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Masked serial killer Michael Myers makes his seventh appearance in the eighth installment of this long-running slasher series. Although the climax of the previous installment, Halloween: H20, depicted... read more read more... heroine Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) finally finishing off her brother/tormentor, the opening sequence of Halloween: Resurrection reveals that Laurie actually beheaded the wrong guy. Now confined to a mental institution, she quickly falls victim to her brother and longtime foe (played this time out by Brad Loree). Cut to Haddonfield, IL, where a sextet of college students is assembling for the production of an online reality show in which they'll spend the night locked up in the killer's childhood home being filmed by dozens of cameras and broadcast over the Internet. Presided over by fast-talking producer Freddie Harris (Busta Rhymes) and his girlfriend/business partner, Nora Winston (Tyra Banks), the players range from fame-hungry Jen (Katee Sackhoff) and food-obsessed Rudy (Sean Patrick Thomas) to rakish Jim (Luke Kirby) and cerebral Donna (Daisy McCrackin). As these photogenic youngsters hunt for clues about Michael's tortured childhood, engage in on-camera sexual escapades, and discover the phony props planted by Freddie and Nora, Michael arrives to stalk them relentlessly one by one. To complicate matters, Freddie himself is skulking around in a Michael Myers mask hoping to scare up some ratings. As the bodies begin to pile up, thoughtful cast member Sara (Bianca Kajlich) manages to survive thanks to wireless email instructions from high-school dork Myles (Ryan Merriman), but even the latest technology might not be enough to outwit Michael Myers. Halloween: Resurrection was directed by Rick Rosenthal, who previously helmed 1981's Halloween 2. The cast also features Thomas Ian Nicholas of American Pie and Billy Kay of L.I.E. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: December 10, 2002

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  • November 1, 2011
    Certainly better than some of the awful films this series has produced along the way, but still a kick in the face to everything Carpenter was trying to accomplish with the original. This time we have the director of Halloween II back at the helm (Rick Rosenthal, the first person... read more to tarnish the series with the first sequel) and even though it doesn't feel as amateurishly made as some of the others, it still doesn't come close to the tense and atmospheric original. The characters are all incredibly dumb and the premise itself starts off intriguing (not the online crap, the real story with Laurie Strode), but lasts a total of 5 minutes and ends awkwardly. Not that I think this movie has the right to continue the story in the first place because the twist to keep the story going from H20 is stupid and annoying. I think Halloween, Halloween II (unfortunately), and H20 are the true story of the series. Although the original one is all I really care about honestly.
  • October 23, 2011
    Freddie Harris: Michael Myers is a killer shark. In baggy ass overalls who gets his kicks from killing everyone and everything he comes across. 

    "Michael's work in Haddonfield is not done yet."

    Not only is Halloween: Resurrection the second worst film in the franchise, and the ... read moreworst one that actually has Michael Myers in it; but it also has the worst twist ever, to keep a franchise going. It is a joyless attempt at to make more money because of the moderate success of H2O. The cast is shit and the story is shit, which more than not makes the movie shit.

    The movie starts off with that horrible twist I was talking about. Then we go to an insane asylum where Laurie Strode is now. Myers comes back and kills some people. Then we jump to Haddonfield University where three friends are cast in an Internet reality show. They, along with three others will spend a night in Michael Myers home, with cameras broadcasting it for the whole world to see. It that isn't bad enough, the leaders of this show are played by Busta Ryhmes and Tyra Fucking Banks. Horrible!

    Good thing the movie doesn't even make it to the hour and a half mark because if it was any longer I would have had to put a bullet through my head. This is down there with slashers like Jason X. It is that bad.
  • September 18, 2011
    Well this wasn't very fun at all. It's nowhere near as bad as Halloween 6.....but it sure can compete with Halloween 2. The beginning part with Jamie Lee Curtis was just stupid. And there was a lot of bad actors....especially Busta Rhymes...Although I have to admit...he did deliv... read moreer the best quote of 2002.
  • September 16, 2011
    Why even bother to make another Halloween film? To make more money, that's why. This is the worst sequel in the series since the third entry. It's totally pointless to have this sequel, H20 was a find ending chapter in the legendary series, but with this, they totally killed it. ... read moreI mean, a bad script, bad acting, no scares, no tension, just a plainly, poorly stitched together cash cow of a film. The acting and story is pretty awful. Like I said, I don't know why they made this in the first place. The film was bound to be bad, and it is. At this point in the franchise, the producers were scrapping the bottom of the barrel in terms of ideas. They really didn't have anything good to craft. Halloween: Resurrection. Is one of the worst sequels in any horror series. A terrible plot, a bad script, with bad acting are the key ingredients for this sequels extreme mediocrity. Add to that, that Michael Myers was SUPPOSED to die for good in Halloween H20, what the hell is he doing back alive and killing?? As a diehard fan of the first film, I felt like this was beyond awful. I really thought that H20 was the perfect end to Michael Myers, the final showdown between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers was exhilarating. But this, this is a stupid film designed to make more money. A plotless mess of a film. This makes an Uwe Boll film great by comparison. Halloween: Resurrection should've never seen the light of day, this is a sequel that every Halloween fan can do without. Avoid it.
  • August 10, 2010
    Halloween: Resurrection is the second weakest of the series, and that's only because Busta Rhymes ruins it. It's like he makes a mockery of this film. He's corny and too over the top. He also knows karate. But still, other than Busta Rhymes, this is a great movie. I wish his char... read moreacter was different at least, but hey, whatever. The movie is heavy on atmosphere, it's great. The atmosphere, along with some great kills, saves this movie. It actual feels like a Halloween (season) themed horror movie. So it gets major points for that. Where it fails is, like I said Busta Rhymes, and it's horrible sense of humor. It wasn't funny at all. Another thing that sucked was Myers mask. He looked like a rock-n-roller, skateboarding punk. It was silly. Still, the movie is highly entertaining.

