Halloween: Resurrection

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Halloween: Resurrection

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Directed by Rick Rosenthal
Produced by Paul Freeman
Written by Larry Brand (story/screenplay)
Sean Hood (screenplay)
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis
Bianca Kajlich
Music by Marco Beltrami
Danny Lux
Cinematography David Geddes
Editing by Robert A. Ferretti
Distributed by Dimension
Release date(s) July 12, 2002 (United States)
Running time 91 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $15,000,000
Preceded by Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Followed by Rob Zombie's Halloween
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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, effectvely ignores the continuity established during 4th, 5th, and 6th installments.

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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 that she knows will come. 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.

Soon after, a group of six college students win a competition to appear on a reliaty 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 as the screen goes black and the final credits begint to roll.

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[edit] Reception

"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.

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  • After Halloween: H20, Curtis was contractually bound to appear in another Halloween film. The decision was made to have her face her brother once more and then depart the series. This was mainly due to Curtis' lack of interest in continuing the role rather than character based considerations.[citation needed]
  • As of this film, Michael's only living relatives are John Tate (Laurie's son from Halloween: H20) and Stephen (from Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers). In this film, Michael does not target family members, other than Laurie Strode. This is of importance because Michael's killings in the film are completely random. Many fans have therefore disowned the second part of this film, only caring about the death of Laurie. Although Michael was believed to kill at random in the original Halloween, the sequels paint a somewhat different picture -- Michael's primary targets are his family members, although he will indulge in random kills. The murders may occur because the victims are "trespassing" in the Myers home.
  • This particular chapter was mostly shot on a set that is designed to imitate the house from the original film as closely as possible. This is unlike the prior films, which have altered the Myers house's design on two occasions.
  • The film has a number of alternate endings, that all end in more or less the same fashion - Michael returning in some fashion.
  • The doll Laurie has to hide the pills in can also be seen in Halloween on top of her clothes cabinet.

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The Halloween films

John Carpenter/Debra Hill-conceived: Halloween • Halloween II
Sequel not featuring Michael Myers: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
First continuity: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers • Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers • Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Second continuity: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later • Halloween: Resurrection
Remake: Halloween
Comic book continuity: Halloween (comics)
Main characters: Michael Myers • Samuel J. Loomis • Laurie Strode • Jamie Lloyd

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