Product Description

HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS

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Product Details

Title	Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers
Directed By	Joe Chappelle
Label	Dimension
MPAA Rating	R (Restricted)
Aspect Ratio	1.85:1
Format	DVD Color DVD Letterboxed NTSC
Original Release Date	1995-09-29
Brand	Buena Vista Home Video
Studio	Dimension
Starring	Donald Pleasence,Paul Rudd,Marianne Hagan,Mitch Ryan,Kim Darby
Running Time	88 minutes
Release Date	2000-10-10
Manufacturer	Dimension
Publisher	Dimension
Region Code	1
Theatrical Release Date	1995-09-29
UPC	717951010636
EAN	0717951010636
Number Of Discs	1
MPN	02077400
Creator	Billy Dickson Malek Akkad Moustapha Akkad Paul Freeman Daniel Farrands Debra Hill John Carpenter

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Customer Reviews

A nonsensical, butchered film, and one of the most infamous horror films ever made

Review by dylan21484nj, 2010-08-15

So you're probably wondering why I call this film "infamous." Well, the story behind the production of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers has almost become a thing of folklore, as it is an example of "too many hands in the pot" and conflicts with creative control behind the scenes of the film's production. The previous two films in the franchise, Halloween 4 and Halloween 5, were independent films. However, Dimension Films, a subsidiary of Miramax, which itself is owned by Disney, bought the rights after Halloween 5. So that meant that everything about the film was subject to test screenings and Dimension's final approval.

In Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, we find a 15 year-old Jamie Lloyd (J.C. Brandy), having been held captive by a devious cult since the end of Halloween 5, pregnant and going into labor the night before Halloween. Giving birth to a baby boy, Jamie manages to escape with the infant, but with Michael in close pursuit. Jamie calls into a radio show as a plea for help and hides her son before she is killed by Michael.

Tommy Doyle (Paul Rudd), psychologically scarred and obsessed with Michael Myers after his encounter with the masked killer in the original film, hears Jamie's call on the radio and finds the baby, determined to protect the child. Tommy now lives in a boarding house across the street from the Myers House, which is occupied by the extended relatives of the Strode family, umaware that they live in Michael Myer's original home and that he is about to return with murderous wrath. But Michael isn't the only one seeking Jamie's baby.

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers was supposed to finally give the audience an explanation for Michael Myers' evil power. Stricken with the ancient Celtic curse of Thorn, Michael must kill everyone in his family as a means of blood sacrifice before the curse can be lifted and then passed on to someone else. After production was completed, the film was screened for test audiences who, according to star Marianne Hagan, "was made up of mostly 14 year old boys", responded negatively to the Thorn curse angle. Due to this reaction, Dimension forced extensive edits and copious reshoots, and the film's ending was completely changed to remove as much of the Thorn elements as possible.

The final product is a confusing mess of a film. The Thorn Cult's intentions are never fleshed out. In the original cut of the film, dubbed "The Producer's Cut" by fans, the cult sought to help perpetuate the Thorn curse so it can be passed on to someone else, but the final cut never explains what the cult is really after, glossing over a vague insinuation of some kind of genetic experimentation involving Michael's DNA. The paternity of Jamie's baby is never touched upon in the final cut either, though The Producer's Cut affirms through a dream sequence that Michael was the father. It makes one wonder how the cult pulled that off. Was the dream sequence literal and the cult somehow forced Michael to have sex with his own niece, or did they elicit sperm from him and artificially inseminate Jamie instead? How do you sexually arouse someone whose sole desire is to kill? Did they use Viagra to get Michael turned on, or do they just let him watch snuff films or beheading videos to get him all hot and bothered?

This was Donald Pleasence's last film, as he passed away just after initial production completed and before the reshoots commenced. The finale for The Producer's Cut would require Pleasence's character, Dr. Loomis, to appear in future sequels, but his death meant that this wasn't a possibility, so Dr. Loomis has nearly no involvement in the final cut's reshot finale. Noticeably absent from the film is Danielle Harris, who played Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 4 and Halloween 5. Danielle didn't appreciate that her character met a swift demise early in the film, only offering to do the part for more money. However, Danielle and Dimension couldn't agree on how much she would be paid, so she walked away, and J.C. Brandy was cast in her place.

