Post by slayrrr666 on Nov 16, 2005 20:58:13 GMT -5
'Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers' is easily one of the best entries in the series that has a lot of good things going for it.
**SPOILERS**
A young woman, Jamie Lloyd (J.C. Brandy) gives birth to a baby and is stalked though a sanitarium by Michael Myers. Jamie escapes the sanitarium into a driving rainstorm, stealing a truck. Michael follows her as Jamie's sister, Kara (Marianne Hagan) tries to calm her son Danny (Devin Gardner) about the rain. One of the original children Laurie Strode babysitted in the first 'Halloween,' Tommy Doyle (Paul Rudd) warns that Michael is still alive as Michael tracks Jamie down to a bus station outside Haddonfield. She escapes, but Michael kills her later on. Tommy finds the baby Jamie hid from Michael in the bus station, as Kara and her friend Beth (Mariah O'Brien) plan to throw a Halloween party in Haddonfield. While Tommy seeks advice from Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance) about Michael and the baby, Michael stalks Kara's family. With the help of Tommy, Kara pieces together what is actually going on. She learns that a Celtic ritual is encouraging Michael to kill. While the town is at a Halloween party in Haddonfield, Beth runs off with her boyfriend and gets killed. Kara watches, then goes over to get Danny back as he ventures over. Kara knocks Michael out and escapes with Danny and Loomis. They are all taken hostage by Loomis' friend, Dr. Wynn (Mitch Ryan) who wants the baby to be the ultimate sacrifice made to Michael to finally get him under control. Kara is then taken to an old medical facility where Loomis and Tommy break in and fight off Michael's repeated attempts to kill them.
The Good News: This is a really suspenseful movie. The beginning of this is really creepy. There is a giant sense of unnervingness about what's going to happen next. The scenes are very well put together that do lead logically from one event to the next that keep you riveted to the seat, or by now a chair, wondering when someone or something's going to pop out next. I can't rate the first twenty minutes of this film with enough praise, as it is surely entertaining, unique, and very watchable. The rest of the film does have more of an honest attempt to be more suspenseful that previous entries. When Kara returns home after Michael has killed a family member or the first defense against Michael are really quite inventive and frightening. There are tons of scenes where the character slows down their actions to go slowly, giving the impression that it will spook the audience. Michael does have a ton of truly great kills, almost as great of kills than the first one. I can't reveal what he does to people in this one, but they are really inventive. Almost every single death is different, and they are some deaths where Myers never even uses his knife. The plot is really fast paced, where something happens every few minutes. I also have to say that I love Michael's new mask in this one. It is still distinctly Michael, but it has this Leatherface-ish quality to it. The mask looks very much like a mask of human skin simply covered white that looks very creepy that adds to his new persona. He has a return to his roots with his behavior. He has a complete stalk and slash attitude, coming relentlessly at his victim with no remorse offered to his victims, which are easily the goriest kills in the whole series.
The Bad News: I don't know why I'm picking on this, but I hate the total unrealisticness of how Myers moved in this movie. In one second, he moves very slowly, taking his time to stalk someone and then he stops to admire his work before continuing on to the next victim. I prefer that image of Michael, being the slow stalker and unmerciful killer that he has always been. However, he sometimes moved a little differently. There are a couple of scenes where he moves very fast, as if they moved the camera speeds to catch him at a different rate of movement. It sounds and looks weird, but those who have seen it know. Despite the fast plot, it is very confusing. It took a few turns to fully understand the whole effect of what goes on in the movie.
The Final Verdict: If you can get around the confusing reason why this film was made, you will find a great film here. It is high-action, high gore and high body count throwback horror film from the 80's with a 90's approach to it. It is an underrated masterpiece in the Halloween saga.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity, and a very brief sex scene