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That's how Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance) tries to rationalize the nature of Michael Myers. After decades of treating him as a patient, and then trying to stop him as a murderer, NOW it's time to try to figure out where all this is coming from. But, do we really need to know? Do we?? This film apparently thinks we do.
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers follows up a couple of years after Halloween 5 as Loomis realizes that Michael's existence or evil is the result of scientific experiments performed by members of a druid-like cult trying to investigate and control the power of Thorn... or something like that, who cares. Meanwhile, Michael is out to eliminate family members because, well, that's what he does. Again, who cares.
I remember seeing this back in the day and still thinking it was crap. Rewatching it now, it just confirms that it is. The film is an unnecessary convoluted mess that clearly doesn't understand what made the original film work. Aside from that mess, we have uninteresting characters, as well as yet another unceremonious dispatch of the lead character of the previous two.
Regardless of the mess around him, it is still commendable to see Pleasance give in to the material (which I also said about in Part 5). His performance is a bit of a saving grace in what is essentially a non-sensical mess. This, paired with Paul Rudd's odd performance, might make for an interestingly odd watch.
Another interesting aspect is that halfway through, I realized I was watching the Producer's Cut, which has some significant differences to the Theatrical Cut in the last act. So from the perspective of a cinephile and a horror fan, I still got some slight enjoyment in seeing all this unfold, even if the end result is unnecessary, frustrating, and ultimately disappointing.
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HALLOWEEN
THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS
(1995, Chappelle)
THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS
(1995, Chappelle)
"This force, this thing that lived inside of him... came from a source too violent, too deadly for you to imagine. It... It grew inside him, contaminating his soul. It was... pure evil."
That's how Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance) tries to rationalize the nature of Michael Myers. After decades of treating him as a patient, and then trying to stop him as a murderer, NOW it's time to try to figure out where all this is coming from. But, do we really need to know? Do we?? This film apparently thinks we do.
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers follows up a couple of years after Halloween 5 as Loomis realizes that Michael's existence or evil is the result of scientific experiments performed by members of a druid-like cult trying to investigate and control the power of Thorn... or something like that, who cares. Meanwhile, Michael is out to eliminate family members because, well, that's what he does. Again, who cares.
I remember seeing this back in the day and still thinking it was crap. Rewatching it now, it just confirms that it is. The film is an unnecessary convoluted mess that clearly doesn't understand what made the original film work. Aside from that mess, we have uninteresting characters, as well as yet another unceremonious dispatch of the lead character of the previous two.
Regardless of the mess around him, it is still commendable to see Pleasance give in to the material (which I also said about in Part 5). His performance is a bit of a saving grace in what is essentially a non-sensical mess. This, paired with Paul Rudd's odd performance, might make for an interestingly odd watch.
Another interesting aspect is that halfway through, I realized I was watching the Producer's Cut, which has some significant differences to the Theatrical Cut in the last act. So from the perspective of a cinephile and a horror fan, I still got some slight enjoyment in seeing all this unfold, even if the end result is unnecessary, frustrating, and ultimately disappointing.
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