Continuity mistake: When Corey is almost hit by a car in the beginning (after the credits roll), his bike is suddenly toppled much further over after the camera cuts to a wideshot.

Halloween Ends (2022)
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Directed by: David Gordon Green
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Will Patton, Kyle Richards
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Laurie Strode: Come and get me, motherfucker.
Trivia: Michael Myers kills Deb by pinning her to the wall with his knife the same way he killed Bob in the original 1978 film.
Question: Michael dragged Corey into the sewers with the intent of killing him. Why did Michael let him go?
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Answer: The implication seems to be that there is some sort of subliminal connection between the two that they both pick up on. I personally took it as Michael somehow subconsciously feeling the "evil" brewing within Corey... almost as though he sees his own evil in Corey. Thus, he lets him go and subsequently "teams up" with him later on. They're a twisted form of kindred spirits.
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