Laurie Strode is taking her final bow in the five-decade saga to defeat Michael Myers.Jamie Lee Curtis has played the iconic final girl scream queen since John Carpenter’s “Halloween” in 1978, killing off a multitude of sequels, requels, and reboots.
The latest trilogy, helmed by David Gordon Green, seemed to wipe the slate clean for a Ptsd-plagued Strode to defend her family, comprised of her daughter (Judy Greer) and granddaughter (Andi Matichak), from a deranged Myers after he escapes a maximum-security prison.Green’s “Halloween” in 2018 was followed by 2021’s extra bloody “Halloween Kills.” Now, the trilogy wraps up with “Halloween Ends,” in theaters October 14.While “Kills” saw a shocking death and touched on political conversations like #MeToo, police distrust, and mob mentalities, “Ends” marks a different kind of death: Curtis’ last turn as Strode.“A bittersweet End for me on the ‘Halloween’ movies,” Curtis captioned on Instagram February 22 once production wrapped.
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