The director of “Halloween: The Ending” explains why the film doesn’t focus on Laurie and Michael Myers

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* This article doesn’t spoil the key twists of “Halloween: The Finale”, but it does include plot details that could be considered spoilers.

After their first meeting 44 years ago, Michael Myers and Laurie Strode star in their latest confrontation in “Halloween: The End”. But “they recite” is a saying, because the film, which was released in our cinemas on October 14, it doesn’t focus primarily on them, but on other characters, relegating the killer and survivor played by Jamie Lee Curtis to a rather secondary role..

This creative decision has aroused a lot of criticism from horror fans, who expected something else from the latest ‘Halloween’ movie, and its director, David Gordon Green, creator of the trilogy with which the saga was reactivated in the 2018, explained why they decided to take that approach to the film. It was during an interview with MovieMaker, in which the director describes the process of him as follows:

“We had to make a decision on how to end these characters. How do we want it to be more than a nice ending for the franchise? Honestly, we never thought about making a Laurie and Michael movie. The concept that it was supposed to be a final showdown never crossed our minds. I wanted to see where she could go. She wanted one to win and one to die. But we have been increasingly ambitious on that topic “.

Instead of putting Michael and Laurie at the center, Green decided to focus the film on Laurie’s granddaughter, Allyson (Andi Matichak), and – most importantly – Corey, a new character, played by Rohan Campbell, who serves as Michael’s successful successor. Myers, which represents the idea that evil does not die, but changes shape (a very present motto in the film). About this, the director says they have decided to do “What no one expected us to do: a love story”. “It’s our version of ending with a bang and opening our hearts to this community and these characters.”. For Green, the premise of “Halloween: The End” is not the final confrontation, but the transformation of evil and “what a community that neglects its well-being can inadvertently cause itself, something fascinating that I think happens constantly”.

On the other hand, Green revealed it John Carpenter, director of the original who remained in the saga as a producer and composer, gave the green light to that approach.even knowing it wouldn’t be to everyone’s taste. “It seemed fine to him”declares the web itself. “He’s like any other skeptic. ‘What are you going to do? Write the same thing over and over?’ When he wrote ‘Halloween II’ he didn’t know how to deal with it..

defends himself

“Halloween: The End” got the lowest score in the new trilogy from the public. As of this writing, the film has a 57% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and received a poor C + on Cinemascore. In the face of criticism, Green also wanted to defend himself, focusing on the positive: “It’s funny when someone says ‘Build your dream house on this earth using this title and these characters’, because everyone will find something that has meaning for them and that they can create for themselves. This is what I have done. For each review , there are also people who thank me for taking her to a new place and keeping her alive and full of love”.

After debuting at # 1 at the US box office with $ 41.3 million, “Halloween: The End” plummeted 80% in its second week, with $ 8 million, which means one of the biggest falls of a movie released in first place. It should be noted that although it was released exclusively in theaters in Spain, in the United States it was released simultaneously in theaters and in streaming (via the NBCUniversal Peacock service).