Halloween: Resurrection

Plot synopsis:
Three years after the events at Hillcrest Academy, Laurie Strode has been confined to psychiatric facility after killing a paramedic instead of her brother Michael Myers. The paramedic had located the body of Myers in the dining hall of Hillcrest Academy; Myers attacked him, and crushed his larynx so he wouldn't cry out, and switched clothing and his mask. It was actually the paramedic that Laurie had beheaded. As Laurie drove the coroner's van out of the school, Myers in the paramedic's clothing walked out of the school grounds and went into hiding.
On October 31, 2001, Laurie, pretending to be heavily medicated, prepares herself for the inevitable confrontation with her brother. Michael appears and kills two security guards, decapitating one and slitting the throat of the other as he makes his way to Laurie. After a chase, Laurie lures Michael into a trap; as she attempts to kill him, Michael feigns confusion and pretends to struggle with his mask. Unable to risk killing another innocent person, Laurie starts to remove his mask to make sure that it is her brother. Myers quickly gains the upper hand and stabs Laurie in the back before sending her off the roof to her death.
The following year, college students Bill Woodlake, Donna Chang, Jen Danzig, Jim Morgan, Rudy Grimes, and Sara Moyer win a competition to appear on an Internet reality show Dangetainment, directed by Freddie Harris and his friend Nora Winston, in which they have to spend a night in Michael's childhood home in order to figure out what led him to kill. On Halloween, equipped with head-cameras as well as the cameras throughout the house, they search the house and separate into three groups. Sara's messaging friend Deckard watches the broadcast during a Halloween party. Meanwhile, Michael appears in his home and stabs Bill in the head, and kills a cameraman.
Donna and Jim begin getting intimate in the basement and a wall filled with corpses falls on them. Jim realizes the corpses are fake and the show is a setup. Jim leaves, but Donna notices a tunnel behind the fallen wall. Myers chases her through the tunnels before impaling her on a spike on the wall. At the party, Deckard and other partygoers witness the murder. Deckard realizes that the murder was real, but the others believe it is an act. Freddie goes through the house dressed as Michael, but is secretly followed by the real Myers. Freddie, mistaking Michael for Charlie (the cameraman who had been killed earlier), tells him to go to the garage and help Nora out; he goes to the garage and promptly kills Nora.
When Rudy, Sara, and Jim find Freddie in the Myers costume, he reveals the scheme to them and begs them to cooperate, telling them that he's set up a nice payday for all of them. When he leaves, the trio decides to gather up the other three and leave. But before they can, Jen discovers the body of Bill (who was stabbed in the head and vanished earlier) and is decapitated by Myers right in front of Rudy, Sara, and Jim. Rudy and Sara flee, but Jim stays to fend off Myers only to have his head crushed. Myers kills Rudy by pinning him to the door with kitchen knives before chasing Sara upstairs.
Locking herself in a bedroom, Sara begs for Deckard to help her. The other party goers realize that the deaths have not been staged. With Deckard messaging her Myers' location, Sara escapes and is found by Freddie. Myers finds and attacks them. Freddie is injured and Sara makes her way to the tunnels. She finds an exit near Donna's body and emerges in the garage, where Myers finds her and starts an electrical fire in the garage. Freddie returns and begins fighting Myers hand-to-hand. When he is overpowered, Freddie instead electrocutes Myers, tangling him up in electrical wiring before carrying Sara out of the burning garage.
The Myers house burns to the ground. Myers' body and the bodies of his victims are then taken to the morgue. As the medical examiner begins to examine Myers' body, he awakens.

Tags: mystery, murder, cult, horror, violence, flashback, good versus evil, satire, revenge

Review:
The film conveniently forgets the previous five sequels (with the exception of "H20"; this gets an irrelevant reference in the gratuitous opening scenes which serve merely as an excuse to waste Jamie Lee Curtis' talents in some customary 'running around' antics) and throws us almost immediately into the environment of the house, where each of the six kids are given a little handy-cam to strap to their heads and told to go searching for clues...
His entire purpose in this movie seems to be to deliver the worst examples of wisecrack-by-numbers dialogue I've ever heard (ie: "Trick or treat, motherf**ker?") and he plays his role as a cross between Eddie Murphy and Vin Diesel, but without the charm or charisma of either.I'd like to say John Carpenter would be ASHAMED to see such a horrible mess made out of his characters, but when you consider the maestro himself is making films almost as bad as this these days, he probably couldn't give a toss so long as the money keeps rolling in.
