Same 'ol Same 'ol

Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers

Shatner got a face-lift?

Haddonfield, Michael Myers, Chop, Slash, Hack...you get the idea. Nothing much has changed much.

     The last movie ended with as strange dark figure shooting up a cop shop and freeing Mr. Myers. Who was that man? Why did he free him? It reeks of a secret project or secret society. It also appears that the same man has kidnapped Jamie in the process and bred her (at an appropriate age, I assume). Her child is taken from her as she's giving birth in some strange occult ceremony. That right there, was when the wheels came off this movie, and it was only the first 10 minutes. Regardless, with help she manages to escape with her child, and runs like hell. But by now, we know how these things go, and Michael shows up in pursuit and just starts wasting people left and right. Including Jaime! But before Michael impales her on some sort of hedge trimmer, she manages to hide her baby. And that's all Michael really wants.

Family love, Myers-style

     We jump to Haddonfield, and the town still talks about Myers like it was their best friend. An old friend stops by a retired Dr. Loomis's house to chat and offer him a job trying to find Myers.  He agrees and soon we meet the next 5-8 new victims, and one strange and creepy Paul Rudd. He finds the hidden baby, and somehow knows exactly who the child is, and the relevance of it. More chopping, slashing, hacking and our climax brings us to hospital where the tall dark stranger is revealed to be a friend of Dr. Loomis. I'm not sure what his cult was doing, but it was 'something something pure evil' and honestly I couldn't care less. Before the weird occult was to begin some sort of surgery on the child, Michael walks in there and just tears the room to pieces with what appears to be a surgical machete. I guess Doctors need those. More running victims, more Quaalude-induced chasing by Myers, and we end with baby, Rudd, and forgettable female character escaping and Dr. Loomis heading back into the building to meet his fate. Why? It makes no sense, and we're left with screams of what we assume is Dr. Loomis. Rookie mistake, Loomis! You NEVER go back into the house/building!  What of his fate? He appears to be gone, and we'll never see him again.........or will we?

Seriously, no sense of urgency from this man. Ever.

NO, no, no. He's dead in real life. Donald Pleseance died shortly after filming this, so he's gone.
However, one petty annoyance I had was the sound track. It was full of echo, and some sound effects had an odd reverb.  It's strange that all of the other prior films had a better soundscape than this turd. Meh.

Thursday: Werewolves, rednecks....there better be some damn moonshine in this here movie..