Halloween: Resurrection

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Halloween: Resurrection

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Rick Rosenthal
Produced by Michael Leahy
Paul Freeman
Written by Story
Larry Brand
Screenplay
Larry Brand
Sean Hood
Characters
John Carpenter
Debra Hill
Starring Busta Rhymes
Bianca Kajlich
Thomas Ian Nicholas
Ryan Merriman
Daisy McCrackin
Katee Sackhoff
Billy Kay
Luke Kirby
Sean Patrick Thomas
with Tyra Banks
and Jamie Lee Curtis
Music by Danny Lux
Cinematography David Geddes
Editing by Robert A. Ferretti
Distributed by Dimension Films
Miramax Films
Release date(s) July 12, 2002
Running time 94 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $13 million
Gross revenue $37.7 million
Preceded by Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Followed by Halloween (2007)

Halloween: Resurrection is a 2002 horror film and the eighth installment in the Halloween film series. Directed by Rick Rosenthal, who had also directed Halloween II, the film builds upon the continuity of Halloween H20: 20 Years Later. Just like its former installment, Halloween: Resurrection effectively ignores the storylines established during the 4th, 5th, and 6th installments.

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[edit] Plot

Beginning three years after the events of Halloween H20, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has been confined to a psychiatric care facility. A retcon is established in which Laurie had instead beheaded a paramedic at the end of the previous movie instead of Michael. The paramedic had located the body of Michael Myers in the dining hall of Laurie's school. Myers had attacked the paramedic, crushed his larynx (rendering him mute), and forcefully switched clothing and his mask. When attempting to seemingly do away with the terror from her brother once and for all, she had killed an innocent man. Unable to deal with the crime and the fear of her brother, Laurie was confined to a sanitarium. Myers has not been seen since the night of October 31, 1998.

On Wednesday October 31, 2001, still in captivity, Laurie pretends to be heavily medicated, behaving as though she had extreme dissociative disorder. In truth, she hides her pills and carefully prepares herself for the inevitable confrontation with Michael. When Michael finally appears, Laurie lures him into a trap, but before she can kill him for good, he turns the tables on her. In a confrontation on the sanitarium's rooftop, she reaches over to pull off his mask to make certain it is actually her brother. He suddenly grabs her and pulls her over the edge with him, stabbing her deep in the back. She gives him a kiss on the lips of his mask, lastly telling him, "I'll see you in Hell." Michael releases the knife from his sister and she falls many stories below (presumably) to her death. He then makes his way back home to Haddonfield, Illinois.

One year later on Wednesday October 30, six college students win a competition to appear on an Internet reality show in which they are to spend Halloween night in the childhood home of Michael Myers. Their mission is to find out what led him to kill. On the actual date of October 31, the investigation is done in a style reminiscent of the MTV reality show, Fear. On this night, through the entrepreneurial broadcast business Dangertainment, it is shot live on the internet. The participants think the show is entirely for entertainment purposes and that they will earn publicity and scholarship money. While in the house, the event goes horribly wrong as Michael returns home "to clean the house." One by one, he horrifically kills the students and the crew involved in the broadcast. Soon, all but one of the college students are murdered. Using her PDA and pen pal on the outside who is watching the live broadcast, Haddonfield University student Sara Moyer manages to escape. Ultimately, only Sara and Freddie Harris, the founder and host of Dangertainment are the sole survivors.

Michael is then burned by an electrical fire in the garage. Michael's body is then taken to Haddonfield Coroner's Office. When the Medical Examiner is about to take Michael's mask off, Michael's eyes open, proving that Michael is still alive. The screen then cuts to black.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Production

The film's working title was "Halloween: The Homecoming," but producers wanted a title that said Michael Myers is alive, so in February 2002, the film was officially renamed as "Halloween: Resurrection." Also, the release date for the film was originally set as September 21, 2001, but producers at Dimension Films wanted the film to be stronger so re-shoots took place from September to October 2001 and the release date was changed to July 12, 2002. Both, Whitney Ransick and Dwight H. Little were approached to direct the film but turned it down. Later Rick Rosenthal, the director of Halloween II, was chosen to direct. During the casting period of the film, producers considered Danielle Harris (who played Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers) for a role in the film. In post production Bianca Kajlich's screams had to be dubbed because of her inability to scream. The film's trailer was delivered on April 26, 2002 with the release of Jason X.[1]

[edit] Music

For this eighth installment of the series, Danny Lux created a genuine score to the original instead of generating something new. He approaches the score with an electro-acoustic feel that dates back to the synthesizer scores of the 80's.[2]

[edit] Reception

Halloween: Resurrection was released on July 12, 2002 in the US to an extremely poor reception which did not change in its later international release. The film's opening weekend on US screens raked in $12,292,121 and overall the film earned a moderate $30,354,442.[3]

It garnered a rotten review of 11% on rottentomatoes.com. Lou Lumenick of the New York Post said, “It’s so devoid of joy and energy it makes even ‘Jason X’ look positively Shakespearian by comparison.” Dave Kehr of the New York Times said, “Spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen, not screaming but yawning.”[4] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine said, “Every sequel you skip will be two hours gained. Consider this review life-affirming.” Joe Leydon of Variety said, “[Seems] even more uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels.” Glenn Lovell of the San Jose Mercury News was slightly more positive: “No, it’s not as single-minded as John Carpenter’s original, but it’s sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels.”

[edit] Continuity

The film concludes with the potential for another sequel to continue the story. No film has yet been produced to continue the time line of the first Halloween motion picture saga. The creators for the Halloween films presently have produced the remake installment Rob Zombie's 2007 Halloween. A sequel to Zombie's remake, Halloween II, began production on February 23, 2009 and is scheduled to be released on August 28, 2009.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Halloween: Resurrection Behind The Scenes at HalloweenMovies.com
  2. ^ Halloween: Resurrection Music Review at Music from the Movies
  3. ^ Halloween: at Box Office Mojo
  4. ^ Halloween: Resurrection Movie Review at New York Times

[edit] External links

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