10 Things That NEED To Happen In Upcoming Movie Sequels
2. Michael Myers Actually Dies - Halloween Ends
Halloween Ends serves as the finale to David Gordon Green's new trilogy of sequels to the original 1978 Halloween, and if it's truly going to live up to the promises of its title, it needs to end with that which studio executives fear most: Michael Myers' death.
The film will clearly be centered around a supposedly final showdown between Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Myers, and regardless of whether Laurie survives or not, it's absolutely vital that Michael is finally given an unambiguous death.
We very nearly got this in Halloween H20 with Laurie decapitating Michael, only for sequel Halloween: Resurrection to lazily retcon it in order to prolong the franchise.
Halloween Ends could certainly conclude with Laurie decapitating Michael "again" after unmasking him and confirming his identity, or blowing him up with a bomb, or any other way that brings Michael's reign of terror to a definitive end.
Otherwise, the title feels like a total copout: to leave Michael back on the run at the end of the trilogy with nothing resolved would be majorly unsatisfying to those who got reinvested in the series with these new movies after so many terrible sequels.
Nobody's saying that Universal can't reboot Halloween 10 years from now and tell a totally different story with a new version of Michael, but after 45 years of unsatisfying fake-outs, retcons, and aborted reboots, the Laurie/Michael arc as we know it needs to be put in the ground for good.
Before we move onto our #1 pick, know that MAJOR SPOILERS will follow for The Batman if you haven't seen it yet...