In all, the final version of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers is a mess, falling victim to the studio system of test screenings and corporate interference and rendering it nonsensical and muddled. Many people believe The Producer's Cut is the better version of this film, as the story is more coherent than its mangled stepbrother. For those interested, you can purchase this film and you can even find copies of The Producer's Cut on eBay or watch it on YouTube and come to your own conclusion.

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the baddest Michael movie of them all

Review by Evren Akbay, 2010-08-14

baddest Michael movie of them all besides part one and two of the originals of course

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Halloween 6 (1995)

Review by R. potocki, 2010-07-07

Ok, well after taking a look at the first 5 Halloween films, this could go either way. Halloween 5 was alittle iffy, but still ok in my opinion but now we look at Halloween 6: Curse of Michael Myers.

Let me just start by saying this is my least favorite Halloween film BY FAR. I hated this movie, and I hate it with a passion. Stupid / boring story, unlikable characters, the film just focuses around stuff that is not important at all!

We open up, seeing that Jamie got PREGNANT by the "man in black". Just starting off right there, that is a terrible way to start off a film. We are introduced to Jamie giving birth, and then the man in black takes away the baby, the set of this scene is so ancient and gothic, makes me wanna watched a Roman film!!! Then a nurse helps Jamie escape with a baby with a wannabe climactic escape scene, but it fails. The actress playing Jamie does a terrible job, they should not have killed her off! Yeah, she gets shoved on an electric mowing blade.

Now that we got that terrible stuff out of the beginning of the movie, we meet Donnald Pleasence again at his home, along with Dr. Wynn of the first Halloween film walking into his office. Meanwhile, relatives of The Strode family live in Michaels house, the mother is played by Kim Darby (Better Off Dead, Teen Wolf Too) and the only reason I gave this film 2/5 instead of 1/5 was because of the badass father. He is the only thing worth seeing about this film one bit. Shame he dies the most goriest and best death scene in the film where he explodes!!!

The man in black is explained to be Dr. Wynn, who just talks more about "the thorn cult", which takes up the wors epart of the movie.

The plot with Loomis and Tommy (the babysat kid from the first film) explore the bloodline and history of Michael Myers, which is the most boring concept I've ever seen in a movie. I really don't want to get into it too much cause i so strongly hate this movie, but it ends up in some science lab where Michael is thought to be dead, until the worst ending in Halloween film history comes up!

***SPOILERS***

Donnald Pleasense goes back inside the building to "finish off Michael", but that fails when we see Michaels mask laying on the ground and hearing Loomis screaming, which was an utter bad, terrible, dickish, f you ending. Why can't Donnald Pleasence be the one, who kills Myers once and FOR ALL!?

So I HATE Halloween 6, and I don't recommend it for anyone. ut now theres just acouple more moments of trash I should share with you.

THE PRODUCERS CUT. I bought a bootleg of it at a horror convention hoping it would be a better version that the terrible theatrical version. At least in the producers cut, Jamie doesn't die, but its actually WORSE because they take more time of the bloodline and history of the damn cult Michael Myers was in!!! The ending was another lump of garbage towards pleasense, where he finds he has "the thorn" mark on his wrist. And you know, this was Pleasence's last film before he died, give him some damn respect! And not just have a terrible ending for him in both.

Thats it, Halloween 6 = Worst Halloween Film, in my Top 5 Most Hated Horror Films.

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oh come on

Review by N. Sweeney, 2010-05-15

This movie is not fun. Danielle Harris would of made a perfect return to this movie. They kill Jamie's character like it's not her they did nothing for this movie it was just stupid. The man in black is a joke to this movie it doesn't make any sense. If you watch this movie you will find bad acting, Not scary and terrible kills. My advice watch 1,2,4,5 and H20 do not watch anything else.

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"In the producer's cut form, Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers could have been the best of the Halloween series to that date

Review by Anonymous, 2010-05-10

When you buy this movie, but the producer's cut (bootlegged) online. Search it on Google, you can find it VERY cheap (6 bucks cheap). Michael Myers is amazing in this movie (both cuts) and is one of the scariest. The actors are great and it includes a new storyline that Michael Myers is controlled by a cult. I LOVE the idea of a cult controlling Michael Myers. Overall this movie is great. If you can get the producers cut though, its A LOT BETTER.

3/5 for the THEATRICAL
4/5 for the PRODUCER'S CUT

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