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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (alternate titles: Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers or Halloween 666: The Origin of Michael Myers) is the 1995 sequel to the popular horror film, Halloween. It stars Donald Pleasence (in his last film, reprising his role as Dr. Sam Loomis) and Paul Rudd.

Tagline

Terror Never Rests In Peace.

Plot

Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois, and his niece, Jamie Lloyd. Both are believed to be dead. In fact, Jamie has been kidnapped, and impregnated by a group of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. But after giving birth Jamie escapes. She runs to Haddonfield in hopes that Dr. Loomis will help her once again. Meanwhile, relatives of the family that adopted Laurie Strode are living in the Myers house. Furthermore, Tommy Doyle (one of the two children Laurie Strode was babysitting in Halloween 1) has moved into the house directly across the street of the Myers house and has been obsessed with Michael ever since. After dealing with Jamie, Michael returns to Haddonfield and begins stalking the Strode family, in search of the baby. Tommy discovers that it's the curse of Thorn that Michael is possessed by that makes him kill his family. It's up to Tommy and Dr. Loomis, to stop him.

Fan Reaction

Halloween 6 is probably the most unusual entry into the Halloween series due to the death of Donald Pleasence after production had wrapped and the necessary reshoots that resulted in a film that is both liked and despised by fans. There are certain specific things, both positive and negative, that usually come up when fans discuss this film. They are (but not necessarily limited to): J.C. Brandy playing Jamie Lloyd, the return of Tommy Doyle and Dr. Wynn, the Myers house, and the Thorn cult.

In general, fans have never had a problem with J.C. Brandy's portrayal of Jamie in this movie. Rather, they are uspet with Miramax's refusal to pay Danielle Harris
the money she was asking for to reprise her role. The Jamie Lloyd
character is usually considered a fan favorite on par with Dr. Loomis and Laurie Strode
.

Fans did like the ways in which the writer Daniel Farrands tried to tie this film to the original. The return of Tommy Doyle and Dr. Wynn are good examples of this and are consistently seen as one of the more enjoyable parts of this chapter in the Halloween lore.

Seemingly unimportant, fans were very upset with the house that was used in Halloween 5. In the first two installments, the Myers house was a white, two-storey Victorian. However, the house that was used in Halloween 5 was a large, three-storey Gothic mansion blanketed with overgrown vines (which obviously does not resemble the original interpretation). In Halloween 6, another Victorian house was used and, although it is not identical, it does look much more similar to the original.

Lastly, the Thorn cult angle that is heavily featured in this film is a bone of contention for fans. Although the cult angle gives a reason for Michael's urge to kill, fans also hate that is makes Michael look like he is being controlled and incapable of independent thought. Thorn, like this movie in general, is either loved or hated by the people who watch it.

Trivia

In 1995, the sequel rights were sold again, this time to Miramax Films (via its Dimension Films division). Miramax/Dimension then released Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, which partially told a back story on Myers' origins. Joe Chappelle directed, but once again studio interference caused the re-editing of the film and the re-shooting of certain scenes, thus the film's final subplot (involving Dr. Loomis) was eliminated, but still leaving the door open for another sequel.

Copies of the original version of the film (known as the "Producer's Cut"), without the changed ending, have long been floating around in bootleg/collectors' circles. While featuring a different ending which was intended to keep Donald Pleasence's character in the films, it also features longer scenes in several parts of the movie, as well as different music at times. Unlike the somewhat confusing ending in the officially released version of Halloween 6, the original ending was more logical, and the whole movie itself did a better job of explaining much of the Halloween movies' "Mythology". For a full list of the differences in the Producer's cut, see the second IMDB link at the bottom of the page.

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