me, it’s not), Halloween: Resurrection is ahead of its time. With
its house rigged with cameras
gimmick, it prefigures both the
current found footage fad and
Big Brother style reality TV. This
is not what we want from a Halloween movie though. Rosenthal’s direction is bland enough
to highlight how much of an
input John Carpenter had on
Halloween II and the writing is
sophomoric and amateurish. The
biggest issue is how ineffectual
Myers comes across, and seeing
him beaten around by a rapper
is a new low for the franchise.
Predictably, the movie didn’t
fare too well - certainly not with
fans - and the series would be
shelved for five years. As bad as
this installment is, the worst was
yet to come.
As bad as this installment is,
the worst was yet to come.
1 star out of 5
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