Review: Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

This was a first time viewing.

I am a big fan of the original Halloween. That film scared me so much that the night I first watched it, I needed to sleep with the light on. I was that terrified. I also really like a couple off its sequels. Halloween 2 (1981) was never going to be as good as the first, but it was still quite scary. I even liked Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), which scared me even more. But what those films all had was a good story, something that this film lacks.

It's Halloween, and six people have been selected to spend the night in Michael Myers' childhood home as part of an internet reality show. Needless to say, things do not run smoothly, as Michael Myers himself turns up at the house, and starts killing his guests off one by one.

"You failed, Michael. Want to know why? Because I'm not afraid of you. But what about you? Are you afraid of me? Are you afraid to die, Michael?"

I'll start by saying that I didn't hate this movie. Well, not entirely. Despite the fact the the script was fairly bad (though I'm hardly one to judge), believe it or not, it still made me jump a few times. This was down to Michael Myers. Of all the horror movies I have ever seen, he is only one of two "baddies" that I am terrified of, the other one being Leatherface of the Texas Chainsaw series. I think it has something to do with their lack of speech... Anyway, Myers once again did a brilliant job scaring me witless.

The cast of this movie was decent, though not great. To be honest, a bad line would sound bad even if it were being uttered by Tom Hanks, so they're hardly to blame.

"I'll see you in hell."

One thing I will say for this movie is that I think it's better than either of the new Halloween movies by Rob Zombie. Don't get me started on them.

All in all, Halloween: Resurrection wasn't the worst film I've ever seen, but it was far from the best. 5/10

Trivia: Halloween: Resurrection ignores all the events and deaths of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, even though all of these films are considered to be part of the Halloween series. The only Halloween film that is not considered part of the Halloween series is Halloween III: Season of the Witch, as Michael Myers does not make an appearance.

- Vixtastr43