J. Kim Murphy SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points from “Halloween Ends,” which is now playing in theaters and available to stream on Peacock. Billed as the finale to a landmark horror franchise, “Halloween Ends” was marketed with little more than the promise of a final match-up between remorseless serial killer Michael Myers and his lifelong victim Laurie Strode, played again by Jamie Lee Curtis.
But many viewers were shocked to discover much more than a marquee showdown when director David Gordon Green’s horror film released last weekend.
There’s also young love, a bunch of laughs and a fresh threat facing the town of Haddonfield — all courtesy of Corey Cunningham, a new character played by Rohan Campbell. “David was so adamant on not having me on any press,” Campbell tells Variety.
When Campbell was first circling the project, he had no clue that he was auditioning for a “Halloween” film, much less that he would be asked to play what is essentially the main character of the series’ final entry.
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