Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2001
Running Times:
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Dimension Films / Miramax / Nightfall Productions
Executives in Charge of Production: Kevin Hyman, Jake Myers
Executive Producer: Moustapha Akkad
Co-Executive Producers: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Louis Spiegler, H. Daniel Gross
Producer: Paul Freeman
Co-Producer: Malek Akkad

SCRIPT
Script: Larry Brand, Sean Hood
Story: Larry Brand
Characters: Debra Hill, John Carpenter

DIRECTION
Director: Rick Rosenthal
2nd Unit Director: Jessica Landaw

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: David Geddes
Camera / Steadicam Operator: Michael (Enl) Soos

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Robert A. Ferretti
Film Editor: Mike Murphy

MUSIC
Music: Danny Lux
Halloween Theme: John Carpenter

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Martin Fossum
Boom Operator: Tony Logan Poulsen

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Leslie Graham, Diana Davison
Key Hair: Catherine Graham
Costume Designer: Brad Gough

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects Creator: Gary Tunnicliffe

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Kim Mortensen

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Jamison Goei
Main Title Designer: Paige Cleveland
Visual Effects: Amalgamated Pixels Inc; Computercafe; Digital Dimension; Neo Digital Imaging

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Troy Hansen
Art Director: David MacLean

LOCATIONS
Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Location Manager: Phil Kieran

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Donna Keegan

CASTING
Casting: Ross Brown, Mary West, Robin Nassif, Patrick Baca
Vancouver Casting: Blair Law
Extras Casting: James Forsythe

CAST
Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode)
Brad Loree (Michael Myers)
Busta Rhymes (Freddie Harris)
Bianca Kajlich (Sara Moyer)
Sean Patrick Thomas (Rudy Grimes)
Daisy McCrackin (Donna Chang)
Katee Sackhoff (Jenna Danzig)
Luke Kirby (Jim Morgan)
Thomas Ian Nicholas (Bill Woodlake)
Ryan Merriman (Myles Barton)
Tyra Banks (Nora Winston)
Billy Kay (Scott)
Gus Lynch (Harold)
Lorena Gale (Nurse Wells)
Marisa Rudiak (Nurse Phillips)
Brent Chapman (Franklin)
Dan Joffre (Willie)
Haig Sutherland (Aron)
Brad Sihvon (Charley Albans)
Kelly Nielson, Gary Tunnicliffe (officers)
Ryan McDonald (letter sweater guy)
Charisse Baker (teen girl #2)
Natassia Malthe (French maid)
Kyle Labine (teen party guy)
Rick Rosenthal (professor)
David Lewis (Bob Green)
Chris Edwards (fireman)
Michael McCartney (orderly)
Ananda Thorson (coroner)

PLOT SUMMARY

In Haddonfield, Illinois, a group of college students sign up to take part in a live webcast from the old Myers house. During the night, they are killed one-by-one. Has Michael returned home?

Tired, dull and predictable, Halloween: Resurrection really is scrapping the bottom of the barrel and it's now long past time to let Michael hang up his knife and enjoy a well deserved retirement. The webcast idea may have worked had Rosenthal been able to make his mind up how he was going to present the film - he constantly jumps back and forth between straight narrative, Blair Witch Project style shakycam footage, Big Brother inspired voyeurism and even, briefly, the split screen technique seen in Mike Figgis' Timecode (2000). Sticking to any one of these techniques would have been enough, but Rosenthal constantly jumps backwards and forwards to little effect. The 'surprise' ending (yeah, like we didn't see that one coming...) suggests that this time next year, we'll be settling down for chapter nine - not a very palatable thought at all.

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Dimension Films / Miramax Films / Universal Pictures

AWARDS

2002
Total Film Magazine, UK
Turkey 2002 - Number 10

2001
May
14: USA - production begins

June
22: USA - production ends

2002
February
Day Unknown: Brazil - theatrical release

March
Day Unknown: Canada - theatrical release
29: USA - theatrical release

October
25: UK - theatrical release

Evil can't be destroyed. You can burn it. Bury it. Lock it away, but Evil Never Dies

Evil Never Dies

Michael's Work Isn't Done in Haddonfield Yet.

Evil Comes Home.

He's back for more...

This Year He's Coming Home!

Hall8ween - working title
Hall8ween: The Homecoming - working title
Halloween 8 - working title
Halloween 8: MichaelMyers.com - working title
Halloween 8: The Homecoming - working title
Halloween H2K - working title
Halloween H2K: Evil Never Dies - working title
Halloween: Evil Never Dies - working title

SEQUEL TO
Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (1981)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Halloween 5 (1989)
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

SEE ALSO
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

MAGAZINES

Fangoria no.206 (September 2001) p.8 (USA)
illustrated review

Hollywood Reporter vol.368 no.10 (8 May 2001) p.23 (USA)
credits, production notes

Hollywood Reporter vol.368 no.15 (15 May 2001) p.29 (USA)
credits, production notes

Hollywood Reporter vol.368 no.34 (12 June 2001) p.36 (USA)
credits, production notes

Starburst Special no.51: TV Special pp.26-28 (UK)
illustrated review

Total Film no.72 (January 2003) p.78 (UK)
short review

KEYWORDS

slasher, stalk and slash, serial killers, sequels, halloween, internet, webcasts, reality television