History Film / HalloweenResurrection

* ConfrontingYourImposter: Halfway through the film, Michael comes face-to-face with Freddie, who's dressed as Michael. Freddie doesn't even realize that he's face to face with the real Michael (he thinks it's Charlie) and tells him to beat it, which Michael does...for some reason. {{Rule of Funny}} probably applies here.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster depicts Laurie with her short hair from the previous movie, but she has long hair in this one.

** Dr. Mixter apparently survived his killing in ''Halloween II'' and became a college professor.

* ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma: Virtually word-for-word as Freddie (Busta Rhymes) hypes up the premise of his reality television show filmed inside the old Myers residence as "a mystery wrapped up inside of a riddle inside of an enigma."

* CallBack: Michael is stopped with a fire, much as he was in the second film which was made by the same director.

* ChainsawGood: Sara attempts to attack Michael with a chainsaw during the climax. It doesn't quite work, and a few misplaced sparks sets the Myers house on fire.

** For the first time in over 20 years, the Myers house is the closest to how it appeared in the first and second films, albeit in a state of extreme neglect and disrepair. The house wasn't featured in ''[[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers Halloween 4]]'' or ''H20'' and was [[SeriesContinuityError infamously]] made into a gothic mansion in [[Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers the fifth film]]. In the [[Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers sixth film]], it was somewhat closer to the original even though there were still some architectural deviations. Here, apart from a never-before seen broken picket fence and a garage, the house itself actually resembles how it did since its last appearance in 1981.

** [[spoiler:Donna]]: Shoved onto an bent-outward piece of metal fence, impaling her.

** Michael's eye injuries and severe burns sustained in the first two films remain missing entirely as they were in H20. Apparently these films think he made it through those films unscathed.

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Released on July 12, 2002, the film met with a savage response from critics and fans, and saw only modest success at the box office. To this day, it is still usually regarded as the very worst in the franchise because of its premise, script, and characters. For a long time, it marked the final film of [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} the original series]] as started by ''[[Film/{{Halloween 1978}} Halloween]]'', as Rob Zombie rebooted the franchise in 2007 with [[Film/{{Halloween 2007}} a remake of the first film]]. The franchise would eventually return to the original timeline with [[Film/{{Halloween2018}} a direct sequel to the original film]].

* EattheCamera: Done jokingly when Sara has a camera in her mouth, pretending to gag on it.

* ConfrontingYourImposter: Halfway through the film, Michael comes face-to-face with Freddie, who's dressed as Michael. Freddie doesn't even realize that he's face to face with the real Michael (he thinks it's Charlie) and tells him to beat it, which Michael does...for some reason.

* TragicMistake: [[spoiler:Having accidentally murdered an innocent man at the end of the last film, Laurie attempts to unmask Michael once he's caught in her trap, to make sure she's killing the right one. This unfortunately gets her close enough that he can grab her and throw her to her death.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's no mention of what happened to John Tate.

* FauxlosophicNarration: The film opens with a narration about a tunnel leading to heaven or hell from Laurie - that doesn't tie in with anything else in the story.
* FinalGirl: Sara Moyer. She's [[SlashersPreferBlondes brunette]], responsible, modest and doesn't drink or do drugs.

** [[spoiler:Rudy's impalement]] to a door with ''three knives''.
** [[spoiler:Donna]] also gets killed by being impaled on the spike from a cage door.

* TheManTheyCouldntHang: Freddie tries to kill Michael by wrapping a rope around his neck and kicking him out a window. That doesn't kill him.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "Trick or treat, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfucker]]."
* ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma: Freddie (Busta Rhymes) hypes up the premise of his reality television show filmed inside the old Myers residence as "a mystery wrapped up inside of a riddle inside of an enigma."

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: Jamie Lee Curtis only agreed to be in the film so she could be killed off and therefore not star in another. Least until [[Film/{{Halloween2018}} the second reboot]].]].

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Jen (blonde), Sara (brunette) and Donna (redhead).
* CallBack: Michael "dies" by fire, much as he did in the second film.
* TheCameo: Rick Rosenthal the director plays a small role as Professor Mixter.

* ConfrontingYourImposter: Halfway through the film, Michael comes face-to-face with Freddie, who's dressed as Michael. Freddie doesn't even realize that he's face to face with the real Michael (he thinks it's Charlie) and tells him to beat it, which Michael does... for some reason.
* ContinuityNod: Towards the end, the presumed dead Michael sits up ''exactly '' as he did at the end of the first movie, and for the same reason--to finish off his unsuspecting victim.
** For the first time in over 20 years, the Myers house is the closest to how it appeared in the first and second films albeit in a state of extreme neglect and disrepair. The house wasn't featured in ''[[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers Halloween 4]]'' or ''H20'' and was [[SeriesContinuityError infamously]] made into a gothic mansion in [[Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers the fifth film]]. In the [[Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers sixth film]], it was somewhat closer to the original even though there were still some architectural deviations. Here, apart from a never-before seen broken picket fence and a garage, the house itself actually resembles how it did since its last appearance in 1981.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster depicts Laurie with her short hair from the previous movie but she has long hair in the movie.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Sorta. Michael certainly wasn't intending to pretend to be Charlie, but Freddie thought he was Charlie, and Michael rolled with that when they came face-to-face.

** [[spoiler:Charlie]]: Impaled through the throat with a tripod by Michael.
** [[spoiler:Bill]]: Stabbed through the head by Michael through a mirror.
** [[spoiler:Donna]]: Shoved onto an bent-outward piece of fence, impaling her.
** [[spoiler:Jen]]: Decapitated by Michael.
** [[spoiler:Jim]]: Head crushed by Michael.
** [[spoiler:Rudy]]: Stabbed several times and pinned to the wall by Michael.
** [[spoiler:Nora]]: Killed through unknown means by Michael, with her body hung from the garage rafters.

* AcousticLicense: Sara is in a college classroom in the beginning. When the professor asks a question, and she answers, her voice is barely higher than a whisper, yet the professor hears her clearly and responds.

* LoonyFan: Harold, a mental patient with intense knowledge of {{Serial Killer}}s.

After the film {{retcon}}s certain events that happened at the end of ''[[Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater Halloween H20]],'' ''Halloween: Resurrection'' picks up on Michael Myers who now lives a quiet life in a system of tunnels beneath his old home in Haddonfield, Illinois. However, his domestic peace ends up shattered as the house becomes the basis for an Internet reality show called "Dangertainment", where a group of teenagers get roped into spending a night in it, and those who manage to stay the whole night win a nice prize for their trouble -- all while the Internet watches.