Mange af os gyserfans kan sikkert blive enige om, at det sidste kapitel i David Gordon Greens Halloween-trilogi ikke ligefrem var en stor finale. Selvfølgelig fik vi et sidste opgør mellem Strode og Myers, men det føltes mere som to trætte pensionister, der skændes om den sidste kage på fadet. Kedelig og tandløs kan knap nok at beskrive det.
Så kunne filmen have været bedre med en anden slutning? Sandsynligvis ikke - men faktum er, at Green legede med flere alternative konklusioner, før han besluttede, at Halloween Ends ville kulminere med den endelige kamp mellem Myers og Strode. Ikke nødvendigvis fordi det var den mest kreative mulighed, men fordi mange af de andre versioner blev set som for mørke, intellektuelle eller dybe - noget Jamie Lee Curtis for nylig afslørede i et interview.
"The original ending of Halloween Ends, originally entitled Halloween Dies, was a scene in a mask factory. You see a conveyor belt of masks being manufactured. They're Michael Myers masks, which was saying, 'We're all monsters if we put on the mask. It's not just Michael. It's all of us, if we wear the mask.' And yet somehow, it didn't satiate. I think it was too intellectual for this finale. It was a big swing, and I honor and support the big swing."
Curtis beskrev også en anden slutning, hvor Strode skulle have taget over som den nye Myers. Hun sagde:
"There was also an ending in which we explored and filmed a sort of transference between Laurie and Michael. In the final killing of Michael, Laurie almost became him. In this second of glory — taking the life of Michael Myers — she became Michael Myers. She has to go away at that point. She has to revert back to the Laurie we met in the first film. She has to isolate herself for the rest of her life because she now has a piece of Michael in her. But it was too dark and too profound to satisfy the hunger of this 40-year journey."
Så hvad tror du - ville nogen af disse alternative slutninger have gjort Halloween Ends til en bedre afslutning for sagaen?