History Film / HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers

* {{Bookends}}: The producer's cut features a scene of Jamie tied to a table, dressed in white, wearing a crown of flowers, apparently preparing to be raped by Michael. By the film's ending, Kara is tied up the same way, presumably for the same reason.

* {{Recut}}: One of the most stunning examples of this. Apparently, the film ran over time and budget and they were unsatisfied with the original ending, so [[invoked]][[ExecutiveMeddling the suits decided to take it over and had new scenes shot for the film]]. Their version is the Theatrical Cut. When the film was shown on TV, someone got a hold of the now infamous Producer's Cut, which was the original cut of the film screened for test audiences. While the violence and cursing were trimmed, an ''assload'' of alternate takes and different opening narration were used, ''and the entire last 20 minutes of the film are RADICALLY different from the Theatrical Cut''. The main change is that the explanation for Michael's killing ways is altered: the Theatrical version offered a scientific reason, but the Producer's Cut says the reason is supernatural (which also explains why Michael is also growing bigger in each previous film. It's because his power is growing). It also shows a final scene with Dr. Loomis realizing that he has been cursed by Thorn. This was likely altered when Creator/DonaldPleasence died. An early trailer showed that the film was originally going to be called ''Halloween 666: The Curse of Michael Myers''. The Producer's Cut was only available through low-quality bootleg video releases until 2014 when its original masters were located, restored, and later included on the deluxe version of the ''Halloween'' Complete Collection Blu-ray set before getting a standalone Blu-ray of its own.

* TangledFamilyTree: Michael is both the father and the granduncle of his niece Jamie's baby.

** Danny is carrying a pumpkin home and is spooked into dropping it by Tommy -- much like Tommy was by Michael in the first movie.

* AlienBlood: [[spoiler:Michael]] bleeds yellow-green blood while Tommy beats him with a pipe. This is actually the corrosive fluid Tommy injects him with just prior to the beating, however; it's not his actual blood.

* FailedASpotCheck: In the Producer’s Cut, [[spoiler:Barry Simms gets into a van that he thinks is his, but it has the Smith’s Grove Sanitarium identification. As Michael kills him, the camera pans out to another van a couple spots away, which has Barry’s radio station logo on it]].

* {{Jerkass}}: John Strode and Barry Simms. The former is the abusive father of Kara and Tim, [[spoiler:who gets himself, his wife, and Tim killed because he neglected to tell them that their house was where Michael Myers used to live]], and the latter is an obnoxious, rude, and sleezy radio DJ who ridicules Jamie's cries for help. [[spoiler:Needless to say, nobody is upset when Michael kills both of them, with John Strode in particular getting one of the franchise's most brutal deaths (in the theatrical cut)]].

** Danny looking across the street to see Michael standing there and him disappearing in the blink of an eye -- literally -- exactly as Tommy did in the original.

* {{Recut}}: One of the most stunning examples of this. Apparently the film ran over time and budget and they were unsatisfied with the original ending, so [[invoked]][[ExecutiveMeddling the suits decided to take it over and had new scenes shot for the film]]. Their version is the Theatrical Cut. When the film was shown on TV, someone got a hold of the now infamous Producer's Cut, which was the original cut of the film screened for test audiences. While the violence and cursing were trimmed, an ''assload'' of alternate takes and different opening narration were used, ''and the entire last 20 minutes of the film are RADICALLY different from the Theatrical Cut''. The main change is that the explanation for Michael's killing ways is altered: the Theatrical version offered a scientific reason, but the Producer's Cut says the reason is supernatural (which also explains why Michael is also growing bigger in each previous film. It's because his power is growing). It also shows a final scene with Dr. Loomis realizing that he has been cursed by Thorn. This was likely altered when Creator/DonaldPleasence died. An early trailer showed that the film was originally going to called ''Halloween 666: The Curse of Michael Myers''. The Producer's Cut was only available through low-quality bootleg video releases until 2014 when its original masters were located, restored, and later included on the deluxe version of the ''Halloween'' Complete Collection Blu-ray set before getting a standalone Blu-ray of its own.

** Apparently it was Mrs. Blankenship, not Judith and her boyfriend Danny, who was babysitting 6-year-old Michael on that fateful Halloween night in 1963. This could explain why the original film opens with Michael crossing the street to his own house, since Blankenship lives directly across from them. Doubles with RememberTheNewGuy. We also have a tentative link with ''Halloween 3: Season of the Witch'', which also features an evil pagan cultist who refers to having an appointment with Mrs Blankenship.

* RetiredBadass: Dr. Loomis at start of the film, as he thinks that the nightmare is truly over. Hearing Jamie calling a radio show brings him back into action.

* SexSignalsDeath: No sooner are [[spoiler:Tim and Beth]] able to enjoy a few moments after sleeping together than does Michael kill them.
* ShadyRealEstateAgent: John Strode. He is a real estate agent like his brother and Laurie's father Morgan, however, he is an AbusiveDad and [[spoiler:neglects to informs his family that the house they're living in is the Myers house]].

