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Halloween: Resurrection

Play trailer Poster for Halloween: Resurrection R Released Jul 12, 2002 1h 30m Holiday Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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He's back for more... When a group of teens win a contest to spend a night in Michael Myers' childhood home to be broadcast live on the Internet, they believe they are in for a little fun and some free publicity. But things go frightfully wrong and the game turns into a struggle to make it out of the house alive.
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The only thing this tired slasher flick may resurrect is nostalgia for when the genre was still fresh and scary.

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Aja Romano Vox Stay away unless you like kitschy early internet nostalgia and lots of blurry found-footage trickery. Oct 19, 2018 Full Review Joe Leydon Variety [Seems] even more uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels. Jul 15, 2002 Full Review Daphne Gordon Toronto Star While the production values here are more cool than crappy, there's nothing really new about Resurrection. Rated: 2/5 Jul 15, 2002 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh No matter what horror fans disagree about, it's nice to see them all come together to confirm that Resurrection is the absolute low point of the entire franchise in every way imaginable. Rated: 1/5 Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Brian Rowe InSession Film Here’s another entry that can be completely wiped from existence, and everybody would be better off. May 3, 2023 Full Review David Gonzalez The Cinematic Reel Halloween: Resurrection is an embarrassment to a franchise that I hold near and dear to my heart. A franchise that has entertained viewers for the past 40 years and its fans deserved more than this film. Rated: .5/4 Jan 31, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rafael S It's not bad, it's even fun, but it's average. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/08/25 Full Review TheRealMyers 7 What the hell is even that!? Is the meme I thought of when trying to describe this movie to my wife. First I'll start with the good things. The Mask is ultimately really good, as well as the guy who plays Michael Myers. Shame they don't give him much to do and MOCK HIM THE ENTIRE MOVIE. Anyways, the music is actually really solid. But where the hell is some of the iconic themes? The opening bit is really engaging and has a gripping narrative. If the whole movie was Laurie in the Asylum setting traps and trying to Hunt Michael it could be a WHOLE LOT better. I think it could've been an awesome movie tbh. But alas, we have this MTV rapper riddled, plot contrived, lazily constructed film. Where the only good things are simply that Michael Myers is in it. Then the bad. Everything else. I am not kidding. Everything else. Even though as a Halloween fan, I love them all. I can say that the casual fan SHOULD NOT watch this. As it stands out as one of the weakest entries in this timeline and in the series. The same man who made Halloween 2 (1981) directed this and thank God he did. Because I am willing to bet he did his best to save it into a watchable movie (maybe?). But he ultimately failed. And I believe it is all the better this movie is remembered as "the one where Michael Myers gets his ass kicked by Busta Rymes". 2/10. No treats, only tricks. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/04/25 Full Review Brenden D HOW DARE THIS EXIST!! After The Phenomenal Climax Of H20, They're So Desperate For More Money That They Pull A Middle Finger On THE SCREAM QUEEN, Take Away Her Victory, Ruin Her Story, And Then Deliver A GARBAGE SPEC SCRIPT With A TRASH ENDING Involving CHEAP KUNGFU & ELECTRICUTED PRIVATES!!! DELETE THIS FILM AT ONCE!!! 0/10 F- Never Ever Watch This Garbage Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/25 Full Review Khaliel P Halloween: Resurrection (2002) is a commercially driven follow-up where Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, dies at the film’s start. The story centers on Michael Myers returning to his Haddonfield home, now a reality TV set, as students are picked off one by one. Lacking suspense and creative kills, with minimal character development, the film’s premise of live internet streaming feels anachronistic for 2002. Mostly unknown actors deliver forgettable performances, and the weak tunnel explanation for Myers’ survival fails to engage. While not as disastrous as Halloween 6, the early death of Laurie renders the rest of the film largely pointless. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/30/25 Full Review Oliver C. What makes this movie slightly better than Halloween 5 for me is that it’s accidentally funny in spots but mostly a frustrating slog Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/11/25 Full Review Jayjay R No... just ruined the best ending in H20. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/16/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis He's back for more... When a group of teens win a contest to spend a night in Michael Myers' childhood home to be broadcast live on the Internet, they believe they are in for a little fun and some free publicity. But things go frightfully wrong and the game turns into a struggle to make it out of the house alive.
Director
Rick Rosenthal
Producer
Paul Freeman
Screenwriter
Larry Brand, Sean Hood, John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Larry Brand
Production Co
Dimension Films, Trancas International Films Inc., Nightfall Productions
Rating
R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Some Sexuality|Strong Violence)
Genre
Holiday, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 12, 2002, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Oct 25, 2002
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$30.3M
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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