Halloween 8: Resurrection
| release date | July 1 2002 |
| studio | Dimension Films |
| director | Rick Rosenthal |
| writer | Larry Brand |
| starring | Jamie Lee Curtis, Brad Loree, Busta Rhymes |
| rating | R |
| tagline | Evil Finds Its Way Home. |
| site | halloweenmovies.com |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
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It doesn’t get much worse than this, folks. Unless of course, you’re watching ‘Rob Zombie’s Halloween’. Where do you begin with a shit-fest like this? Um, taking an iconic horror figure like Michael Myers and blending his storyline with the Internet Age is like putting orange juice in milk. The idea that this film would be shot like that awful MTV show, ‘Fear’ was the first strike. The second was a complete disregard for the end of Steve Miner’s entry (H20). While that film isn’t much better, at least it was trying to stay classy. Upon the opening moments of Rick Rosenthal’s second entry in the series, we find out that the whole climax of Miner’s film is phony. Therefore, the next time you watch ‘H20′, if you should so choose to do so, is essentially ruined for all-time. If I was Miner, I would be one pissed director. The cast is beyond bad. The inclusion of Busta Rhymes and Tyra Banks is unforgiveable. There are moments in the film where you can’t believe what you’re seeing because it’s so moronic and poorly directed/acted. The only saving grace is Myers himself. Brad Loree gives a fine performance in a crap film. The mask also looks great. Shame on director Rick Rosenthal, the same man who gave us the decent follow-up, ‘Halloween II’. I can’t imagine he isn’t completely embarassed by this film. Horrible.
This is the WORST in the series, and one of the worst movies ever made!!! But I totally disagree that Rob Zombie’s Halloween was worse. That’s just an ignorant statement to make! Especially since this is supposed to be a review about Halloween: Resurrection, not another spot for you to post your negative thoughts on Rob Zombie.
Truly awful. I turned it off as soon as (Spoilers ahead)
Laurie Strode died. Why would they even let her character die? It’s stupid.
Now see i absoutly LOVE MICHAEL MYERS, but this movie was sad. For one i hate realty shows and for two i hate Busta Rhymes, who ever told him he could act should be shot. He didnt even die in the movie!! grrrr.
Dimension Films Should be Ashamed of themselves for making this movie. Halloween movies are suppossed to be good!!!
stupid. hate the original and jamie lee. the remake of 1 and H20 are the best halloweens.
Everyone’s gonna hate me for this… I liked this movie as much as the 1st… idk why… i just loved it.
Movie isn’t unwatchable hideous but it isn’t that good either. If you are a die hard Halloween fan as I am then you may even find yourself disapointed. But If you still want to see it I would recomend rental.
Halloween Resurrection is really goood because it haves what halloween fans want,Michael Myers killing teenagers on halloween night.This movie haves everything a halloween movie should have scary and long chase scenes,Michael being scary,blood,gore,sex and drugs and Laurie Strode returning for the last time.
well this movie was ok a lil perdictable. It wasn’t great but it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve seen either.
Terrible
Seriously… Busta Rhymes? Who directed this again? Kick that guy’s dick off next time someone see’s him.
Halloween Resurrection is one of favorite Halloween movies! I love it! It’s awesome that Busta Rhymes starts a web show in Michael Myers’ house and some young adults are locked in until the show is over. Little do they know, Michael is in the house with them and he hates un-invited guests, so he starts killing them. Some people hate that Busta Rhymes is karate chopping Michael, but I have no problem at all with it! I love the ending when Busta says “Ttick or treat, mother fu#ker!”
Whoever wrote did 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. I fell bad for Jamie Lee for being in this film and had to actually die. Have Busta Rhymes die not Laurie Strode. My God if the next movie hadn’t been a remake we might have ended up seeing Mr. T and Hulk Hogan Boxing a Wrestling Michael Myers. I am disgusted with Rick Rosenthal and still hate him for letting a rapper Kung-fu fight Michael Myers.
I hope Zombiefan09 wasn’t serious.
