DID YOU KNOW?
1. Following the partial reboot 'Halloween' (2018), this film is part of a sixth separate Halloween timeline:
*Original timeline (John Carpenter acknowledging that the original 1978 movie was always intended to be one complete story): 'Halloween' (1978).
*Actual original timeline: 'Halloween' (1978), 'Halloween II' (1981), 'Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers' (1988), 'Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers' (1989) and 'Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers' (1995).
*Standalone timeline: 'Halloween III: Season Of The Witch' (1982) (completely separate continuity, as evidence by the scene where a character sees a commercial advertising the first film on television).
*Alternate timeline #1: 'Halloween' (1978), 'Halloween II' (1981), 'Halloween H20: 20 Years Later' (1998) and 'Halloween: Resurrection' (2002) (ignores parts 3 through 6 of the original timeline).
*Alternate timeline #2: 'Halloween' (2007) and 'Halloween II' (2009) (remake and accompanying sequel).
*Alternate timeline #3: 'Halloween' (1978), 'Halloween' (2018), 'Halloween Kills' (2021) and 'Halloween Ends' (2022) (ignores parts 2 through 6 of the original timeline, 7 and 8 of alternate timeline #1, and the Rob Zombie films of alternate timeline #2).
2. Producer Jason Blum reiterated that, while it is not the final film in the series, it is the last Halloween movie under Blumhouse, with the rights of the film series reverting back to producer Malek Akkad.
3. Kyle Richards was not originally expected to return for this film. However, following the positive reception to Richards' performance in 'Halloween Kills', the script was rewritten to give her an expanded role.
4. The trailers and promotional material for the film frequently used a shot of Laurie in her house, standing in a doorway with Michael off to her right, a recreation of the famous scare in the original 'Halloween' (1978) where Michael comes out of the dark and stabs Laurie. This shot, however, was not in the final film.
5. Guitar player Zach Myers of the band 'Shinedown' has a small cameo during the first diner scene of the movie. His real name is in fact, Michael Zachary Myers. He has been on set of several 'Halloween' movies over the past several years and 'Halloween' (1978) is his favorite horror film. He also has several Michael Myers masks, even has several displayed on stage during his concerts.
6. Michael Myers doesn't appear until 38 minutes into the movie.
7. When Laurie sees Frank in the grocery store, the song by '(Don't Fear) The Reaper' by Blue Oyster Cult can be heard on the store's muzak station. The song first appeared in the original 'Halloween' (1978) when Laurie and Annie and are riding in her car, and Myers follows closely behind it. It also was used later during the credits and was used by Rob Zombie in his 2007 remake.
8. Sondra (Diva Tyler) somehow survived getting stabbed in the neck in 'Halloween Kills' and returns for this film, although she is unable to speak.
9. Ignoring the retcon of 'Halloween: Resurrection' (2002) that was meant to allow the series to progress, this is the second Halloween film to depict Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) successfully kill Michael Myers. The first was in 'Halloween H20: 20 Years Later' (1998), where Laurie decapitated Michael with an ax after he's trapped between a large tree branch and a toppled van during a car crash (though it ended up not actually being Michael).
10. The trailer for this film contained a shot that it perhaps shouldn't have. Michael is shown opening a door in Laurie's house with his left hand. In this shot, Michael has all five fingers on his left hand. Fans immediately claimed that this was not in fact Michael, as Laurie shot off two fingers on his left hand in 'Halloween' (2018). Though the trailers pretty much showed nothing of the Corey storyline that takes up a majority of the film, fans figured out that something along those lines would happen in the film. Ironically, this shot from the trailer is not even in the final film.
11. Laurie and Lindsey are the only characters to survive from the original 'Halloween' (1978) through to the end of this film. Lindsey is actually the only character to survive her every appearance in the series, living through Halloween 1, 2, 4, the 2007 remake, Kills and Ends, whereas Laurie was killed off in 4 (stated to have died off-screen), Resurrection and Rob Zombie's 2009 sequel (Director's Cut only).
12. At the end of 'Halloween Kills' (2021), Laurie Strode suggested that Michael Myers has some supernatural qualities, in that he seems to thrive on the fear of the people, and becomes stronger with every kill. This seems to be confirmed in this movie. When Corey finds Michael, he seems substantially weakened, but after he kills Officer Mulaney, Michael becomes noticeably more energetic and powerful.
13. Corey and Allyson discuss a metaphorical desire to burn Haddonfield down to be free from their bad experiences there. Corey takes this idea literally; after killing Willy The Kid, he sets fire to the WURG radio station. Seeing the blaze as she drives away from Laurie's house is what makes Allyson realize just how twisted Corey had become.
14. Corey's villainous turn is foreshadowed by his dismissive attitude when it comes to babysitting. Previous representations of this relationship (Laurie, Vicky, etc.) showed the babysitters and their charges getting along quite well, with the worst being some snarky banter between Vicky and Julian. However, in comparison, Corey puts on an obviously inappropriate movie for Jeremy and the kid is nothing less than a complete terror toward Corey. Later, Corey also slowly walks up to the attic when he hears screams, a stark difference to when Vicky frantically ushered Julian away in 'Halloween' (2018).
15. Corey primarily uses Michael's killing methods to take revenge on people who have tormented or intimidated him. However, two characters he does not kill in this manner are Mr. and Mrs. Allen (Jeremy's parents), even though Mrs. Allen confronts and berates him for being at the party following Jeremy's death.
16. Originally, it was presumed that the major events of David Gordon Green's 'Halloween' trilogy would take over the place of a single Halloween night with Laurie Strode killing Michael Myers finally at morning. Obviously, that didn't happen, as there is a four year time jump between 'Halloween Kills' and 'Halloween Ends', but Michael is still killed in the early morning by Laurie Strode and then his body is disposed of around dawn.
17. This movie seemingly puts to rest the debate over who Frank Hawkins is to Laurie Strode by confirming that he wasn't one of her two failed marriages that happened between the events of the original 'Halloween' (1978) and 'Halloween' (2018). He certainly emerged as a love interest for her who cares about her and her family deeply. However, this causes some continuity trouble with 'Halloween Kills', which seemed to imply he was Karen Strode's father.
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