Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

"Terror never rests in peace."

1995 1h 28m EN

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Synopsis

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Six years after being presumed dead in a fire, and just as the town prepares to finally celebrate Halloween again, Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield to continue his reign of terror.

“Terror never rests in peace.”

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Cast

Paul Rudd
Tommy Doyle
Donald Pleasence
Dr. Loomis
Marianne Hagan
Kara Strode
Mitchell Ryan
Dr. Wynn
Kim Darby
Debra Strode
Bradford English
John Strode
Keith Bogart
Tim Strode
Mariah O'Brien
Beth

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joe Chappelle
Writers: Daniel Farrands
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.0× over at the box office.

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Halloween Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joe Chappelle, shot by Billy Dickson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alan Howarth. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Randy Bricker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Paul Rudd and Donald Pleasence and Marianne Hagan carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Joe Chappelle directs. Billy Dickson behind the camera. Alan Howarth scores. Randy Bricker cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 3.0× over at the box office.
331 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Halloween Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Joe Chappelle, shot by Billy Dickson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Alan Howarth. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Randy Bricker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Paul Rudd and Donald Pleasence and Marianne Hagan carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Terror never rests in peace.".
10IMDB entry: tt0113253 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 21 themes, including "escape", "psychopath", "mass murder", "halloween".
12Released under 25 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Billy Dickson
Original score: Alan Howarth
Editing: Randy Bricker
Production design: Bryan Ryman
Costume design: Ann Gray Lambert
Makeup / hair: John Carl Buechler
Sound: Richard D. Rogers
Stunt coordinator: Fred Lerner
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Box office: $15,116,634
Return: 302% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

Part of

Halloween Collection

Halloween is a horror film series that consists of slasher films focused on the fictional character of Michael Myers. Michael's killings occur on the holiday of Halloween, on which all of the films primarily take place. Originally intended to be an anthology franchise, the only film that doesn't feature Michael or any of the characters from previous films is Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982). However, audiences were unhappy with Michael's disappearance, and he was eventually brought back for Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988).

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Gimly2017-11-08
★ 4/10
I like the idea of bringing back Tommy Doyle as an adult. I don't like every other idea this movie had. But Mikey's got some decent kills, so it's bearable at a stretch. Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
Wuchak2018-11-07
★ 4/10
A mess of a sequel Six years after Michael Myers previously terrorized Haddonfield, Illinois, ‘the Shape’ returns in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped some shadowy Druid cult with her newborn. Marianne Hagan and Paul Rudd play the main protagonists while Donald Pleasence returns for his last portrayal of Dr. Loomis. Mitchell Ryan and Kim Darby are also on hand. “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers” (1995) is also known as “Halloween 6,” but it’s actually only the fifth movie featuring Michael Myers seeing as how “Halloween 3: Season of the Witch” (1982) is totally disconnected from the Michael Myers story arc. I’m a fan of “Halloween 4” (1988) and “Halloween 5” (1989), especially the former, as it was actually better than the original movie (1978) and is one of the finest examples of 80’s slashers. Naturally I was expecting a quality sequel but, wow, this installment lacked any sense of cinematic finesse whatsoever. The entire opening act is a tortuous mess and the story didn't even start to get interesting until past the 50-minute mark. Unfortunately, it failed to build on what little interest it mustered, trading it in for conventional horror thrills at a hospital à la “Halloween 2” (1981). But the characters are too weakly developed to care about; it’s like the ‘writer’ had no concept of how to establish characters or even tell a compelling story. Meanwhile the sudden-shock scares that kept surfacing were eye-rolling hackneyed and anything but scary. This installment was the equivalent of Conan the Barbarian picking up an expensive guitar and trying to play for a classy prog band like Opeth. The movie runs 1 hour, 27 minutes and was shot in Salt Lake City, Utah. GRADE: C-