Review #38: Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Cast/Notable Credits:
Rick Rosenthal (Director): Halloween 2, Witches of Eastwick (1992)

Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie):

Brad Loree (Michael Myers): X2 (2003), White Chicks (2004), Dead Calling (2006)

Busta Rhymes (Freddie): Who’s the Man? (1993), Shaft (2000)

Bianca Kajlich (Sara): Boston Public, Dawson’s Creek, Rock Me Baby, Rules of Engagement T.V. series (Pictured right)

Sean Patrick Thomas (Rudy): Cruel Intentions 1 (1999) & 2 (2000), Dracula 2000 (2000), Save the Last Dance (2001), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Barbershop 1 (2002) & 2 (2004), The District T.V. series

Katie Sackhoff (Jen): White Noise 2 (2007), Battlestar Galactica and Bionic Woman T.V. series (Pictured right)

Thomas Ian Nichols (Bill): Rookie of the Year (1993), American Pie 1-3 (1999,2001,2003)

Ryan Merriman (Deckard): Ring 2 (2005), Rings (2005), Final Destination 3 (2006), Pretender T.V. series

Tyra Banks (Nora)

Lorena Gale (Nurse Wells): Fly 2 (1989), Butterfly Effect (2004), Perfect Score (2004), Chronicles of Riddick (2004) Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), Slither, Battlestar Galactica T.V. series

Brent Chapman (Franklin): Freddy vs. Jason

Haig Sutherland (Aron): Valentine, Slither

Natassia Malthe (French Maid): Disturbing Behavior (1998), Lake Placid (1999), Elecktra (2005), Skinwalkers, D.O.A. (2006), Blood Rayne 2 (2007) (Pictured right)

Kyle Labine (Teen Party Guy): Freddy vs. Jason

Trailer:



Michael Myers, thought to be dead…yeah right…returns yet again to wreck havoc on T.V. reality show contestants who are spending Halloween night in the famous Myers house. The show is called "DangerTainment" and is produced by Freddie and Nora (Busta Rhymes and Tyra Banks). I call this film, "Resurrection-H". Unlike Preparation-H, Resurrection-H tends to discomfort the bottom.

They plant hidden cameras all over the house and each contestant has their own mini camera they wear like a head set. The show is broad casted live over the internet while the contestants are locked in the Myers house. The contestants “search” for clues on why Michael turned out the way he did.

Unfortunately for the contestants, Mikey ain’t too happy about them being there. For a house planted with hidden cameras all over the place, you would figure that someone would see Michael lurking around the house. It’s just an educated guess on my part. But apparently no one does. And you would think that someone would notice Michael there when he kills someone, but oh well…what do I know?

One by one, the contestants get picked off by Mikey. Busta does a little Kung-Fu action and kicks Mikey’s ass…WTF?…as he saves the hot chick in the end. I think Busta had his hand in writing part of the script.

Villain:

Michael Myers = Legendary Horror Bad Ass. With the exception of Busta going all Kung Fu on his ass...Mikey continues to deliver.

Cast:

I gotta say...Resurrection-H has a high number of hot chicks in the film (7). The film starts off with Jamie Lee Curtis doing her part on negotiating her way out of the series by taking a plunge off the roof of a mental crib. Poof! There goes the talent.

At least the legendary talent.

To make up for Jamie Lee's permanent exit off stage, Resurrection-H employs a whole bunch of hot chicks to go pouncing around the Myers house. Bianca Kajlich plays the lead female Sara in the film. Sara is somewhat of a depressing character as she falls for a high school student...psst...she's a college chick and she falls for a dorky high school dude. How depressing is that?

All the other characters are the same typical bunch that horror movies love to cast, but Starbuck (Katie S.)from BSG shows up in the film. Yeah! She plays a minor role as one of Mikey's victims.

SFX/Gore:

Resurrection-H features eleven deaths, and an explosion! Michael Bay would be proud. Most of the deaths were pretty...blah, but there was one cool death involving a girl and a metal gate.

TNA:

Seven hot chicks, a set of boobies and a sex act. See the reasons below: Pictured left to right... Charisse Baker, Daisy McCrakin, Marisa Rudiak



T.Gun's Take:

Resurrection-H could have been an awesome idea with the camera-contestant point of view storyline but ended up...just okay. The concept is awesome, but the execution just plain sucks. I think if they had done away with the hidden cameras around the house and just stuck with the contestant’s camera, then the film would have been more believable. Come on’, no one sees Mikey go room to room killing people until the film “wants” people to see it. The website even brags about choosing who's view you want. AND no one sees what's going on?

And another thing…I’m getting sick of these movies where everyone in the house dies one by one without anyone knowing as the killer sneaks around. I’ve been in many houses and it’s not that difficult to know where every one is. The only reasons I would believe that a killer could sneak around picking people off one by one without anyone noticing is:

1. Everyone is in a different room f*cking like rabbits when the killer strikes. That’s believable. No one cares what’s going on when they’re having the time of their life.

2. Everyone’s asleep.

3. There are like…two or three people in the house and aren't enough cameras to cover everything.

A great idea that was wasted. I’m still looking forward to the Special Edition of the film that was going to show everyone’s camera footage that the producer promised. It’s five years gone by now, and I don’t think it’s going to happen. Resurrection-H should have put the deleted scene of the car alarm in the film! That was awesome! And so is the girl to the right. (Tyra Banks...if you don't know)

Misc. Movie Trivia:
-Film opened on July 14, 2002 and made $30.3 million at the box office ($12.3 opening weekend)
-Film's original title: Halloween: Homecoming
-Bianca Kajlich's screams were dubbed