Halloween 6: By: Matt Rusell
After a looong six year hiatus, Michael Myers finally returned to Haddonfield to give fans another great horrifying hour and a half. Was this a good or bad thing? Well, lets take a look.

Daniel Farrands who wrote this film had many good things in mind for this sequel but much of it he was told to get rid of by Moustapha Akkad and asshole director Joe Chappelle. Both Farrands and Malek Akkad fought desperately to keep it, but they were unfortunately unsuccessful. After 11 drafts, Daniel Farrands finally turned a script in that the studio was happy with (rumor is that Moustapha Akkad threw the first draft of the script across his office after reading it). The final film is a garbled mess of things that create numerous unanswered questions about Michael. Michael's entire story of his evil is explained with him being connected to Druids and Celtic tribes but the film is so mangled that we can't understand a word of it. The ending is also a garbled mess. Why the hell would Tommy, who has seen Michael be shot six times and knows that Michael can't be killed, actually believe that they're safe after just beating him with a steel pipe? And also, Loomis is barely seen in the film because of many deleted scenes cut by Chappelle.
(NOTE: I'll review this film much more thoroughly in the Producer's Cut review.)
Acting wise the film is strong. Paul Rudd (Tommy Doyle) is solid and so is Marianne Hagan (Kara). Both give credible performances. Devin Gardner (Danny) follows in Danielle Harris' footsteps in doing incredible acting as the young kid being terrorized by Michael. Donald Pleasence (Loomis) is hardly seen but he still shines the little time he has. J.C. Brandy (Jamie) does fine for her short amount of time onscreen, but she's no Danielle Harris. I would've cared a lot more about her if it was Danielle. George P. Wilbur (The Shape) has put on a little weight since his HALLOWEEN 4 days but he still has some evil in him. Unfortunately this time his mask  isn't as terrifying, but it still looks nice.  The soundtrack features a very infamous electric guitar version of the Halloween theme that does not build up the tension like the normal piano version does.
Directing wise, the film looks good with a good use of slow motion and lighting. The sets of Smith's Grove Sanitarium are nice, but I despise Chappelle for reasons
that I will express in my review of this film's very famous producer's cut.
After a long wait, fans finally got their beloved Michael back but they got a lot of bullshit attached too. We find out who the Man in Black is but the explanation of his origins are barely touched upon and just feature "fancy talk" as Brackett use to say. But the fancy talk does not give an explanation. The film also begins to mimic the FRIDAY THE 13TH series with unnecessary gore and exaggerated deaths. The second worst of the series.