The latest Michael Myers movie is full of brutal deaths but Halloween Kills may be missing an important scene featuring Kyle Richards' Lindsey Wallace. The second film in a planned trilogy from director David Gordon Green, Halloween Kills premiered on Peacock and in theaters after several delays related to the coronavirus pandemic. The sequel continues the story of Laurie Strode and the residents of Haddonfield as they try to come to grips with Michael Myers' latest massacre.
After bringing back Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie for the 2018 film, Halloween Kills features more returning characters who will be familiar to viewers. Both Tommy Doyle and Lonnie Elam make appearances, though they have been recast with different actors. However, the sequel did bring back original stars Nancy Stephens, Charles Cyphers and Kyle Richards, who played Marion Chambers, Sheriff Leigh Brackett, and Lindsey Wallace respectively in 1978's Halloween. Tommy, Lonnie, Marion and Lindsey all have appeared to bond over their shared experience on that fateful night and they once again face off against Michael Myers in Halloween Kills.
At one point in the sequel, as Lindsey and Marion are returning home with friends, the group encounters Michael at a playground. Marion doesn't make it out alive, nor do the two people accompanying them, but Lindsey is able to escape from becoming part of Michael Myers' death count after a brief fight. Lindsey hides from Michael next to a body of water and after searching for her, he eventually gives up and appears to leave. When Lindsey is eventually found by Tommy and Lonnie, though, she is clearly wet, covered in mud and appears to have blood trickling from her mouth, indicating Halloween Kills may have cut a scene wherein Lindsey was discovered and was forced to flee into the water.
Although Lindsey's experience was no doubt harrowing regardless of whether or not it went beyond what was shown onscreen when she is found she is not in good condition. There's also more evidence for Michael's sticking around because when he initially leaves it is directly after he chases Lindsey, but when Lonnie and Tommy eventually arrive at the playground, he has put bodies are on display on the park equipment. As for why Halloween Kills included many violent deaths but decided to cut a scene with one of the key returning legacy characters, there could be a few reasons. For a slasher the sequel is already long, clocking in at an hour and 45 minutes. The movie also has a lot of subplots to focus on, so maybe this extended chase slowed down the pacing of the movie. Still, cutting another scene with Lindsey in exchange for more deaths of nameless characters does the Halloween franchise a disservice.
One of the main selling points of the new Halloween trilogy is the fact it is a direct continuation of the original 1978 film. While Curtis is undoubtedly integral to that, Halloween Kills sidelines Laurie Strode and essentially did the same to Lindsey Wallace. Instead of mining Richards' reappearance and Lindsey's fight with Michael for all the emotional impact it was worth, the film instead decides to focus on a barrage of gory deaths that don't have much resonance due to the fact these are characters viewers haven't had time to connect with.
