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CinemaDump

Trying to puzzle out what the hell happened with Halloween: Resurrection isn't so difficult. At least I don't think so. I imagine some suits sitting in a meeting room trying to figure out what it is teenagers like these days and the topic of reality TV came up. The concept of combining Halloween with reality TV was then born. This movie is an affront to the original classic and it still managed to make more than its $13 million budget. It grossed $38 million which is clearly $38 million too much.

Jamie Lee Curtis herself wasn't too big into being in Halloween movies anymore but agreed to do this one. spoiler

Six stereotypical college students win a position on what is to be a reality show broadcasted over the internet. Each student gets a camera on their person and what makes the show unique is the the viewers can choose which cameras to watch the action on. They can even watch multiple cameras at the same time. Director Freddie Harris (Busta Rhymes) assures that the show will be extremely scary because it will take place "in the birthplace of evil," the childhood home of Michael Myers in Haddonfield. Michael Myers has been missing for three years, so it's unknown if he'll be around or not. Will he welcome these annoying college students with open arms? Or with a knife in the ribs?

I suppose that in a sense, Halloween: Resurrection tries to take a page from The Blair Witch Project. It's more like just the corner of a page, because the first person camera style doesn't add anything to the movie. It doesn't make it scary in the least and the entire effort feels empty of any sort of realism. None of the characters are really likeable either. Is anyone supposed to care when a caricature gets killed?

There are some cheap, lazy attempts at manufacturing some scares from dumb "nothing jump scares" and there are a couple of occasions where during these jump scares, a ghostly Michael Myers face appears for a split second. A comical, disembodied scream accompanies these moments too. Is all this meant to be scary? I'm guessing so but it just reeks of laziness.

Michael Myers the character is treated absolutely horribly. This all culminates in two scenes with Busta Rhymes' character. Freddie Harris berates Michael Myers for a good minute, thinking that he is one of his employees in disguise. Myers actually listens to Freddie and goes on his way. Huh? Myers listens and does as he's told? There should be a knife in Busta by this time. If Freddie Harris were the grandson of Dr. Loomis, maybe I'd believe it. But even that would be a stretch though.

The other scene in question is a ridiculous fight between Busta's character and Michael Myers. It's established that Freddie Harris loves martial arts for whatever reason and he actually uses some kicks and "hai-yas" on Myers. I know I'm giving away story here but I'm saving those who haven't watched this attempt at a film from the same fate I suffered. Embarrassment.

Halloween deserves better than a reality show. Michael Myers deserves better than getting kicked to the face by Busta Rhymes. Any attempts at creating a sequel to this turd were thankfully halted and Rob Zombie rebooted/remade the first film in the series. That's the best route to have taken. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers is an awful entry in the Halloween series but Halloween: Resurrection takes the crown as worst.

3/10

9 years 10 months ago

harposboy

The rare movie I actually regret seeing. I love Laurie Strode and even though she's just a fictional character she deserves better than this.

12 years 6 months ago

dthemenace

This is not a very good movie.

12 years 9 months ago

CrumbThumber

busta rhymes.... hilarious

12 years 6 months ago

KaramAkerfeldt

TRICK OR TREAT MOTHERFUCKER

3 years 7 months ago

dajmasta94

Definitely the worst in the franchise. A downright disgrace if viewed seriously but if you can just revel in the fact that Busta Rhymes is fighting Michael Myers and making Kung Fu noises it's not a complete waste. The biggest mystery to me is why Jaime Lee came back. I mean did she need the money?? Definitely the biggest crime committed here is how they handled her death.

5 years 10 months ago

nick121235

I fully understand all of the negative reviews but in my opinion Halloween: Resurrection is, in fact, one of the better editions to the series. Halloween took a quick dive after the first sequel, the third film in the series being nearly unrelated to the rest (not that I hated it- in fact I quite enjoyed it), and then the fourth, fifth and sixth being particularly bad films on their own right, even disregarding the understandable shadow of their origin material. Halloween has always had a troubled and rocky journey as one of the big grossing horror franchises to come out of the time period along with A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th. In my humble opinion, this, the eighth film in the series, does what none of the others did- bring a lighthearted campiness to the series. Halloween H20, the preceding sequel, was inordinately well done and quite unexpected, but I think that by the time you reach the 8th film in the series you're expecting little other than some laughs, corniness and maybe a few new and exciting kills. This is what worked so well for Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street, but what Halloween had refused to do. All throughout the series, Halloween obstinately stuck to an atmosphere of seriousness, always giving us a straightforward story, never being jovial or satirical until now.
This movie may not be the best- the characters can be quite forgettable, the story line is mediocre at best, and the found footage cuts are of low quality and therefore unenjoyable to see on screen.
Despite all of this I think that Halloween: Resurrection far surpasses much of the other trash to come from this franchise. And it has Busta Rhymes in it. By the time you reach the eighth film of a horror series what more could you realistically ask for?

7 years 5 months ago