Every Halloween Movie Ranked Worst To Best

"Halloween Ends" is the 13th "Halloween" movie overall, and the third and final entry in David Gordon Green's surprisingly elegant, thoughtful, character-driven reboot trilogy that examines the traumatizing, addictive effects of violence as much as it is a series of jump scares, gore, and chaos. It's a delicate balance, but Green pulls it off, thanks in large part to the masterful horror-acting work of Jamie Lee Curtis, an old-school scream queen who starred as Laurie Strode in the original "Halloween" back in the late '70s.

Things have died down in the cursed town of Haddonfield four years after Michael Myers' latest murder binge, but he's just lying in wait, living in a sewer pipe, until a vulnerable victim hypnotically transforms into a fellow killing machine. After accidentally killing a kid while babysitting, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) becomes the town pariah, and while developing a relationship with Laurie's granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak), endures routine beatings, and is thrown off an overpass where he encounters Myers. 

From there, and under the influence of the Shape, Corey launches a stabby spree against the town that has spurred him. This leads to one of the bloodiest, longest, and most difficult to watch scenes of violence, gore, and brutality in recent horror movie memory as Laurie and Michael square off, putting an "End" to it all.

"Halloween Ends" split fans and critics alike, some of whom appreciated that it was trying something new while others felt cheated by Michael's minimal screentime and an over-reliance on Campbell as the film's main villain. Appropriately then, the film is hovering at about the halfway mark on Rotten Tomatoes, between both critics and viewers alike.

"It's not a bad way to go out," ReelViews said in its review. "At least it has the virtue of trying something new." Calling it a "muffled bang," The Huntsville Item added: "It might not be the 'Halloween' film you expected, but that's exactly the point."