Warning: SPOILERS for Halloween Ends aheadHalloween Ends has been met with some highly unfavorable reviews from former franchise stars Scout Taylor-Compton and Danielle Harris. Taylor-Compton played protagonist Laurie Strode in Rob Zombie's Halloween remakes, released in 2007 and 2009, while Harris played Jamie in Halloween 4 and 5, as well as Annie in Zombie's movies. Halloween Ends is the final installment of David Gordon Green's reboot trilogy that began in 2018 and starred original Halloween protagonist Jamie Lee Curtis.

Halloween Ends features the death of antagonist Michael Myers, who's been haunting the town of Haddonfield for decades, disappearing after the events of Halloween Kills. However, a large portion of the film focuses on a new killer, Corey, inspired to start killing after an encounter with Michael. This plot development was one of the most criticized parts of Halloween Ends, with Michael's lack of screen time and character inconsistencies highlighted.

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On the pair's podcast, Talk Scary To Me, the actors share their grievances with the slasher, emphasizing the focus on Corey as a weakness. Tayor-Compton cites how the idea of focusing on someone who becomes a serial killer has potential, but adding in Michael Myers felt like an afterthought, and the tone didn't fit that of a Halloween movie. Harris echoes this statement, saying Corey's kills were compelling enough but didn't fit within the world of Halloween. Read their full quotes below:

Taylor-Compton: It was a really cool story if it was about a new serial killer and what it was like for someone to become a serial killer ... but then they just kind of threw Michael Myers in there, is what it seemed like to me

Harris: Where are the kills? Where's Michael? What the hell is going on?

Taylor-Compton: Michael was so weak. [Him not showing up until 40 minutes in was] so long for a Halloween Michael Myers movie, and the end, for him not to show up and not be strong as f—.I was mortified when he went into that tunnel and [Corey] almost beat his ass. I was mortified. I almost couldn't look, I was so traumatized about what was happening. [An old and weak Michael is] not the Michael Myers that we deserve. That is not it. That's not the last Michael Myers [movie]. I felt so bad for James [Jude Courtney]. Like, this is the end of your Michael Myers?

Harris: I much preferred [Corey's] kills to Michael Myers' kills. He's the only thing that kept me interested ... but it shouldn't have been a Halloween movie.

Taylor-Compton: I know how hard it is to make movies. I also don't want to offend anybody that made the movie. It's just our opinion. Now I get when people have opinions about my movies and your movies — I get it.

Why Halloween Ends Has Been So Divisive

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Halloween Ends has received mixed to negative reviews from fans and critics alike, with many citing the missed opportunities and confusing plot as low points. The decision to take the emphasis off Laurie and Michael is a perplexing one, since all the marketing teased it as their big, climactic confrontation. And though such a confrontation happens in Halloween Ends, Taylor-Compton and Harris are right when they say it didn't feel congruent with what the rest of the movie was about.

Halloween Ends had big shoes to fill when wrapping up the rebooted trilogy, but the emphasis on Corey as a new killer felt like an idea for a completely different movie, one that wanted to explore different ideas. Micheal Myers' ineffectiveness and weakened state is a far cry from the monstrous shape that haunted movie theaters back in 1978, and doesn't feel like an appropriate sendoff for one of horror's greatest monsters. Though there are no immediate plans for another Halloween movie, Halloween Ends has been a disappointment to many fans - including those who've made their careers through the slasher's bloody charms.

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Source: Talk Scary To Me