 
Laurie
(Jamie Lee Curtis) of course is all grown
up and a single mother with her name
changed to Kate Tate as her and her son
are living in the small town of Summer
Glen, California at the Hillcrest Academy
and is still being tormented by her
nightmares of Michael Myers and cringes
of her son being out on Halloween but her
son believes that Michael has been dead
for 20 years since the fire bombing at
the Haddonfield Hospital but Michael is
far from dead as he goes on a search to
kill his sister since she moved far away
from Haddonfield as she can.
However, Michael (Chris Durand) tracks
her down by finding information on her
whereabouts as she tried to one time fake
her death in a car crash.
Her son John (Josh Hartnett) and his
girlfriend Molly (Michelle Williams)
decide to throw a Halloween party while
the rest of the Hillcrest Academy heads
off on a field trip.
Michael heads to the Academy to try and
put away his sister Laurie/Kate and her
son John at the Academy and it's a finale
battle between Laurie/Kate and Michael to
see who will survive.
Although many fans
said that this one was terrible I
disagreed but it could've been better I
must admit since most of it just takes
place at the Academy.
Also this film was a direct sequel to
part 2 and ignored the others as you can
tell by the story here but some of the
same producers from the recent sequel
helped out on this one too.
I loved the ending part as it promised to
be the last.... Well almost since another
sequel followed which was a
disappointment ogf what really happened.
The film was on a bigger budget too.
It's great to see Jamie
Lee Curtis back as Laurie since she
said goodbye to her scream queen fame
years ago. She still can pull off the
character and showed perfect aggression
too this time as a drunk.
Josh Hartnett did a great job
playing her only son in his first motion
picture as he pulls his part off
smoothly.
There is also rapper L.L. Cool J as
a security officer bringing comedy to his
part as a hopeful writer.
We also have a supporting role by
Jamie's mother Janet Leigh
in their second film together as they
both starred in The Fog back
in 1980 her character Norma Watson was
the same character used in Carrie
which P.J. Soles played as she
was in the original Halloween
film.
Lots more graphic
violence than in the first two films.
A troublemaking teen has his face stabbed
by an ice skate
A teen at the Academy has his throat cut
open and his girfriends leg is mangled as
well she is hung later on by a lightbulb
hanging on a wire with her chest cut open
Michael is decapitated by an axe or so we
may all think in the end.
Steve Miner
improved a great deal since his debut
directing on Friday the 13th
Part 2 & 3.
His opening sequence leaves you a great
impression that Michael is not dead as he
is stalking the house of the nurse who
kept secrets on his biological sister
Laurie but first we have Nancy
Stephens reprising her role as Nurse
Marion Chambers returning to her home to
find out that someone broke into her
house which gives the story a good start
to it.
A nice shot on Jamie Lee Curtis waking
up from a nightmare and screaming her
lungs out.
We have a creepy moment with supporting
cast members performed by Larissa
Miller and Emmalee Thompson
as mother and daughter using a washroom
and then there's Chris Durand entering
the washroom as Michael Myers as you
wonder if these two will be okay.
There is also a good aggressive dialogue
with Curtis towards Josh
Hartnett acting aggressive and
vulgar towards him for leaving the school
fearing for his life. Hartnett
does well telling her off saying that
Michael is dead and time to move on.
We have a nice setting between Curtis
and Adam Hann-Byrd
when they are snuggling with one another
as she tries to tell him who she really
is and about the Myers incident.
Curtis does well by panicking and
trying to make a call to see if her son
is ok.
Lots of great action sequences at the
Halloween party when Chris Durand's
character as Michael goes on a killing
spree at the Academy.
There's a good camera shot on Durand
staring at Curtis through a door
window with Curtis showing a
suspenseful expression.
A good shot on Curtis standing
in a driveway at the Academy screaming
Michael's name.
Also, the very ending with Curtis
and Durand is bone chilling too
with great camera shots.
John Carpenter's
theme is used during the ending of this
flick but the rest of the music was
composed by John Ottman with
additional music by Marco Beltrami.
Although they tried to make it sound
updated for that time period it was
nowhere near as effective.
There is also a songtrack
during the beginning of "Mr.
Sandman" by the Chordettes
as it was used in part 2 so the viewers
will know for a fact this one was a
direct sequel to that one. The song was
also played while Laurie Strode turns on
her car radio.
We also have a hit song by Creed
titled "What's This Life For"
during the Halloween party at the Academy
as well as "Happy" by Sabelle.
[Holding
a Hockey Stick]
Jimmy Howell: Jimmy's been suspended five
times this year all ready for gettin' a
little crazy with the stick.
Ronny:
Ah, Fuck Me Shit.
Ronny:
Has anyone ever told you second-hand
smoke kills?
Nurse Marion: Yes, but they're all dead.
[Fitz
decides to contact Haddonfield about
Michael Myers]
Det. Matt Sampson: Yeah, you tell them to
look for a guy with a cane and
Alzheimer's.
Fitz: The guy would be younger than I am,
okay? I was 15 when he killed his sister
back in '63.
Keri: How
about you? Are you tired of my bullshit?
Will: I'm a counselor; I'm attracted to
it.
John:
Because today is the day. I can feel it.
Today is the day you are going to realize
that I am seventeen years old and your
overprotection and paranoia is inhibiting
my growing process.
Keri:
Okay, John. I know that you get your
smart mouth from my side of the family,
so I'll cut you a break.
[about
shoplifting a bottle of alcoholic drink]
John: I can't believe we're doing this.
Charlie: Desperate measures.
John: It's illegal.
Charlie: It's harmless and expected.
John:
Mom, I am not responsible for you. That's
it, I've had enough. I can't take it
anymore mom. He's dead. Michael Myers is
dead.
John: If
you want to stay handcuffed to your dead
brother, that's fine. But your not
dragging me along. Not anymore.
Norma:
Oh. Miss Tate. I didn't mean to make you
jump. It's Halloween. I guess everyone's
entitled to one good scare.
Keri: I've had my share.
Sarah:
Paging Inconsiderate: Party of One. Okay
Charlie, no sex kinks till I've eaten.
[to John
Tate]
Charlie Devereaux: You're an Oedipal
enabler.
John: It
just occured to me today that I've never
celebrated Halloween before.
Molly: And why's that?
John: Oh, we've got a psychotic serial
killer in the family who loves to butcher
people on Halloween, and I just thought
it in bad taste to celebrate.
Keri: My
name's not Keri Tate.
Will: Oooh, what is it?
Keri: Laurie Strode.
Will: [laughs] Strode?
Keri: My
brother killed my sister.
Will: How did he do that?
Keri: With a really big, sharp kitchen
knife.
Will:
What should I do?
Keri: Try to live.
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