Halloween: Resurrection
| Halloween: Resurrection | |
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| File:Halloween Resurrection poster.JPG Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rick Rosenthal |
| Written by | Characters: John Carpenter Debra Hill Story: Larry Brand Screenplay: Larry Brand Sean Hood |
| Produced by | Malek Akkad Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein |
| Starring | Jamie Lee Curtis Brad Loree Busta Rhymes Bianca Kajlich Sean Patrick Thomas Katee Sackhoff Luke Kirby Thomas Ian Nicholas Ryan Merriman Tyra Banks Billy Kay |
| Cinematography | David Geddes |
| Edited by | Robert A. Ferretti |
| Music by | Danny Lux |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films |
Release dates | July 12, 2002 |
Running time | 94 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $30,354,442 |
Halloween: Resurrection is a 2002 horror film, directed by Rick Rosenthal. It is the eighth film of the Halloween franchise. It builds upon the continuity of Halloween: H20 and just like the former, effectively ignores the continuity established during the 4th, 5th, and 6th installments.
Plot
The film begins three years after the events of Halloween: H20. Laurie Strode, the main character of the first two installments as well as H20, has been confined to a mental institution on the counts of murder. A retcon is established in which Laurie did not really decapitate Michael Myers at the end of the previous film, but rather a paramedic with whom Myers forcefully switched clothing and his mask. Laurie pretends to be heavily medicated, but in reality dodges her pills and prepares herself for the inevitable confrontation with Michael Myers. When Myers does appear, Laurie lures him into a trap, but before she can kill him for good, he turns the tables on her and she presumably dies after being stabbed and falling from the roof of the institution, giving a kiss to Michael before falling.
A year later, a group of six college students win a competition to appear on a reality show on 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. The investigation is done in the style of the MTV reality show, Fear and is broadcast live on the internet. The participants think the show is entirely for entertainment purposes and that the stunt will earn them some publicity and scholarship money. While in the house, the event goes horribly wrong as Michael returns home and one by one, kills the students and the crew involved in the broadcast. Soon, all but one of the college students are murdered. Using her PDA and penpal on the outside, Sara escapes. Ultimately, only Sara Moyer and Freddie Harris, the host of the show, survive. Toward the end Myers dies of electrocution and is taken to a morgue, where a frightened female mortician slowly opens his body bag. He opens his eyes and the mortician screams as the screen goes black and the final credits begin to roll.
Cast
- Brad Loree as Michael Myers
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode
- Busta Rhymes as Freddie Harris
- Bianca Kajlich as Sara Moyer
- Sean Patrick Thomas as Rudy Grimes
- Katee Sackhoff as Jenna "Jen" Danzig
- Daisy McCrackin as Donna Chang
- Luke Kirby as Jim Morgan
- Thomas Ian Nicholas as William "Bill" Woodlake
- Ryan Merriman as Myles 'Deckard' Barton
- Tyra Banks as Nora Winston
- Billy Kay as Scott
- Gus Lynch as Harold
- Lorena Gale as Nurse Wells
Reception
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Halloween Resurrection was released on July 12th 2002 in the US to extremely poor reviews; which didn't change when it was later released in other countries. Its opening weekend on US screens raked in $12,292,121 and overall the film earned a moderate $30,354,442.
It garnered an 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.” 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.” In fact many critics as well as fans debate that the series should have ended with the death of Micheal Myers in H20. Fans of the series say that this movie was only made to reawaken the series so the producer could make more money off of it.
