“Halloween: Resurrection” is not the first, nor the last shameless “Halloween” rehash. The first film had a very popular reception and despite none of the sequels (or remakes) fairing too well filmmakers feel the need to make an endless amount of the same teen slasher plot with only minor variations.
After finally killing his sister (Jamie Lee Curtis “Trading Places”, “True Lies”) after several attempts in the previous movies, Michael Myers (Brad Loree) sets his sights on a group of teens that are filming a live web series in his old home. I love the stupidity of the teens as they’re picked off by the seemingly indestructible Michael Myers. It all leads to this ridiculous conclusion where the last teen is guided on how to escape from her internet boyfriend, who is watching the whole thing online.
Michael Myers isn’t scary, maybe he was but he becomes a joke when it’s clear no matter what anyone does he’ll be back in yet another pointless film and because of this he doesn’t even try to sneak up on people anymore as we numerously see him just stand there in perfect view of everyone. Some fans may enjoy the brief appearance by Jamie Lee Curtis at the beginning of the film. The teens are exceptionally bland like they always seem to be in this type of film.
The eight “Halloween” film is really bad because we can predict every single event so therefore there isn’t even any shock value for those who crave it. The best scene in the entire picture is when we see two Michael Myers, one fake and one real as the fake one mistakes the real one for an assistant and starts pushing him about. It’s ludicrous, it’s not scary and it’s just a real mess that only the most die-hard “Halloween” fans will enjoy.