Jamie Lee Curtis reprised the role in Halloween (2018), which ignores the previous sequels in the franchise and serves as a direct sequel to the 1978 film. Consequently, Michael and Laurie are not related in this continuity since that revelation does not exist without the 1981 sequel. The film establishes that Michael (James Jude Courtney) was arrested following his killing spree in 1978, and institutionalized for 40 years in Smith's Grove Sanitarium. Laurie suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, has been divorced twice, and become an alcoholic. Michael escapes again and returns to Haddonfield for another killing spree. He is taken to Laurie's home by his deranged psychologist and engages in a showdown with Laurie, who traps him in the basement with the help of her daughter, Karen (Judy Greer), and granddaughter, Allyson (Andi Matichak). They set the house ablaze and escape in the back of a passing pickup truck.
