Best ending?

[Nightmare13]

Which Halloween movie had the best ending? I think they are all very different, and some are better than others. But, Halloween 3 and Halloween 4 have the best IMO.

[theoutfieldguy]

Its a tossup for me.Between H4's intense ending and H2O's shoulda coulda woulda been the last ending.

[King Sly Joker]

Figures he would say H20 lol.For me its H2,the true ending to Halloween...;)

[MyersFan927]

The original Halloween has the best ending. Michael committs a slew of intense and horrific murders, his final victim in saved at the nick of time, and then the biggest surprise of all occurs when it turns out that he has gotten up and walked away. The ending is not only brilliant but leaves a chilling message. Evil cannot be destroyed. It keeps on continuing no matter what you do to try to stop it and it could be anywhere.

[theoutfieldguy]

Originally posted by King Sly Joker
Figures he would say H20 lol.

You know it,bro.:D

[BladeTrinity]

H2, when Loomis tells Michael "It's time Michael!" and it blows up, great!

[Beau]

Well it is pretty simple for me......Halloween is my fav. I think it's great not know were Michael has gone. H20 was pretty cool aswell.

[SouSetsuKen]

I go for H2 as well, and not just because its my favorite Halloween film. Torching the Shape was one sure-fire way of getting rid of him, at least we thought so.

[MichaelMyers]

The original ending was the best. It ends on a cliffhanger and you never know where Michael really is until H2. It would have been a better ending if H2 was never made.

[myershall]

I will say that it is h20 because you really knew deep i your stomach or heart or wut ever, that micheal was dead.

that is until H:8 came out

[Ringu]

Originally posted by MyersFan927
The original Halloween has the best ending. Michael committs a slew of intense and horrific murders, his final victim in saved at the nick of time, and then the biggest surprise of all occurs when it turns out that he has gotten up and walked away. The ending is not only brilliant but leaves a chilling message. Evil cannot be destroyed. It keeps on continuing no matter what you do to try to stop it and it could be anywhere.

I agree with all of that.

[Nightmare13]

I was having a Halloween-a-thon yeasterday (I got the UK box-set for Christmas!), so I watched Halloween 3, all the way to H20. Now, I saw it on BBC1 a while ago, but I forgot how great the ending is. I love the look on Laurie's face when 'Michael' is by the front of the van, and how quick the head get's cut off, now who saw that coming?

[King Sly Joker]

Originally posted by theoutfieldguy
You know it,bro.:D

Tis true,I knew it would pop up...

[gerry d]

Has to be Halloween 2

This movie has more of a suspenseful ending than Halloween.Just when you think it's all over after Loomis blows up the room with Michael in it.We see Michael come walking out of the flames.Classic stuff.

cheers

[zombie commando]

Originally posted by King Sly Joker
Figures he would say H20 lol.For me its H2,the true ending to Halloween...;)

To me, Myers died in part 2. The rest of the movies are some weird alternative history. I refuse to believe that Busta kicked Myers ass, or that Myers cried at one point. Screw that nonsense.

[Jeanette]

Originally posted by SouSetsuKen
I go for H2 as well, and not just because its my favorite Halloween film. Torching the Shape was one sure-fire way of getting rid of him, at least we thought so.

Drew I LOVE your ava! Bo duke was so hot!!! I love blonds :p

Anyhoooo I chose Halloween's ending. The whole killer still on the loose thing gets me everytime. :cool:

[King Sly Joker]

Originally posted by zombie commando
To me, Myers died in part 2. The rest of the movies are some weird alternative history. I refuse to believe that Busta kicked Myers ass, or that Myers cried at one point. Screw that nonsense.

See great minds do tend to think alike.I just cant see why people wont face fact.Halloween II ,was the end...:o

[KillingStroke]

Halloween II

[Ringu]

Originally posted by zombie commando
To me, Myers died in part 2. The rest of the movies are some weird alternative history. I refuse to believe that Busta kicked Myers ass, or that Myers cried at one point. Screw that nonsense.

Yeah, the crying and getting beat up thing totally went against everything that Michael Myers is. He has nor fear, emotion, or equal. There's no way Busta could kick Myers' ass.

