David Gordon Green’s Halloween was initially received with negative reviews, time has been good to it and it's now regarded as one of the best horror movies ever, one of the most influential ones, and credited as one of the movies that helped popularize the slasher genre in the 1980s.
Halloween tells the Halloween franchise went through different retcons in an effort to explain why Michael does what he does and why he went after Laurie in the first place, with Halloween II revealing they were siblings, but that changed when the franchise was rebooted in 2018. The movie, simply titled Halloween, is a direct sequel to the original movie, and as such it completely erased any relationship between Laurie and Michael – and yet, he still went after her.
Now directed by David Gordon Green and set 40 years after the events of Carpenter’s movie, Halloween caught up with Laurie, who had been struggling with PTSD for years, affecting her family and all those close to her. Laurie had spent years preparing for Michael’s return, which alienated her from her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak). Just like in the first movie, Michael escaped as he was being transferred to another facility and returned to Haddonfield to go on a new killing spree. Laurie, just like the audience, was sure he was going to go after her as she was the only survivor of his murders, so he surely wanted revenge – but a fan theory suggests Michael didn’t want revenge on Laurie, and instead he was led to her in order to fulfill the narrative that those around him had created.
The theory, posted on Dr. Ranbir Sarain (Haluk Bilginer), and Laurie herself. The author explains that each of these characters had reasons to lead Michael into a path of revenge: the podcasters wanted fame and recognition, Sartain wanted to boost his career (as he was the one who made Michael’s escape possible with the purpose of studying him “in the wild”), and Laurie was waiting for his return so she could kill him and put an end to her survivor’s guilt.
As such, they all played a part in Michael finding Laurie and going after her: the podcasters teased Michael by showing him the mask and antagonized Laurie, Sartain allowed him to escape, and Laurie actively looked for him on the streets under the idea of protecting Karen and Allyson. The theory is ed by how Michael committed random murders throughout Halloween and got to Laurie only because he was led to her. With Halloween Ends, his story with Laurie isn’t over yet, and hopefully, the movies will take a look at his motivations and confirm or deny the theory about him not wanting revenge on Laurie and instead being led to her by other people with different motivations.
