As another Halloween run heads towards its final entry with Halloween Ends, franchise creator John Carpenter has given his opinion on whether he thinks the franchise will actually be done following the conclusion of David Gordon Green’s reboot. While Halloween Ends will be the 13th movie to have used the Halloween name, 2018’s Halloween essentially ignored the events of all the previous sequels and served as a direct sequel to the original 1978 classic. Halloween Kills failed to perform quite as well as expected when it was released last year, partially due to the movie being simultaneously released on Peacock, and all of those involved will be hoping for a bigger return when Halloween Ends is released this October.
When it comes to horror movies, a never-ending string of sequels and a villain that is constantly being resurrected is almost as much a cliché as anything else found in the films themselves, and Halloween stands alongside Friday the 13th and Hellraiser as one of the longest-running horror properties in history. The thought of someone not planning to make another Halloween film just doesn’t really compute, but Universal have so far made it clear that they are not looking to bring Michael Myers back from dead again after Halloween Ends.
Speaking to Comicbook.com, Carpenter, who provided music for all three of the new films, gave his view on whether the franchise will continue on beyond next years’ movie considering how everything points to Halloween Ends looking to complete the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. He said:
“Let me explain the movie business to you: if you take a dollar sign and attach it to anything, there will be somebody who wants to do a sequel. It will live. If the dollar sign is not big enough, no matter what, it will not live. I don't know, man. I don't know. This time, I do not know. They really want to end. They're going to shut it off, end it. It's what David has in mind. That's fine."
Halloween Ends Will Be the Last in This Run, But Jason Blum Would Like To Make More
Halloween is one of the biggest horror franchises in history, and it is impossible to believe, regardless of comments made by director David Gordon Green, that Halloween Kills will be the final time we will see Michael Myers slashing his way through the residents of Haddonfield. As Carpenter said, if there is enough profit in a movie then it is likely that a sequel will be coming somewhere down the line. Considering Halloween and Halloween Kills cost around $35 million to make between them and took a combined gross of over $380 million, there is certainly still enough profit in the franchise to see why Jason Blum has previously said he would like to come back to the series again.
Halloween Ends finally started filming in January this year thanks to a number of delays due to Covid restrictions. Jamie Lee Curtis made a number of posts on social media as she returned to start filming what is expected to be her final time playing Laurie Strode. The movie will arrive exclusively in theaters on October 14th, a year after it was originally meant to premier in October 2021, and will head to Peacock after a 45-day window.