[Khorne23]

The best "fuck with your head" ending was the ending to the original. I voted for the ending to H20 because that's the hero's ending. Regardless of artistic merit or truth or vermisimilitude or our own darkest thoughts, we all want good to triumph over evil, for the hero to ride off into the sunset, his job done.

To fight the good fight, and have it mean something.

So I voted for H20 not so much because its the "best" ending, by whatever criteria you choose, but because its the ending we all want, on some level. Sure, I'd give my eye teeth and left testicle to see Big Mike rage and roar all over Busta Rhymes' stupid head, but ultimately, we all want good to triumph over evil.

So the winner is H20.

[wallygatorca]

Loomis and Michael left in ashes. That should've been it...THE END.

[myersRUNNER2]

The best HalloweeN ending was the original because it left you wondering... I expecially liked when all you heard was breathing and they went to all the places where the shape was

[Andrew73]

I was torn between H2 & H20 since both seem like the end.

[LoomisFan4Life]

Although I loved H2. I had to vote for the original. I mean I know it has been beatin to death already, but I love the look on Loomis's face when he thought he had Michael, only to realize he was gone and the night wasn't over.

[King Sly Joker]

Originally posted by Andrew73
I was torn between H2 & H20 since both seem like the end.

Man it cant be that hard.H2 over H20 in a landslide...:)

[Superman]

I pick H1 beacuse that's the best ending. Why?...because I said so...end of discussion!

[Ringu]

Originally posted by Khorne23
The best "fuck with your head" ending was the ending to the original. I voted for the ending to H20 because that's the hero's ending. Regardless of artistic merit or truth or vermisimilitude or our own darkest thoughts, we all want good to triumph over evil, for the hero to ride off into the sunset, his job done.

To fight the good fight, and have it mean something.


Actually I want to see the bad guy win for a change, not many movies do that.

[Khorne23]

Well, saying what the proverbial Hell and kicking off another great metaphysical debate, at the stages which many of the "beloved" horror franchies are at right now, can one really say that Michael Myers (or Jason Voorhees or Freddy Kruger, or any other multi-installment boogeyman) still qualifies as the "bad guy"?

(I must point out that many of the points to follow were originally made by the X-Files' Cigarette Smoking Man, William Davis, much more competently and humorously)

Michael is the character that has appeared in the most Halloween movies. Simple logevity has made him the protagonist, if not the outright hero, of the series. We have seen the tides of other evils break their backs against the rock in the stream of life that is Michael...the Thorn cult, drug users, bigots, stupid people, and, in a way, Michael has become this remorseless, unstoppable cipher for a "higher" or more "pure" morality, a law of the jungle where "justice" is perfunctory and punishment both swift and decisive.

For example, look at Bud in Halloween 2. Not the most salutory individual. He takes liberties with the nurse whose name I forget, smokes pot, is disrespectful of his elders (a big no-no in the morality of such films), and is generally cast as the Dionysian counterpart to the Apollonian, or at least whitebread, hero that Laurie rides off with at the end. Bud is shuffled off this mortal coil by Michael Myers.

What is the lesson we are intended to take from his demise, however unintentionally? The mad-dog killer is actually the hero, since he punishes people for dissipation and lack of morality. These sorts of films are, at their hearts, morality plays. Look at the premises of the films which kicked the "Big Two" series off in the first place. Michael initially annihilated Judith as she was in the process of a tryst with her boyfriend, punishing pre-marital sex and all the rest. Jason Voorhees drowned because the camp counselors were off having sex (or drinking or doing drugs or whatever; I've heard several stories), and, in the skewed, draconian morality of the series, had to pay for that trangression in an eye for an eye manner, with their lives.

Society has, in fact, changed so that the morality of the monster is actually seen as more right than the morality of his oft-hapless victims. Certainly, of all people, the likes of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, would agree with the morality which the murders of such luminaries as our beloved Shape enforce. Disrespectful young people are punished for lives of dissipation by essentially a force of nature.

Notice, too, that none of the protagonist killers are evil in a human sense. Michael Myers and Jaon Voorhees have essentially no personality, so they are simply death. They are not depraved. Look at an all too real killer like Ted Bundy or John Wayne Gacy, who racked up greater body counts than our fictional killers. These are universally admitted EVIL MEN, because they delighted in the pain and suffering of their victims, yet not so our supernatural hurricanes. They simply kill and move on.

