Laurie Strode's Relationship To Michael Myers In Halloween Explained

Michael first crosses paths with Laurie when he spots her dropping a key off to her father, Morgan Strode (Peter Griffith), at the empty Myers house. Morgan's the realtor selling the home, and something about Laurie catches Michael's attention, which is why he keeps stalking her throughout the day. He starts targeting her friends before

Michael first crosses paths with Laurie when he spots her dropping a key off to her father, Morgan Strode (Peter Griffith), at the empty Myers house. Morgan's the realtor selling the home, and something about Laurie catches Michael's attention, which is why he keeps stalking her throughout the day. He starts targeting her friends before eventually hunting Laurie herself. It's her ability to keep Michael on his toes that likely makes the killer even more determined to keep chasing her. Everyone else falls prey to his sheer brutality, but Laurie always manages to slip out of his grasp in the nick of time.

However, "Halloween II" reveals an even more sinister reason behind the eternal connection between Laurie and Michael, as they're actually siblings. The Strode family adopted Laurie after her parents died in a car crash in 1965, just five years after Michael killed his sister Judith Myers (Sandy Johnson). The sequel even reveals that Laurie visited her brother in the sanatorium when she was younger, but after repressing those memories for years afterward, she'd forgotten. Awkward.

However, if you're wondering about their connection in the 2018 "Halloween" and its 2021 sequel "Halloween Kills," these films are direct sequels from the original 1978 movie. When the 2018 movie picks up, Michael has been incarcerated in Smith's Grove Psychiatric Hospital since the 1978 killing spree. So it isn't surprising that he wants revenge on Laurie and her family for essentially being the reason that he's been locked up for 40 years.

"Halloween Kills" is out now in theaters and available to stream on Peacock.

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