The first ten minutes of the movie killed it with its own knife..literally. the only thing that could have saved the movie was killed off before anything. The only thing good about this film was the fact that it seemed as if it was better funded then the other ones even though H2O was way better.
busta rhymes?? really???
Alright, people. There is no way this is one of the worst films ever made. A good film, no, but this makes Zombies Gone Wild, Hillside Cannibals, and House of the Dead look like Gone With the Wind.
Although i didnt hate this movie as much as everybody else did, the title resurrection is completely silly and has no meaning when they explain things at the beginning of this film.
ims urprised that jamie lee curtis would be in short a short length part of the movie, they try to advertise her like she’s the star of this one again like she was h20, that’s not the case, although i admit i had a blast watching the movie, it didnt have alot of clever script writing.
See I love all the Halloween movies so this one wasnt that bad to me. Hey at least its not no Season of the Witch lol.
Definitely the worst Michael Myers Halloween. Even so, it’s still Michael so it’s pretty awesome.
Pure garbage from concept to execution. What a horrible shame.
I personally believe that this film is what terminated the further creation of classically structured stylized symbolic slashers for several years.
Laurie Strode was the genre’s key symbol of purity. Killing her, just to shove her aside with pure disrespect, in the first ten minutes of the film especially, was not only horrible storytelling, it was the most irresponsible thing that had ever happened to the classic horror genre.
weaker entry in the series.busta rhymes throwin’kung-fu on michael???get real!
Theres things I hate about this film, and there are things I like about this film.
Hate: Mainly, this film did not need to happen. The fact that they made up this huge bullshit story on how Michael survived H20 is just simply put — retarded. Okay, with that said, why did they have to have Jamie Lee Curtis’ character in it? Let her character be for God’s sake. There was no reason for her to die. It basically ruines the series. As you’re watching the original, you’re going to be thinking “OH NO SHE DIES IN 22 YEARS!”
Why I like it: Now, I thought the whole story wasn’t all that bad. I liked the idea of Michael going back to the house to come across a slew of teenagers who are all participating in a reality show. I thought when the kills started coming, it was good old fun.
So bascially, the first 10-15 minutes of the film didn’t need to happen. Honestly, I’d literally rather a copy-cat psycho dressed as Michael, other than the bullshit they did with ruining H20 and the Laurie Strode character.
Resurrection had many problems but it also had some really good things about it:
Good;
1) You get to see Tyra Banks die.
2) Busta Rhymes round house kicks Michael
3) You get to see Tyra Banks die.
4) The ending in a way makes you want more.
& 5) You get to see Tyra Banks die.
Bad;
1) The acting at most parts was horrendous.
2) Tyra Banks death is too fast.
3) The death scenes were ok…
4) Tyra Banks was in this movie..
5) Busta Rhymes knows karate?
6) The dialouge was dreadful.
But, in all honesty. I really liked this movie. Even though it sucked. In the end, I got to see Tyra Banks die! :]
People moan and groan about Zombie’s redo. Come on the franchise took a wrong turn with this piece of crap. Other than what was a fairly strong opening with Jamie Lee, this movie went down hill fast and needed some help. Like Zombie’s redo or not, it brought Michael back and on the right track. The 2 rating is pushing it extremely.
THis movie was horrible ZOmbies remake i thought was well done. They need to start bashing on this movie because this is were the series took a nose dive head first into a na empty swimming pool. THis movie was terrible plain and simple end of discussion. I am not going to tellyou the plot because it would make me feel sick to my stomach actullay just thinking about his pile of crap is amking me sick right now. OK now i ahve to go puke see you later
The worst Halloween movie ever. First mistake, killing off Laurie Strode. Second mistake, the awful z grade cast. Busta Rhymes enough said. Third mistake , the plot. Myers on a web reality show , bloody hell. Even the kill scenes were a snore fest and don’t get me started on the explanation at the start of the film of how Myers survived H20, where this series should have really ended. Everybody involved in the making of this steaming pile should be ashamed, especially Rick Rosenthal considering he directed part 2.
this was not the worst halloween, # 6 was, i glag we got away from the whole im-going-to-kill-my-relitives. it’s been done, i was tired of it. we have a new surrivor girl and that made me happy
the beging was good then it just got stupid after that
Do NOT see this movie. I’ve only seen this because Michael Myers is my favorite horror villian of alltime and I had to see it, but theres a big part of me that just wishes I had pretended like this movie didn’t really exist.
