10 Things You Learn Rewatching Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Following the Laurie Strode-centric opening sequence, Resurrection goes on a mad-dash of exposition, introducing about a dozen characters to the audience in the span of about five minutes.

And while these kinds of exposition dumps are rarely a good thing, it would at-the-very-least be much easier to stomach if every single one of the characters its introducing weren't awful. Busta Rhymes, Sean Patrick Thomas, Katee Sackhoff, Tyra Banks, Thomas Ian Nicholas, all of these performances feel as wooden and stilted as performances on actual reality shows.

Even Bianca Kajlich, who would go on to demonstrate acting talent in the years since in things like Curb Your Enthusiasm, gives an incredibly dull performance here and cements herself as far-and-away the worst 'final girl' of the franchise.

The actors themselves certainly do deserve some of the blame, a large portion of it must also be levied at the writing for the characters themselves. Screenwriters Larry Brand and Sean Hood fail to give any of these characters any defining traits beyond one-word adjectives like 'hot' or 'pervy'. They are all one-dimensional cardboard cut-outs that exist solely as people for Michael to slash through.

Seeing as Resurrection remains the only Michael Myers Halloween film to date to not feature either Laurie Strode or Dr. Loomis as central characters, it was in dire need of a strong central character or two. Sadly, no one involved with this production is anywhere near up-to-the-task.