In fact, ironically, individuals like Jason and Michael and their ilk have become the one hero that every social segment can root for. The conservative right can root for Michael as he punishes amoral, direspectful youths. Those same youths can root for Big Mike as he massacres the authority figures that are so derisive of youth. If you see society along racial or ethnic lines, you can take heart from the disproportionate number of white victims such killer characters have...I cannot remember Michael killing one Asian, Latin, or Middle Easterner, and he's bagged just two African-Americans over the course of six films. In fact, if you're a misogynist, Michael's numerous female victims make you smile, while feminists grin at the number of loutish men Michael has slain. Finally, if you're a melting pot, multicultural society advocate, the fact that such killers aren't especially picky WHO they kill has to be seen as a big triumph for equality.

So really, the simple fact that Halloween has lasted eight films, Friday the 13th ten (maybe eleven if we count "Freddy vs. Jason), Nightmare on Elm Street...what, seven films?...says that the "bad guy" has won many times, and keeps on doing so every time a nw installment is filmed.

[Butchered_victim]

I'm torn between the original, and H4.

The original was so creative, how Michael was gone, then is showed all the places he was, and all you heard was heavy breathing, that was genius.

Halloween 4, was just shocking! I was amazed to see that Jamie stabbed her stepmother. I didn't see it coming, and it was a very well executed conclusion in my opinion.

So to be quite honest I don't know which one to pick. They are both very well done endings.

[King Sly Joker]

Originally posted by Superman
I pick H1 beacuse that's the best ending. Why?...because I said so...end of discussion!
In all reality your pick is wrong.H2 is far more superior in ending..

[Loomis 91]

1. Halloween: H20 (Should have been ending to the series)
2. Halloween 4
3. Halloween

[Phatmaster2k8]

Originally posted by MyersFan927
The original Halloween has the best ending. Michael committs a slew of intense and horrific murders, his final victim in saved at the nick of time, and then the biggest surprise of all occurs when it turns out that he has gotten up and walked away. The ending is not only brilliant but leaves a chilling message. Evil cannot be destroyed. It keeps on continuing no matter what you do to try to stop it and it could be anywhere.

Ring, ring, ring. Awesome message, I just love that ending.

[Icebreaker_8605]

I love the original and H4's ending. Both were awesome indeed. I didn't expect H1's ending, making it the best of all. H4 comes next; never expected that ending in a million years. Never.

:)

[T1000416]

H20 had the best ending.

It would have been great if it ended the series there.

[Robert Beaudoin]

Halloween 2

[Silverpsycho]

I went with the original because I love how Michael is gone. Just looking down at the grassy area where he once was a second ago gives me the chills that he is still out there...ready to kill. Showing all the locations of where Michael had just been with the breathing behind the mask is intense and incredible. It really is the best ending for me. :D

[ThirtySomething]

Originally posted by LL_HD_Fan
I'm torn between the original, and H4.

The original was so creative, how Michael was gone, then is showed all the places he was, and all you heard was heavy breathing, that was genius.

Halloween 4, was just shocking! I was amazed to see that Jamie stabbed her stepmother. I didn't see it coming, and it was a very well executed conclusion in my opinion.

So to be quite honest I don't know which one to pick. They are both very well done endings.


Definitely agree it's a tough choice between the H1 and H4 endings as they both were so good.

I voted for H4 because this was the first Halloween film I saw, and H4 introduced me to the series overall. I was completely duped into thinking it would be Michael walking down the hall to stab Darlene. Completely shocked when it was Jamie.

With H1 (since I sort of went "back" to see this one after having seen H4), I think I already had a bias in knowing Michael wasn't going to be lying on the grass. But, I wasn't expecting the breathing/flashback montage. That was really brilliant. :)

[Blackfstrat14]

It was a hard choice for me, it was either Halloween, H5, or Resurection. I chose Halloween though. Im surprised no one has voted for Halloween 5

[InsomniacDown]

H1 and then H4

[MichaelMyers04]

Halloween's ending was the best for me. Playing the music just as Loomis sees he's gone was brilliant. Also, the breathing/flashback was incredible. Halloween H20, and H2 come in close after that.

[redneck05]

i thank that it was like the #8 movie cause it showed him starting to get back up

[The Captain]

The Original! Can't beat it! Loomis shoots Michael in the heart! 6 times! the Michael falls out of the 2nd story of a two story house!! Then suddenly, he is gone!!!!