Havent seen this since it was in the theaters. And i hope i never do! Pointless trash.
Please do not see this film, or allow loved ones to do so.
very smart movie. at the end of H20 i definately thought it was over. how could michale live after decapitation???????? it was genious how they resolved that!!!and i love deckard’s role. it was smart the way they had him tell where michael was. the whole concept was good. it wasn’t the best halloween movie but a damn good installment!!!
Not that good! I loved the first 20 min. of the movie until the internet bull started. Out of all people to finish off myers, its Busta? CHEESE! How about Arnold instead? That would of been cool! C I like the rap, but not against myers! It’s a good thing Rob started it over.
Why oh Why…..this film is so bad on so many levels….it’s boring, no plot and when horror films get rappers in to play “stereotypical “clown-around” characters with stupid one line gags which are so predictable you know you have a major problem….Everyone goes on about how bad Halloween III (cos Michael Myers was not in it)..well he’s in this rubbish…explain? this has to be the worse Halloween in the franchise. Even my brother whose a massive Halloween fan fell asleep 20mins into the film and has refused to watch it since…it think he burnt the DVD.
The one thing that this movie did have was a good mask. The many masks that were used in H20 just didn’t have the same feel as any of the other films. That is one negative I had with H20 but the Myers mask in Resurrection just looked sweet. I do agree that after the opening of the film, which was actually not a worthy end for “you know who” in my opinion, the movie dropped several cool points. Its sad too cause they got the guy who directed the 2nd film, its the first time someone has come back to the series as director. It could have been so much better…without the computer shite and without the dumb empty characters. Damn.
Would have liked it alot more if it did not have Tyra Banks and Busta Rhymes. I like watching the film because I’m a huge halloween fan,but I get pissed everytime I see them on the screen.Keep the rappers,models and popstars out horror films.
Everyone involved in this film should be banned from Hollywood forever.
i have to say i give this movie 11 out of 10 this might be my favorite in the series!
again i hate that it ignores 4 5 6 but agian i pretend it doesnt! but i love the cinematography in this movie its all blue and dark and SO HALLOWEEN! i watch this one every halloween this movie brings back awesome memories SEE THIS MOVIE!
i love the deaths and the mask in this one is my favorite!
Basta rymes is shit … i donnow why the bring him here for this movie?? .. the hole movie was shit …it was ok for the idea but honestly was shit and shit…the best was H20
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by far the worst halloween film and the remake but any its gt hardley nuffin to do wid da original plot and the actin was awful and the dude hu plays michael myers is awful 1/10
what were they even thinking?
sucked just like the rest of the post carpenter halloweens
How the fuck can this movie even get so many negative reviews!? Halloween Resurrection is not the best in the series, but one thing’s for sure: ITS NOT THE WORST EITHER! THIS MOVIE WAS GREAT! The kills were better than in the first one that’s for sure, and the whole idea of the movie was EXCELLENT! It was a big step up from H20.H20 didnt have enough kills. I can’t wait for Rob Zombie’s H2!
okay i know that tyra banks and busta rhymes turns a lot of people off…yea it was pretty stupid to have them in this, but with the exception of this, this movie was pretty decent. it was a hell of a lot better than half the sequels…try part 3(which doesn’t really count)5, 6, and H20. the kills are definitely good, the setting and atmosphere was creepy. basically the movie is decent, and a good way to kill a friday night. it’s seriously not THAT terrible…
Reasons to hate this movie:
1. They kill off Laurie Strode.
2. It makes the end of H20 make no sense.
3. It’s revealed that Michael Myers just hangs out under his house until he feels like killing something.
4. The asinine reality show plot.
5. The cops don’t believe the kids when they call. Seriously? “Hey, cops, some people are being murdered!” “Fuck you kids, it’s Halloween. You must be pulling a prank.” Goddammit.
