{"id":23805,"date":"2022-10-14T12:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T10:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1720854"},"modified":"2022-10-14T12:22:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T10:22:17","slug":"halloween-ends-ending-explained-does-michael-myers-die","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/halloween-ends-ending-explained-does-michael-myers-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Ends ending explained: does Michael Myers die?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 14 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The final instalment in David Gordon Green\u2019s Halloween reboot trilogy is finally here \u2013 and as promised, it ends with an epic final showdown between Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her long-time nemesis Michael Myers.<\/p>\n<p>Before we get there, though, there\u2019s a whole lot of other drama. <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/halloween-ends-trailer-jamie-lee-curtis-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Halloween Ends<\/a> primarily concerns new character Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) who appears to find a kindred spirit in Laurie\u2019s granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak), only for things to go horribly awry.<\/p>\n<p>Read on to recap how that fall out eventually leads to the aforementioned final showdown \u2013 and to find out if Michael Myers has finally been killed off.<\/p> <h2><strong>Halloween Ends ending explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The film begins by introducing us to new character Corey Cunningham, a young Haddonfield resident who is earning some cash by taking on babysitting jobs.<\/p>\n<p>One night \u2013 approximately a year on from the events of Halloween Kills \u2013 a terrible mix-up leads to him killing the young child in his care, and he becomes something of a pariah in the community.<\/p>\n<p>After this introduction, we pick up another three years later. Corey is still being mercilessly bullied but soon finds some support in the form of Laurie Strode, who appears to be more at peace with herself than we last saw her \u2013 living with her granddaughter Allyson and spending her time writing her memoirs.<\/p>\n<p>She believes that Corey and Allyson will get on and so engineers for them to meet, and right enough they almost immediately connect, bonding over their shared trauma and soon beginning a relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Things start to go wrong at a costume party when Corey bumps into the mother of the child he killed and she duly berates him. This leads to him exchanging some angry words with Allyson outside before he storms off.<\/p>\n<p>Before he can get home, however, he is intercepted by his bullies who throw him from a bridge, and in the aftermath he finds himself having an encounter with Michael Myers, who has been in hiding in the tunnels under a major thoroughfare nearby. The nature of this meeting is not immediately clear, but straight away Corey begins behaving differently \u2013 murdering a local homeless man in classic slasher style.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Halloween\" ends=\"\" official=\"\" trailer=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i_mAWKyfj6c?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>The next morning, he goes to meet Allyson and apologises for the previous night\u2019s events and the two make up. But Laurie is instantly aware that something is not right \u2013 she reckons she can see Michael Myers in his eyes, and this is later backed up by the father of the child Corey had originally killed, who had always tried to give him the benefit of the doubt up to that point.<\/p>\n<p>Although Allyson won\u2019t hear it, Laurie is very right to be concerned, and Corey soon begins a Michael Myers rampage of his own \u2013 wearing the mask he previously wore to the costume party with Allyson.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, he is aided by the Boogeyman himself, and the pair kill a large number of Haddonfield residents \u2013 including a police officer, Dr Mathis, Haddonfield\u2019s radio DJ and Corey\u2019s bullies.<\/p>\n<p>At some point amidst all of this, Corey decides to take Michael\u2019s iconic mask for himself \u2013 seemingly angering the Boogeyman in the process. Wearing the mask, he kills his own mother and\u00a0then heads straight for his next victim: Laurie Strode.<\/p>\n<p>But Laurie, as usual, is one step ahead. As she hears Corey arriving, she pretends to call in a suicide to the police and briefly looks set to shoot herself, before instead firing her gun at a pumpkin. This seems to take Corey by surprise and he walks into the room, at which point she tells him: \u201cDid you really think I was going to kill myself?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair briefly spar and Laurie forces his mask off, before telling him that he will never be in a relationship with her granddaughter. At this point, Corey stabs himself, with Laurie then taking the knife just as Allyson arrives back at the house. Naturally, Allyson assumes that Laurie has stabbed Corey and runs away, distraught.<\/p>\n<p>The danger is obviously not over and Michael himself soon shows up, finishing Corey off and retaking his mask before setting on Laurie. At this point, the pair have their epic showdown, and Laurie eventually seems to get the upper hand \u2013 forcing him down and brutally slitting his throat.<\/p>\n<p>But this is the Boogeyman we\u2019re talking about, and it isn\u2019t going to be that simple. As he\u2019s done several times before, Michael appears to rise from the dead and turns the tide on Laurie \u2013 getting her in a headlock and looking like he\u2019s about to finish her off\u2026<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Does Michael Myers die?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1720894\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/4198D02600504R-ce592b8.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Michael Myers (AKA The Shape) in Halloween Ends.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Universal<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Thankfully, just as it looks like Michael is finally going to achieve his long-term goal of killing Laurie, Allyson arrives back on the scene and strikes him. Between them, Laurie and Allyson then regain the upper hand finally finish him off, including cutting his wrists.<\/p>\n<p>Understandably, they\u2019re still not quite happy \u2013 lest he somehow makes another return from the dead \u2013 and an impromptu midnight procession in Haddonfield follows, with dozens of residents in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>At the procession, they put his corpse through an industrial metal shredder, and it seems that this time \u2013 surely \u2013 he really is dead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\" data-placement=\"&quot;Body&quot;\">\n<p><strong>Halloween Ends is now playing in UK cinemas. <\/strong><strong>Looking for something else to watch? 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