Halloween Ends

"Only one of them will survive."

Director: David Gordon Green Year: 2022 Runtime: 111 min IMDb: ⭐ 6.1
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Synopsis

Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.

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Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies
spoiler No dogs are shown or featured in the movie.
someone is sexually assaulted
spoiler Idk why people are saying no, Cory’s mother kisses him on the mouth in a moment of anger and he is clearly upset. That is sexual assault ?
animals are abused
Yes
a cat dies
spoiler Do not worry, the cat is fine.
there's dog fighting
spoiler text
there are spiders
spoiler At around 13 minutes there is a stuffed animal spider
there are bugs
Yes
an animal dies
spoiler There are no animals as part of the movie. Background cat but never even mentioned.
someone leaves without saying goodbye
spoiler Corey asks Allyson to leave Haddonfield with her. Corey and Allyson threaten to leave their homes more than once without saying goodbye.
there's child abuse
spoiler A child dies somewhat graphically in an accident
there's domestic violence
spoiler A mother slaps her grown son and is emotionally abusive. A child dies in an accident.
there's abusive parents
spoiler One character's father is shown to be at least verbally abusive. He is shown yelling and swearing at his son.
the abused becomes the abuser
spoiler It's stated a teenaged bully lashes out and abuses others because his father "hates him." The father is seen swearing and yelling at the teen.
someone is stalked
spoiler Several characters are stalked by Michael Myers and someone dressed as him.
someone gets gaslighted
spoiler Various townspeople downplay Laurie’s experiences with Michael and blame her for the violence he committed. Their trying to convince Laurie that their trauma was her fault is gaslighting.
there's addiction
Yes
alcohol abuse
spoiler Laurie Strode discovers the identity of the horrendous character of Corey and she starts drinking whisky as if there’s no tomorrow
someone uses drugs
Yes
someone is restrained
spoiler A character gets trapped under a fence and can’t escape before being killed.
a woman gets slapped
Yes
someone is beaten up by a bully
spoiler Corey gets bullied by some cocky teenagers throughout the film until he eventually kills them.
someone's mouth is covered
Yes
there's eye mutilation
spoiler A character is stabbed through the eye offscreen and their body is discovered. The face is a bloody mess but the weapon is still sticking out of their head.
there's excessive gore
spoiler Multiple stabbings. A gunshot wound to the head. Heads bashed into counters and walls multiple times. A tongue is cut out with scissors. A blowtorch to the face. Smashing a head by stepping on it. A child falls from a height and dies in a bloody heap.
there's torture
spoiler A character lures a group of people to a junkyard to scare and kill them. A character is stabbed in both hands, pinning them to a counter, and then has their throat cut.
there's body horror
spoiler Pretty graphic murder and mutilation. Heads are crushed, a man's tongue is cut out, a character is stabbed through multiple limbs and rips his own hand apart to escape, a blow torch is used on someone's face.
heads get squashed
spoiler A character stomps on a victim’s head, crushing it graphically.
there's finger/toe mutilation
spoiler A character has their hand forced into a garbage disposal.
teeth are damaged
spoiler One death has character’s lower jaw exposed with the teeth missing.
someone is burned alive
spoiler A character is killed by a blowtorch held in their face and mouth.
there's decapitation
Yes
there are hangings
spoiler A character dies in a suicide by hanging in the beginning of the film. His body is seen dangling in multiple shots.
someone's throat is mutilated
Yes
there's shaving/cutting
spoiler A characters wrist is cut by another character
someone is crushed to death
spoiler A character is crushed under a fence and then driven over in the junkyard
someone is buried alive
spoiler Someone has fire forced into their mouth and it’s alluded that they die because of it
there's amputation
spoiler A character’s tongue is cut out with scissors.
someone struggles to breathe
spoiler Happens at least 3 times with different characters, scenes tend to last somewhat long
someone asphyxiates
spoiler Multiple characters are strangled by Michael Myers.
someone breaks a bone
spoiler A neck and an arm both break with loud, graphic crunching sounds.
hands are damaged
Yes
somebody is choked
spoiler Several times during the film by both Michael and Corey.
someone is stabbed
spoiler Michael Myers’s specialty is stabbings. And there are multiple in the the film.
someone has a seizure
spoiler there are strobing lights in the party scene and the main character appears to have a stroke but he is trying to dance on the floor.
someone dislocates something
spoiler Allyson in the end of the movie kind of snaps Michael’s arm/wrist whilst he’s strapped onto their kitchen table in an attempt to save Laurie’s life
someone falls down stairs
spoiler Falls over railing
someone falls to their death
spoiler A child, in a very graphic and unexpected way.
Someone becomes unconscious
Yes
a kid dies
spoiler A child dies in an accident in front of their parents. Bloody and graphic.
a major character dies
spoiler Corey Cunningham and Michael Myers both die
someone dies
spoiler A lot of people die very graphically
a non-human character dies
spoiler michael myers is non human as he has survived being burned alive and much more and is finally killed in the end of the movie.
someone sacrifices themselves
