Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Director:

Rick Rosenthal

Writers (WGA):

Debra Hill (characters) and
John Carpenter (characters) ...

Release Date:

12 July 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Evil Finds Its Way Home.

Plot:

Serial Killer Michael Myers is not finished with Laurie Strode, and their rivalry finally comes to an end...

Plot Keywords:

Michael Myers | College Student | Serial Killer | Internet | Free Publicity

Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Laurie Strode
Brad Loree	...	Michael Myers
Busta Rhymes	...	Freddie Harris
Bianca Kajlich	...	Sara Moyer
Sean Patrick Thomas	...	Rudy
Daisy McCrackin	...	Donna
Katee Sackhoff	...	Jen
Luke Kirby	...	Jim
Thomas Ian Nicholas	...	Bill
Ryan Merriman	...	Myles Barton
Tyra Banks	...	Nora
Billy Kay	...	Scott
Gus Lynch	...	Harold
Lorena Gale	...	Nurse Wells
Marisa Rudiak	...	Nurse Phillips

Also Known As:

Hall8ween (USA) (working title)
Halloween 8 (USA) (working title)
Halloween H2K (USA) (working title)
Halloween H2K: Evil Never Dies (USA) (working title)
Halloween: Evil Never Dies (USA) (working title)
Halloween: Homecoming (USA) (working title)
Halloween: MichaelMyers.com (USA) (working title)
Halloween: The Homecoming (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language, some sexuality and brief drug use.

Runtime:

94 min | Canada:89 min | UK:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Portugal:M/18 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) (Canadian Home Video rating) | USA:R (No. 39101) | Australia:MA | Austria:16 | Brazil:16 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

The name Jen Danzig is a reference to Glenn Danzig, the singer of the former Misfits leader whom wrote and sung the songs Halloween and Halloween II before the original movie was released. The two songs have little to do with the movies since their lyrics do not even touch the main plot.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the beginning when they have the flash-back to H20, Michael knocks out the paramedic. As he is strangling him, the mask he is wearing is not the same mask from H20. It is the mask from Resurrection.

Quotes:

Jenna Danzig: You are like this close to getting voted off the island.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Death on Demand (2008)

Soundtrack:

Uptown Saturday Night

True Halloween fans be warned!

I have seen most of the Halloween movies in a theater,witnessing the highs and lows of the series,and this is the lowest it can get.Any kind of mythos that were created about the shape(aka Michael Myers) are flushed in this so-called Ressurection.

It is 3 0r 4 years after the events in H20 and we get a bunch of lame-ass survivor wannabees,going to broadcast a reality show from inside the myers house,not realising that the shape has come home on Halloween Night.On Halloween Night!No really.

After a good start in which Jamie Lee Curtis(again) shows up to fight the shape rather briefly,the movie gos downhill fast.Do any of these people have a tie with Michael? It sure is hinted at,but this never goes anywhere.It just turns into a routine slasher film.Did I mention Some of this is really,really corny.The way Michael came back is just really cheesy.It's right out of a soap opera and does alot of damage to the series.

The one good thing about Halloween 8 is Michael himself.This is the shape of old school and not the sublime shape we saw in H20.Kudos to the actor that played him this time.

I'll take the thorn storyline over this hack anytime.

2/10