| Halloween: Resurrection | |
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| Directed by | Rick Rosenthal |
| Produced by | Michael Leahy Paul Freeman |
| Written by | Larry Brand Sean Hood |
| Story by | Larry Brand |
| Based on | Characters by: John Carpenter Debra Hill |
| Starring | Busta Rhymes Bianca Kajlich Thomas Ian Nicholas Ryan Merriman Sean Patrick Thomas Tyra Banks Jamie Lee Curtis |
| Music by | Danny Lux |
| Cinematography | David Geddes |
| Editing by | Robert A. Ferretti |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | July 12, 2002 |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million |
| Box office | $37,664,855 |
Halloween: Resurrection is a 2002 American horror film and eighth installment in the Halloween film series. Directed by Rick Rosenthal, who had also directed Halloween II, the film builds upon the continuity of Halloween H20: 20 Years Later. Just like its previous installment, Resurrection effectively ignores the storylines established during the fourth, fifth, and sixth installments.
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Three years after the events that happened in California, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has been sent to a psychiatric hospital after it is revealed that she had beheaded a paramedic instead of Michael; the paramedic had located the body of Myers in the dining hall of Laurie's school, but Myers had attacked the paramedic, crushed his larynx, and forcefully switched clothing and his mask. Myers then goes into hiding for the next three years.
On October 31, 2001, still in captivity, Laurie pretends to be heavily medicated, behaving as though she had extreme dissociative disorder. In fact, she hides her pills and prepares herself for the inevitable confrontation with Michael. When Michael finally appears, Laurie lures him into a trap, as she attempts to kill Myers, she second guesses herself, to make sure that it is really her brother this time. Myers takes advantage, and stabs her on the roof. She then kisses him, says, "I'll see you in hell", and falls to the ground to her death. Michael then returns home to stay. His mission is complete after over twenty years of searching and hunting Laurie down.
The following year on October 30, Michael is living in a section of tunnels below his childhood house. Six college students - Bill Woodlake (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Donna Chang (Daisy McCrackin), Jen Danzing (Katee Sackhoff), Jim Morgan (Luke Kirby), Rudy Grimes (Sean Patrick Thomas), and Sara Moyer (Bianca Kajlich) - win a competition to appear on an Internet reality show directed by Freddie Harris (Busta Rhymes) and his assistant, Nora Winston (Tyra Banks), in which they have to spend a night in the childhood home of Michael Myers. Their mission is to find out what led him to kill. Sara's friend Myles Barton (Ryan Merriman) watches the broadcast during a Halloween party. On the day of Halloween, they start to search the entire house for something that can provide a clue to Michael's past, and decide to separate into three groups to cover more areas. The event goes horribly wrong as Michael returns home, and one by one he kills the students and the crew. Myles realizes the deaths are real while the rest of the party claims they are staged.
In the final scene of the movie, Michael's body is sent to the morgue. As the coroner opens the body bag, Michael's eyes suddenly open showing that he is still alive and a scream can be heard.
The film's working title was "Halloween: The Homecoming", but producers wanted a title that said Michael Myers is alive, so in February 2002, the film was officially renamed as "Halloween: Resurrection". Also, the release date for the film was originally set as September 21, 2001, but producers at Dimension Films wanted the film to be stronger so re-shoots took place from September to October 2001 and the release date was changed to April 19, 2002 and then again to July 12, 2002. Both Whitney Ransick and Dwight H. Little were approached to direct the film but turned it down. Later Rick Rosenthal, the director of Halloween II, was chosen to direct. During the casting period of the film, producers considered Danielle Harris (who played Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers) for a role in the film. In post production Bianca Kajlich's screams had to be dubbed because of her inability to scream. The film's trailer was delivered on April 26, 2002 with the release of Jason X. Principal photography began in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2001 with the opening scene filmed at Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, BC.[1]
For this eighth installment of the series, Danny Lux created a genuine score to the original instead of generating something new. He approaches the score with an electro-acoustic feel that dates back to the synthesizer scores of the '80s.[2]
Halloween: Resurrection concludes with the potential for another sequel to continue the story. Although there were plans for a new Halloween movie to continue after Resurrection, no such film has yet been produced to continue the original series. Dimension Films would instead produce a remake of the original Halloween in 2007 directed by Rob Zombie. The sequel to Zombie's remake, Halloween II, was released on August 28, 2009.
Halloween: The Homecoming is the workprint copy of Halloween: Resurrection. Noted differences include:
A copy featuring Nora's death, an alternate Donna death and more is rumored to exist but footage is hard to find; the following (deleted) scenes below are featured, and can be viewed on YouTube.
Halloween: Resurrection was released on July 12, 2002 in the US to moderate reception which did not change in its later international release. The film's opening weekend on US screens raked in $12,292,121, the film grossed $30,354,442 domestically and a further $7,310,413 for a moderate $37,664,855 worldwide gross.[3]
It garnered a rotten review of 11% on Rotten Tomatoes. 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."[4] 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."
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