spoiler No but Laurie does offer herself up to be killed in the end of the movie but ultimately gets saved by Allyson
someone disabled played by able-bodied
spoiler I tried to my research but can’t say for certain but there’s black woman in a wheelchair that shows up when Laurie exits the supermarket. She could potentially be able-bodied.
a parent dies
spoiler Two parents are killed in the film. Discussion of Allyson’s deceased parents in dialogue.
someone cheats
Yes
a family member dies
Yes
someone is kidnapped
spoiler Semi-conscious injured character is taken against their will.
someone is possessed
spoiler Secondary antagonist becomes a ‘helper.’
there are clowns
spoiler there is a halloween party, the background characters are nonndescript but main character wears a scarecrow mask that looks clown-like.
there are shower scenes
spoiler A woman turns on a shower but is interrupted before she gets in.
there's natural bodies of water
Yes
there are jump scares
spoiler Several times, typical for the franchise. A character will pop out, usually during a scene with poor lighting, and there is an accompanying jolt of music.
someone vomits
Yes
There's audio gore
spoiler Stabbing and slicing sounds, gunshots, punches and head slams. Crunching of broken bones.
someone wets/soils themselves
spoiler Discussion of a child wetting the bed but we never see it onscreen.
there is copaganda
spoiler Minor and brief confrontation on “that’s not what cops do” with the response being “they do for [this situation.]”
there's incarceration
Yes
needles/syringes are used
spoiler It is implied off screen when Corey gets stitches, but nothing is shown
there's a mental institution scene
spoiler Minor flash back to pre-Myers escape from 2018 movie in the mental institution.
there's a hospital scene
spoiler A character works at a healthcare clinic.
someone has cancer
spoiler text
someone dies by suicide
spoiler A character is seen hanging after a suicide at the start of the film. A character calls 911 to report their own suicide and holds a gun to their head. This is later revealed to be a trick to catch a killer.
Someone attempts suicide
spoiler laurie calls 911 for her own suicide and holds a gun to her head. she shoots it off screen so for a brief moment you think she shot herself, but she actually shot a pumpkin instead. she doesn’t technically attempt it but it’s suggestive
someone self harms
spoiler Not self inflicted, but a characters wrist is cut
a mentally ill person is violent
spoiler A traumatized, disturbed character begins killing other people as their aggression intensifies.
there's misophonia
Yes
someone suffers from PTSD
spoiler Laurie, Allyson, and Corey all have lingering PTSD from various traumas.
someone says "I'll kill myself"
spoiler Laurie calls in a suicide and holds a gun to her head.
reality is unstable or unhinged
Yes
there's body dysmorphia
Yes
there's a claustrophobic scene
spoiler Characters crawl through a small sewer tunnel.
there's dissociation, depersonalization, or derealization
Yes
someone has an anxiety attack
spoiler Characters are in constant fear, with one instance having a character confronting someone out of fear.
someone has a mental illness
spoiler Cory and Laurie definitely both have symptoms of PTSD.
someone has a meltdown
spoiler Laurie has a quiet meltdown near the end of the movie after Allyson yells at her when she sees Corey’s dead body in their house
Autism specific abuse
spoiler Some people headcanon Michael Myers as Autistic but he’s not really “abused” except implied institutionalizion. He’s attacked in self-defense.
shaky cam is used
spoiler Only during final fight sequence.
there's flashing lights or images
spoiler A party scene has very bright, flashing strobe lights.
there's screaming
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
spoiler A woman grinds her back/butt on a dude
there are sudden loud noises
spoiler People screamed
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
there are homophobic slurs
Yes
someone is misgendered
Yes
there's ableist language or behavior
spoiler Many characters use “psycho” as an insult.
someone speaks hate speech
Yes
the black guy dies first
spoiler a black man dies (and a younger black woman) but not first!
there's a large age gap
spoiler An older man has an affair with an employee. She’s quite a bit younger than him.
there are incestuous relationships
spoiler Corey's mother seems to have some Jocasta Complex. Very jealous of him spending time with another woman, kissing him on the lips
there is sexual content
spoiler Very mild. Two characters go upstairs and wake up in bed the next morning, implying they slept together. A nurse has an affair with her boss. They flirt a bit, but nothing explicit occurs. No nudity in the film.
there are nude scenes
Yes
someone is sexually objectified
spoiler A doctor gives a nurse a promotion because she’s sleeping with him.
a male character is ridiculed for crying
Yes
someone has a stroke
spoiler The main character has a stroke on the dance floor
someone is homeless
spoiler there is a homeless man. he gets violent at one point and he gets murdered
the ending is sad
spoiler No, the end is triumphant for the protagonists.
a person is hit by a car
spoiler A character gets hit by a car after climbing a fence. Soon, they get their head stomped in and their corpse is ran over.
a car crashes
spoiler A car purposely crashes through a fence.
a car honks or tires screech
Yes
there's blood/gore
spoiler A child falls off a stairwell and becomes a bloody paste, someone gets a blowtorch to the mouth, a girl gets her head stomped in and run over, a DJ gets his head smashed in and his tongue cut off,. A person is also thrown into a trash compactor.
there's gun violence
Yes

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