Halloween Ends (2022) prominently features the Grand Gallery and the Hall of Shadows, clearly seen when Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) is pinned to the table emulating the Devil’s posture (the above and below of Hermes Trismegistus) on card XV, signifying that he is evil incarnate. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) in The Shining (1980) strikes the same pose at the Overlook’s July 4th ball, manifesting in Ends with Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) as a disturbed writer.
Starting with Halloween Kills (2021) and continuing into Halloween Ends (2022), the filmmakers embed the Tarot’s Major and Minor Arcana into the two movies like no other, analyzed in Cinema Symbolism 4 – coming soon.
Haddonfield’s WURG Radio in Halloween Ends (2022) recalls WalpURGisnacht, the spring equivalent of Samhain when demons and witches roam the land.
Halloween Ends‘ (2022) blue opening credits conjures three movies: The Shining (1980), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), and Psycho (1960), wherein the latter periwinkle blue was Mrs. Bates’ favorite color.
Game Theory 101: “Michael Myers kills babysitters, not kids.”
Robert W. Sullivan IV 