Halloween: Resurrection

by Cheeto

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Posted on 30 October 2021

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Halloween: Resurrection is a 2002 American slasher film directed by Rick Rosenthal, who had also directed Halloween II in 1981. Larry Brand and Sean Hood devised the screenplay. The film is a direct sequel to Halloween H20 and it stars Busta Rhymes, Bianca Kajlich, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Ryan Merriman, Sean Patrick Thomas, Tyra Banks and Jamie Lee Curtis, with Brad Loree as the primary villain Michael Myers. The eighth installment in the Halloween franchise, it follows Michael Myers continuing his murderous rampage in his hometown of Haddonfield, when his old, derelict childhood home is used for a live internet horror show.

I’m going to keep this short and simple; this film is terrible. I can’t think of one good thing about this movie.

First off, I think this is one of the worst casts, in not just Halloween, but in slashers too. I think it was wrong to cast Busta Rhymes and Tyra Banks in leading roles, even if you didn’t know who they were, you would be able to tell they aren’t natural actors. I also think this bloated cast; not one person has a standout performance. The writing is terrible, and it makes the characters completely unlikeable.

I think the plot of this movie is terrible, it’s literally like all of the other films, just set in the Myers house. It’s hard to explain this, but as the film was trucking on, I didn’t feel like I was watching anything, like the TV could’ve been off, what I’m trying to say is that this film has zero substance to it.

I think Brad Loree is the worst Michael Myers we’ve ever seen, he’s just a big lump that gradually makes his way around the house. I bet you could’ve rounded up any old Joe off the street, and they’d of put in a better performance. I also think the mask is one of the worst, it’s too clean and it has too much make-up on it. The studio bought some Michael Myers masks from a commercial studio that sells their own, it’s absolutely ridiculous.

I think the ending is absolutely terrible, the “trick or treat motha fucka” scene in which we see Busta Rhymes perform martial arts to defeat Michael, it makes a complete mockery of one of the most iconic characters in movie history.

This film can’t even rely on the kills to make watching it worth while, they’re terrible and look hokey. Also the caves under the Myers house are absolutely bullshit.

Overall, this film is boring and terrible, when a slasher is boring; then it can only fail. Avoid this at all costs.

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