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Summary: "A Fun Ride"
Review: Hi. I am eleven and I like scary movies. I don't think this is a great movie nor do I think it's scary. But it is one fun ride. Let me just start by saying it is increddibly typical, and if you're into horror with psychological depth, skip this watch Psycho, The Others, Signs, The Shining ect...Fountually for me I like both. I like psycoloical and no-brainers. My actual favorite horror is A Nightmare on Elm Street. I discuss that more later.Okay lemme just start by saying something. There are a lot of reviews that say this is nothing compared to the first and that it's tottaly differnt. Okay. Let me get this straight. The first one is about a dude who for some reason is killing people. Why? Because he wanna. And alot of reviews I am reading are saying this is doodoo compared to the 1st and is totally differt. Okay, in the first one he was killing people. What is he doing in this one...ooo that's a toughie....y'know what I think...yep he doing the same thing. The same thing is so differnt! (In case yer an idiot that was meant to be said in sarcasam)I will admit Jason is a ripoff of Mike, but neither I are scary. I think it is stupid how my friends will watch a slasher and after that they will get scared that a killer will be coming after them. Yea okay there is some curse on the movie that right after you watch it a killer will come after you. I will admit that has happened to me once but that's not important. I belive in a scary movie it shouldn't scare you with gore. Or making you jump. To me it is what makes you scared that your gonna jump until you do. But the true thing to me that makes a movie scary is if it scares you afterwords. If it haunts you in your sleep. I have watched alot of scary movies none of which striked me as 'SCARY.' Well one did and that was the movie "The Shining." (Stanley Krubick...got some issues)But anyway as I said before A Nightmare on Elm Street is my favorite, and for a reason. It is slasher. But it is an oringinal, psychological slasher. The killer doesn't only kill teens but he kills them in their dreams. Plus the killer in NOES talkes to his victims. Michale doen't do that. Never. Mike is like every typical slasher killer. If you like psycholical slahers I highly recomend Final destination. Watch it and you will know why. Whatever I have gotten off topic. If you like slashers and like to have fun and are not expecting to be scared you'll enjoy this. (Most kids my age don't watch old horror movies...weird.)
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Summary: DOA
Review: I have to face facts: the Halloween franchise is dead. The body is in the coffin. Halloween Resurrection is an absolutely abysmal effort. Only the Halloween name got this a theatrical release. This film drips with cynicism and is indicative of the current low point of the horror film. The film is no fun, it works too hard to provide every element of a Halloween film with minimal efforts. The acting, the writing, the loud, crashing music. It's funny, but this film is no better than any of the direct to DVD Hellraisers that the same studio )Dimension) releases as well. The director is Rick Rosenthal, who directed Part II. The two films couldn't be more different. Part II had atmosphere, it was stylish. Resurrection is a retread, completely by-the-numbers. The franchise will continue, despite the fact they kill off Jamie Lee, as if you didn't know. The series died with Donald Pleasance. And let's say nothing of the mask. I can't understand what they've done to the mask. It looks like a cartoon version of the Myers mask. Is it so hard to recreate the original mask, or is it another attempt to get artistic in a slasher film? Nothing about Michael Myers is scary. He is clearly now the hero, killing us, and we keep coming back. The film makes us believe it's really updated because it's about the internet, but it's a haunted house movie, and a really lousy one at that. There isn't even an exceptional gore factor to up the ante. I put off seeing this entry, and I'm beyond disappointed. The film is completely irrelevant. I can only be glad I only rented this. Mustapha Akkad must be condemned for cheapening the series so.
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Summary: Hallween 8 has a Smart plot, with some pretty good scares!
Review: Of course no movie will ever live up to the first movie, but HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION is pretty scary. Basicly it starts of when Micheal comes to kill, and does kill, Laurie( Who's now in a mental hospital). You may wonder how Myers returned, well Laurie choped off the wrong guys head. Any way, Myers finally kills Laurie at the begining. Back in Haddonfield, a TV company has a couple of teens go spend the night in Myers house. Turns out Micheal is at the house. The coolest part is when one of the guys who's doing this thing is looking into a mirror and Micheal pops out of the mirror. GREAT HORROR SCENE!!!! Overall, its okay, but buy it used for 5 bucks, because 13 bucks may be a little high.
