Outside of the podcasters and the weird doctor, I loved that first movie.

Kills was pretty deflating. The vigilante townspeople. Laurie just sitting around in a hospital. The deputy who fucked up back in 78 was fine, and at least Michael killed a bunch of people who you wanted to see killed, but it seriously reset my expectations.

Ends is a mess and a half. They take a swing on some big ideas of family trauma, but it never quite lands. I won’t spoil anything yet, but the way they get Michael involved is even dumber than the doctor driving him to Laurie’s house.

I feel bad for the granddaughter. Matichak has been great in all 3 movies, but she’s not given much to work with in this one. She’s there to deal with Laurie’s issues and a new character’s issues, so her grief/attempt to move on is kinda bulldozed in this movie. I don’t believe this character would get swept up in the angry mob in Kills, and I don’t buy that she would fall this fast for her love interest in this movie.

And the ending is ridiculous, of course.

At this point, I’d rather see a series of Halloween Resurrection type sequels where Michaels kills a different group of people every movie and we’re not really concerned with why.