Surprising Halloween Theory Makes Laurie Strode The Reboot Trilogy’s Real Villain

Halloween’s reboot trilogy saw the return of Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Michael Myers after the latter escaped from Smith’s Grove Psychiatric Hospital, and one theory claims that Laurie was the real but accidental villain in this timeline. John Carpenter’s 1978 movie Halloween was key in the development of the slasher genre in the 1980s, and its success made way for a franchise with a total of 13 movies (including Rob Zombie’s remakes) and different timelines thanks to retcons made through the years, with the most recent timeline being the one from David Gordon Green’s trilogy.

Halloween’s reboot trilogy is a direct continuation of Carpenter’s original movie, thus ignoring all sequels that came after it. Thanks to this, Laurie and Michael aren’t related in this timeline, Laurie had a daughter (Karen, played by Judy Greer) and a granddaughter (Allyson, played Andi Matichak), and she never got over the trauma of Halloween night 1978. The Halloween reboot trilogy was the final confrontation between Laurie and Michael, and though the latter was obviously the threat to defeat, Laurie might have been the accidental villain in this timeline.

Halloween Theory Claims Laurie Strode Triggered The Events Of The Reboot Trilogy

Laurie Strode Might Be Responsible For Michael Myers’ Final Murder Sprees

A Halloween theory completely changes Laurie’s role in the reboot trilogy by claiming that she triggered the events of this timeline. As mentioned above, Halloween 2018 revealed that Laurie was never able to get over the traumatic events of Halloween night 1978, and instead, she spent the following decades preparing for Michael Myers’ return. Laurie’s obsession was taken to extremes, to the point where Karen was taken away from her by social services after Laurie taught her how to shoot a gun, fight in hand-to-hand combat, and more. Unfortunately, that didn’t stop Laurie from continuing to prepare for Michael’s return.

Laurie kept a close eye on Michael and knew he was set for a transfer to a maximum-security prison in 2018, which, coincidentally (or not so much), was scheduled for Halloween night. Laurie waited in her car in the parking lot of Smith’s Grove and watched as Michael was taken away on a bus, which caused her a panic attack, and she was shown screaming in the car. Halloween 2018 then revealed that the bus had crashed and Michael escaped, but the actual crash happened off-screen, and it’s assumed that Michael caused it, just like in the first movie.

Now, a theory claims that it was Laurie who provoked the bus crash and Michael’s escape. After watching the bus leave Smith’s Grove, Laurie was shown crashing Allyson’s graduation dinner, drunk and very distraught, an understandable reaction after seeing Michael being transferred but also if she was involved in it. Some support the theory by pointing out that Laurie barely reacted to hearing the news about Michael’s escape on TV, but this was most likely a trauma response and how she was somewhat expecting it would happen.

Halloween Theory Turns Laurie Into A Villain As Bad As Michael Myers

Laurie Strode Wouldn’t Have Exactly Been A Hero

Despite being the franchise’s Final Girl, this Halloween theory turns Laurie Strode into a villain as bad as Michael Myers, even if she didn’t kill anyone. If the theory is true, then Laurie consciously unleashed a serial killer that had already brought death and panic to Haddonfield in the past, and this time, they couldn’t contain him. Michael Myers wasn’t defeated on the same day he escaped and returned to Haddonfield, but a year later after his copycat, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell), tried to kill Laurie.

Laurie not only provoked a new wave of murders in Haddonfield by crashing the bus and allowing Michael to escape, but she would have also been responsible for the deaths of her son-in-law and her daughter, as both were killed by Michael. Many Haddonfield residents, including Tommy Doyle (Anthony Michael Hall) and Leigh Brackett (Charles Cyphers), were also killed in the reboot trilogy, making Laurie the hidden Halloween villain, who, even though didn’t kill anyone except Michael in Halloween Ends, was the one who brought Michael home.

Halloween Theory Makes The Reboot Trilogy Even Worse

The Entire Trilogy Could Have Never Happened

Laurie being the one who provoked the bus crash and thus Michael’s escape and return to Haddonfield isn’t beneficial to the reboot trilogy. Despite the success of Halloween 2018, the reboot trilogy was criticized for its inconsistencies, plot holes, pointless deaths, and making Michael Myers’ mythology more confusing. Laurie being the hidden villain makes it all worse as it means that Michael’s return could have been prevented, and no one would have died as a result of his escape from the Smith’s Grove bus. On the other hand, if Michael was truly the one who crashed the bus, his return truly couldn’t have been prevented.

This Halloween theory completely changes Laurie Strode’s legacy in the reboot trilogy and makes Karen’s death even sadder and more frustrating, as her mother would have been the one who facilitated it. Laurie Strode’s role in the Halloween reboot trilogy was already divisive, and this theory makes it even more.