It would send chills up anyones spine!!

[6Michael6Myers6]

For me...H2O...we thought He was dead...it just shows that evil can be cunning and get itself out of tight spots...i also enjoyed the ending of 4 because it was totally unexpected and cool

[diablosrising]

Originally posted by myershall
I will say that it is h20 because you really knew deep i your stomach or heart or wut ever, that micheal was dead.

that is until H:8 came out
Good point. Even though I hated h20, because it comepletley ignored the existence of 4-6, it had the most effective ending. I had this empty pit in my stomach. Michael Myers was gone. My favorite horror franchise was over. But the best ending is Halloween 1. It set the standard for all of the badass villian endings. He's finally dead, oh wait, no he's not. Damn.

[fanatic986]

Nothing beats the originals ending. Imagine how creepy it must have been in 78 when people realized that Mike was still alive?

[Jason Voorhees]

I liked H20's ending the most because it was cool how they showed her feeling sympathy at first and then all of a sudden she just takes the axe and cuts the head off. Halloween 1's ending wasn't very good IMO because it took away the feeling that Michael was human because someone doesn't just dissappear in a matter of seconds after getting shot 6 times. It took away a bit of the original's realisim which was something that I loved about it. Still an excellent movie though.

[MrMyers2005]

Originally posted by MichaelMyers
The original ending was the best. It ends on a cliffhanger and you never know where Michael really is until H2. It would have been a better ending if H2 was never made.

when it comes to cliffhangers i have to say number 5. That urged me to see number 6.

[Raechull]

I think 5 had the best ending (and best begining...hell it was just the best movie) But anyway it leaves you thinking "Who the hell was that guy and why did he bust Michael out? So what Michael has friends now WTF???" It was the most climatic ending for me anyway.

[Raechull]

Originally posted by MrMyers2005
when it comes to cliffhangers i have to say number 5. That urged me to see number 6.

I know...then you see number six and it takes away from the whole series :(

Where is my p-cut???

[theevilisgone44]

"As a matter of fact, it was!" .... 'HalloweeN' all the way!

[6Michael6Myers6]

Best endings

1. Halloween H20
2. Halloween
3. Halloween II
4. Halloween 4
5. Halloween 5
6. Halloween III
7. Halloween R.
8. Halloween 6

[SonOSam]

Well, I sort of have to exclude H1 because it's a classic and in general the best. Therefore, I think H2 throughout is a great installment with an excellent ending especially because it has JLC and DP in it. H3 just has a strange existence. H4 had such a shocking perfect ending-H5 really dropped the ball. Sure, when I first saw H5 I liked it. but it just doesn't stand the test of time. The worst endings are: H6,H5,and HR. The best besides H1: H2, H4, H20, and H3 is at least suspensful.

[Mark Warner]

Tied between H3 (Stop it!!!!!!!!) and H20 (swing that axe!). The deaths of millions of people and the death of a nearly immortal killer.

[King Sly Joker]

Halloween's ending is ok,it leaves the unanswered.But H2's ending was the best.H20 was nifty to,if you liked seeing the evil die..

[MyersFan927]

No one voted for H6 yet, with the green goo pouring out of Michael's mask followed by a cryptic closing scene? :p

My favorite endings in order:

H1
H2
H3
H4
H5
H6 tied with H20
H:R

They're all in order! Gee, the endings must get worse each time. But the most suspenseful endings are H1, H3, H4, and H5. H2's nicely "ends" the Myers storyline, H6 is just weird, H20's is so-so, and H:R is blah.

[King Sly Joker]

Originally posted by MyersFan927
No one voted for H6 yet, with the green goo pouring out of Michael's mask followed by a cryptic closing scene? :p

My favorite endings in order:

H1
H2
H3
H4
H5
H6 tied with H20
H:R

They're all in order! Gee, the endings must get worse each time. But the most suspenseful endings are H1, H3, H4, and H5. H2's nicely "ends" the Myers storyline, H6 is just weird, H20's is so-so, and H:R is blah.

The H6 P-cut ending is somewhat justice for that chapter.I really cant grade the HR ending,for the future is untold..

[MyersFan927]

Originally posted by King Sly Joker
I really cant grade the HR ending,for the future is untold..

