r/Halloweenmovies

Why were they never explained?
H20 she had a son then in kills and the end she had two daughters and never mentioned her son

I used to like the original version of the official HalloweenMovies site before it became generic and forgotten, but I'm more specifically referring to geocities and angelfire type fan sites. There were sooo many of them back in the late 90s and early 2000s and they had so much to offer. Lots of fan passion, personality, rumors, and theories in a the wild west era of the web, before sterilized templates like facebook groups and subreddits took over. Sure, these are easily accessible, but back then, you felt accomplished for finding the niche fan-driven corners of the web.

Do you miss them? Do you remember what your favorites were? What particularly did you like about these sites?

Look i love the Halloween movies along with michael myers but i just feel they have been dragging down this franchise, and the michael myers Character for years now. i loved the first 2 Halloween movies halloween 3 was ok Halloween 4 was pretty good halloween 5 was underwhelming halloween 6 was awful halloween h20 was ok, i hated Halloween resurrection along with rob zombies halloween movies i really liked Halloween (2018) halloween kills was decent and halloween ends was a Disappointment, I don't really know where they could take the franchise next but im just tired of them dragging out this franchise for money.

My hot takes are that halloween 4 is better then the original and my favourite one and that halloween 5 is a good movie and the h4 mask is good

Unpopular Opinion :

I'm really happy and relieved that Halloween 3 was a bomb .

Because otherwise we would have lost the character of Myers for a while

We'd have movies like Trick'r Treat, I think

Thank you to the 1983 public!

A while back (before the DGG trilogy) there was an episode of a CBS show that took place in the past and Halloween 1978 was in theaters. I want to say it was Without a trace but I googled it with no luck.

I tried looking on Imdb but Halloween has a crap ton of connections and references. Any help would be appreciated.

I feel the lore of the Halloween franchise has been holding it back since Halloween II came out in 1981. The films feel the need to connect themselves to previous movies in the franchise and to hold their lore sacred. I think the lore in Halloween has always been one of its weakest components, yet the movies have so much trouble moving on from it. What if it didn't have to be that way? What if the only thing held sacred was what makes the franchise special, The Shape himself?

My idea for the next timeline is to return to the series' anthology roots, but to embrace Michael Myers, or The Shape, rather than discard him. The Shape is the franchise, and he is all you need to make a compelling Halloween movie. My proposed timeline is more of a formula for how the next few movies should be made. Here are the rules:

1. Every movie takes place after The Shape is shot by Loomis in 1978 and disappears.
2. Haddonfield, Loomis, and Lauri never return. No legacy characters or bloodline.
3. Each movie is completely self-contained.
4. Each film must have a distinct tone, atmosphere, and style.
5. The Shape's fate must be questionable by the end.
6. He is always referred to as "The Shape" and never "Michael Myers".
7. It is never explicitly confirmed that every "Shape" is the same person.
8. Each movie must take place on Halloween.

That's it. The premise of each movie is "It is Halloween in the year X in location X and The Shape reappears." Give each movie to a different director and let them tell their own Halloween slasher. The kind of energy I am going for is like a campfire story. If some kids from the universe of 1978 were going to tell campfire stories about The Shape reappearing, what would they look like? Each movie is a new campfire story. I don't mean this literally, but I think it illustrates the direction I want the franchise to go in. The urban legend and myth of The Shape take priority over clunky lore. I feel like there are a ton of fun settings and situations to place The Shape into that would make for a fun story:

• The Shape stalks a small suburban New England town in the midst of a blackout.
• The Shape stalks a dying 1980s mall in the middle of the night.
• The Shape stalks a rural Pennsylvania harvest festival.
• The Shape stalks a mountain town in the midst of a blizzard.
• The Shape stalks a grimy 1979 Halloween carnival.
• The Shape stalks a decaying early 1990s inner city.
• The Shape stalks a coastal town in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane.
• The Shape stalks a late 1990s roadside motel on a deserted highway.
• The Shape stalks a 1980s Summer camp having one last Halloween party before closing for the season.
• The Shape stalks a remote radio tower.
• The Shape stalks a charming island fishing village.
• The Shape stalks a small town high school football game.
• The Shape stalks a lonely, isolated highway in 1979.
• The Shape stalks a suburban gated community in the early 2000s.
• The Shape stalks a midnight train cutting through rural New England.
• The Shape stalks a mid-2000s aquarium hosting a Halloween night fundraiser.

I would genuinely be content if the franchise continued like this forever. There are an unlimited amount of cool ideas. Of course, I place a lot of value on these settings and atmospheres, but I still want these to be quality horror movies. If each movie was just "The Shape killing random people we don't care about in a new setting," that would be pretty mediocre. Ideally, another genre would be occurring in the background and we should be following real human beings that we can connect with. It should feel like The Shape is invading a story completely separate from him. If I had to add a rule to reinforce this idea, it would be something like:

9. Each movie must have its own genre story beyond The Shape, human characters, and emotional stakes beyond the kills.

For example, this prompt:

• The Shape stalks a midnight train cutting through rural New England.

could be a mystery thriller on top of a slasher. A divorced father and his son take a Halloween train ride together to reconnect. The point is that there is some sort of distinct genre or horror genre at work to keep each movie distinct. There are real humans with real motivations that we become endeared to.

So what do you guys think? The beauty of this "timeline" is that it can go on for as long or as short as you want. If we want to go back to sequels and legacy, we can do that whenever. This formula will still be intact and can be revisited. Could this be the future of the Halloween franchise? Would you be happy with the direction?

If Laurie was killed in her bedroom by Michael Myers then Lynda and or Annie would've been great final girls. Either one of them could've picked up where Laurie left off

I know I'm probably not the first person to say this but I think halloween 2 should have been canon in Blumhouse's halloween trilogy as I find it hard to believe laurie would have ruined her life just because one guy decided to come for her on halloween one year. And it would have made much ore sense to keep them siblings so the rivalry between michael and laurie would make sense.