I wish the Thorn trilogy could've had more movies. They were getting experimental with the Halloween/Michael Myers legacy. I wish Halloween 5's director Dominique also could've directed Halloween 6.
But in a way, I think you could paint Halloween 6 (producer's cut!) as the conclusion of the Thorn trilogy.
1) Halloween 4 tried to blast Michael away with rednecks and guns.
2) Halloween 5 tried to fix Michael with therapy. And interestingly enough, many characters are being pretty therapeutic to Michael through out Halloween 5. A) The hermit from the beginning tries to nurse Michael back to health. B) The man in black tries to protect Michael. C) Jamie tries to see the humanity in Michael in the attic by saying "Uncle" and "You're just like me." D) Tina treats Michael like her boyfriend. Michael pretends to be "Mike" who is Tina's boyfriend and Tina actually kisses him. Why did Michael pretend to do this? Maybe he wanted to feel some affection from Tina. E) Loomis also tries to reason with Michael and fix his feelings.
I think trying to fix Michael with therapy makes sense from the perspective of Halloween 4 - because Michael was blown away by all those guns and they didn't work against him. But the therapy treatment has also failed, since Michael escapes, and the inner workings of the Thorn cult evade everyone's understanding.
3) Tommy successfully stops Michael with the use of runes in the producer's cut. I think that makes sense. Brute force in Halloween 4 and therapy in Halloween 5 did not work for Michael. You have to call upon the spiritual world in order to stop evil. In such a way, Halloween 6 is kinda the conclusion. You can't stop evil completely, but with the proper incantations/rituals, you can evade it, as Tommy did.
Jamie and Loomis are corruptible. Jamie is *like* Michael, she also had some darkness in her. Loomis is also corruptible. He is a doctor like Wynn, and Wynn turned to the dark side. Both positions are corruptible.
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