Halloween: Resurrection

Facts from the original

• Numerous scripts were submitted to the office of executive producer Moustapha Akkad in attempts to bring Michael Myers back to life.
• The film was originally planned for a fall 2000 release under the title Halloween H2K: Evil Never Dies, but it was held up for a year.
• Miramax executives originally wanted to continue the series using a different storyline.
• Poll results collected on the website showed producers that fans wanted Michael Myers back one more time.
• The script was originally called Halloween: MichaelMyers.com and was written by Larry Brand, with rewrites completed by Sean Hood.
• Casting began in April 2001 while the script went through numerous rewrites.
• Director Whitney Ransick was originally attached to the project, but Halloween II director Rick Rosenthal ultimately took the helm.
• Cinema Secrets was enlisted to create the Michael Myers mask.
• Production began on May 14, 2001 in Vancouver, Canada, despite early intentions of shooting in Salt Lake City, Utah, home of previous sequels.
• A full-scale replica of the original Myers house location was recreated on a stage.
• Jamie Lee Curtis shot scenes during the first week, staying only 4 days for her work on the film.
• Numerous shots required various video and computer visual effects, prompting one crew member's observation that it was a movie within a movie.
• Some reshoots took place to alter a few sequences.
• Jamie Lee Curtis said she was proud to have created a great and enduring horror character, and returned because Michael Myers was still not dead.
• Curtis said she wanted to take Laurie to a place where she can tell Michael he loses because she is no longer afraid of him.
• Rick Rosenthal was pleased to work with his longtime friend Curtis again.
• Rosenthal said Curtis captures how haunted Laurie is by everything she has experienced.
• Rosenthal was excited by the idea of having each character wear his own camera, which he felt added a 21st century, dynamic sensibility.
• Rosenthal said the film gives a feeling that everything is happening in real-time and in real life, and believed nobody had done this before.
• Bianca Kajlich recalled that no matter how many times you've seen the mask, it makes your stomach drop.
• Katee Sackhoff was a bit scared during shooting, saying Michael's breathing started to get to her as he walked down the hallway.
• Tyra Banks admitted horror movies freak her out and hoped being in one would make her less scared, but found Michael Myers on set spooked her because his mask is life-like yet he is devoid of emotion.
• Daisy McCrackin said there was great chemistry on the set and always an exciting energy.
• Busta Rhymes recalled that everything clicked with the cast on camera and off.
• The crew used a Halloween 8 working title.
• Miramax executives labeled the movie Halloween: The Homecoming and altered the title to the final Halloween: Resurrection in early 2002.