Original Ending of ‘Halloween Ends’ Would’ve Taken Place Inside a Mask Factory

For many years, the most controversial installment in the Halloween franchise was Halloween III: Season of the Witch, but with that oddball entry becoming more and more beloved as the years go on, the new World Champion in that department may very well be Halloween Ends.

Released in 2022, Halloween Ends was the final installment in David Gordon Green’s legacy sequel trilogy, tasking itself with wrapping up the Michael Myers and Laurie Strode story while also introducing a brand new Shape into the mix with Rohan Campbell’s Corey Cunningham.

The character and his role in Halloween Ends proved divisive, to say the least, with most fans looking for one thing and one thing only from Halloween Ends: a satisfying conclusion to the Laurie vs. Michael saga that began back in 1978 with John Carpenter’s original slasher classic. A final battle that a few films before it, including Halloween 2018, had claimed to be.

But Halloween Ends, well, it may have finally made good on the promise.

Halloween Ends comes to a close with Laurie killing Michael Myers once and for all – a thing she’s also done a couple times before! – and feeds his corpse into an industrial shredder while the town of Haddonfield watches on with solemn approval. It’s essentially a hopeful ending for Laurie, who will presumably be able to now finally get back to some semblance of normal life.

Outside of the nightmares about feeding her not-brother into an industrial shredder, of course.