PopHorror Let's Get Scared
When you mention Joe Chappelle’s Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers, be wary; some people hate this movie with a passion and will berate you. I don’t think that is very fair. I enjoy this movie for what it is. Was it silly? Of course it was. In the 1990s, Horror directors and writers gave us one more slasher movie, with an upgrade and a bit more intensity. Though most snub it, I see it in a very different light.
Let’s get into this review.
Synopsis
Six years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans.
The film stars Donald Pleasence, Marianne Hagan, Paul Rudd, and George P. Wilbur.
Growing up a horror hound doesn’t win you friends; in fact, no one really likes you because they see you as weird. Halloween: the idea was there in this film, and honestly, all the actors gave it their best shot. The film starts terrifyingly. It sends a chill up my spine. I am a huge fan, but sometimes things are unnecessary. Here it seemed like they were in a rush to join the slasher craze. That didn’t bug me to the point of boycotting this film because I am loyal to the franchise. I will say, though, after we lost Jamie Lloyd, she was replaced by someone who wasn’t really interesting.
Another issue was the violence. That was the smack heard around the world, and it had to hurt. Realism in horror shouldn’t be there; a lot of us use the genre to feel better and escape reality for a while. Nitpicks aside, I will defend Halloween: Curse of Michael Myers to my grave, but I will fully admit it is at the bottom of the Halloween totem pole. It’s a little off and tacky, and the crew loves that fact.
The film was also in theaters for an excessive amount of time because it still attracted viewers.
The film brought a new light to a classic tale. Michael Myers is a staple in American culture; everyone knows who he is, even if they haven’t seen any of the Halloween films. The name started a whole new era of horror films. The film definitely has a whole new attitude, one that we have seen played off in the new Halloween films. Michael Myers was passing the torch. There is a new body and attitude; hopefully, there are more films coming based on the story.
Final Thought
In the end, I cannot pass this movie off as trash because I love trashy films. The weirder the better for me, even outside the horror genre. The film took so much criticism from armchair critics who are looking for the winner of the Halloween series. We had the whole act down to a science. I know the lines before it happens. The film may be hated, but not by me. I still choose to build up the hype for it.
