Halloween: Resurrection

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Movie
Original title Halloween: Resurrection
Halloween 8.jpg
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2002
length 86 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Rick Rosenthal
script Larry Brand
Sean Hood
production Paul Freeman
Moustapha Akkad
music Danny Lux
Author: John Carpenter
camera David Geddes
cut Robert A. Ferretti
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Halloween H20

Successor  →
Halloween

Halloween: Resurrection is an American slasher film directed by Rick Rosenthal from 2002 and, as a sequel to Halloween H20, is the eighth part of the Halloween film series . Brad Loree stars as Michael Myers and Jamie Lee Curtis as his sister Laurie Strode.

action

The success of the last Halloween flick, H20 , prompted the makers to make Resurrection even more modern: Michael Myers lands on a reality TV show .

The prologue shows Laurie Strode in a mental hospital. It is visibly marked by the events of the past. A few days before Halloween Michael Myers enters the institution. He kills two overseers and goes in search of his sister Laurie. Laurie escapes to the roof, where she has already set up a trap for Michael in advance, as she was sure that he would find her. Her plan to kill her brother fails, she is stabbed by Michael and falls from the roof.

Michael was not killed, as was suspected after H20 ended. He overpowered a police officer and crushed his larynx so that the man could no longer speak and then put his mask on him. This cop was beheaded by Laurie.

In Haddonfield, six students have meanwhile locked themselves up in the Myers house, which Michael still lived in, in order to spend Halloween night there as part of a reality TV experiment. They should try to find the causes of Michael's behavior in the TV-compliant house. Observed by webcams , the events are broadcast worldwide on the Internet . During the night Michael enters his parents' house and kills one participant after the other. At the end of the film, two of the participants manage to incapacitate Michael by electrocuting him and the subsequent fire. The supposedly dead Michael is taken to a morgue. In the last scene, however, Michael opens his eyes.

Production and Background

The film was produced and distributed by Dimension Films , among others . It cost 13 million dollars and played worldwide US $ 37.6 million. Director Rick Rosenthal was also responsible for the second part of the series.

The original version has a running time of 86 minutes and was one of the last films released by the FSK in 2003 not under 18 years of age , before the release was replaced by the stricter and index-safe no youth release , which the film also received in 2007 when it was re-examined. There is also a short version with 83 minutes that was broadcast on German television ( ProSieben ) and is approved for people aged 16 and over.

The plot of Films 3 to 6 of the Halloween series is ignored, as is John Tate, the son of Laurie played by Josh Hartnett on H20, who is only shown in a small photo at the beginning of the film, which is in Laurie's room becomes.

The murder of Nora Winston, played by the supermodel Tyra Banks , fell victim to the scissors.

Jamie Lee Curtis , whose role was originally intended for a 30-second cameo , liked the script so much that she took over the entire opening sequence.

The film was released on October 1, 2005 with a German soundtrack on DVD, published by Studio Constantin (86 min.).

criticism

"Eighth part of the never-ending saga, which gives away its tension potential in favor of a horror farce garnished with popular pop stars."

- Lexicon of international film

“The constant change between film and video images breathes new life into the bloodless story, at least stylistically. But even the progressive 'Blair Witch Project' aesthetic does not change the fact that the 'Halloween' template of evil without a motif does not allow much room for variation in terms of content. Michael celebrates only one thing in his eighth prank: assassinate cheeky teenagers! "

- Cinema 11/2002

In Haiko's film dictionary it was read: “The best thing about this film is without a doubt the beginning, the first 20 minutes. Here you can see Jamie Lee Curtis, who plays her full broadside facial expressions and does a lot to ensure that 'Halloween Resurrection' starts fast, entertaining and exciting. Then the film falls into a kind of 'Blair Witch Project' meets 'Halloween'. ”It was also said that the film was a sequel for the sake of the sequel and not to bring something new into the series. The disdainful Mammon probably played a major role in this.

At Rotten Tomatoes, there was consensus among the critics that the only thing that revived this tired slasher film was the longing for the films when the genre was still new, scary and surprising.

Audience numbers

country Viewers in millions
Germany 0.10
Austria
Switzerland
United States 5.23

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Certificate of Release for Halloween: Resurrection . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2003 (PDF; test number: 91 745 V / DVD).
  2. ↑ boxofficemojo.com
  3. ↑ Halloween II. Internet Movie Database , accessed on November 10, 2015 (English).
  4. ↑ Approval certificate for Halloween: Resurrection . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, March 2003 (PDF; release card for FSK 16).
  5. ↑ a b c Halloween Resurrection at gamepro.de. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ Halloween Resurrection DVD
  7. ↑ Halloween: Resurrection. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  8. ↑ Halloween: Resurrection ( Memento from July 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon
  9. ↑ Halloween Resurrection In: haikosfilmlexikon.de. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  10. ↑ Halloween: Resurrection at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
  11. ↑ Film information: Halloween: Resurrection. In: LUMIERE . European Audiovisual Observatory , accessed March 27, 2014 .