The Rise and Fall of the Halloween Resurrection Timeline (1978 - 2002)

[@MadBloodMatt]

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[@CrucialParodies]

I went back and watched the opening of Resurrection and started DYING at the scene of Michael banging on Laurie's door. It looks like something my 14 year old self would have made on Sony Vegas.

[@MadBloodMatt]

😂😂

[@ilov3nitaboo]

Busta Rhymes talking to Michael is my favorite part. It was hilarious. Busta Rhymes has so much energy in this movie.

[@MadBloodMatt]

I agree. Busta was fun in resurrection!

[@stewartbrady5794]

Love your breakdown of H20. We’re very much on the same page..I felt like you were reading my thoughts. I still get chills too. This film got great reviews when it was released, but seems to be underrated these days. But as you said, the opening, Jamie’s performance, Laurie’s trauma, the cast, Will’s death…all absolutely brilliant. Great video as always 👏

[@mychunkyjordi7585]

The actress who played Sarah can't actually scream so they had to get a voiceover for her 🤣🤣 Great video as always 😊🐾👍💜👋

[@MadBloodMatt]

Thanks!

[@mychunkyjordi7585]

@@MadBloodMatt Your very welcome 😁

[@jay2thaudy]

Yes! I clicked to the comments just to say this! Haha

[@robertgiardino3314]

Easily most underrated horror channel.

[@MadBloodMatt]

I appreciate the love :)

[@TheGabberman9000]

Halloween 2 is my favorite movie of all time.

[@MadBloodMatt]

Hell yeah!

[@Hello_Ladies]

Jason goes to Manhattan

[@jtgstudios6895]

I may have commented this same statement on another video but I genuinely enjoy it. Remove the comedic aspects and you have a pretty good Halloween film. 1. Since Halloween 2 no other sequel (at the time) could accurately depict the Myers house. 2. The Rendition of theme song is easily one of the better themes to ever come out the franchise. 3. After the terrible mask mishaps in H20 the Mask in Resurrection is easily one of the better ones especially when lit in low light lighting. 4. Brad Loree’s performance as Myers is definitely a memorable one imo as he definitely has movements similar to both Castle and Warlock. 5. Most fans tend to overlook Laurie’s death in this film and chock it up to bad writing but what most fans don’t know is that JLC is the one who wanted to be killed off, originally she was gonna commit suicide however she decided to change that into what we actually see on screen. I also like the hidden theme behind her death as it shows that the character could never truly escape evil. 6. The cliffhanger ending definitely set up another sequel and this timeline as a whole definitely could’ve been expanded upon and most likely would’ve had John Tate return as our main protagonist which was planned for an unmade sequel known as “Halloween Retribution” which I’m currently in development of a fan film adaptation. Halloween Retribution is an upcoming Halloween Resurrection sequel fan film based on the unmade sequel of the same name, rewritten by Jaheim Brisbane and co-written by Cohen Clark. The film will also be directed by Jaheim Brisbane. The plot synopsis is as follows. After the events of Halloween Resurrection, Michael Myers roams free around Haddonfield, haunting the survivors of his previous massacre and traumatizing a new generation, while Laurie Strode's son, John Tate, travels to Haddonfield with the belief that the Shape is still alive and seeks out Leigh Bracket to exact vengeance on the masked killer.

[@joeterlikosky9863]

Great video !! What about the alternate opening scene where they show Myers as a kid ? I thought that would have been cool

[@TygerClawGaming]

Ranking the Halloween endings sounds like a lot of fun! I agree the H2) ending is probably the most badass FU Michael moment in the series, Laurie was so over the masked maniac by then lol.

[@dakotaparker2120]

Your channel should have way more subs and likes your channels awesome

[@VesusSheist]

I heard somewhere that the retcon of H20 with the paramedic was filmed at the same time they filmed H20, like they knew they were going to throw the whole ending away and make another sequel eventually

[@FaccisCinema]

Banger video brother, H20 always draws me back for sure, resurrection ugh no way

[@MadBloodMatt]

thanks dude 🤝someday you and busta will get along.

[@FaccisCinema]

@@MadBloodMatt me and busta are tight my man, movies just ehh

[@guthrielindquist1]

You are coming up my man! Just hit play and gonna play this while I fall asleep. I like h20 a lot. It’s my 4th fav Halloween

[@MadBloodMatt]

Rest easy bro 😴

[@ImVxpour]

Great video as always! It always blows my mind when people trash the Stan Winston h20 mask and the Resurrection mask. They're golden compared to some others we've had before it

[@MadBloodMatt]

Thanks! I agree, I think some of them are very solid.

