Mindboggling in its dopiness, sequel #7 at least starts as it means to go on with credibility thrown to the wind. After explaining how Michael Myers survived being decapitated at the end of Halloween H20 (Ohmigod, she killed the wrong person!), the movie attempts to wring a few more nickels and dimes out of the rubes before collapsing into self-parody as only a down-and-out franchise can. Youll hear Donald Pleasance turn over in his grave when Busta Rhymes, as the jive-talkin head of Dangertainment (a webcast coming from inside the Myers house), kicks down a door with the zinger, Trick or treat, Motherf***er! But before that he gets to fight Michael with mixed martial arts and before that he becomes the first person to tell Myers to scoot, skedaddle, get the f**k outta Dodge and walk away. This time-waster may not have much else going for it, but at least it offers an opportunity to play Slasher Movie Bingo. If youve never played this before, the rules are pretty straightforward. Each player writes down ten clichés (The bodies have been removed Nobody misses the first victim It was a practical joke! etc) and the winner is the first person to tick off all the items on their list. He gets a can of Easy Cheese.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
