Horror
This film is completely underrated not only in the Halloween franchise but also in the horror genre. Michael Myers have never been more terrifying than in this film, some of the kills in this film are horrific! 8/10
IssaGuy
The trouble production ruined the film for me. This is the same problem with Fant4stic and it is the Fant4stic of Halloween movies. And this is the worst out of the John Carpenter series (even more insulting than Resurrection). I guess we need more rewrites to make the movie better! Bad writing, poor acting, weak script, and bad story. The Michael Myers Character is almost ruined by the cult background story that could been easily removed. We don't want to know that as a die-hard fan. Thank god H20 is created!
TheLittleSongbird
John Carpenter's 1978 'Halloween' is wholly deserving of its status as a horror classic. To this day it's still one of the freakiest films personally seen and introduced the world to one of horror's most iconic villainous characters Michael Myers.Which is why it is such a shame that not only are all of the sequels nowhere near as good but that the decline in quality is so drastic. Ok, the original 'Halloween' is very difficult to follow on from, but most of the sequels could at least looked like effort was made into them. 'Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers' is a prime example of this, a film with very little to recommend and just very poorly done in many areas. Starting with the very few good things, Paul Rudd and Donald Pleasance, in his last film before his death from heart failure not long after (although his screen time is far too short and was clearly severely truncated), come off in a good way in the acting department. The exploding head death is a pretty fun one and the setting is eerie. As far as praises go, that is it. 'Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers' was directed by someone who had an apparent dislike for Pleasance, the main reason for his limited screen time most likely, and had no interest in directing the film or the 'Halloween' series in general, and it shows loud and clear on screen. Even the direction in 'Season of the Witch' and 'Halloween 5' wasn't this indifferent or inept.Sadly the effectiveness of the setting, which actually is eerie, is hindered by the filming and editing being pretty amateurish, the photography often is far too dark and drab and the editing makes bacon-slicer-like editing seem coherent in comparison. The music, like the previous film, is here a drawback when it was one of the better elements of the first four films. Here it sounds cheap, goofy and would have sounded out of date even in the 80s most likely.Everything looks, sounds and feels like it was made in a rush and with absolutely no heart, accounting for the constant sense of incompleteness. There is nothing scary or suspenseful, it's unintentionally campy, uncomfortably strange and by the numbers with a convoluted story that makes no sense whatsoever, an abrupt ending, dull pacing and the man in black/cult plot that is just bizarre and just muddles everything. Michael Myers is just not creepy enough and looks goofy.Very like the previous sequel, there is nothing interesting or endearing about the characters (though none are quite as annoying as Tina in 'Halloween 5'). The script especially sounds incomplete and the acting, apart from Rudd and Pleasance (whose screen time, as said, is far too short), is subpar to put it lightly. J.C. Brandy is a pretty poor replacement for Danielle Harris.Overall, don't expect any terror, scares, fear or thrills here, you'll be disappointed. 3/10 Bethany Cox
Eric Stevenson
When I saw the beginning of this movie, I thought it was showing Michael Myers being born. I mean, the whole movie is about Michael's origin, right? Anyway, it was actually an older Jamie Strode giving birth. We don't get to visually see Michael Myers' origin which was a huge negative in this film. It's mentioned that there's this cult called the Thorn that apparently made Michael kill his family. It's led by a guy named Dr. Wynn who was also in the last movie. He's described by Dr. Loomis as being more evil than even Michael Myers.This is an interesting character and they do practically nothing with him at all! Loomis gets captured and he escapes with no explanation. He wonders why the cult didn't kill him right away and we never find that out! It's just the villains being morons. Slasher movies can't kill children so instead they age up a character and then kill her. How nice. There's more deaths like in any other movie and it's to be expected of these dumb movies. It's poorly shot, pointless and ugly. *1/2
