THE RESURRECTION OF MICHAEL MYERS 1 & 2

THE RESURRECTION OF MICHAEL MYERS

(25minute short)

Sweden, 1987

Directors: Mike Beck, Richard Holm & Henrik Wadling

5/10

A completely wacko and decently entertaining lowest-budget "Halloween"-spoof from Sweden, on the one hand hilarious and original, on the other hand way too flawed and unfocused.

Pros:

It's full of surprinsingly good-looking and suspenseful tracking shots. The cast is quite fun, the settings are well-chosen and the kills are all supergory and fun. I laughed my ass off at the Freddy Krueger 'cameo' and the karate zombie.

Cons:

It's horribly annoying that it constantly switches between serious-suspense-slasher and splatter-slapstick, the re-use of all the music and the footage from Halloween 1 & 2 totally doesn't fit in and Michael Myers just looks shit.

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THE RESURRECTION OF MICHAEL MYERS PART2
(25minute short)

Sweden, 1989
Directors: Richard Holm & Henrik Wadling

8/10

Absolutely badass sequel that totally supasses the original. This time they fortunately skipped any suspense-attempts and ended up with a hysterical slasher-comedy that extremely entertained me.

It's packed with inventive kills and brilliant gore. The cast is fun; nearly every acting performance is outrageously over-the top (most notably the clumsy guy who survived part 1).

Michael Myers looks terrific, has more screen-time and is allowed to do a few marvellously funny things (drinking alcohol, interacting wih his victims...). On top of this, he gets 'company' from Leatherface (!), Jason Voorhees (!) and a zombie that looks like a remnant from "Return Of The Living Dead".

Furthermore, the soundtrack is utterly excellent (including a gorgeous "Resurrection Rap"), the camera work is great again, and the lack of any Halloween-footage is just praisable.

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