In this supplement to our main feed series on the Halloween franchise, Brett explores the Monarch themes driving Halloween 4-6, the so-called “Thorn trilogy,†as well as the theta programming storyline of Friday the 13th Part VII. He explains why every major horror franchise arising out of this era eventually goes full-on Monarch. And he elaborates on the clown archetype at the heart of the Joker Cycle with reference to Halloween 4, where a traumatized little girl is transformed into a killer clown.