[@jeetkunedoatlanta2464]

🤦‍♂️

[@Thebatfamilystherapist]

At least they aren’t the 5 mask lol

[@valeriebreidenstein8362]

@@ImVxpour The biggest grim many people actually have is, that they had the god damn Curse mask from H6, the best (after the OG) and coolest looking mask in the franchise and they dumped it for a mask that lets Michael look anything but scary. The first scene he's in when he's wearing the H6 mask looks so cool and he is scary and menacing looking and then for the rest of the movie he looks like someone dressing up with a too small mask.

[@richborn6700]

I saw Resurrection on AMC when I was in middle school back in 2006 or so. I didn't know much of the franchise and thought it was alright. I like the beginning alot

[@lloydneal3137]

your thoughts on both mimic mine so closely! we seem to view and interpret them in the same way. great vid!

[@MadBloodMatt]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@elijahsmith3457]

Been waiting on this one 🙏🏼 great videos man!

[@MadBloodMatt]

Appreciate it!

[@fart_restoration]

Hot guy talking about horror movies? Easiest sub ever. Hi Matt!

[@Guyvermectin]

Loved your stream with tsl

[@MadBloodMatt]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chasefarmer3930]

Loving these rise and fall videos of certain eras super interesting topic to listen to! 😎🤟

[@MadBloodMatt]

Glad you're enjoying them! Thanks for watching/listening.

[@ryanwest9546]

The mask in the opening scene is the Halloween 6 mask, I heard somewhere that they filmed that scene then decided that they didn't want anything to do with H6 for this new timeline so new masks were made

[@valeriebreidenstein8362]

That's actually true. Also H20 was written as Halloween 7: The Return of Laurie Strode and it was only decided for it to not be a sequel to H6 when they already began filming. That's why you can still see tons of hints to the OG timeline's events (like Laurie's "death" being a car crash, Loomis surviving the explosion just to die of natural courses (which only makes sense with H4-H6 in the picture), Michael having close to no scars from the explosion (also only makes sense with his COT powers),...). There was even supposed to be a scene in which Laurie talks about Jamie and blames herself for her daughter's death, believing for years that Jamie was safer, if she was away from Laurie (because Laurie thought Michael was only after her and not his entire family).

[@therhapsodist976]

I have some nostalgia for H20, because it was my first Halloween film I saw in theaters. The ending is badass and definitive, and I refuse to acknowledge that Resurrection exists. Nonetheless, this one is a product of its time, and, IMO, 90s slashers left a lot to be desired.

[@fadingnebulous]

“Halloween 2” is almost a perfect sequel. Even though Laurie is bedridden half of the film, it adds to the slow-burn horror of the film. After all she’s strung out on morphine and painkillers; she’s not going to put up the kind of fight she could have in the first film because she’s so banged up. That said, “H20” feels like a victory lap for a franchise that ushered in the slasher boom and had enough lore and mystique to stand the test of time and it brilliantly honored the big bad of the franchise with giving us some good scares, showcased why Jamie Lee Curtis is the ultimate scream queen and it helped usher in a new crop of young actors that have made a huge impact in Hollywood with their filmography. They should have stopped there, or simply bankrolled a remake, but we got “Resurrection.” Not a terrible film; it is quite fun and the concept is tonally pretty great, but the execution is just shoddy and they clown The Shape a lot in the film. But Mad Blood is right, “Halloween Ends” completely disrespected Myers and likely put the franchise on ice for a while. Here’s hoping we get a “perfect” trilogy/tetralogy in the future for this franchise.

[@justaman9724]

Halloween Resurrection has a soft spot on my heart because of it being my first Michael Myers movie i ever watched, even though its so bad.

[@brandon9621]

Loooove falling asleep to your videos

[@MadBloodMatt]

😂 I dunno if that’s good or bad 😴

[@Aryonwilica218]

I watched Resurrection yesterday it wasn’t a bad movie to watch while I had a hour and half left at work and didn’t want to waste that time on another good Halloween movie

[@seanmanning411]

I always took him giving the knife to the clown guy as just a sly way of putting the blame on him. The guy was obviously nuts, so now everyone will just think he did it.

[@krandonmartin168]

It’s so sad because so many people are quick to say Brad Loree is a bad Myers…I honestly think he’s a better Myers than Durand. He just got stuck in Resurrection

[@phildrewsomething]

The whole story ends w H20 if u ask me

[@MadBloodMatt]

78, 81 & H20 is definitely one of the best trilogies in horror history. 🎃

[@iancocks9408]

I feel the same about zombie Halloween. A timeline of one remake

[@jasonaugustine3370]

I will say it makes more sense than Halloween ends When he was locked up in a maximum-security sanitarium, she acted like she was a doomsday prepper Then when he actually is out and no one can find them, but they know he’s not dead. She lives in a normal house. For as much as people hate Cory that part made zero sense

[@beavers1978]

"I grew up in Langdon, and even there, we knew the stories - the legends of the mid-west bogeyman. Michael Myers, the little boy who killed his sister, Judith, on Halloween night. Exactly fifteen years later, he escaped and slaughtered over a dozen people. They told everyone he was dead, but they never caught him, never found a body. As children, we even believed he wouldn't die. There were always whispers - whispers that became screams when summer gave way to fall."

