Taglines: Michael Myers is back…and he’s ready to clean house!
Halloween: Resurrection is a 2002 American horror film and the eighth installment in the Halloween film series. Directed by Rick Rosenthal, who had also directed Halloween II in 1981, the film builds upon the continuity of Halloween H20: 20 Years Later. Larry Brand and Sean Hood devised the screenplay.
It continues with the masked serial killer Michael Myers continuing his murderous rampage in his hometown of Haddonfield. Yet, this time, the killer’s old, derelict childhood home is being used for a live internet horror show. It stars Busta Rhymes, Bianca Kajlich, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Ryan Merriman, Sean Patrick Thomas and Tyra Banks, with Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode.
Halloween: Resurrection was released on July 12, 2002, to widely negative critical reviews, having just a 12% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with many claiming it was an unnecessary sequel to the H20 film. Despite the heavy criticism, Resurrection was somewhat of a box office success, with over $30 million made in the box office. Resurrection is currently the final installment in the original Halloween film series. Although more sequels were planned to follow Resurrection, the series was eventually rebooted with Rob Zombie’s 2007 remake of the original Halloween.
Halloween: Resurrection was released on July 12, 2002 in the US to moderate reception which did not change in its later international release. The film peaked at #4 on its opening weekend on US screens raking in $12,292,121 behind Reign of Fire, Road to Perdition and Men in Black II. It grossed $30,354,442 domestically and a further $7,310,413 for a moderate $37,664,855 worldwide gross.
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Oirected by: Rick Rosenthal
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Brad Loree, Busta Rhymes, Tyra Banks, Bianca Kajlich, Daisy McCrackin, Katee Sackhoff, Sean Patrick Thomas, Lorena Gale, Marisa Rudiak
Screenplay by: Larry Brand, Sean Hood
Production Design by: Troy Hansen
Cinematography by: David Geddes
Film Editing by: Robert A. Ferretti
Costume Design by: Brad Gough
Set Decoration by: Johanna Mazur
Makeup Department: Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Music by: John Carpenter
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, language, some sexuality and brief drug use.
Distributed by: Dimension Films
Release Date: July 12, 2002
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