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Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 57 Fresh: 6  Rotten:51 Average Rating: 3.5/10
 
Consensus: The only thing this tired slasher flick may resurrect is nostalgia for when the genre was still fresh and scary.
 

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Runtime: 89 mins

Theatrical Release: Jul 12, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $30,259,652

Synopsis: You thought Michael Myers was decapitated at the end of HALLOWEEN: H20? Think again. The latest installment in the popular horror franchise, HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION, uses a clever premise to give the legendary murderer yet another opportunity to wreak havoc on a cast of innocent... You thought Michael Myers was decapitated at the end of HALLOWEEN: H20? Think again. The latest installment in the popular horror franchise, HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION, uses a clever premise to give the legendary murderer yet another opportunity to wreak havoc on a cast of innocent characters. Back in Haddonfield, Illinois, Freddie Harris (Busta Rhymes), upstart entrepreneur of Dangertainment.com, recruits six lucky college students to partake in a potentially dangerous game. Wearing miniature video cameras, the participants must spend Halloween night inside the decrepit home of Michael Myers, to the delight of Internet viewers all over the country. While most of the kids are in it for fun, fame, and fortune, Sara Moyer (Bianca Kajlich) is a glaring exception. Innocent, shy, and nervous, Sara grudgingly joins her friends Jen (Katee Sackhoff) and Rudy (Sean Patrick Thomas), against her better judgment. As darkness sets in and the bodies begin to pile, it's up to Sara--aided by an Internet pen pal--to put an end to Michael once and for all (or so she thinks!). Director Rick Rosenthal (HALLOWEEN 2) and screenwriters Larry Brand and Sean Hood incorporate technology into the story, using a grainy visual approach to add another layer of creepiness to the proceedings. [More]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Busta Rhymes, Bianca Kajlich, Tyra Banks, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Ryan Merriman

Director: Rick Rosenthal
Screenwriter: Larry Brand, Sean Hood
Producer: Paul Freeman
Composer: Danny Lux

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 7, 2004

[DVD Details]
  • Halloween: Resurrection
  • Original HALLOWEEN star Jamie Lee Curtis (HALLOWEEN: H2O, TRUE LIES) is back and joined by Busta Rhymes (SHAFT) and Tyra Banks (COYOTE UGLY) in the terrifying HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION -- the latest in this electrifying horror film series! The reality programmers at DangerTainment (Rhymes, Banks) have selected Rudy (Sean Patrick Thomas -- SAVE THE LAST DANCE), Bill (Thomas Ian Nicholas -- AMERICAN PIE 1&2), and a group of thrill-seeking teenagers to spend one fun-filled night in the childhood home of serial killer Michael Myers. But the planned live broadcast turns deadly when their evening of excitement becomes a night of horror as Michael himself decides to crash the party!
  • Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
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    D-

    A pretty funny comedy starring the one, the only, the incomparable...Busta Rhymes.

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    10/28/05
    Bill Clark
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    1/5

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    07/14/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    1/5

    A única pessoa que se deu bem com este filme foi Jamie Lee Curtis, que garantiu sua saída definitiva da série.

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    07/25/03
    Pablo Villaca
    Cinema em Cena
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    48/100

    A Blair Witch- style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera, with passable performances from everyone in the cast.

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    06/05/03
    Wesley Lovell
    Apollo Guide
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    2.5/4

    Halloween: Resurrection is surprisingly effective, especially the opening sequence featuring the showdown between Laurie and Michael.

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    04/19/03
    David Nusair
    Reel Film Reviews
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    1/5

    Rubber heads and lines are the order of the night.

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    03/05/03
    Harry Guerin
    RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
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    4/10

    ...one resurrection too many.

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    12/08/02
    John J. Puccio
    DVDTown.com
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    1.5/4

    Only a few minutes elapse before the daddy of all slashers arrives, still with the boiler suit and white mask, which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry.

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    11/03/02
    Ian Waldron-Mantgani
    UK Critic
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    An unsatisfying hybrid of Blair Witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare, where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living.

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    08/22/02
    Mark Palermo
    Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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    C

    The movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession, and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the "webcast."

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    08/05/02
    Eugene Novikov
    Film Blather
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    D-

    Resurrection has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad Blair Witch Project.

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    07/26/02
    Audrey Rock-Richardson
    Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
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    1/5

    Moustappha Akkad once again proves that he cares more about money than any kind of artistic vision. This series should have ended five sequels ago...

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    07/22/02
    Mike Bracken
    ToxicUniverse.com
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    1.5/4

    The only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game. You try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored.

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    07/20/02
    Steve Rhodes
    Internet Reviews
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    Sad nonsense, this. But not without cheesy fun factor.

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    07/18/02
    Gregory Weinkauf
    New Times
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    2/4

    Cannot revive a franchise that has been worn out since its first sequel.

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    07/18/02
    Mark Dujsik
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    Our once-shadowy, nightmarish figure is now shot exclusively in overlit, sitcom styled close-ups.

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    07/17/02
    Sean Burns
    Philadelphia Weekly
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    3/5

    I have to admit that I had a good time with this brain-dead slasher flick %u2013 not in spite of its myriad stupidities, but because of them.

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    07/16/02
    Ken Hanke
    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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    1.5/4

    There's only one way to kill Michael Myers for good: stop buying tickets to these movies.

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    07/16/02
    Mike McGranaghan
    Aisle Seat
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    1.5/4

    Simply a re-hash of the other seven films.

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    07/16/02
    Tony Toscano
    Talking Pictures (U.S.)
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    D-

    Replacing John Carpenter's stylish tracking shots is degraded, handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage. Of all the Halloween's, this is the most visually unappealing.

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    07/16/02
    Jeremiah Kipp
    Flipside Movie Emporium
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