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Summary: 0 stars- PATHETIC
Review: This is to all you reviewers saying this film is good and to the guy from illinois saying everyone who gives it a bad review is a loser. HA ha you must be the loser- if you think this film is good. it is garbage and anyone with an ounce of taste would agree. This can pass as a bad comedy not a horror movie. the way they had busta ryhmes dress up as micheal myers and the whole internet web cam stuff was bull , it was an injustice to the previous chapters and had nothing to do with the whole story and now they brought in some diffrent idiot characters who cant even compare to Jamie lee curtis or donald pleasance, they are just some unknown teeny boppers. i respected the original halloween and its predesecors , i even thought h20 was good and maybe it should have ended there- but this movie makes fun of the characters and micheal myers , it defeats its purpose- its like its making a joke outa the series and its no longer original- in the original halloween jamie lee was an unkown but she could at least act and was perfect for the role- this cast was the biggest group of idiots i think i ever saw on screen- whoever made this film should be ashamed of themselves, its like they ruined a horror series that was perfect. to all the fans id say just excluse this one from the collection and forget it was even made, the rest of the films are gems. Horror has really sunk to new lows lately , with freddy vs jason and halloween reserection ,why dont u try watching some true horror films like texas chainsaw massacre, the original halloween or nightmare on elm street. THAT IS HORROR - not this sorry excuse for a movie. DO NOT BUY THIS
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Summary: Needed a better ending
Review: This film can be enjoyable, if you draw the parallels to Halloween II. Resurrection, directed by the same guy who did Halloween II, plays on its predecessor by including homages to slipping on a bloodied floor and Michael "dying" by fire. Personally we could have used a hot tub scene as well, but that's how it goes. Anyways, this film needed a better ending. Namely, we really needed to see Busta Rhymes die! He was annoying and his kung fu schtick was embarassing.
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Summary: This "Halloween" is all trick, no treat
Review: Grab the Stove Top, & the cranberry sauce, people, its Turkey time for another slasher series! Stupid, un-scary eigth entry to the "Halloween" series has a group of kids, who have joined a internet reality show, spending Halloween night at a decaying, delapidated house, once lived in by Michael Myers (the killer from the previous films, not "Austin Powers"). Unbeknownst to everyone involved, Michael Myers himself shows up, alive and well, to wish everyone a Happy Halloween and to dish out his own brand of tricks and treats. The small plot thread about how Myers is alive in the first place is absolute ridiculous. At the end of "H20", Michael got his head lopped off by his own sister, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). In this film, its explained that Michael killed one of the E.M.T.s, switched clothes with the dead tech, put the tech's body in the van (Laurie lopped the tech's head off instead of her brothers), and then walked off the scene unnoticed. That's all well and fine, until the film shows Michael strolling off into the woods with the tech's uniform on, complete with his halloween mask on and holding his knife! How can you not miss that! Curtis' role is very brief (it seems she only did "Halloween:H20" to try to end the series. Sadly, she failed). The kids in this film are very cardboard and the psycological feeling I got from watching the first "Halloween" is long gone. If your a fan of the first "Halloween" don't watch this one. Sometimes dead is better.
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Summary: What?
Review: Ya know ... I know that saying about "20/20 in hindsight," but this whole franchise really could have been awesome. It frustrates me to no end that ever since Michael Myers returned from his hiatus in Halloween III, every single movie has been plagued by wildly glaring problems of continuity. The production team at Dimension has seemingly NEVER managed to conquer the simple task of making one movie lead into another ... until H2O. When Jaimee Lee returned to the franchise, I FINALLY thought "OK, now we're getting somewhere." The character of Laurie Strode's son was introduced and played with a great deal of poise by Josh Hartnett (in one of his earlier roles). Past problems aside, we FINALLY had some real substance to solidify the whole idea that Michael's motivation was to destroy his bloodline. So what happens in the start of Resurrection? Jaimee Lee gets killed off and her son's character isn't reintroduced. Right out the window, in the first fifteen minutes, was everything that H2O managed to accomplish. So what were we left with? I dunno, you tell me. At this stage, Halloween has turned, pretty much, into the same movie as every other mid-to-late-eighties slasher. After Resurrection, I'm absolutely convinced that this whole franchise, officially, has no creativity left and absolutely nothing new or interesting to offer.
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Summary: One of the worst movies ever made shame on them
Review: Don't they realize that Halloween isn't fun anymore. Plesence is dead and this was his series. They killed off Jamie Lee Curtis and now the two main characters are dead. They could have brought Jamie Strode back if they hadn't killed her which may have saved the series for a nineth which will be coming out soon but it will be a turkey. Seeing new people get killed in the eight part of a series is just plain old. It's not any good. History will have three great slashers. Freddy Michael and Jason but everything comes to an end. They fail to realize that. It's over can anyone accept that. When Halloween 9 comes out i'll see it at the movies but I know it will be bad. I guess we fans still love it anyway.
