( AKA Halloween 6 : The Curse of Michael Myers. )
Tag Line : Haddonfield is ready to celebrate Halloween - so is Michael Myers.
6 years have past since the events
of part 5. Masked killer Michael Myers dissapeard following an
explosion at Haddonfield police station, along with his neice
Jamie Lloyd. No one knows what really happened to them and they
have both been presumed dead.
After 6 years of silence, Haddonfield is again ready to celebrate Halloween once more. But unfortunately so is Michael Myers. It turns out that Jamie had been abducted by some satanic religious cult, along with Myers and we see her being held at an old hospital, giving birth to a child, who the cult then prepare for sacrifice.
Jamie manages to escape with her baby thanks to the aid of a sympathetic nurse who releases them, but Michael Myers comes after them and kills her (seems a shame that having survived parts 4 & 5, she should come to such an untimely end at the beggining of part 6, but there you go!). But fortunately, Jamie managed to hide the baby before Myers could find her.
Enter Tommy Doyle (played by Paul Rudd), who was one of the young children being looked after by Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in the first film. He knows that Michael has returned to Haddonfield and why, and manages to find and rescue Jamies baby before Myers can find it.
In the meantime, the now very much retired Dr Loomis (as played by Donald Pleasance) has heard what has happened and also returns to Haddonfield to see if Michael is indeed still alive and if so to try and stop him.
The man-in-black from part 5, has also returned to Haddonfield and has taken a peculiar interest in the young son of Kara Strode, Danny. The Strodes, relatives of the family who adopted Laurie, live in the old Myers house (bad idea) and the mysterious man-in-black, along with Myers, seems to have them under constant surveilance.
Eventually they kidnap Danny, Kara and Jamies Baby, but haven't reckoned on Tommy Doyle or Doctor Loomis who manage to rescue them, defeat Myers and put an end to the man-in-black who they expose as being Dr wynn, the head of Smithsgrove sanatarium.
This is a much better film than part 5, but the only problem is that you really need to have seen ALL the other Halloween films (except part 3) to fully understand all the plot twists. Particularly seeing as all the characters are connected, or related to characters from the other movies. For example Tommy Doyle and the Strode family from part 1, Jamie Lloyd (played this time by J.C.Brandy) who was in parts 4 & 5 and of course the man-in-black who also featured in part 5.
I actually waited for the film to come on SKY Movies before I bothered watching it, but was pleasantly surprised with the outcome. Although released direct-to-video in the UK (as was part 5), this is actually quite a good film and definately worth a watch, but is let down by all the unnecessary plot twists and the confusing storyline.
The film answers a lot of the questions left open by part 5, such as the identity of the man-in-black but creates a load more such as what has Jamie, or Michael, been doing for all this time. Who is the father of Jamie's baby and where did she learn to drive if she's been couped up in this old hospital for all these years? Added to that, by my reckoning Jamie was only 14/15 years old at this time, wasn't she too young to be giving birth (legally) and in any case, who was the father?
Poor old Donald Pleasance was knocking on a bit at this point, so much of the action was left to Paul Rudd who played Tommy Doyle, but it was still good to see him crooning on in his old role. Sadly, this was to be Donald Pleasance's final film before his death in 1996 and the film was subsequently dedicated to his memory. A pity that he didn't have a more memorable film dedicated to him.
Overall Marks 6/10.
Other Information. Alternate tag line, "Terror never rests in peace!" Dannielle Harris did actually want to return as Jamie Lloyd, but Dimension films refused to pay the $5000 she wanted as payment. Allan Howarth once again scored the soundtrack, although most of the incedantal music was by rock band Brother Cane. Giving a harder edged feel to the soundtrack. The part of Micheal Myers was played by George Wilbur, who had also played him in part 4. Don Shanks who played Myers in part 5 was originally mooted to return, but in the end they used George Wilbur. This is the only time that Michael Myers has ever been played by the same actor twice. The last 15 minutes of the film where re-shot for its theatrical release, for this ending Michael Myers was played by A. Michael Learner. Interestingly enough, the doctor he chased down the corridor before crushing his head against the gate railings was the actors real life father Fred Lerner. Click HERE to find out about the originally intended "Producers Cut" version of this film. |
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