I think you should grade them as they stand alone. My decision on placing H20's ending where it is has nothing to do with the beginning of Resurrection, because an ending is an ending, and it doesn't make sense to me to see how the next chapter will influence a whole other movie, being the previous one. But that's just my opinion. Do you know what I mean though?

[smokey]

Well besides the original - which is an obvious answer for anyone, I would have to choose Halloween H20. When I saw the film in 1998, I did not expect his head to be chopped off, hahha. That was definitly unexpected >.<

[NeewollaH]

Defintely H2 with Loomis saying one of the greatest lines in the series..


"It's time...Michael.."

BOOM!

Awesome ending an awesome sequel.

[thetodd]

The ending of the original is still the best. When Loomis looks out of the window and Michaels body is gone....damn. I get cold chills every time I watch that. The idea that Michael is still out there and that those six point blank shots from Loomis didn't stop him leaves a lasting impression.
The end of H20 would be the runner up because it was so shocking. When she whacked the fake Michaels head off there was a gasp from the crowd at the theater. I was stunned because it seemed like this was truly the end of the series.

[gerry d]

Personaly speaking i find the HII ending blows the Halloween ending out the water.And of course that is going to sound biased coming from me.

I'm not here to knock the ending of Halloween.The ending of Halloween is clever Loomis is expecting to see a body and he doesn't.

I just love the way just as you think thats that.Then Michael emerges from the flames.

That ending to me is slightly more chilling than the Halloween ending.

He's been shot,stabbed,set on fire & he is still on the move.


Originally posted by MichaelMyers
It would have been a better ending if H2 was never made.


That would be a Nightmare for me ;)

cheers

[kerrsth]

i said halloween...the second would be h20 and 3rd woulf be h4...

[ironman7845]

I voted H4. Everytime I see that, it sends a big chill up my back.

[SonOSam]

There was a lot of excitement when H4 came out and I think a lot of people were surprised, thrilled, and excited about how it ended. I remember at one of the viewings some guy shouted out "big tits" or "saggy tits" regarding the sheriff's daughter. Oh, waht fun!

[Joecooler2u]

Originally posted by Jeanette
Drew I LOVE your ava! Bo duke was so hot!!! I love blonds :p

Anyhoooo I chose Halloween's ending. The whole killer still on the loose thing gets me everytime. :cool:

I agree with you Jeanette. The whole cliffhanger ending was awesome. For once he doesn't get killed or someone acting like him doesn't get killed or burned or whatever. Just a mysterious ending that leaves you thinking "OMG he is still out there!"

[KruegerLives]

I liked the H4 ending. Pleasence's acting was great and Loomis' reaction was so out of character it seemed disturbing. I also thought the H6 P-Cut had a pretty good ending. H20 was cool if that was to be the last one. H2 excellent. H5 very cool Jamie screaming "Noooo!" sounds very tired and worn which she is by then. H1 was a classic. H3 was cool too. H:R was in my opinion pretty bad.
I can't decide! lol :D

[Miller]

I loved Halloween 4's ending the best. I just loved the tribute to the beginning of Halloween 1 and the big cliff hanger it brought up. It creeped me out to no end, and made me wonder if Jamie was to be the next killer.

Then Halloween 5 had to come out and ruin the whole damned thing....

[DarknessBDJM]

EASILY H1, then H4, H6 T-Cut, and H3 are tied for second.

1, 4, and 5 had the best ending music.

[KillingStroke]

H1, H2 and H6 has the best endings I think

[Annie]

I voted for the first one, because it leaves it wide open, so to speak. You realize that Michael probably can't be killed, and that Jamie's in serious trouble still.

[Joecooler2u]

The first one was my favorite ending. After that it got too formalic for me. Always a death ending like in H2, H4, H20, HR.

My order of favorite endings to least favorite endings.

H1 - H20 - H2 - H4 - HR - H6 - H5

I'm not including H3 because I was basically only referring to the MM movies.

[MyersFan927]

Originally posted by DarknessBDJM
1, 4, and 5 had the best ending music.

I found Mr. Sandman to be very effective as well.

[King Sly Joker]

Originally posted by MyersFan927
I found Mr. Sandman to be very effective as well.

Agreed Mr.Sandman was very effective..

