Halloween

"Evil has a destiny."

Director: Rob Zombie Year: 2007 Runtime: 110 min IMDb: ⭐ 6.2

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Synopsis

The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.

On Halloween 1990 in Haddonfield, Illinois, having already exhibited signs of psychopathic tendencies, a ten-year-old boy, Michael Myers murders his school bully Wesley, his abusive stepfather Ronnie, his promiscuous older sister Judith and her boyfriend Steven, only sparing his baby sister, who he calls “Boo”. After one of the longest trials in the state's history, Michael is found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to Smith's Grove Sanitarium under the care of child psychologist Dr. Samuel Loomis. Michael initially cooperates with Loomis and his mother Deborah, whom he loves dearly, as she visits him regularly. Over the following few months, Michael starts dissociating and fixates on his papier-mâché masks, withdrawing from the people around him, even his mother. When Michael ends up killing a nurse as Deborah is leaving from one of her visits, she is unable to handle the situation and commits suicide. For the next fifteen years, Michael continues making his masks and not speaking to people. Loomis, having continued to treat Michael over the years, attempts to move forward with his life and closes Michael's case. Later, Michael escapes from Smith's Grove, killing the guards and facility staff in the process. He then kills a truck driver, takes his coveralls and makes his way back to Haddonfield. On Halloween day, Michael then arrives at his now-abandoned childhood home, recovering the kitchen knife and Halloween mask he stored under the floorboards the night he murdered his family. Meanwhile, teenage Laurie Strode and her friends Annie Brackett and Lynda Van Der Klok prepare for Halloween. Throughout the day, Laurie witnesses Michael watching her from a distance. Later that night, Lynda meets up with her boyfriend Bob Simms at Michael's abandoned home. Michael appears and then strangles Lynda after stabbing Bob. As Laurie is babysitting Tommy Doyle, Michael murders her parents, Mason and Cynthia. Dr. Loomis, having been informed about Michael's escape, drives to Haddonfield in search for him. After obtaining a handgun, Loomis warns Sheriff Leigh Brackett, who rushes over to the Strode home. While on the way, he explains to Loomis that Laurie is actually Michael's baby sister, having been adopted by the Strodes after their late mother's suicide. After convincing Laurie to babysit Lindsey Wallace while spending time with her boyfriend Paul, Annie is attacked by Michael after he kills Paul at the Wallace residence. Bringing Lindsey home, Laurie finds Annie badly injured on the floor but still alive and calls for help. Michael attacks Laurie, chasing her down the street and back to the Doyle residence. Loomis and Brackett hear the call over the radio and head toward the scene. While the kids hide in the bathroom, Michael kidnaps Laurie and takes her back to their old home. He tries to show Laurie that she is his sister and presents a photo of the two of them together. Unable to understand, Laurie stabs Michael in the neck before escaping the house. Michael chases after her, but Loomis arrives and shoots him three times. Recovering, Michael recaptures Laurie and heads back to the house. Loomis intervenes, but Michael subdues him by crushing his skull. Laurie takes the gun and runs upstairs where she hides inside of the walls. Michael corners her on a balcony and charges at her head-on, knocking them both over the side of the railing. Laurie awakens over an unconscious Michael and points the gun at his face, with Michael grabbing hold of her wrist just as the gun goes off. Laurie drops the gun and starts screaming maniacally as police sirens are heard in the distance.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

🎄 Holiday Cheer Breakdown

☠️ Takes place on or around a holiday —
☠️ Features holiday symbols and decorations —
☠️ Features a traditional holiday activity —
☠️ Features an iconic holiday character —
☠️ Someone is killed in a festive or holiday-specific way —

Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies

spoiler Photos of dead dogs

someone is sexually assaulted

spoiler It depends on what version you decide to watch. If you watch the theatrical release, the graphic rape scene was cut from the movie so they could get an R rating. Uncut, unrated directors cut was going to be stamped with NC-17 so it was pulled from rating submission, however, so it isn't rated. Don't be fooled by that. Other commenter gave a time stamp, but you can also start skipping forward when you see two men dragging a female patient down the hall. The scene adds nothing to the plot.

