It’s almost Halloween, which means it’s time for the villagers of Haddonfield to try and fail to murder Michael Myers once more.
Halloween Kills, the eleventh instalment in the franchise that began in 1978, is out now on Peacock Premium and in theatres. The slasher film is a direct sequel to the 2018 film Halloween, and it features many of the same cast members from John Carpenter’s original 1978 picture.
Laurie Strode is played once again by Jamie Lee Curtis, with Judy Greer as Laurie’s daughter Karen and Andi Matichak as Laurie’s granddaughter Allyson.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PLOT OF THE HALLOWEEN KILLS? SUMMARY OF THE HALLOWEEN KILLS PLOT:
The film starts in the current day, with a little kid called Cameron Elam (aka Allyson Nelson’s boyfriend from the previous film) discovering an injured Deputy Frank Hawkins (played by Will Patton). Hawkins was stabbed by Michael’s doctor towards the end of the previous film, if you recall.
Back in 1978, a young Hawkins (now played by Thomas Mann) met Michael Myers for the first time. Hawkins accidently kills his comrade in cold blood while attempting to shoot Michael.
In the current day, past victims of Michael Myer’s 1978 slaughter met at a bar in Haddonfield on Halloween night for a reunion. Tommy Doyle (Anthony Michael Hall) is in charge of the reunion. Tommy was one of the kids Laurie was babysitting in 1978 when Michael assaulted them.
Lindsay Wallace (played by Kyle Richards, reprising her role from the 1978 film); Cameron’s father Lonnie; former Haddonfield Sheriff Brackett (Charles Cyphers, reprising his role from the original); a former assistant to Dr. Loomise named Marion Chambers (Nancy Stephens, reprising her role from the original); and several newcomers are among the survivors.
Laurie Strode (Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer), and Allyson (Andi Matichak) are taken to the hospital in the meanwhile. They had just completed confining Michael in a cellar and setting him on fire, believing they had finally killed him. However, they notice firefighters headed to the area on their way to the hospital.
When we return to the burning building, the spectator discovers that Michael has not only survived, but that he is still on a killing spree, beginning with the firefighters who saved him.
When the reunited survivors find that Michael is still alive and stabbing people, they decide to go on a joint hunt for him. Tommy vows that “evil dies tonight,” and that they can beat him if they all work together.
Even though her mother warns her not to, Allyson returns to the hospital and joins her boyfriend Cameron in the search for Michael Myers. Laurie, who survived her stab wound but will need to recuperate, is still on painkillers, and Karen lies to her mother by informing Laurie that Michael is dead.
The rest of the film follows the survivors as they try to assassinate Michael Myers. Spoiler alert: they’re all doomed to fail. Michael’s hand kills a lot of people. An enraged mob develops in the hospital where Laurie is being treated, and they corner a man they think is Michael Myers.
Laurie and her daughter Karen attempt to persuade everyone that the man is not Michael, but no one believes them. When the man realises he is besieged by a violent mob, he leaps out of the hospital window and kills himself.
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF THE HALLOWEEN KILLS? EXPLAINING THE ENDING OF THE HALLOWEEN KILLS:
Tommy believes Michael will return to his childhood home, which is where he always goes after a killing spree. Michael did return to his childhood house, and he murdered the nice gay couple who had recently moved in.
At Michael’s residence, Allyson, Allyson’s boyfriend Cameron, and Cameron’s father Lonnie confront him. Lonnie and Cameron are both killed by Michael. Just when he appears to be about to kill Allyson as well, Karen appears at the last possible moment to save her daughter.
Karen uses a pitchfork to stab Michael. She stomps on his head, yanking his mask off. We can see he’s balding, but we can’t see his face.
Karen taunts Michael with his mask, luring him out of the house and away from her kid. She leads him down a street where Tommy and the rest of the gang are waiting to ambush the assailant. Michael replaces his mask, and the mob assaults him with bats and other bludgeoning weapons, but surprisingly few guns. (When are these people going to learn?) Michael is still shot at least four times.
Karen stabs herself with a knife before returning to Allyson. The crowd then stops attacking Michael, assuming he’s dead by now… right?
Of course, this is incorrect. This series will never come to an end! Michael regains control and strikes the mob, despite the fact that he is not dead. Despite firing only a few shots, the mob had run out of ammo. Many more individuals, including Tommy, are killed.
Karen, on the other hand, has returned to Michael’s home. She appears to glimpse something out the upstairs window, which is the room where Michael’s sister Judith used to live. She climbs into the room and peers out the window… After that, Michael assaults her and stabs her.
IN HALLOWEEN KILLS, WHO DIES?
There are a lot of people, but Karen, Laurie’s daughter, is the most important. While it’s possible Karen will survive—you never know with these films—a close-up of Judy Greer’s immobile, milky eyeball suggests Karen is dead.
The movie concludes with Michael looking out of his sister’s bedroom window. There is no post-credits sequence in Halloween Kills. You are free to return home and mourn Karen Nelson’s death. A true one has passed away.
The good news is that Laurie Strode will return in the next sequel, Halloween Ends, and perhaps achieve her retribution.