    Inventive kills and heavy atmosphere make for a fun horror film. It's forgettable, but enjoyable when watching it. I wouldn't pass this one up if you're a horror fan. People make this one sound a lot worse than it really is. It's not TOO bad. It's quite good...silly, but good (better than part 5 at least).

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  • August 8, 2010
    This ruined the series for me. No wait, let me make that KILLED it for me. I thought 4, 5, and 6 were bad, but this is proof that you can do worse than those three films.
  • September 30, 2009
    Could write an essay on what is wrong with this film. I won?t though as it can be summed up in one word. Crap.
  • March 21, 2009
    OOooh sweet! look at all those great actors! Tyra Banks!... lets see who else.. Busta Rhymes! well, thats hollywood for ya
  • October 14, 2007
    The only Halloween movie I never seen in the theaters. People told me to stay away but I had to see "Resurrection". I had to see it, to see how the writers would get round the "oops, we decapitated him at the end of the last one...".... and to be nice it was hard to stop laughin... read moreg. Michael Myers switched places with a Paramedic... I'd love to know where he keeps his spare masks? You'd think, that when the paramedic woke up in the van, he would have ripped his mask off, so Laurie would know that she had the wrong guy? Oh no... but thats me being picky again I guess.

    And thus, is the beginning of a truly terrible addition to an otherwise successful franchise. We finally get closure between Laurie and Michael right at the beginning... but after all Laurie has been through, I didn't think she would be stupid enough to double check she had the right guy, especially when he was stalking her with a knife anyway..

    Weak direction. Weak script. Weak cast. Busta Rhymes is obnoxious as Freddie Price, an entrepreneur of an internet web cast called Dangertainment, who selects 6 high school clichés to spend a night in Myers childhood home. OF course, Myers crashes the party, and offs people in a way that doesn't go with the Halloween movies. In earlier movies, the violence and the gore was kept to our imagination. We would see the events leading to it, the flash of a knife, and then we would imagine the rest. "Resurrection" has blood and gore like there's no tomorrow, and it felt like I was watching some tacked on slasher movie, not one of the many sequels to Halloween.

    The Halloween movies were a rare franchise, that was intelligent, and always had the ability to shock, and entertain. The first movie sets the standards for all horror/slasher films and I thought with the director of Halloween 2 ( a good sequel) back this should be at least decent. How wrong I was.

    I almost feel ashamed for watching it all the way to the end. Saying that, I will watch it again. It's Halloween after all, and every movie franchise has a bad turkey (Attack Of The Clones, Friday the 13th part 8. Hellraiser 4) Its just to bad that this seems to be the end of the old school Michael Myers. Not a fitting way for it to end
  • August 28, 2007
    Busta Rhymes? Tyra Banks? And shame on you Jamie Lee, Laurie's character should never had appeared in this turgid flop. Once again, the Akkads prove that they have no idea what they're doing.

Critic Reviews


Joe Leydon
July 15, 2002
Joe Leydon, Variety

[Seems] even more uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels. Full Review

Daphne Gordon
July 15, 2002
Daphne Gordon, Toronto Star

While the production values here are more cool than crappy, there's nothing really new about Resurrection. Full Review

Edward Guthmann
July 15, 2002
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

A cheesy thing that opened Friday without any advance screening. Full Review

Dave Kehr
July 15, 2002
Dave Kehr, New York Times

Spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen, not screaming but yawning. Full Review

Kevin Crust
July 15, 2002
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times

It's not the worst film in the series -- Halloween III will never be unseated -- but there's not nearly enough scares, or humor, to make Halloween: Resurrection worthwhile.

John Monaghan
July 15, 2002
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

Generic slasher-movie nonsense, but it's not without style. Full Review

Tom Maurstad
July 15, 2002
Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News

The thrill is (long) gone. Full Review

Glenn Lovell
July 15, 2002
Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News

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. Full Review

James Berardinelli
July 14, 2002
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

There's no evidence of craftsmanship or energy. Everything, from the plot to the execution, is plodding and obligatory. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
July 14, 2002
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

It's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even Jason X ... look positively Shakesperean by comparison.

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    • Freddie Harris: Trick or treat, motherfucker!
    • Freddie Harris: (fighting Michael Myers) Let's see what you got!
    • Jen Danzig: (talking to Bill; before smacking him) You are, like, this close to getting voted off the island.
    • Freddie Harris: (dressed as Michael Myers; talking to the REAL Michael Myers) I'm not paying you to be Michael Myers! I'm playin Michael Myers! And if them kids come around and see us dressed up in the same sh*t, it's going to ruin the whole effect! God damn it! What the hell is wrong with you? I said what are you looking at me like that for? (the REAL Michael still doesn't make any movements) Huh? You don't get it? You don't get it? Your shit up there ain't workin or something? Huh? You need to get your ass back in the garage with Nora! That's your job! Go back in there and help her ass out! Go do your job! I left the back door unlocked for your ass to go out the back and into the garage! That's what I did! You need to get the hell out of here! Go on! Skoot! Skadattle! Get the fu*k out of Dodge! (the REAL Myers finally walks away) God damn it, what the hell does somebody gotta do to get a little decent help up in this motherfu*ker?
    • Donna: This whole place looks like some sadistic playpen.
    • Laurie Strode: (to Michael Myers; before falling to her death) I'll see you in hell.

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