[God Of Thorn]

For me it's halloween 5, such a mysterious ending, which left me guessing for years. It build much anticipation.

[deathwishboy]

I prefered Halloween 4, I was on my feet screaming "YES YES YES Little killer girl". To be honest they could of ended the series there just leaving it as Michaels dead...yes....but his evil lives on.

Thats why i was surprized when I watched Halloween 5 and saw the girl was back to normal again, i saw a fan video of it once.

Halloween: The Curse of Jamie Loyld (nice looking she-shape mask)

[Butchered_victim]

Halloween 4 definitely has the most jaw-dropping conclusion of them all, and is in my opinion the best of the series.

I also really liked the ending in the original, very awesome. Halloween 5 also had a pretty cool ending. Halloween 2 had a good one as well, with the ending credits playing "Mister Sandman", that song was perfect for that film.

[Frazetta]

Halloween is the definite best ending.Actually the lat half hour is some of the best stuff in cinema history.The ending for 2 is also very good too as they both show how unstoppable Michael really is

[fatbob]

I have to go with Halloween 4 with the first as a close second.
With 4 i think was maybe the most unexpected ending ever woah. That was genious writing. Too bad they didnt make Jaime the killer in the next one. One was good becuase its soo open for a sequal that it would be better if they didnt make one. You see 2 and your like o ok thats what happens. And does anyone else think its odd (or maybe a different word) that almost all Friday The 13th/A Nightmare On Elm Street/Halloween endings try to give you one last scare or invite a sequal.

[sam loomis421]

h1 or h20

[Joecooler2u]

I like H1 for the cliffhanger ending. H2 I used to like a lot as an ending but I think H4 & H20 surprassed H2's ending for me. I like the fire ending, but something about it annoys me now. I loved it for a long time though. Just repeat viewings the fire tends to feel more like a cop-out. An easy way to "kill" Michael at that time.

[Gooch72]

Halloween. The houses and the breathing made the ending a lot creepier than any I've seen in the other films.

[sam loomis421]

yeah just showing all the places he had been that was a nice touch and dint john say that wasnt suppose to happen and that it happen in editing

[HeLLrAiSeR16]

I think Halloween 4 had the best ending because Michael got shot like over 200 times by like 7 different guns... he fell in the dirt and he got stuck but then he got away when he realli should have been blown to pieces to end the series.

[myersRUNNER2]

if i already have posted in here sorry... but my favorite ending is H2O cause she defeated what was supposed to be michael myers and was going to be happy ( uh yea right) But then they had to go and make another one and destroy that happiness! If it was up to me that would have been the last halloween.

[lauriestrode]

Halloween h20 because michael dies and the terror is over SWEET REVENGE!

[scream_sayonara]

Ive already said mine (I think), but I just want someone who voted for Halloween 5, to explain why they think its ending was the best

[thenockmlb]

I like the endings for H1 and H2, but the H3 ending is my favorite, because you rarely see the antagonist of a movie prevail anymore, which is a more realistic look on things.

[MyersFan927]

Originally posted by thenockmlb
I like the endings for H1 and H2, but the H3 ending is my favorite, because you rarely see the antagonist of a movie prevail anymore, which is a more realistic look on things.

So true...this is one of H3's best aspects. I think the closing tone of impending doom on the television viewers was an effective and even surprising approach. The ending, which clearly does not have a sound resolution, really gives you something to think about. H3 has one of my favorite endings in the series.

[H-field Hero]

H1, H3, and H4 are probably my favorite endings.

In H1 you have the whole "picture is worth a thousand words type thing". The shot of the Myers-less side lawn confirms that every dramatic, over the top thing that Loomis had said about Michael was all true.

H3 as has been stated before, you have the sense of uncertainty. I especially love the way Tom Atkins plays it. The way his last shout of "stop it!" goes into an echo type thing and then becomes the awesome H3 main theme.

