Halloween: Resurrection

Pros: Classic Music, Suspense
Cons: Too Much Humor, Internet/Reality Theme

Sub-category: Teen Slasher, Horror Classic
Setting: Michael Myer's House
Predictability: Very Predictable
Scare Factor: Some Good Spine Tingles
Gore Factor: Moderate Gore
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Pros: Not a single solitary thing...
Cons: Read on.

Back in the golden days of my youth, well before I discovered my passion for European horror, I was a slasher film fan. I grew up on the slashers—and John Carpenter’s Halloween had the distinction of being my favorite slasher film for a...

Pros: Well-shot; creepy imagery; not horribly acted overall
Cons: Busta Rhymes; weak soundtrack; "street" influenced; Internet/reality TV themes

My wife and I have been horror fans for as long as we can both remember. Though I was only seven (my wife, six) when the original Halloween premiered back in 1978, we can still remember the coming attractions on television. It went on to become the...

Pros: I liked the use of cameras.
Cons: Deaths were a dud, destroyed H20.

I count myself among the few that actually liked Halloween: H20 the precursor to Halloween Resurrection. Like good typical horror slasher films it kept its length to a minimum but it’s body count high. And, besides the fact that...

Pros: It finally shows Michael’s emotions
Cons: Like a reality TV show, this movie sucks

Halloween 8: Resurrection Starring Busta Rhymes, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Jamie Lee Cur ...

Pros: Some acting, special effects
Cons: Stupid, not scary, doesn't make sense, whole plot, predictable, dumb direction style

The Halloween movies are my favourite horror movie series. The first one was incredible. The second and third were also really good. In fact, the only Halloween film I really disliked before I saw Halloween Resurrection was ...

Pros: decent t and a (oh like there's some other reason to watch slasher sequels)
Cons: death scenes pretty uncreative, not especially gory. (oh like you watch for premise or something)

How easy it is to be a Penrose J. Filmsnob regarding such fare as Halloween Resurrection. Sure Halloween Resurrection isn't a Bergman film, it's not even a decent substitute for a couple of Happy Meals. At least those give you the pleasure of a lingering...

Pros: Scary, good mask, great music, interesting premise, and new possibilities.
Cons: Strays from plot, runs short, cameras are not used very effectively.

People are generally bias to any movie that is the eighth entry into a series unless it is "James Bond" or "Star Trek." In most cases, those people are correct in being cynical.

I, myself, was not gearing myself up for a great movie when I...

Pros: "...the first Halloween in years that captures the spellbinding spirit of the first two films."
Cons: Laurie Strode does not have a big enough role. Freddie is an irritating stereotype.

The "Halloween" series of films opened with a bang with "Halloween" and "Halloween 2," but then began to dwindle with sorry sequels, including "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers," in which an eight-year-old girl emulates Michael Myers killings,...

Pros: theme music
Cons: acting, actors, characters, plot,

Now up to the 8th installment, the Halloween series is trying to catch up to the 10 movies of the Friday the 13th series. In both Jason X and Halloween Resurrection, their trademark theme song paced the soundtrack but that is the only thing really worth...

Pros: Decent acting, good scares, a surprise at the beginning.
Cons: Bad script, lighting could have been better done.

The Halloween series certainly has evolved over the years. From Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) fighting her way out of a closet in the original Halloween to Laurie Strode fighting her way out of a mental institution in Halloween: Resurrection.
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Pros: Musical Score, Jamie Lee Curtis
Cons: About everything else...

Starring Bianca Kajilich as Sara Moyer Busta Rhymes as Freddie Harris Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode Sean Patrick Thomas as Rudy Ryan Merriman as Myles Thomas Ian Nicholas as Bill Katee Sachoff as Jen Tyra Banks as Nora Daisy McCrackin as ...

Pros: Terrifying opening act, Jamie Lee Curtis, stylish, suspenseful, theme music
Cons: Predictability, Busta Rhymes's stereotypical character, overemphasis on reality theme

It remains a mystery as to why the horror genre has been so successful. Most attempts to make a good horror film fail miserably, and the ones that are actually worth something become debased by the countless awful sequels. Halloween is no...

Pros: Jamie Lee Curtis, the opening scene.
Cons: Simply everything else...

Sorry about that title, now you already know that 'Halloween killer' Michael Myers doesn't die in this film. That's a spoiler? , hell no. There's not much to spoil here, with material as bad as 'Halloween: Resurrection.' 5 years ago, Halloween H20(1998 ...

Pros: great slasher action and suspense still there with great dialogue and humor
Cons: not as good as the others

"Halloween: Resurrection" may not be the rest of the series, but it is still a good underrated sequel that is worth checking out. Michael Meyers returns with another slasher thrill-ride. There are also plenty of great graphics, suspense, action, and...