10 Things You Learn Rewatching Halloween (2007)
2. A Nothing Of A Finale
The film's final sequence is one of the worst in the franchise's history.
Eschewing the original ending of Laurie and Michael's showdown at the Doyle house, this film sees Michael kidnapping Laurie and taking her back to the Myers house. It's clearly Zombie attempting to go the extra mile for the film but it simply doesn't work.
The ensuing chase sequence is nonsensical and feels as if it's taking place in a constantly in-flux location. Despite all the time the film spends at the Myers house, the geography is never clearly established thanks to Zombie's aversion to wide shots. This, along with the hand-held camera aesthetic and a choppy edit, results in a finale that is nigh impossible to follow and is severely lacking clarity.
The audience is left to guess where Laurie is in relation to Michael a lot of the time. On top of this, the sequence consistently falls back on jump scares and camera angles that only serve to further disorientate and confuse.
It all just becomes noise and neuters what should have been an emotionally-charged finale. But instead of focusing on character dynamics or offering some sort of completion to his narrative, Zombie just goes for cheap shocks once again and leaves audiences dangling on one of the most incoherent "cliff-hangers" in horror movie history.