In Halloween 4 you have something that was somewhat typical by 1988. A big cliff hanger guaranteeing the next sequel. However because it's a halloween movie it has certain elements that put it above typical 'shock' endings that you would find in NOES or friday the 13th films. Perhaps some people figured out that it was Jamie the 1st time they watched the film, but I'll be honest, I never saw it coming. I remember being a youngster and thinking "how in the hell did he get back in the house!". The idea of him being back at the house waiting for them, while implausible, is very creepy. But alas, it's Jamie and that is something I don't think many people saw coming. And not to beat the Donald Pleasence horse, but he's the one guy who makes the thing work. The shot of the bloodied, dark eyed Jamie standing at the top of the stairs holding the knife is a very powerful one, but in the end it's Donald Pleasence's acting that serves as the glue holding the entire scene together. I'd compare it to Unsolved Mysteries. No matter how "out there" or over the top the story was that they were doing, you always had Bob Stack giving it class and forcing you to take it seriously.

[ILoveHalloween3]

"Halloween 4"

It was just so much of a shocker, and such a great series ender. It should've been the final movie, it would've been a kick ass send off!

I love it!

[A. Remin' D.]

It's a tie between 4 & 5 for me.

[JOeKER]

I love the H20 ending, but I'd have to say my favorite is H3: Season of the Witch.

[MinioN]

Man, this is a toughie...I voted H4 tho I really liked the endings for basically the entire series.

H1's ending was great in that it is simple yet effective. Throughout the whole film, this was the first time you find out that Michael is more then just a simple crazy person. When he disappears, it leaves a bad feeling in your stomach, then topped off with the breathing...just done very very well. The perfect ending for a low budget film.

H2's was another good ending, tho not as good as the first's, IMO. Everything (you think) comes to a happy ending with Michael finally meeting his end at the hands of Dr. Loomis (or so eveyone thought at the time). Laurie, albut frazzled, makes it out alive, and, it you go by the H2 TV cut, she is ready to start her new life, aparently with a love interest,

H3's ending was great too. I just love "bad" endings as they are usually so much more memorable. The whole (if I remember correctly) "Turn it off!" over and over again was pure suspense and leaves you queasy and speechless afterwards.

H4's was downright diabolical. Throughout the whole "mask-view", you're thinking "Aw crap! He's not dead!"...then to have them turn it around on you and finding out it's the sweet innocent 9yr old you've rooted for for the past 90 min! You dont know whether to be happy that its not Michael or worried because it's Jamie...simply terrific.

H5's ending was another one I really enjoyed. I love cliffhangers, and the whole Man in Black thing was, IMO, one of the best plot twists in the entire series...too bad the result was alot less interesting then it could have been. To see the MIB go into the Police Station and break Michael out...with Jamie crying "Nooooo..." into the credits...it had you on the edge of ur seat for years until H6.

H6's P-cut ending was well done as well, tho Im not a fan of the "power of the runes stopped him" crap...the whole clothes switching with Wynn was great...that final image of Michael, shrouded in shadows, walking away in the MIB's clothes was an awesome awesome image.

H6's theatrical cut's was...well...we wont mention it here because it really was the worst one in the series.

H20's would have been so much better, had it been the ending to the series. A short, simple axechop was well done, considering, for years, people have always said, "why dont they just cut off his head already!"...

H:R's was a decent ending...kind F13th like but I did think it was better then the workprint's ending...and def' better then the H6 t-cut ending.

[writer93]

i think H20 had the best ending. a beheading of michael? what a cool ending, but obviously not a cool ending for the series

[scream_sayonara]

i dont remember which i voted for

but my current favorite is the ending to H3

[Horror Kitten]

I voted 5.

I loved when Jaime was saying no, although IMO, it would have been better had she screamed it, and you hear the desperation in her voice - then roll credits ;)

Parts 4 and H20 also had great endings though. So those 3 are my favorites.

originally posted by zombie commando
I refuse to believe that Busta kicked Myers ass

I'm with you on that one. There is no way that annoying/terrible actor karate chopped Michael and won.
What a sorry ass ending. It just makes Michael look like a bitch, really pisses me off.
Goddamn Busta Rhymes! :mad:

[MyersFan927]

The Halloween endings range from decent to excellent. The only one I'm not too keen about is H:R. Just comes off as a cheap, kind of what you'd expect from an average Friday the 13th, movie. In fact, maybe I should take that back. I actually think that most of the F13 endings are fairly good, and many a step or two ahead of H:R's. Michael's wheeled into a coronary office and opens his eyes. Kind of lame..even boring and predictable.

