TERROR NEVER RESTS IN PEACE
1995 | 88 MINUTES | 1.85:1
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PLOT | CAST | CREW | GOOFS | TRIVIA | FILMING LOCATIONS | RELEASE & RECEPTION | HOME VIDEO | SCRIPTS | ALTERNATE VERSIONS | MEDIA
Plot
This instalment marks the return of the seemingly indestructible masked murderer Michael Myers, who is targeting Tommy Doyle (Paul Stephen Rudd), a young man tied into the legacy of the killer and his connections with the Strode family.
As the supernatural elements of Michael’s macabre abilities are explored, his longtime adversary, Dr. Sam Loomis, is also back in yet another attempt to stop the psychopath’s brutal rampages.
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Cast & Characters
- Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis
- Paul Stephen Rudd as Tommy Doyle
- Marianne Hagan as Kara Strode
- Mitchell Ryan as Dr. Terrence Wynn
- Kim Darby as Debra Strode
- Bradford English as John Strode
- Keith Bogart as Tim Strode
- Mariah O’Brien as Beth
- Leo Geter as Barry Simms
- J.C. Brandy as Jamie Lloyd
- Devin Gardner as Danny Strode
- Susan Swift as Mary, the midwife
- George W. Wilbur as The Shape
- Janice Knickrehm as Mrs. Blackenship
- Alan Echeverria as Doctor Bonham
- Hildur Ruriks as Dawn
- Sheri Hicks as Paramedic
- Tom Proctor as Motorist
- Bryan Morris as Attendant
- Lee Ju Chew as Nurse
- Raquelle Anderson as Ballerina
- Kristine Summers as College Coed
- Elyse Donalson as Lunatic
- A. Michael Lerner as The Shape (reshoots)
Crew
- Directed by Joe Chapelle
- Written by Daniel Farrands
- Executive Produced by Moustapha Akkad
- Produced by Paul Freeman
- Associate Producer: Malek Akkad
- Composed by Alan Howarth
- Edited by Randy Bricker
- Cinematography by Billy Dickson
Goofs
The producer’s cut features a flashback to the ending of Halloween 5, which takes place in 1989. The vans that Jamie Lloyd and Michael Myers are loaded into feature a grille set that wasn’t put on those vehicles until 1990 at the earliest.
The map in the bus station shows that Haddonfield and Smith’s Grove are between Pontiac and Dwight. In real life, Pontiac and Dwight are only twenty miles apart from one another, far shorter than the 150 miles between Haddonfield and Smith’s Grove.
When Tommy is listening back to the previous night’s recording, he hears a bus station announcement during Jamie’s call to Barry Simms. During the actual scene, no such announcement occurred.
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Trivia
Dimension Films removed a million dollars from the film’s budget in the middle of production to help fund another horror sequel they were working on in Hellraiser: Bloodline, which also had a notoriously difficult production.
Danielle Harris went through the trouble of getting herself emancipated at the age of 17 to be able to reprise her role, and ultimately walked away on principal after Dimension Films refused to even cover her legal fees and referred to the character as a “bit part.”
Originally when John Strode was to come home from work, he would turn the television on and Season of the Witch would be playing – despite the fact that Season of the Witch clearly establishes the original Halloween as a movie in it.
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Filming Locations
Release & Reception
Release Date: September 29, 1995
Budget: $5,000,000 ($8,468,339 in 2020)
Box Office: $15,116,634 ($25,602,559 in 2020)
IMDb: 4.7/10
MetaCritic: 10 (MetaScore); 4.5/10 (User Score)
Rotten Tomatoes: 8% (Critics); 24% (Audience)
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Home Video
THEATRICAL CUT: BLU-RAY | DVD
PRODUCER’S CUT: BLU-RAY | DIGITAL
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Scripts
Alternate Versions
Owing to its trouble production history, The Curse of Michael Myers has a grand total of four alternate cuts.
Though the producer’s cut is the most well-known one, an earlier, unfinished cut exists that also includes some additional footage. It’s typically referred to as the rough cut; additionally, a slightly gorier version of the theatrical cut exists, and it’s typically referred to as the director’s cut.
In addition to those three, a version edited for network television broadcast on the UPN was created as well.
PRODUCER’S CUT | ROUGH CUT | DIRECTOR’S CUT | TELEVISION CUT
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