween 2018, which erased every other film in the franchise since the original. This hard reset was a good thing for several reasons - getting rid of a bunch of terrible movies, for one thing - and thankfully, it means that this forehead-slapping twist from the start of Halloween: Resurrection is no longer canon.
At the end of Halloween H20, heroine Laurie Strode kills Michael Myers by chopping off his head. It was a really badass moment, and would've been an excellent place to end the franchise and leave Michael dead and buried.
But wait! Laurie didn't actually kill Michael. For no apparent reason other than money, Dimension Films chose to resurrect the pale-faced menace in Halloween: Resurrection, explaining that Laurie (who dies early in the film) had killed a paramedic who Michael had swapped places with. The paramedic's throat had been crushed so he couldn't speak, but for some reason, he didn't try... taking the mask off? Okay then.
It's a dumb twist in and of itself, but one of the worst things about it was how it completely ruined Laurie's character. Fans who'd stuck with her for decades finally got to see her win at the end of H20, only for this twist to make her seem like a bit of an idiot (surely, mask or not, she could tell that she wasn't killing Michael?) and for her life to be taken shortly afterwards.
Sticking with this franchise through two decades and countless crappy sequels, finally receiving a decent conclusion... and being rewarded with yet another crappy sequel that undid said decent conclusion. Does our loyalty mean nothing, Hollywood?!