6. The annoying and consistent “check out this shot from all these different shitty camcorder angles” way of filming.
7. Tyra Banks.
8. Busta Rhymes.
9. The dozen one liners Busta has in the last five minutes of the movie. “Trick or treat mutha fucka”, “burn mutha fucka”, “hey Mikey, happy Halloween” etc etc
10. A thoroughly disappointing and anti-climactic finale.
Easily the worst Halloween movie that features Michael Myers. Cept maybe Rob Zombie’s remake.
Now this was bad all around.After this debacle you knew it was time for a reboot.
ugh….
Okay so Laurie gets wacked the first 10 minutes, seven movies came and gone but this is what you get. Now i don’t know about anyone else but once laurie died was there really any story left to tell? Lame excuse for Michaels character to continue killing.
yeah this movie starts off pretty good at the asylum but after that it makes no sense at all the whole web cam thing was so stupid and the female and guy actors were god awful this movie should haved never been made its the worst movie by far in the halloween series.even after halloween 3 which has an excuse since michael myers is not in that movie
I think if it wasn’t for them killing Laurie or casting Busta and Tyra then people would appreciate this movie alot more. I mean really, its not that bad, and I’m not just sayin that because I’m a hardcore Halloween fan. You must admit Michael is a beast in this film, he was takin no shit from anybody(as usual). I know its not the best in the series but its definetly not the worst.
Well you would think bringing Jamie Lee back it had hope buuuut no.In fact the only time this movie is worth watching is the 12 minutes in the beginning she is in it.This is by far the weakest entry in the series ESPECIALLY (and i know some don’t agree) after the great sequel that was H20! Even part 6 was stupid with its plot but offerd some suspense from the start til the end! This thing just got thrown around it seems and the shacky camera thing wasn’t working! Michael is my favorite villain of all time and I love them all(besides 3,8,and the remake was just o.k.) but this one was the worst! Still I can’t hate it because its a Michael movie and its opening with heroin legend Curtis was good(although…spoiler……her death was weak!another thing i hated) So being part of one of my favorite series’ ever saves this weakest link.
Absolutely dreadful in every way…Every Halloween after 6 is garbage…No real Loomis=no suspense…
An insult to all The other Halloweens movies… It shouldn’t have been made.
WORST HALLOWEEN EVER!Worse than 3,Zombies part 2,and part 6.Kind of ok idea with the reality show.But a retarded circus monkey could of come up with a better film.Cast was laughable.Same for dialogue.Plus not to sound like a broken record but Tyra and Busta! Troma makes better movies than this INSULT TO HORROR!
To any reviewers that say that this movie isn’t THAT terrible…
It is. That’s all that’s needed to be said.
horrible!!! poorly made!! busta really!!!??? not worth anything!!!!!!!!
The title of the movie makes it sound incredible but the movie is far fro brilliant. It’s a ok to watch because it brings michael into the new generation, but the house thing is stupid because another family lived in there after the myers family. Btw in H2 (1981) michael got burned, but after H5 michael had no burns on his hands? you can tell Dimension films just ask & pay any random guy to write the scripts. Once Laurie’s dead there’s no plot so she should’ve died in H20. I’ve got a plot for Dimenson, Lyndsey wallace is still alive & lives in haddonfield michael kills her but dr loomis’s has moved to haddonfield 2 months before with his 17 year old son, so he can be portrayed as laurie & dr loomis’s son will end up being like his father. Duh
i didnt think i was going to like this movie because of so many negative reviews but i ended up kinda likeing it
Halloween is my favorite film saga ever. But this is sooooo terrible. Think how the original masterpiece could turn into this? The acting was terrible and it was very cheezy. C’mon guys. This is almost as bad as Jason X.
