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“A fun popcorn flick which follows an interesting prologue. ”


Three years after the monumental success of "H20" (1998) by horror sequel standards, Moustapha Akkad returned to the Halloween franchise for what would be the final time. His son for whatever reason had the idea in his head that the 'kids of today' liked Busta Rhymes, so I take it this wasn't th...
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“Take a walk down memory lane...twenty years later.”


As the story goes, in 1997 someone mentioned to Jamie Lee Curtis that the following year would mark the twentieth anniversary of Jamie being in the movie business, and Jamie interpreted this as being a good time to return to the Halloween franchise. She commissioned Kevin Williamson to write it afte...
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“The climax of the 'Halloween Trilogy' puts a mix of the supernatural & satanic to Michael's madness, and it was the worst idea concievable for the franchise.”


So after Moustapha Akkad & company acknowledged the cinematic failure that was "The Revenge of Michael Myers" (1989) they revealed two things: 1) BOR doesn't matter to them as much as fans do, and 2) They're willing to take time away from something that's not working to rethink it before retackling ...
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“Moustapha Akkad luckily didn't have to roll over in his grave for this one.”


After the unexpected success of "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" (1988), the producers got box office happy and ordered up a sequel for Halloween 1989. While this can easily be done, as we've seen with countless franchise flicks, Moustapha Akkad made the unforgiveable mistake of recruiting...
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“The only sequel in the franchise to capture the same Midwestern feel to the originals that maintained a genuine sense of macabre, eeriness, and proper humor throughout.”


Since the third installment in the 'Halloween' franchise was a flop, John Carpenter & Debra Hill (RIP) officially severed ties with the series, selling the rights to producer Moustapha Akkad (RIP) who went on to be called Mr. Halloween as he produced 5 more sequels on his own including this one. Mad...
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“Happy Happy, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. Happy Happy Halloween. Silver Shamrock!”


Tommy Lee Wallace who'd rejected the offer to direct "Halloween II" (1981) [big mistake] came back to direct the threequel and co-write it with Nigel Kneale. Unlike the previous two films however, John Carpenter & Debra Hill (RIP) wanted to do a 'Twilight Zone' like thing with the 'Halloween' series...
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“What got me through the screenplay for "Halloween II" was a six pack of beer a night, and having realized there was no more story I decided that, oh I'll make him...the brother.”


In early 1981 the original "Halloween" (1978) had already been released three times for a total gross of $71,000,000 worldwide. So when a sequel was assumed by fans who thought the ending was set-up for one, and the studio execs decided to run with it, John Carpenter & Debra Hill (RIP) were left wit...
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“The Crown Jewel of all Horror DVDs as the 'Gone With The Wind' of the Horror Pictures gets some major justice in time for its 25th anniversary.”


When I first saw this at Target in August 2003 in a 2-Disc 25th Anniversary Edition format, I freaked. It was the thing I didn't even know I'd been searching for that I'd suddenly found. I immediately enjoyed it's prized extra when I got home, and I gotta say, this DVD truly is 'A Cut Above The Rest...
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