HAPPY THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY, MICHAEL MYERS!!!

"Halloween: Resurrection" is the best sequel since "Halloween II." It is everything a slasher flick should be: attractive young coeds in peril; an abandoned house; unique death sequences (Jen's beheading was excellent - loved it when the head bounced down the stairs); an eerie soundtrack; dark humor; tension galore; and a beautiful female lead who, towards the end, runs screaming through corridors and up and down stairs while discovering dead bodies. It is very reminiscent of the slasher films that I loved to watch in the eighties.

Jamie Lee Curtis, scream queen of the eighties, briefly reprises her role as Laurie Strode. We learn that she has been locked away in a psychiatric hospital for three years. She is emotionally traumatized from beheading a paramedic who was wearing Michael's mask. Unfortunately, Michael breaks into the hospital on Halloween eve. Pursuing Laurie to the roof, he stabs her, causing her to fall to her death. I am greatly saddened by her lost, feeling as though a dear friend of mine is gone forever. I can only hope that she somehow survived but I seriously doubt it.

The viewer is transported to Haddonfield, Illinois, home of Michael Myers. Michael always returns home after he kills. He discovers cameras and cables in his home. A television reality show called DangerTainment is filming a group of college students exploring the Myers home on Halloween. They have been instructed to look for clues as to why Michael went insane. While they search, Michael kills them one by one in gruesome fashion while millions of viewers are watching. At first, the viewers believe the killings are fake; later they realize that Michael Myers has returned.

Sara, the heroine, has an internet boyfriend, Dexter. He and his friends are at a Halloween party. They gather around the computer and watch the slaughter. Upon realizing that it is real, Dexter begins text messaging Sara, giving her help on escaping from Michael. Some of these scenes are very tense - the best in the film.

Bianca Kajlich ("Rules of Engagement") is excellent as Sara Moyer who reminded me of Laurie Strode. She is very shy, intelligent, and down to earth. Other stars who gave good performances are supermodel Tyra Banks, rap star Busta Rhymes, Sean Patrick Thomas ("Cruel Intentions" and "Dracula 2000"), Katee Sackhoff ("Bionic Woman" and "Battlestar Gallatica") and Thomas Ian Nicholas ("American Pie" series).

I said in an earlier review that "Halloween," "Halloween II," "Halloween: H2O" and "Halloween: Resurrection" are best when watched together. "Halloween III" is very enjoyable but can be watched alone because it is the only installment in the series without Michael Myers. Parts four, five, and six lack continuity (and have tremendous amounts of plot holes) but have high body counts. I pretend that they happen in parallel time. At least Dr. Loomis is alive in them even though Laurie Strode isn't.

"Halloween: Resurrection" is a must have for those who enjoy good holiday slasher fare. Unless more sequels are made (it is highly unlikely that there will be), "Halloween: Resurrection" is a great capper to a wonderful horror series. It is very reminiscent of all those classic slasher flicks of the seventies and eights that involved a beautiful young girl trapped in a house such as "Hell Night," "Sorority House," and "Black Christmas."

Let me start out by saying that Halloween III:Season of the Witch, is better then Resurrection. I guess where most of you know where I am going to go with this review. For some reason, this has been the only Halloween Movie that I have missed in the Franchise(except the remake), and since I have been watching them in order, I was kinda of looking forward to this. Mind you that H20 had huge plot holes and was slow moving, I was still wondering how they were going to make a sequel to it, since those that saw the end of H20 know what I mean. What we get in the beginning of Resurrection gives us some answears to H20's ending, but that is about the only good part of the movie. From there we get a comedy of horrors that has nothing that works for it. There isn't one scary part in the whole movie, no suspense, nothing, not even any shock value cause the films special effects look like they are about thrity years dated! What we do get is a MTV based video or reality show, that has Busta Rhymes peforming Kung-Fu on Micheal Myers. SPOILERS below if anyone really cares, please save 90min doing something better with you time such as counting toothpicks! Wonderful, Busta kicks Micheal out the window and injuries him, yet Micheal gets up in two seconds after being shot, stabbed, clubbed, burned, decapitated, has a Swat team blow about 30000 holes in his body, BUT BUSTA kicks his tush...I mean the movie was going no-where before that, but that was the final nail in the coffin for me. Listen, all the Halloweens have things that I like about them, even though Halloween (1978) is the best, closley followed by IV. I even stated that I liked III, and that has nothing to do with the series except name, and thats exactly what this piece of garbage does, well it tries to, but it ends up a waste and a joke. WORST sequel I have ever seen, Even worse than Jason X, Nightmare, Freddys Dead, and Rocky V. AVOID

just a tip that box set IS NOT worth it. If you want all the movies> walmart has halloween 1 for $10, H-2, H-3 combo pack for i think $8.00 and then theres BEst bUY whom has H-4, H-5 for $15 ea. Walmart just got in recently a NEW odd never seen b4 till recent a box set of Halloween 6, 7, 8 combo for $15. Buy it if yur a hard core fan. Good $ price for 3 movies!! Plus just about anywhere has the 2007 vs of halloween for about $20 i think. so for bout $85 you can get all the Halloween movies if you got the $$$ and are a hard core fan! SOOOO wish a produceers cut of H=6 would come out. I heard its about 45min of additional footage that the theatrical release didnt show?? for whatever reason... SO there you go... AND another Halloween movie a sequal from last years (2007) will be out in 2009 i heard>?? who knows the more remakes and or ssequals they make there just ruining what few great halloween movies there are currently. If there going to make a sequal make one w/ john(josh hartnett) lauries son coming back and facing michael one last time or something like that. who knows what those joker producers will end up doing???

In 1978 John Carpenter released one of the greatest horror movies in the form of Halloween. It's first sequel was okay but after that the series went downhill. It seems that every sequel would have a new backstory on Mr.Meyers and this is one is no execpation. I think the producers made a mistake by killing of Jamie Lee Curtis. Mrs.Curtis is what Halloween is about and only she can stop Meyers. I think the producers should have brought in Josh Hartnett 7 Danielle Harris together since techinally they are siblings if you tie all the loose ends together. Halloween: Resurrection isn't scary but it's funny which isn't a good thing. Busta Rhymes makes the movie as Freddie Harris with his one-liners and the chicks in the movie are very hot. The film will disapoint hard core fans of the movie and those in the mood for a scare. The film might be better in my book if Bianca Kajlich had shown her knockers but all in all the film is just a gulity pleasure. The death scenes are okay and the chicks are hot.

I never would have guessed this one, great addition guys!!Poor jamie has finally met her fate, (sob'''') awesome storyline, for the college kids, loved the alternate ending where Dekkard saves Sara. It was my fav.