| Halloween: Resurrection | |
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| Directed by | Rick Rosenthal |
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| Story by | Larry Brand |
| Based on | Characters Created by Debra Hill John Carpenter |
| Produced by | Paul Freeman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | David Geddes |
| Edited by | Robert A. Ferretti |
| Music by | Danny Lux |
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| Distributed by | Dimension Films[1] |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million[1] |
| Box office | $37.6 million[1] |
Halloween: Resurrection is a 2002 American slasher film directed by Rick Rosenthal, who had also directed Halloween II (1981), was written by Larry Brand and Sean Hood, and is a direct sequel to Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later and the eighth installment of the Halloween franchise. It stars Busta Rhymes, Bianca Kajlich, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Ryan Merriman, Sean Patrick Thomas, Tyra Banks, and Jamie Lee Curtis, with Brad Loree as Michael Myers. This was the final installment of the H20 timeline of the Halloween franchise, which had just been rebooted with the previous film in 1998, before it was rebooted again in 2007 with a remake and again in 2018. The film follows Myers continuing his murderous rampage in his hometown of Haddonfield when his childhood house is used for a live internet horror show.
Halloween: Resurrection was released on July 12, 2002, and was critically panned, with critics considering it an unnecessary sequel to Halloween H20 and deeming it to be one of the worst films in the Halloween franchise. [2][3] Although the film is technically a box office success, grossing $37.6 million worldwide against a $15 million budget, it was considered a underperformance at the box office, in contrast to its franchise predecessor earning $75 million.[4] Although another sequel was planned to follow Resurrection, the next film in the franchise was a 2007 remake of the 1978 film directed by Rob Zombie.
- ^ a b c "The Numbers Halloween Resurrection". The Numbers. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ Lê, Paul (July 12, 2022). "'Halloween: Resurrection' 20 Years Later – Why the 2002 Sequel Remains a Franchise Low Point". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ Chernov, Matthew (October 15, 2021). "All 12 'Halloween' Movies in the Franchise, Ranked". Variety. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ "Why Jamie Lee Curtis Demanded That Laurie Strode Die in 'Halloween: Resurrection'". Collider. October 29, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.