THE RETURN(S) OF LAURIE STRODE: HALLOWEEN H20 VS. HALLOWEEN/KILLS/ENDS

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The Night HE Came Home… and SHE Came Back! (And then came back again!)

In 1998, after a downward spiral of increasingly inferior sequels, Jamie Lee Curtis returned to the role that made her a star with HALLOWEEN H20: TWENTY YEARS LATER. The backstory: Laurie Strode faked her death in order to escape her psychotic sibling, and is now living a fragile existence as an alcoholic, overly protective single mother and headmaster of a private California high school. (A move that pleased some fans and enraged others, since the events of the previous three installments are essentially ignored here.)

The result, depending on who you talk to, was either a blatant cash grab schemed up by Curtis, producer Moustapha Akkad, and Kevin Williamson (fresh off Scream), or a genuine, emotionally invested struggle between two beloved screen characters as Laurie struggles to defend herself (and her son) against her lifelong nemesis.

In 2018, David Gordon rebooted the HALLOWEEN franchise once again, electing – along with co-screenwriters Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley – to eliminate all references to ALL previous Halloween films save the original. Green’s effort (which posited Laurie as a well-armed survivalist hermit living just outside Haddonfield) was so successful, grossing $260 million worldwide, that two sequels were immediately greenlit, 2021’s HALLOWEEN KILLS and the following year’s HALLOWEEN ENDS.

Neither were as successful as their predecessor with fans, critics, or box office, but the new trilogy eventually earned over $500 million worldwide and gave fans of the series plenty to talk about for many Octobers to come.

In honor of being HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN, AC and special guests Jon Kitley (Kitley’s Krypt), S.A. Bradley (Hellbent for Horror), and Aaron AuBuchon (Discover the Horror) indulge in a spirited and spoiler-filled conversation about the two different “Laurie Returns” storylines, honoring their respective 25th and 5th anniversaries, comparing, contrasting, celebrating where possible, and critiquing when necessary. Strap yourselves in, folks. It’s going to be a bumpy ride!

We look forward to hearing YOUR thoughts on our thoughts, as well as any other sentiments you’d like to discuss regarding Laurie, Michael, and the Halloween franchise as a whole.

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