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Summary: Silly but Strange Oddball Sequel.
Review: Three Years Later.... When Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) thought that she killed her murdering brother-Micheal Myers (Brad Loree). But then Micheal gets and kills Laurie, which is the last remaining person in his family. Then a few days later... the reality programmers at Dangertainment (Busta Rhymes & Tyra Banks) selected a group of College Students (Bianca Kajlich, Sean Patrick Thomas, Daisy McCrackin, Katee Sackhoff, Luke Kirby & Thomas Ian Nicholas). Dangertainment chooses them to stay One Night at the Home of Serial Killer:Micheal Myers by Planning a live internet broadcast unknowingly that Micheal is in his house & he decides to get them One by One. Directed by Rick Rosenthal (American Dreamer, Bad Boys, Just a Little Sex) made a different but extremely silly-entertaining sequel. Although Halloween H:20 was the perfect way to end the Series but Miramax/Dimension Films (especially The Weinstein Brothers, who co-executive produced the last two, for sure the Successful Studio didn't want the series to end yet, despite it's successful Box Office run with almost each sequel being Profitable). The story is lame but it's surprisingly fun for the series and the Cast is Good (especially Kajlich & Sean Thomas). DVD's has an strong anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer & an sharp:Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD has an Commentary Track by the Director and Editor, Web Cam Special with/without Commentary, Deleted Scenes & More. It's Oblivious, they did this film for the money but it's although, it's a nice return for Director:Rosenthal, who directed-the decent, violent & underrated sequel to Halloween. Executive Produced by Moustapha Akkad (Who's has been involved with every Halloween movie). Super 35. Grade:B+.
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Summary: Stabs loyal fans in the back in order to waste a good idea
Review: I'm a big Michael Myers fan from way back when, and I have to admit I was rather disappointed with this eighth entry in the hallowed Halloween series. The whole concept of having six young people spend a night in Michael Myers' old house on Halloween night is brilliant albeit not quite original, but even this "reality" aspect of the film could have been improved upon. Then you have a number of plot elements that exist for no apparent reason whatsoever, as the issues these raised initially are left blowing in the wind. Worst of all is the beginning of the film, as it did much to ruin whatever good might follow in its wake once the filmmakers got to the new and refreshing presentation of everyone's favorite masked killer doing his thing. It is hard to say what I mean without giving important plot elements away, so all I will say is that the opening scenes in this movie insult the intelligence of Halloween's core audience and then quickly proceed to spit upon and kick the very essence of what Halloween used to be about. I think the opening climax is borne of a very bad decision, and the scene itself is almost laughably pathetic. I daresay many loyal Halloween fans will share my dissatisfaction in this regard. Once we finally get to the live Internet broadcast of the six young people inside Michael Myers' old house, the movie succeeds fairly well. The webcam aspect of the cinematography gives this film a special look and feel, and the sudden appearances of Michael take on added effectiveness. There is one particularly good moment wherein the sudden appearance of the white mask from out of the shadows has a vintage Frankenstein feel to it. The killings are nothing special, and this Michael Myers really doesn't carry himself well or have an inkling of the presence he had in earlier movies, but at least the man is still taking care of business. The characters in this film are a problem, though. Most of them are nothing more than characters put there to be killed. I never got any sense of what makes any of them tick. Michael's knife can cut through anything, but this film never manages to even penetrate the surface of any major character. Bianca Kajlich turns in a pretty good performance as Sara Moyer, and I thought Busta Rhymes was great and certainly entertaining as Freddie Harris, the man behind the web broadcast. The other cast members aren't bad actors and actresses; they just had little to work with from the script. Sara's character seemed to have some type of special sensitivity or psychic link of sorts to Michael early on, but that subplot goes nowhere. Then there is Sara's Internet friend Decker. The movie did need some outside person viewing the Internet broadcast and reacting to what he sees take place in the house, but Decker ends up becoming one of the most needless characters of all time. On a more positive note, the DVD is loaded with extra goodies. Besides the obligatory filmmaker commentary, you get several deleted scenes and three alternate endings (all of them as unimpressive as the actual ending), looks behind the scenes with Jamie Lee Curtis and the production designer, and a featurette on the head cam worn by the six young people in the house. Best of all, you can view the webcam footage on its own with or without commentary. This forty or so minutes of material, which includes a few moments not included in the film, actually plays better than the movie itself. If the filmmakers would have gone even farther in the webcam direction, I think this movie could have been more enjoyable, although nothing could heal the wounds inflicted on Halloween loyalists in the opening moments of the film.
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