Quartile rating: 4.5/10 · 1 rating
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.
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers is widely regarded as one of the weakest entries in the franchise. The plot introduces a convoluted and poorly executed druidic cult mythology (the Thorn cult) that fundamentally undermines the character of Michael Myers, draining him of the mysterious menace that made him frightening. The acting is serviceable at best, with a young Paul Rudd in an early role doing what he can with weak material. The cinematography is competent but unremarkable for a mid-90s slasher. The film offers nothing distinctive or novel — it recycled franchise tropes while adding mythology that was almost universally rejected by fans and critics. The ending is notoriously messy, partly due to extensive reshoots and two competing cuts (theatrical and producer's cut) existing, resulting in an incoherent and unsatisfying conclusion that even the filmmakers seemed unable to agree on.