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Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after giving birth to Michael's child. She runs to Haddonfield to get Dr. Loomis to help her again.
--TMDb
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Well, at least it tried to spice up the franchise.
After two entries of wretched, contrived, mind-bendingly awful Danielle Harris & Co., Michael Myers finally got a reprieve with "The Curse of Michael Myers", a fresh and somewhat bizarre spin on the whole ordeal. The film takes place six years after the last film and it says that Michael was kidnapped and protected by...you guessed it...a group of...EVIL DRUIDS? Yeah, I said evil druids.
Whom is Michael targeting this go around? The family that adopted Laurie Strode. Oh, come on. That's reaching if I've ever seen it. And whom re-surfaces? Tommy Doyle (Paul Rudd), Laurie's babysitting charge from the first film. Dr. Loomis is also back, hot on Mike's trail -- this was also Donald Pleasence's final appearance as Dr. Loomis or as any character -- he died during the production of the film. At least he got to end his character in a film that was slightly better than the previous two entries. However, it wasn't THAT much better.
I give this film credit for trying to take the franchise down a different road. However, the ending leaves a lot unresolved and makes us feel like we didn't understand anything that was going on. It was nice to see Paul Rudd in one of his very early performances, and it was nice to see Michael Myers get a little darker, but the whole supernatural element was still in full effect -- not to the same extent as the previous two, but it was still there. I wish this film had been given a better director. Maybe that would have made a difference.
In summation, kudos for the attempted originality, but it was a little too far fetched for my tastes. This film tanked in a big way at the box office, which is why I assume there was some hesitation with "H-20". I think they finally realized what I knew all along -- Jamie Lee is what they needed to get the franchise back on track. This film was better than the previous two, but still nothing to write home about. Then again, what is? 5/10.
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#1:
bluemeanie
- added April 13, 2007 at 7:33pm
Funny true story about this one I forgot to
mention -- Danielle Harris, who played Jamie in
the Parts 4 & 5, wanted to reprise her role this
final time, but then she asked
for..........$5,000.00..............and Dimension
turned her down. FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS?! That is
small potatoes in Hollywood, so that just goes to
show you how bad she really was and how badly
Dimension wanted her out of the franchise. I find
it hilarious.
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#2:
Tristan
- added April 13, 2007 at 8:02pm
You're a bundle of knowledge, aren't you? I
actually didn't mind this entry into the Halloween
series. It had all the necessary elements for a
typical slasher, and at least they tried to do
something new with the series.7/10
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#3:
Nirrad
- added February 9, 2008 at 1:16pm
I liked this one, It was one of the first
Halloween movies that I've seen. I believe it was
the second one I watched. I still remember the Tv
Spot it had, at the end it had Michael swinging
the ax at the mother. I just had to see it after
that. I also enjoyed the gore in the movie, it was
a lot more brutal than the others......oh, and
Paul Rudd....PAUL! Even though he doesn't like the
movie. I suggest checking out the Producers Cut as
it makes more sense, but also makes it less of a
Halloween film, still great though. You can find
one off of ebay, it's unofficial, but I think you
owe it to yourself to check it out.
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#4:
Tom Moore
- added August 26, 2009 at 8:57pm
I'm torn. Plotwise the Druids thing was horrible,
but visually, this was the best Michael Myers ever
captured, shot so it looked like there was NOTHING
beneath the mask. Absolutely inspired.
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