Halloween 8 spits on everything that previous movies have worked hard to preserve since John Carpenters genre inventing original, the worst Halloween 8 actually think's it has the goods.H8 had an impressive budget (due to the healthy box office of the last film) but squanders it on actors that add nothing to the movie but prolong their own dismial carrers.
Jamie Lee Curtis deserves special mention as she almost displays hate for her iconic cult character and cant wait to put to the whole franchise in the past.As a fan of the franchise the biggest problem I had was an arrogance to acknowledge previous movies in the series and tries to forge it's own path that leaves Michael Myers holding his dick in his hand.
I, unfortuantely was a member of that audience, as I paid money to watch HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION, the 8th installment of the once classic HALLOWEEN franchise.I don't even no where to start; bad cast, bad acting, boring death scenes (not to sound wierd, but why else do you go see a movie like this), need I go on.If you noticed that this movie is mostly made up of celebrities, it is no mistake.
With the exception of a somewhat unexpected opening, the movie is poorly put together.Clearly an attempt to make some fast cash off a dying series, HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION  hopefully is the last time Micheal Myers takes the screen.
And the murder scenes are alright and in typical Mike Myers fashion, but otherwise Resurrection bombs as a horror film and leaves you yet again with no closure, except this time you wouldn't really want to see another sequel..
Then we get to see the actual film, which is pretty much, like one of the characters puts it, Halloween meets the Osbournes, or Big Brother, or the German movie DAS EXPERIMENT, or whatever.
The acting is terrible,Busta rhymes is a joke,there is nothing and i mean nothing new about this entry.It seems the director didn't give a monkey's behind about this film,i would be embarrassed to have my name on the credits.Definitely the worst Halloween film by far!!!
This was nothing like the original movie where you actually cared about Jamie Lee Curtis getting hurt let alone the sad chance of her dying.
A signifcant portion of the film is seen through the eyes of web cameras, however, and the abrupt transitions between the formats do not make for a pleasant viewing experience.This is to say nothing of the fact that in spite of trying to make the film more "now" (did I mention the poorly-research pop-psychology subtexts?), the plot essentially boils down to "Michael Myers shows up in Haddonfield, kills a bunch of random strangers, someone 'kills' him, the end".
The people behind this film tried to give audiences what they wanted, slasher movies had been big news, and the Halloween franchise seemed to fit well for that genre.
Halloween: Resurrection sees Michael Myers back again in his very own home to do a bit of the old slicing and dicing with his kitchen knife just one more time.
My say is this, if the Halloween movies provided you with years of classic horror entertainment and you feel as a loyal fan of the series that you absolutely `MUST SEE MIKE MYERS' just one more time, then get down to your local video rental store.
But sadly I have to inform you that after you watch this one, your going to be telling others like you that the once great slasher flicks of the Halloween series, has sadly gone down the toilet and been flushed for the crap this film is.
Yeah.scared that I would have to sit through the entire.uh, "film."  Well since I was watching it with two others I did have to sit through it, although I had to tape my eyelids open with duck tape and have myself tied to the chair to do it.Michael Myers is submerged by this terrible, stinking entry in this series.
It is no wonder that this films release was delayed so long, went through so many name changes (this always happens when the makers know they have a loser), and finally emerged only to be stillborn at the box-office.Maybe if they make another one of these movies for the "Halloween" series, the makers will pick some plain, regular people off the street to star in it, because there is no doubt ANYONE chosen off the street would be better at acting than the..uh."actors" who appear in this bomb.
Between a very poorly thought out and executed script, numerous plot and continuity errors and another poor directing job from Rick Rosenthal, "Halloween Resurrection" is a horrifically bad movie that had no business being made.Had they left the first 10 minutes, concerning Laurie Strode (a noble Jamie Lee Curtis) by itself, or even used that story as the film's basis (doing something about the amazingly hamfisted plot twist that got Laurie in the sanitarium to begin with) they may have had a decent film, but rather the plotline concerns a troop of college students at Haddonfield University (a small town in Illinois has its own college?
This movie is so bad it makes "Jason X" look like a horror classic.Inevitably, and sadly, there will no doubt be another "Halloween" film, given the ending of this one.
Whoever wrote this must really hate John Carpenter and all the Halloween fans why would someone like Busta Rhymes be in this film and why why one earth have him kung-fu fight Michael Myers.
To this day it's still one of the freakiest films personally seen and introduced the world to one of horror's most iconic villainous characters Michael Myers.Which is why it is such a shame that not only are all of the sequels nowhere near as good but that the decline in quality is so drastic.
