‘Halloween Ends’ Director David Gordon Green Calls the Trilogy’s Unexpected Conclusion a ‘Quieter, Atmospheric Love Story’

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“Halloween Ends” is here.The sequel — in theaters and on Peacock on Oct. 14 — concludes the trilogy that started with 2018’s “Halloween,” which wisely jettisoned most of the cumbersome backstory and mythology that had gummed up the subsequent sequels and spin-offs.

Instead, it offered a version of Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), who was dealing with the trauma of her past and ready to face her demons (personified by Michael Myers) head on.

The sequel, last year’s “Halloween Kills,” was a blood bath that investigated the mob mentality that consumed the town of Haddonfield, Illinois, following Michael’s return.

And now with “Halloween Ends” is completely different again – it’s something slower, more melancholic and romantic, with Laurie’s granddaughter (Andi Matichak) struggling to find peace after the carnage took away everything she loved.TheWrap spoke with co-writer/director David Gordon Green about whether not he always wanted to end the trilogy this way, the movie’s diverse inspirations and whether or not he ever considered adding a supernatural element to the story.Was this always sort of the idea, to wrap up the trilogy in this way?Well, I wouldn’t say in terms of the specific architecture of it, but I think in a broad stroke, I did want to establish a trust of a fan base, invite new people with our first film, then unravel it all and go into the chaos and upheaval and upside-down nature of Haddonfield in the second movie, and in the thid one, I wanted a quieter, atmospheric love story.