H20 did such a good job of creating atmosphere, suspense, and respected the stalker aspect of Michael. I was hyped, even after the date was pushed back for re-shoots for Resurrection. I haven’t seen that steaming pile of shit since opening night. Busta Rhymes going Bruce Lee on Michael was goofy- and to a nerd like me, pretty fucking blasphemous. I remember expecting Laurie’s character to pop up at any moment, like maybe she had escaped, and tracked Michael down to have some final epic fight to the death. This movie was disrespectful to fans of the series. To sum up everything that was wrong with this garbage, isn’t it the only film in the Halloween series to credit Michael Myers as Michael Myers rather than “The Shape”?
This movie made Zombie’s remake and sequel a breath of fresh air. Anything continued off of Resurrection would have been a disaster. I’m an avid completest, and still refuse to own this movie. My personal collection ends with H20 and starts off again with the remake. Pretend this abortion of a slasher film in a respected genre series never fucking happened.
Overkill!
i didn’t hate the film but im know means an idiot the film is technically a piece of crap
this high only for michael.
Reasonable sequel with a breathtaking beginning (thanks to Jamie Lee Curtis) and a great showdown. What happens in between is sometimes entertaining but unfortunately mostly dull because of the lame script and the annoying characters.
Movie Was awesome dude
Bad bad bad shouldn’t of been made.
it wasnt that bad
I don’t have anything against Curtis but this movie sucked and was a total LIE!! I can live without this in my collection.
Obviously, this movie should never have been made. After the first 5 minutes, this film has no point. *SPOILER ALERT* Once he finally succeeds in offing the sister he’s been chasing since part one, why is he still killing a bunch of strangers?! And who the hell told Busta Rhymes and Tyra Banks they could act?! Yikes!!!
To sum it up: this movie is stupid and has no point….but what do you expect? It’s the 8th installment to the Halloween franchise, so it should be no shocker that this sucks! Still bloody fun, though.
i have to admit i like the first 15 minutes when laurie gets killed but the rest is trash
I must admit that I was pissed off when I heard about this. H20 ended on such a perfect note and the idea for keeping Michael alive just makes no sense. I recognise that this is a cliche ridden sequel, designed to just pump more money out of the series but I suppose htis is a guilty pleasure. I am a sucker for slashers and I just found this fun, I’ve seen a hell of a lot worse! The deaths were so-so, the acting was bad and there was no need for this but in the end it is an entertaining flick and is designed for the sleepover generation just getting into horror.
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If you have not see this movie,good don’t see it,
This is the sequel that everyone complains about and it’s considered to be the worst in the series by most of the fans. Personally, I loved it. It may not be as awesome as all of the other films, but it’s much better than Season of the Witch.
**THIS COMMENT CONTAINS SPOILERS** See the problem with this and any slasher film series , Yes Friday The 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street included there is NOTHING linking one film to the next For this Franchise they lost it in Part 3 (Season Of The Witch) , Laurie goes away after part 2 and doesn’t reappear until H20 there was nothing linking the films after that there was a cult that “controlled” Michael ? come on Michael was killing Cousins , nieces , nephews , ect .. Then he FINALLY kills Laurie in the first scene of This film , which killed it for me . I really enjoyed Zombie’s Halloween reimagining and Sequal . They were very well made and added something unique to Michael and the telling of the Story as well , I know Zombie gets alot of s**t for his writting style (the over use of swearing) but I think that is how these people would really talk in these situations I really enjoyed the more vocal Laurie Strode as aposed to JLC more quiet , confused silent Laurie Strode , Scout was able to bring a newer more modern stronger Laurie to the film and I think it lent itself well to the first film , In H2 you really see the effects of Halloween on Laurie and slowly as the film progresses you see how it is slowly driving Laurie crazy ,where as in the original H2 there is no time to see the effects on Laurie because it takes place literally minutes after the first film ended I enjoyed Zombies H2 for the effect of you get to see more of the mental aspect of the events of Halloween as it flashes forward 1 year (2 in the director’s cut) when she finds out she is Michael’s sister and it all makes sense to her she finally snaps mentally the end of that film is amazing I must say the ending of the Theatrical film screams sequal but the directors cut leaves no room for a sequal . I have written a script for H3 (continuing Zombie’s series) however after watching both The theatrical and Director’s cuts of both films he was trying to end his series in two films and to me that was genius he did what all the other directors couldn’t do he told the complete story in 2 films . After watching both films about 12 times each I can’t see any “questions” that I need awnsered to the point where there needs to be an H3 . I know H3 is set to be made (A mistake in my opinion) but I think they need to reboot it and not make a 3rd movie in Zombie’s series because he’s not directing and Scout said she might not do it and let’s be honest how damaging would it be to recast Laurie Strode / Angel Myers at this point ? Tyler Mane has said he might not do it and to me he’s the best (Scariest) Michael Myers EVER ! They can’t have a normal sized guy play Michael that was one of my big issues with the original series they had all these short guys playing Michael and to me that’s not scary to see Tyler Mane stalking Annie or Laurie was scary just based on his size in relation to the girls . The biggest problem with the original series was Season Of The Witch .
