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5. Plot Twist! Laurie Is Michael's Sister (Halloween II)

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A lot of casual Halloween fans might mis-remember that Laurie is revealed as Michael's sister in the original film, but this is actually a big plot twist rather clumsily introduced in the sequel.

The big reveal is made by nurse Marion Chambers (Nancy Stephens) to Dr. Loomis, all while Laurie remains initially unaware of her sibling link to Michael. While it's such an endemic aspect of the series by this point, one can only imagine how audiences reacted at the time, while Carpenter himself has since dismissed the revelation as "silly".

Tellingly, the new movie will jettison the sibling aspect altogether, dismissing it as a rumour that's totally untrue. Yay.

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