Starring: Tyra Banks, Sean Patrick Thomas, Bianca Kajlich, Brad Loree, Luke Kirby
The nurses at Grace Anderson Sanitarium tell stories of patient Laurie Strode. She's the sister of the murderous legend Michael Myers - and 3 years ago, she thought she had destroyed her sibling for good. She was wrong - dead wrong. After killing an innocent man, she was locked away and hasn't spoken a word since. The staff believes her to be suicidal - they've caught her on the roof before. But Michael Myers has other plans for Laurie...
Back in the sleepy town of Haddonfield, Illinois, Freddie Harris, an ambitious entrepreneur, is ready to make some money with his new "reality" Internet event called Dangertainment. He's recruited six local college students to take part in his webcast. The "danger" arises when the students find out they have been picked to spend the night in the childhood home of Michael Myers. After an initial interview at the Haddonfield Inn, the students think they're all set for whatever scares come their way - and ready to reap the scholarship benefits Freddie is offering!
Halloween arrives and the group prepares to enter the run-down house. There's Sara, a psychology major who's rather reserved. Her friend Jen Danzig is hoping her Dangertainment debut will lead to fame in broadcasting. There's Rudy Grimes, a student of culinary arts who's pretty handy with a knife. Bill Woodlake is a law student more interested in women than books. Jim Morgan is a music major rebel in leather and Donna Chang is a beautiful but smart skeptic. The cameras are on and the broadcast is live as the group sets out to explore the secrets of the Myers house. Outside in the garage-based control room, Freddie and his assistant Nora are ready for some Halloween fun of their own. But what the group doesn't know is that Michael Myers has come home - and he's ready to clean house!
The technological scares of HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION hit theaters July 12th.
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Many scripts came through the office of executive producer Moustapha Akkad that tried to bring Michael Myers back to life. Originally planned for a fall, 2000 release, HALLOWEEN H2K: EVIL NEVER DIES was held up for a year. Miramax executives originally wanted to continue the series using a different storyline. However, poll results collected on this website showed producers that fans wanted Michael Myers back one more time!
The script, originally called HALLOWEEN: MICHAELMYERS.COM, was written by Larry Brand, with re-writes completed by Sean Hood. Casting began in April, 2001, while the script went through numerous re-writes. Director Whitney Ransick was originally attached to the project, but HALLOWEEN II director Rick Rosenthal finally took the helm. Cinema Secrets was enlisted to create the dreaded Michael Myers mask. Production began on May 14th 2001 in Vancouver, Canada, despite early intentions of shooting the film in Salt Lake City, Utah (home of previous sequels). A full scale replica of the original Myers house location was recreated on a stage. Jamie Lee Curtis shot scenes the first week, only staying for 4 days of work on the film. Numerous shots in the film required various video and computer visual effects. As one crew member realized, "We have a movie within a movie." Some reshoots took place for the film to alter a few sequences.
I'm proud to have created such a great and enduring character in a horror movie," Jamie Lee Curtis explained. "And when I learned that Michael Myers still was not dead, I had to come back for HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION. I'm really interested in the idea that the only thing to fear is fear itself. So I wanted to take Laurie to a place where she can look at Michael and say: 'You lose because I'm no longer afraid of you. Live, die, whatever, it doesn't matter because the important thing is that your terrorism failed. You're like nothing. You're pathetic. You're a wimp because I will not fear you."
Rick Rosenthal was pleased to work with his longtime friend Curtis again. "She really captures just how haunted Laurie is by everything she has experienced and where it has brought her," he revealed. Rosenthal was also excited about the new ideas the film was exploring. "The idea of having each character wear his own camera was a very exciting one and adds a real 21st century, dynamic sensibility to the story. There's a feeling that it's all happening in real-time and in real life. To my knowledge, nobody's ever done this before, so that's pretty exciting."
The other actors in the film were excited to be a part of the HALLOWEEN name. "No matter how many times you've seen the mask, it makes your stomach just drop," Bianca Kajlich recalled. Katee Sackhoff was a bit scared during shooting, as well. "...HE was walking down the hallway, and just his breathing started getting to me."
Tyra Banks agreed. "Horror movies really freak me out," she admitted. "I was hoping that being in a horror movie would make me less scared. But the minute I saw Michael Myers on the set, I couldn't help but be spooked - it's just that his mask is so life-like and yet he's so devoid of emotion. That got to me."
Overall, the cast had a great time together. "There was a really great chemistry on the set, and there was always this exciting energy," Daisy McCrackin said. "Everything just clicked with this cast on camera and off," recalled Busta Rhymes.
While the crew used a HALLOWEEN 8 working title, Miramax executives labeled the movie HALLOWEEN: THE HOMECOMING and altered the title to the final HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION in early 2002.
The white mask returned to theater screens across the U.S. and Canada on Friday, July 12th, 2002. The film earned $12.3 million opening weekend, landing in fourth place. By the end of its second week, HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION took in $21.8 million. By August, the film had made over $28 million, making it one of the more successful films in the franchise. The film opens in international markets throughout 2002.
The film makes its way to videocassette and DVD in December, 2002. The DVD special edition release includes commentary and special "Dangertainment" video footage.
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