Sadly that is the one scene that actually feels like it belongs in a 'Halloween' film.Curtis aside, the acting is absolutely dreadful.
The entire cast of characters are far more annoying than Tina in 'Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers' which is quite a feat.Laughably awful dialogue, in a script that shouldn't have been approved beyond first draft if even that, can also be found.
The film is even more ineptly directed than Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers' and the non-horror scenes in 'Season of the Witch'.
There is nothing remotely creepy, tense, suspenseful or even entertaining here, the deaths cause unintentional laughs, nothing creative or shocking.The atmosphere is just ruined by that, gimmicky filming, a paper thin, confusing and ridiculous story that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, terrible dialogue and acting, intelligence insulting stupidity (Rhymes versus Michael, the nadir of the entire series bar none) and erratic pacing (mostly dull).In summary, should never have been made, an unforgivably poor quality and pointless excuse of a sequel and a film.
Well, I honestly can say that it was a rather enjoyable experience.It's also the most underrated sequel in the series.It really does deserve more than a 3.9.Some people may not agree with me, but since I'm a fan of the franchise, this one was just as enjoyable as some of the others.At least people who hated this movie can agree with me that this sequel is much better than the completely unnecessary 'Halloween III: Season of the Witch'.The death scenes weren't quite as gruesome as Rob Zombie's 'Halloween 2', but they still delivered the goods.So ignore the negative reviews and try to enjoy this movie for what it is.Just don't take it too seriously.It's a slasher movie and nothing else..
OK so this is the 7th instalment of the Halloween series with our favourite serial killer, Michael Myers.Same old s**t, different year, a bunch of teenagers meet their gruesome demise at the hands of the Masked, Unstopable killing Machine, Michael Myers.There are some (suprisingly) good points to this film, it's well acted by the cast and Michael Myers' costume is pretty much spot on and he acts and looks the part.
There are some good death scenes for the hardcore horror fans like myself and some tense moments for all the wimps who scare easy :).The only difference with this film to all the other Halloweens is that the others at Least had some form of plot worth watching (to some extent) and getting into, whereas the plot line of this film is basically just a bunch of teenagers (what a surprise) residing in the old home of Michael Myers' house in haddonfeild (wow so original) where he surfaces to kill the unsuspecting trespasser's.To make things WORSE they have rap star !!!Bhusta Rhymes doing KUNG FU!!!
The plot is about a group of teenagers that are chosen to participate in a kind of reality-show broadcasted by the internet, "The Dangertainment", which consists in being locked at Michael Myers house, exploring everything that belonged to him They thought it would be an amusing entertainment, scaring to the public, but funny to them However they are not home alone, and the fun will begin, but for Myers!The reality-show's fashion has reached the horror films!
I have seen good horror movies and I have seen bad horror movies,this movie was awful!After my huge disappointment with Jason X I saw this and I would really like my money back.Jamie Lee Curtis did so well in H20,now she has a small part in this one,and her being such a great actress,I was really disappointed with her performance.For one thing I think they made too many sequels,each getting worse and worse.The worst thing about this movie was the plot,winning a contest to spend the night in Michael Myer's house?For heaven's sake give me a break!!!!!The least they could do is choose a decent plot.I hated this movie,and hope to god they don't make another one.A stupid plot,bad death scenes,this movie was pitiful.Michael was cool in the first six or seven films then he loses his charm.If you have'nt seen this movie you would be doing yourself a huge favor by not seeing it,TRUST ME.
"Halloween: Resurrection" is, yet, another sequel on the Halloween franchise.It's pretty much the same as its predecessor: "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later", though it managed to be worse.Plot is mediocre, just another excuse to put Michael Myers on-screen again.Also, some huge flaws throughout the movie.
You know a slasher-franchise has reached it's lowest point when an integral scene revolves around an iconic villain such as Michael Myers becoming involved in a cartoonish kung-fu fight (complete with over- the-top Bruce Lee-like screams) against a rapper who was already sort of fading from the public scene even at the time of this film's release.
(In particular the second film, and the 20th Anniversary release "Halloween H20", both of which are definitely some of the best slasher-sequels ever made.)Even at their worst, earlier entries showed quite a bit of class and effort (even when it failed spectacularly, as in films like "Curse of Michael Myers").
Every wretched movie in this yawn-inducing series retroactively changes the ending of the previous film, so, it comes as absolutely no surprise that, yet again, this latest, and last, sequel to Carpenter's wildly overrated original begins by retroactively changing the ending of H2O.
