After meeting her fate at the hands of Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007), Lynda was remembered in Halloween II (2009) via an altercation between her father and Dr. Loomis. This element reminded viewers of the consequences of violence and how people’s lives are affected. It’s rare for a slasher movie to tackle such matters. I also appreciated that Halloween II…

An extremely important character in the HalloweeN franchise is Big Joe Grizzly. He was responsible for giving Michael Myers his knife and his fancy coveralls (without Grizzly, Michael might’ve worn a three-piece suit for all we know). As you may have guessed it, “Big Joe Grizzly” wasn’t his actual name (no person, real or fictional, could possibly…