Getting back to what I was saying about slasher films not having any links from film to film here are some examples in the Friday series at one point there had an imposter Jason going around and killing people at Camp Blood Awnser me this if Jason Drowned and was afraid of the water why does he hold onto the ships chain in part 8 Jason Takes A Vacation I mean Jason Takes Manhattan see there’s a great example After that Jason goes to Hell and then into space the dumbest idea in slasher film history . In the Nightmare Series they were all over the place they ran out of good ideas after I would say part 3 as well . So IHC ( Internet Horror Community) There are issues with all the great slasher film series but most (Not all) have some good stuff in them the kills are usually pretty cool even if the stories don’t have much behind them . We all love slasher films I have all the Friday The 13th films , All the Nightmare films and all (except Season of the Witch) the Halloween films and the remakes . I will check out H3 when it is released just to see how it stacks up against my script to see where they take the story my script for H3 fallows Zombies H2 pretty well I think Enjoy your slasher they won’t be around forever .
If Busta Rhymes can’t save your movie, who can? The most entertaining part was seeing the state of technology 10 years ago. I mean seriously, Palm Pilots? Remember those?! More details here:
http://thewolfmancometh.com/2011/03/04/halloween-resurrection-2002/
I dont know why everyone hates on this movie,its better than 5,6,h20,and the remakes.I thought they should have left Busta Rhymes out of it but other than that it was pretty good.
Probably the most hated of the series, besides ‘Curse’. However, I find this film to be more entertaining than part 6 and actually watchable. I agree that it is an inferior sequel to H2O and it has many problems, but I found some things to like here including a great deal of camp. Call it a guilty pleasure. Also, you have to give the writers some credit for actually coming up with a legitimately clever (albeit inferior) reason as to why Michael has returned.
God awful! Terrible… terrible…
This was a horrid-movie, not a horror movie. Saw it once in the theater…wish I could get a refund. Putrid story, putrid characters, and the atmosphere was so phoney I could almost hear the crew members yelling “action” just beyond the television boundaries. Jamie Lee Curtis should truthfully be slightly ashamed for involving herself in this one, especially considering when she let happen to her original “debut” film-role character. A sheer insult to fans of the original, and horror fans in general. I’d vote this a negative 3 if I could.
Horrible movie! How they made Michael Myers survive from Halloween H20 makes no sense. There was really no need to make this movie.
As terrible as this film is, I can’t help but revisit it now and then just for Busta Rhymes one- liners. “trick r treat, mutha fuc*a” “lookin’ crispy there Mikey, you look like chicken- fried mutha fuc*ka”. As much as I dislike Zombie’s Halloween (really dug H2 though) it certainly wasn’t any worse than the direction this series was headed. I mean, who really thought this was a good idea? If you have yet to see this one, it’s kind of a must see just for the hilarity of the whole thing. “LET THE DANGERTAINMENT BEGIN OUT THIS MUTHA FUC*KA!”