The Halloween film franchise has spawned multiple different continuities over the decades. The first film to do such, however, didn’t even acknowledge the events of the 1978 original film. This film, known as Halloween III: Season of the Witch, instead told its own unique story about witchcraft in the age of early computers. It’s a divisive movie that has sparked a cult following in recent years. It’s become so popular, in fact, that the recent 2018 Halloween film and its sequel Halloween Kills even included Halloween III references. Now a new theory more closely ties together Halloween III with these newer films.
First, it’s worth pointing out the aforementioned Halloween III references. In the 2018 Halloween film, and later Halloween Kills, a group of trick-or-treaters are shown wearing the iconic masks used in Halloween III. The masks were created by fictional company Silver Shamrock in Halloween III. This company designed the masks to kill any child wearing them by the time a special commercial went on the air. It’s a disturbing plot and one that’s often overshadowed by the marketability of Michael Myers.
Of course, in the modern Halloween films, the masks are quite harmless. Or are they? According to this fan theory, the masks might’ve actually been designed by the same villain from Halloween III. The key antagonist in that film, also the owner of Silver Shamrock, is Dan O’Herlihy’s character Conal Cochran. The theory suggests that during his death scene, where a magical stone rune appears to disintegrate him, that he actually wasn’t killed. Instead, it’s suggested that Conal Cochran was merely transported by the magical stone into a new universe. This just so happens to be the universe where the events of the 2018 film transpires.
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It’s worth noting that John Carpenter’s original Halloween film, however, does appear as a movie-within-a-movie in Halloween III. Of course, this hasn’t stopped other crossovers from happening in the past. For example, Halloween is shown as a movie within Scream, yet its sequel Scream 2 is shown as a movie within Halloween: 20 Years Later. With more franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe dipping into the concept of a “Multiverse,” it seems even less bizarre for the Halloween franchise to be connected in such an absurd way.