animals are abused

spoiler Lots of dead animal photos and a dead animal on a tombstone

an animal dies

spoiler Rats slaughtered right at the beginning

there's dog fighting

Yes

there's a dead animal

spoiler Skip ahead when Michael’s mom is talking to the principal and when doctor loomis is walking in the cemetery with the groundskeeper

a dragon dies

Yes

an animal is sad

Yes

there are bugs

Yes

a pet dies

spoiler Michael kills his pet rat, you do not see it happen

a cat dies

spoiler There is a dead cat in a plastic bag that a child Michael Myers supposedly killed. It is fake but still upsetting.

animals were harmed in the making

Yes

a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian

spoiler *spoilers* About a third of the way into the movie it is implied the mother commits suicide (offscreen gunshot) and her baby is heard crying/screaming afterwards, presumably left alone.

someone leaves without saying goodbye

Yes

there's child abuse

spoiler Michael is verbally abused by his stepfather. Physical abuse from same man is implied. He is subjected to abuse at the hospital as well.

a woman is brutalized for spectacle

spoiler There is an explicit assault that is done in a "performative" way to entertain others.

there's domestic violence

Yes

there's abusive parents

Yes

the abused forgives their abuser

spoiler In a sense- Michael’s mother forgives him for murdering the family and wants him to come home again.

someone gets gaslighted

spoiler The girl doesn't believe the boy when he's worried about a "Boogeyman" when it turns out that Michael is hiding behind the door, but this isn't gaslighting. Gaslighting is a manipulative behavior, she didn't know he was there.

the abused becomes the abuser

Yes

someone is stalked

Yes

there's addiction

Yes

alcohol abuse

spoiler The couple of teenagers in the Myers abandoned house are drinking and having sex.

someone uses drugs

Yes

someone is sexually assaulted onscreen

spoiler The director's cut includes an explicit r*pe scene. The guards in the facility where michael is held bring an inmate in his room and force themselves on her. It is graphic.

rape is mentioned

Yes

sexual assault on men is a joke

Yes

someone is restrained

Yes

someone is held under water

Yes

a woman gets slapped

Yes

someone's mouth is covered

Yes

someone is beaten up by a bully

Yes

there's pedophilia

spoiler The mother's boyfriend makes a vulgar comment about her teenage daughter at the beginning of the movie.

there's torture

spoiler Someone is repeatedly held underwater (44m16s to 44m59s)

there's body horror

Yes

heads get squashed

spoiler A character is clubbed to death with a baseball bat. We don't see actual impact, there is audio and we see the damage once the character is dead, which is fairly graphic.

there's decapitation

Yes

someone's throat is mutilated

Yes

someone is crushed to death

Yes

someone struggles to breathe

spoiler A security guard is drowned and at least one other victim is strangled, both of which are shown.

someone asphyxiates

spoiler Asphyxiation by severed carotid arteries.

someone breaks a bone

Yes

somebody is choked

Yes

someone has a seizure

spoiler Young Michael hits his sister's boyfriend with a metal bat, who then appears to begin seizing for a brief moment.

someone dislocates something

Yes

there's eye mutilation

Yes

hands are damaged

Yes

Someone becomes unconscious

Yes

there are hangings

spoiler The corpse of a man wearing a jack 'o lantern is hung from a railing in one scene.

there's shaving/cutting

Yes

there's excessive gore

Yes

someone falls to their death

Yes

someone is stabbed

Yes

someone falls down stairs

Yes

a minor is sexualized

spoiler Early in the film, the mum's boyfriend makes a vulgar comment about his teenage step-daughter.

a kid dies

spoiler Michael's first victim is his bully, who's just a little older than him. He also kills his sister and her boyfriend, who are older teens, but still.

