♥ iNTRODUCTIOn ♥

It was only a matter of time before a sequel was called for after the originals success and Halloween 2 was released in 1981 which recieved mixed reviews. It's still, like the original, a great movie but is basically a more gruesome re-hash of the first but it is the movie that revealed to us that Michael Myers was Laurie Strode's brother. It seemingly ended the series when Michael was burned to death and Laurie was saved and with Halloween 3 (1982) completely ignoring the myers storyline.

It was all going a bit downhill to be honest, ticket sales had slumped and the movies were just getting worse reviews as they went on untill the series was re-invented and invigorated with the exciting and fresh Halloween H20, released two decades after the original in 1998. It starred the return of Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode who has faked her death, changed her name and runs a private school but still being haunted by the twenty year old memories which are to become a reality when he finally tracks her down and finds her. It is, to me, the greatest and most powerful in the series and ended with an amazing, tense, nail biting chase between the two and a brilliant final showdown which i believe should have ended the series on a high. But noooooooooo, they had to spoil it didn't they which is a shame because if they were so desperate to make another one it could have been so much better.

♥ wHATS THIS MOVIE ABOUT AND WHY DO YOU HATE IT SO MUCh ♥

Halloween Resurrection opens with a brilliant eerie version of the original score which is the best part. We are then once again introduced to Laurie Strode (Why oh Why did you do this Jamie?) who is now institutionalised and a bit nuts. She is waiting for the time to come. After discovering that she has killed the wrong person at the end of H20 she knows that Michael is still out there and after her. He finally shows up which leads to a mediocre opening chase where Laurie is finally killed off and Michael once again dissapears into the night. After this, there really is no point to watching the rest but if you insist...

Sara (Bianca Kajlich)
Rudy (Sean Patrick Thomas)
Jenna (Katee Sackhoff)
Donna (Daisy McCrackin)
Jim (Luke Kirby) and
Bill (Thomas Ian Nicholas)

I don't want to just fob you guys off but the rest of the movie is basically each of them getting killed off one-by-one in unscary, unsuspensful ways. The movie switches between a grainy view through the cameras each of the characters are wearing (to emphasize that it is being broadcast on the internet) to a glossy film production view which is interesting at times but it's already been done before (Blair Witch, My Little Eye...) better. The movie is focused around Freddie, Sara and Myers as they are the main characters but the rest seem to just be there to higher the body count and don't have much character development which makes you not really care what happens to them. It tries to be hip and cool by firstly hiring Busta Rhymes (who can't act at all) and then having him do a shameless karate fight with Myers which...is...just...awful.

⇒ Director's (Rick Rosenthal who also directed the second movie) commentary which I found myself getting bored of as the movie went on because although they do explain quite a lot about the production and movie they don't sound too enthusiastic, they sound bored which doesn't help.

⇒ Tour of set with production designer which shows basically a tour of the set and how all the trees and grass were brought in and how the house was completely built from scratch and how they needed several hours of darkness blah de blah de blah...

I thought the extra's were a good ammount but most of it is dull and boring. The only one I enjoyed watching really was on the set with Jamie Lee Curtis as she lights up the screen and injects life which is still great to see.

If your not already a fan of Halloween then your not missing much here and it's probably not one that's going to convert you but if you are a fan of Halloween and have not yet seen this then i do advise you to at most watch it once just to see for yourself but I won't beg you. It's just kinda sad really to see how a series regained all of it's credibility with H20 and lost it all with H:R but I guess we'll just have to wait and see what Rob Zombie does with his re-imagining. To be honest though, I'm not gonna get my hopes up. Jamie Lee Curtis defined Halloween and without her it's just not the same as I've already said.