This October, Halloween Ends.
Universal Pictures (via FearHQ) debuted the first teaser trailer for David Gordon Green's slasher sequel a little earlier than scheduled after it leaked online late last night, and it gives us a glimpse of what's being billed as the final showdown between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers.
The footage (mostly) matches the description of the CinemaCon teaser, beginning with what appears to be a recap of the opening of John Carpenter's classic. But we quickly learn that this scene is playing out in the present, and this time when Michael opens the door, Laurie is waiting for him with a gun!
The trailer culminates with the mortal enemies coming face-to-face for what will almost certainly be the last time. We see "The Shape" fling Strode across the room and move in for the kill, but she is ultimately able to gain the advantage, stabbing the relentless maniac through the hand.
Check out the trailer and poster below, along with an updated synopsis which confirms the significant time-jump as well as the involvement of a mysterious new character named Corey (there's speculation that he may turn out to be Myers' son, but that remains to be seen).
After 45 years, the most acclaimed, revered horror franchise in film history reaches its epic, terrifying conclusion as Laurie Strode faces off for the last time against the embodiment of evil, Michael Myers, in a final confrontation unlike any captured on-screen before. Only one of them will survive.
Icon Jamie Lee Curtis returns for the last time as Laurie Strode, horror’s first ‘final girl’ and the role that launched Curtis’ career. Curtis has portrayed Laurie for more than four decades now, one of the longest actor-character pairings in cinema history. When the franchise relaunched in 2018, Halloween shattered box office records, becoming the franchise’s highest-grossing chapter and set a new record for the biggest opening weekend for a horror film starring a woman.
“Four years after the events of last year’s Halloween Kills, Laurie is living with her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) and is finishing writing her memoir. Michael Myers hasn’t been seen since. Laurie, after allowing the specter of Michael to determine and drive her reality for decades, has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell), 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.”