Quartile rating: 4.5/10 · 1 rating
Reality programmers at DangerTainment select a group of thrill-seeking teenagers to spend one night in the childhood home of serial killer Michael Myers. Their planned live broadcast turns deadly when Michael decides to crash the party.
Halloween: Resurrection is widely regarded as one of the low points of the franchise. The plot is gimmicky and poorly constructed, shoehorning a reality TV livestream concept into the Myers mythology in a way that feels cynical rather than clever. The film infamously undoes Laurie Strode's arc from H20 in its opening minutes, squandering Jamie Lee Curtis with a dismissive kill. Acting is largely forgettable with a cast of disposable teens, though Busta Rhymes's bizarre performance is at least memorable for the wrong reasons. Cinematography is functional at best, offering little atmospheric tension. The reality-TV angle had some novelty on paper but is executed so poorly it feels like a missed opportunity rather than a fresh spin. The ending resolves flatly with no meaningful payoff.