an infant is abducted

spoiler Young Michael takes his baby sister out of the house after killing most of his family, but he doesn't harm her

a major character dies

Yes

someone dies

Yes

someone sacrifices themselves

Yes

a non-human character dies

Yes

the r-slur is used

spoiler When the girl is going to her friends house with her little sister on Halloween night the word is used. Around 1hr 10 mins time stamp

a parent dies

spoiler Michael kills his (crappy) stepdad in his first murder spree, and his mom later kills herself. Adult Michael later kills Laurie's adoptive parents as well.

a family member dies

Yes

someone cheats

Yes

someone is kidnapped

spoiler Yes. Laurie is taken by Michael against her will.

there are jump scares

Yes

there's ghosts

spoiler No but Michael wears a sheet like a ghost

there's natural bodies of water

Yes

there are clowns

spoiler Young Michael is very often seen to be wearing a creepy clown-mask, not wanting to take it off.

there are razors

Yes

There's audio gore

Yes

someone defecates

spoiler A man is using the toilet and describing it to deter someone from entering. Nothing is shown on screen.

someone wets/soils themselves

spoiler A child is seen peeing in the toilet but no details are shown except from the sound of course

there's spitting

Yes

there is copaganda

spoiler Kind of? But there's also an anti-cop remark to balance it out.

there's incarceration

spoiler Someone is detained and institutionalized.

there are transphobic slurs

Yes

there's a mental institution scene

Yes

electro-therapy is used

spoiler No but it is mentioned

there's a hospital scene

Yes

someone dies by suicide

spoiler Michael's mom shoots herself while reminiscing about happier times with her family.

Someone attempts suicide

spoiler *spoilers* Michael's mother commits suicide about a third of the way into the movie. It is not shown but a gunshot is heard off-screen.

someone self harms

Yes

there's misophonia

spoiler Multiple instances occur where baby Laurie is wailing, and it sounds the same every time.

someone suffers from PTSD

Yes

there's dissociation, depersonalization, or derealization

spoiler Michael says he doesn’t remember killing his sister, sister’s boyfriend and step dad so this could be considered dissociation

there's ABA therapy

Yes

someone has a meltdown

Yes

Autism specific abuse

Yes

a mentally ill person is violent

Yes

someone has an anxiety attack

Yes

someone has a mental illness

Yes

there's a claustrophobic scene

Yes

shaky cam is used

Yes

there's flashing lights or images

spoiler The police car lights flashy and the strip club at the beginning were not flashy but was a lot for a photosensitive person

there are sudden loud noises

Yes

a baby cries

spoiler Baby screams/cries loudly several times throughout. First is at the start of the movie in response to parents fighting, and later, *spoilers* in response to the self-inflicted gunshot which kills the mother.

there's screaming

Yes

there's underwater scenes

spoiler There is a scene in which someone is drowned, which can be seen from below or "underwater".

there is obscene language/gestures

Yes

someone is watched without knowing

Yes

someone has an abortion

spoiler Michael's sister refuses to eat eggs for breakfast, referring to them as "chicken abortions".

there is a baby or unborn child

Yes

there are homophobic slurs

spoiler There’s an abusive dad figure who frequently calls Mike a f*ggot

someone is misgendered

spoiler Mike Myers (step?)father makes very transphobic comments towards him, saying that he’s going to grow up to cut off his genitals - he then calls him Michelle.

there are "Man in a dress" jokes

spoiler Michael’s stepfather makes transphobic jokes

a minority is misrepresented

spoiler The two poc die

someone speaks hate speech

spoiler A lot of anti lgbt stuff especially

there's ableist language or behavior

spoiler Attendees at the hospital are terrible.

there's a large age gap

Yes

there are incestuous relationships

spoiler A girl’s stepfather makes a creepy comment about her butt

there is sexual content

Yes

there are nude scenes

Yes

someone is sexually objectified

spoiler Right at the beginning the stepdad makes a comment about the teenage girl's butt

there's bestiality

spoiler Michael’s sister makes a joke about him masturbating to the thought of his pet rat.

the ending is sad

Yes

there's end credits scenes?

Yes

someone drowns

spoiler A security guard is held under water in a wash bin, it's quite graphic and may be pretty upsetting to those sensitive.

there's gun violence

Yes

there's blood/gore

Yes

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