* TangledFamilyTree: Michael is both the father and the grand-uncle of his niece Jamie's baby.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The Cult of Thorn apparently believe Michael killing his relatives will bring world peace...or something.

->''"...If there's one thing I know, you can't control evil. You could lock it up, you could burn it, and bury it, and pray that it dies, but it never will. It just rests for awhile. You could lock your doors and say your prayers, but the evil is out there...waiting. And maybe, just maybe...it's closer than you think.''"

* DeathBySex: No sooner are [[spoiler:Tim and Beth]] able to enjoy a few moments after sleeping together than does Michael kill them.

* AnAxeToGrind: Michael uses one on [[spoiler:Debra Strode]].

** It can be assumed that the whole entire Cult of Thorn, including Mrs. Blankenship, were killed by Michael during the operating room massacre in the Theatrical Cut.

* OddballInTheSeries: Not as severe as other entries as it’s more of a casting example, but this is the only film to not feature Creator/JamieLeeCurtis or Creator/DanielleHarris, both of whom star throughout the franchise (the former in the first three, H20, Resurrection, 2018, and ''Kills'', and the latter in parts 4 through 5 and the Music/RobZombie duology).

** Apparently it was Mrs. Blankenship, not Judith and her boyfriend Danny, who was babysitting 6-year-old Michael on that fateful Halloween night in 1963. This could explain why the original film opens with Michael crossing the street to his own house, since Blankenship lives directly across from them. Doubles with RememberTheNewGuy. We also have a tentative link with Halloween 3; Season of the Witch, which also features an evil pagan cultist who refers to having an appointment with Mrs Blankenship.

* StockSubtitle: An unintentional example. Writer Daniel Farrands suggested it not because of the plot, but because of the [[invoked]]TroubledProduction. Moustapha Akkad liked the title so much that it stuck with the film.

* OddballInTheSeries: Not as severe as other entries as it’s more of a casting example, but as mentioned in AbsenteeActor, this is the only film to not feature Creator/JamieLeeCurtis or Creator/DanielleHarris, both of whom star throughout the franchise (the former in the first three, H20, Resurrection, 2018, and ''Kills'', and the latter in parts 4 through 5 and the Music/RobZombie duology).

* AbsenteeActor: This is, to date, the only film with Michael Myers to not feature Creator/JamieLeeCurtis or Creator/DanielleHarris. It's the only one in the entire ''franchise'' if you count Jamie Lee's uncredited voice cameo in ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch''. However, this film does feature Danielle's original character, Jamie, played by a different actress (see below). About the only actor that both shared interactions with together who does return is Creator/DonaldPleasence, making him the closest connection between the 2 stars.

** Apparently it was Mrs. Blankenship, not Judith and her boyfriend Danny, who was babysitting 6-year-old Michael on that fateful Halloween night in 1963. This could explain why the original film opens with Michael crossing the street to his own house, since Blankenship lives directly across from them. Doubles with RememberTheNewGuy.

* AmbiguousEnding: in the final scene (Theatrical Cut) we see [[spoiler: Michael Myer's mask lying on the floor and hear Dr Loomis screaming offscreen. The finale is open to multiple interpretations, firstly that Myers has killed Loomis, secondly that Loomis has discovered that Myers has recovered from Tommy Doyle's beating and escaped. Both scenarios have the problem of explaining why Michael abandoned his precious mask on the ground? The third explanation is that we are witnessing Loomis finally kill Michael, hence why the Halloween 1-6 continuity (the "Curse of Thorn" storyline) ends here.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In the beginning of the film, a caller on the Barry Simms show says she's in love with Michael because he's so uninhibited and untamed.

** Michael's mask is back to not having eye-covers like the original mask used in the original film and II, unlike the masks from 4 and 5 which had eye covers.

* AlienBlood: [[spoiler:Michael bleeds yellow-green blood while Tommy beats him with a pipe]].

* TeenPregnancy: Is implied to be the case regarding Kara and Danny. And then there’s Jamie, who’s fifteen, and Steven.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: A scene has Michael preparing to kill a bunch of sanitarium employees by overlooking a tray filled with medical tools. At first, it looks like he's going to grab a scalpel, but, having apparently gotten tips from [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], he decides to grab a machete-like knife instead.

** It can be assumed that the whole entire Cult of Thorn, including Mrs. Blankenship were killed by Michael during the operating room massacre in the Theatrical Cut.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Tommy Doyle's childhood encounter with Michael messed him up very badly.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The Cult of Thorn apparently believe Michael killing his relatives will bring world peace... or something.

-->'''Dr. Loomis:''' You are... a madman.
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler:John Strode's]] death. Michael impales him to a fuse box, [[HighVoltageDeath electrocuting]] him to the point that his head messily blows up.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As a result of Michael's repeated rampages on Halloween, two separate ones on the same night (the first and second film), one occurring ten years later, and then ''another'' one only a year later, leads to the citizens of Haddonfield banning Halloween celebrations. But it doesn't stop Michael, of course...
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Kara Strode appears to be this for Laurie. The actresses who portrayed the characters even look similar.