Halloween’s Director Has Finally Cleared Up One Of The Film’s Biggest Mysteries

At the beginning of Halloween, she isn’t doing well — still dealing with PTSD from her original encounter with Michael Myers, she’s drinking heavily, living alone and hiding from the rest of the world. She’s been so destructive that she had her daughter Karen, played by Judy Greer, removed from her custody when she was a preteen. Now her only regular connection to the outside world is her granddaughter Allyson.