Halloween Resurrection (2002)

• Directed by Rick Rosenthal
• Written by Debra Hill, John Carpenter, Larry Brand
• Stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Brad Loree
• Run Time: 1 Hour, 34 Minutes
• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwt_Qx4OQE4

Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone

It’s a shocker, but despite Michael Meyers being decapitated in the last movie, they find a way to bring him back. And it’s not too implausible. This picks up three years after Halloween H20, so 23 years after the first two movies. It’s watchable, but not great. There are some gimmicks that make it interesting, but mostly it’s a series of people getting picked off in the dark. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Synopsis

We walk through the halls of a mental hospital. We approach a door, and inside is Laurie Strode, not looking her best. We see that at the end of the previous movie, we see that Michael switched places with a paramedic. Laurie has been catatonic and unresponsive since then, apparently out of her mind. Nope, she’s a faker. Once the nurses leave, we see that Laurie has been pocketing her medication.

Outside, a security guard notices that the gate is unlocked. He goes looking for trouble and finds Harold, one of the…