The climax has Myers boringly being set on fire again, and electrocuted, in an ending which made me say "We already know that won't kill him", as it rips off Halloween II, co-directed by this film's director, Rick Rosenthal.
well i wasn't expecting anything special from this movie, but i was actually surprised, the story seemed somewhat thrown together but still half-ways interesting, the acting was good for saying that the only actors i recognized were Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, and Ryan Merriman..
Unfortunately, these tense and suspenseful moments occur towards the last 20 minutes of the film.The story  revolves around a reality TV show, owned by Busta Rhymes and produced by Tyra Banks, that puts a group of college students in the old Myers house to unravel the mysteries behind Michael's killing spree.
Anyone who saw the seventh one, "Halloween: H20", might remember that Myers supposedly had his head cut off by his grown-up sister Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) at the end of the film.
But since, this is the eighth film, the writers conjured up a way to have Myers slicing his way through yet another picture.Surprisingly enough the director Rick Rosenthal ("Halloween II") and the screenwriters do create a fairly effective show down early on between Michael and sister, Laurie, who has been put in a mental hospital.
Director Rick Rosenthal, who helmed the effective 1981 sequel, seems to have forgotten how to make a movie entirely, seeing as nothing works here: The screenplay is negligible, the acting is atrocious (in particular Busta Rhymes, who spits out every one of his lines like he can't wait to get them out of his mouth), the sets are cheap, the lighting is abysmal, the cinematography is dreary, etc.
Halloween H20 would have been the absolute best ending to the franchise but it's pretty established the only thing that will kill Michael Myers is the box-office.
The series should have ended with Halloween H20 since the series would have had closure with Laurie Strode finally facing her fear of her brother Michael Myers and finally killing him for good.
The only good things about the film is Michael Myers's mask, the house, and Jamie's performance of Laurie Strode who is clearly tired of fighting Michael and is very beaten down and worn out..
Resurrection follows on from the O.K.ish H20 (which managed to totally forget the other 4 sequels to the franchise after Halloween 2 (not forgetting the Michael-less III)) with a diabolical opening scene starring Jamie Lee Curtis.
It's really hard to catch any Halloween movie here.I'm lucky cause i get to see 6 out of 8 of the Halloween series.The first was the best and the only sequel that i love is the second one.The others are okay.The latest Halloween by me was just okay,not that good and not that bad.It was entertaining though.I got two complains here 1)the actors here all suck....with the exception of Michael and Jamie Lee Curtis...apart from that i don't see anyone i like...even the heroine..i totally hate her..her deliverance was so fake and the others are unnotable..sure Tyra banks is a hottie but that's it!
i saw the movie and from what i saw the movie wasn't that good i mean Halloween is all about killing its not as better than the old ones but still its fun to watch i somehow liked watching it I'm a fan of Halloween movies i may not be giving a lot of information here but I'm just saying for all Halloween fans you should watch this this is good to watch if you have nothing to do or bored believe me its an OK movie it talks about teenagers visiting Michael Myeres House and stay in it for 1 day while they are in there they start dieing one by one you should see the movie i don't want to ruin it for you but believe me its a good horror movie to watch and it would be a good tribute for Mustafa Akaad The Producer of Halloween Movies..
The kung-fu scene is also an absolute joke!This film gives the series a bad name and does little to restore faith in the "Halloween" movies.
Wow,Just...Wow. This was bad!I knew it was gonna be bad,but not this bad.But,as with every movie,there is some good.I thought two kills were pretty good,at times the characters were smart,and they had some chemistry.Last pro,the plot,I know it could be considered really stupid,but I think it is decent and kind of realistic,I mean in real life there would totally be a reality show about a serial killer's past.Now,the cons,the characters,they were very generic,unlikable,and annoying,and badly acted.The beginning,it is very convoluted and a disgrace to the previous movie.The ending is also very stupid.The kills,all suspense is gone and the kills are pretty generic too.The humor,it doesn't work at all.The biggest and last con,the overall tone,it feels cheap,generic,not scary,unfunny,and like a direct to DVD or TV movie.Halloween:Resurrection is easily one of the worst in the franchise,though it has a few redeeming qualities,I would say skip it..
The one thing this movie does try to do different with the franchise is that it uses more F bombs than all the other Halloween films put together (before Zombie, of course).
however i think the early Halloween films are way better than the modern ones because the scenes in the early movies are more intense and yet very simple.
The explanation as to why Michael Myers is still alive after the conclusion of Halloween H2O is ludicrous and insulting to the memory of that film, which was, in my opinion, the second best of the series after the original.
I never could understand why Michael Myers killing Laurie Strode was at the start of the film.