horror cinema It’s more relevant than ever in Hollywood. The genre has established itself in recent years as one of the cinematographic typologies that best attracts audiences to theaters, demonstrating a lack of creativity in the rest of the productions of the Mecca of cinema. So much so that most of the new great filmmakers come from the field of horror, like the figures of Ari Aster, Robert Eggers Ti West or David Gordon Green. It is precisely the latter who is responsible for the perfect film for Day of the Dead: the end of the legendary saga End of Halloween.
Gordon Green was the man behind this plan by Universal Pictures and the Blumhouse label to resurrect the murderer. Michael Myers and at the same time, put some order into “this mess” that was the original franchise released in 1978 by John Carpenter. So in 2018, Jamie Lee Curtis regained her throne as scream queen in a sequel which received the title Halloween evening, be a direct sequel to this film and start a trilogy that would certainly go from more to less, with a sequence called Halloween kills and the character’s final farewell. An escape from a protagonist who must now confront and forever put an end to the unstoppable murderer who has been pursuing and harassing her ever since over 30 years ago. Starting from a reduced budget of 10 million dollars, Halloween evening She managed to raise around 255 million and her sequel 133 million. Finally, the detriments of intellectual property also reached the economic field when its farewell slightly exceeded the 100 million dollars at the box office. But what is it about? End of Halloween?
Still the famous murderer
The official summary of End of Halloween is as follows: “Four years after the events of Halloween killsLaurie lives with her granddaughter Allyson and is about to write her memoirs. No one has seen Michael Myers since. Laurie, after letting the specter of the killer control her reality for decades, Laurie decided to leave her fear and anger behind to devote herself to life. But when Corey Cunningham is accused of killing the child he was caring for, a cascade of violence is unleashed that will force the protagonist to confront once and for all an evil she cannot control.
Besides the Oscar winner for All at once everywherethe cast of End of Halloween He is completed by Will Patton, Andi Matichak, Rohan Campbell, Kyle Richards and Nick Castle, among others.
Where to watch the full movie
Unlike Michael Myers’ previous psychopathic crises, End of Halloween For the moment, it is only available by subscription on Movistar +. Although it is also possible to purchase its digital version on other platforms like Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Google Play or Rakuten TV.
It is expected that over time it will appear among the contents of SkyShowtimewhich begins in Spain to manage most of the exclusive IPs of Universal images.
With a little more than duration of one and a half hours, End of Halloween reaches its final chapter as one of the most ambitious parts of the IP which, even if it did not end up dazzling the specialized press, is also the perfect film to enjoy in these days when terror dominates preferences audiovisuals of viewers. As final plan for Halloweenthe different streaming platforms allow a marathon through the entire saga.
Universal Pictures bets on terrorism
Beyond the timid impact on the global display of End of HalloweenUniversal Pictures continued to trust David Gordon Green to reproduce this sequel model/restart with the franchise The exorcist. So, after 400 million dollars invested in the purchase of the rights to the original novel by William Peter Blatty, the major I wanted another trilogy that continued the events of William Friedkin’s first film. The Exorcist: Believer It was released in 2023, being a resounding economic and critical failure, which forced the studio to restart the project, this time with horror master Mike Flanagan in front.
In the field of horror, in 2025 Universal will be at the forefront of films like werewolf, The black phone 2, M3GAN2.0, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 and Jordan Peele’s as-yet-untitled new film (let me out).
