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HALLOWEEN (1998)

On Halloween night in 1983, a six-year-old Michael Myers murders his older sister Judith with a large knife inside their home in Haddonfield, Illinois. He is sent to Smith's Grove Sanitarium with Dr. Samuel Loomis being assigned to his case. Fifteen years later on October 30, 1998, Loomis and his colleague Marion Chambers arrive at the sanitarium to escort a 21-year-old Michael to a court hearing, only to discover all of the other inmates roaming around the yard. Loomis exits the car to investigate, leaving Marion alone as Michael attacks. Marion flees from the car, allowing Michael to steal the vehicle, and drive away into the night. Michael kills a mechanic for some coveralls on his way back to Haddonfield and upon arriving, steals some rope, some knives, and a Halloween mask from various local stores.

The following day on Halloween, 17-year-old Anthony Cunningham meets a young boy named Tommy Doyle who he'll be babysitting later that day. On the way to school, Anthony leaves a key at Michael's abandoned childhood home as his father is trying to sell the property, unaware of Michael's presence inside. Michael begins stalking Anthony throughout the day, who notices, only believing it to be some kind of Halloween joke. Meanwhile, Loomis arrives in Haddonfield in pursuit of Michael, meeting Deputy Frank Hawkins, whose son Malcolm is friends with Anthony. As nightfall emerges, Loomis and Hawkins arrive at Michael's house, where Loomis continues to warn the skeptical deputy about the impending danger. Hawkins eventually leaves to patrol the area, while Loomis remains at the house, expecting Michael to eventually return.

Anthony arrives at Tommy's house to babysit him while Malcolm babysits a young girl named Lindsey Wallace just across the street, unaware that Michael has followed them. Michael watches Malcolm, even killing the Wallace family dog outside. Malcolm eventually takes Lindsey over to Tommy's house so that he can pick up his girlfriend Annie. Michael, who was hiding in the back seat of Malcolm's car, attacks him, killing him by strangling and then slitting his throat. Tommy, while playing a trick on Lindsey, spots Michael carrying Malcolm's body back into the house across the street. Tommy claims to have seen "the boogeyman," only for Anthony to dismiss it as nothing. Meanwhile, Loomis scares away some kids trying to go inside Michael's house before meeting up with Hawkins once again.

Anthony and Malcolm's friend Ben Tramer would soon arrive at Lindsey's house with his girlfriend Lynda, finding the house empty. After having sex in an upstairs bedroom, Ben goes downstairs to grab a drink for Lynda, finding the side door open. Michael suddenly appears and attacks Ben, killing him by pinning him to the wall with a stab to the chest. Michael then masquerades as Ben in a ghost costume, confronting Lynda upstairs, who teases him to no avail. Growing frustrated, Lynda calls Anthony to ask about Malcolm and Lindsey as Michael begins slowly approaches. Michael proceeds to strangle Lynda to death with the telephone wire just as Anthony picks up the phone, believing it to be a joke.

Curious, Anthony puts the kids to bed and goes over to Lindsey's house. He discovers his friends in an upstairs bedroom, completely shocked and horrified. Michael suddenly appears out of the darkness and slashes Anthony's arm, causing him to fall down the stairs. Anthony manages to narrowly escape the house, rushing back to Tommy's house across the street. Upon discovering that he lost the keys, Anthony manages to wake up Tommy, who opens the front door just in time. Anthony orders the kids to go hide, discovering an open window. Michael appears and attacks again, but Anthony manages to stab him in the neck with a knitting needle, seemingly killing him. Anthony goes to check on the kids, only to discover Michael alive and still in pursuit. The kids lock themselves in the bathroom while Anthony hides in a bedroom closet. Michael finds him, smashing through the wooden closet door. In the ensuing struggle, Michael drops his knife, allowing Anthony to stab him in the chest, seemingly killing him once again. Anthony orders the kids to go over to a neighbor's house and call the police, unaware that Michael has recovered.

Loomis, who had seen the stolen car, spots the kids running out of the house screaming and goes inside to investigate, finding Michael and Anthony fighting upstairs. Loomis shoots Michael six times in the chest, causing him to fall out of a second-story window to the ground below. Loomis discovers Michael is missing upon looking out the window. Unsurprised, Loomis looks into the night as Anthony lay injured. A montage of previous locations is shown with Michael's breathing being heard, indicating that he could be anywhere.

HALLOWEEN RETURNS (2018)

On October 29, 2018, infamous serial killer Michael Myers, who's been institutionalized at Smith's Grove Psychiatric Hospital for the past twenty years after being shot by Dr. Samuel Loomis and falling out of a second-story window, is being prepared for transfer to a maximum security prison. True-crime podcasters Aaron and Dana arrive at the hospital to potentially interview Michael, meeting Dr. Ranbir Sartain, Michael's new doctor who was a pupil of Loomis before his death of natural causes. Sartain brings them to Michael, surrounded by other patients and employees. Aaron brings out the mask that Michael wore in 1998, hoping to get a reaction out of him, but ultimately failing.