[WhiteZombie]

1 and 2 both had amazing endings

1- right before michael kills laurie loomis saves her and shoots him "6" times and thinks its all over only to look out and see nothing, and we all know the killer is still on the loose and not just a normal man.

2-loomis and laurie run into the oxygen or operating room whichever. michael bashs the door down and is shot twise in the eyes, hes blinded so hes swinging randomly, then loomis is willing to sacrifice himself to bring down michael. then you think hes dead and he him walking our of the fire then finally brought down.

both awsome but i voted for 2 just because 1 is way ahead

[myersisback3]

What about the end of Halloween 6? I don't think the producers themselves could tell us what thats all about.

[mikey_man]

I like the H6 ending but the producers cut ending i mean. My other choice will be the 1st one, a classic ending to a movie

[lauriefan21]

first the original halloween, because laurie lives on, and michael dissapears, gotta love all that, then h20, when the fight to the death, and u think lauries softened up to michael at the end, then she just chops of his head, it rocked

[Lonnie_Elamb]

The best is Halloween to me, followed by Halloween 2. I also love the endings for H4, H5, and even in some ways, both versions of H6. I was too sad after H20. :(

[cwolfe83]

The original Halloween.

[discvader]

I really like the ending of the 1st one, with the heavy breathing and the camera shots of where Michael might be, spooky! Part 2 is sweet too, with him coming out of the flames. It's like an unstoppable force. Do, Do, Do, Mr. Sandman....

[mr32]

The Original hands down.

[Dr_Loomis93]

Which Halloween movie had the best ending? I think they are all very different, and some are better than others. But, Halloween 3 and Halloween 4 have the best IMO.


6 has the worst.

[ScareGasm]

It'd be a tie between H2 and H4 for me. Love the intensity of H4 with Jamie stabbing her foster mother...it leaves you both stunned, frightened, and hanging. And I like H2 because that really is the end to that brutal night of all those killings and it's good to see some calmness at the end with Laurie surviving and going into the ambulance and all the next morning.

[NYCKing87]

The best endings belong to H1, H3, and H4.

[Twisted Sister]

Part 1 and Part 4 for me.

[tmlfan4life]

The original ending is great because one minute we see Michael on the grass after getting shot and the next minute he is gone. Then when they go threw the Dolye house and we hear him breathing makes things alot more creepy.

[LauriesDead02]

H1 of course cos Laurie lived, H4 ending was good and also shocking but for me H2 had the best ending.

[theoutfieldguy]

4 was memorable for me and really creepy when you're 8 years old watching it for the first time at the movies.So I must give props to 4.Best ending though..I gotta go with H2O.It would have and should have been the end.Things came full circle.None of this Resurrection or straight to dvd bullshit.The legacy would have been great-going out on top.But,some people are too greedy for their own good.

[tmlfan4life]

The more I think about I like Halloween 4's ending alot better because who could see that coming?

[Dark Agent]

6 has the worst.I disagree, Halloween 2007 had the worst ending.

[Darth Tyranus]

You are defending the lack of any logic in the H6 T-cut?

At least RZH had an ending. ;)

[Torgo]

I disagree, Halloween 2007 had the worst ending.

And I disagree with that. RZH ending is probably tied with H4's ending to me as 2nd best. Both of which are surpassed by the original.

RZH's ending is great, I just love the dissolve from bloody maniacal Laurie to baby Laurie being held by Michael. Good stuff, imo.

[Mark Warner]

At least RZH had an ending. ;)

Agreed.

[Fright Nighter]

H4 has the best ending. Probably the most shocking of all the films.

[Pandaz]

I'd say the original has the best ending, followed by Halloween 4. I like Halloween III's as well.

[hallohell]

The original ending was fucking scary with all the crazy breathing. But nothing beats part 6 :bastard: :D

[Ringu]

Numero uno.

[Pasabi]

My favorite endings are H2 and H5.

[sound_asleep7]

I liked H5's ending... too bad the story wend in a crappy direction after that.

[Dutchess]

Halloween 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

[Splint67]

Resurrection all the way

[Mark Warner]

Resurrection all the way

I guess you're a big fan of "shocking endings that aren't shocking at all". :bastard:

[Darth Tyranus]

A new member praising Resurrection.

I wonder where this will go.

[Real Fine Place]

A new member praising Resurrection.

I wonder where this will go.

You never get used to the faces.