[@dappa-s8u]

Michael Myers the One Arm Pull Up Champion.💪🤣. I luv Halloween.

[@halloweenevillivesyoutubec2396]

The timeline was meant for the scream crowd

[@ShadesYT9]

Can u cover Halloween 4 ?

[@MadBloodMatt]

I have quite a few videos talking about Halloween 4 you can check out :) but are you referring to a standalone video with a H4 deep dive?

[@ShadesYT9]

@@MadBloodMatt oh like Halloween 4 Micheal myers like his powers and his overall looks and powers and weapons and just his self.

[@stevey1558]

Unintentional shade at John ottman 😢

[@Chaneyyyy]

The best thing about resurrection it killed off Laurie and busta

[@justaman9724]

@@Chaneyyyy Busta survived.

[@Chaneyyyy]

@@justaman9724 Ik he did🤣🤣

[@whatsuplocs2813]

I love H20. It will always be my finale.

[@GarethRoberts-y8d]

Love it

[@tylerdean42]

Resurrection is more enjoyable to watch than H20 in my opinion.

[@ShadesYT9]

Here’s the video u could watch it later I don’t want to put it here on life but here

[@ajbanky7870]

Here’s the thing. You all call it the “Resurrection timeline” but I call it H20 and the Busta Rhymes fan fiction.

[@williamcoslosky]

I was barely 15 when Halloween Resurrection was released. 😢

[@MadBloodMatt]

Time is flying by fast dude.

[@williamcoslosky]

@@MadBloodMatt Facts. 😞

[@martezberry3164]

Michael Myers drove from Illinois to California...hope he stopped for ⛽ gasoline

[@MadBloodMatt]

😆😆

[@sith29]

Just started watching the video just by the tag , you're the only one who calls it the resurrection timeline , everyone calls it h20 timeline

[@MadBloodMatt]

IMO the H20 timeline would be just 1,2 and H20 🤷‍♂️

[@sith29]

@@MadBloodMatt ig yea but h20 timeline would include resurrection . People call it h20 timeline bc it that movie started a new timeline. Like the Thorn trilogy 4-6 . But yet with this franchise I seen videos of people making whole bunch more timelines .

[@jay2thaudy]

Her scream was a voiceover with another actress lol

[@devontehuntley6274]

This is the HALLOWEEN H2O timeline, not the Resurrection since the new continuity started with that movie. H:R is only the last movie of it. Kevin Williamson isn't credited regarding H2O because he only wrote an outline based on Robert Zappia's initial script without Laurie and a copycat killer. It is odd though since according to Robert, Dimension was keen on getting Kevin's name attached to the project officially but I guess he couldn't write the script for some reason so Robert came back and did touch ups instead based on Kevin's ideas. As far as H:R goes, it's set in 2001 and then 2002. All the stuff with the college students is a year after the opening though they don't state it, but they do mention The Osbournes TV show which debuted in March 2002 and all the firebird car scenes are removed Michael used to get back to the house after killing Laurie when everything was initially set in the time frame days apart. I agree the title sequence (not opening credits) is horrible and looks extremely generic. The trailer gave a much better "Halloween: Resurrection" display which they should have added to the opening credits. Hell, even the "Halloween: The Homecoming" title display from the workprint version looks better. You can partially blame JLC for how the movie turned out because she only wanted to do a cameo and not a full main role again. Also, if Moustpha wasn't so hell bent on keeping Michael around following H2O, they could have went a copycat killer route because that paramedic switcheroo didn't cut it for me. They could have went as far as to retain the initial H2O story beat of Michael being a copycat killer, explaining why he has no scars from the H2 fire, so the Michael here would be the real deal with the scars and thus, they can get around that lack of scar issue. This movie would have to develop more on who that killer was though and why they went after Laurie. The movie also should have utilized John Tate. Sara Moyer is a good character, but why introduce this new lead Laurie 2.0 successor when she has a son that could have been in this spot instead? He relocates to Haddonfield to be in college and also to hunt down his uncle. Boom. So yeah, rather a missed opportunity that character was just done away with. If Josh Hartnett didn't want to come back, well then recast. I don't think anyone would have cared about that since Josh wasn't that appealing to fans to not mind seeing someone else in the role. We've recast characters before like Tommy, Dr. Wynn, and even Jamie Lloyd so this could have gone by swiftly too.

[@jasonaugustine3370]

Right there is the first problem with this timeline He was engulfed in flames Somehow put himself out and walked away But was still presumed dead Why? ?

[@valeriebreidenstein8362]

That is a plot hole that was made by them removing H4-H6 from H20's canon when they already began filming. H20 was written as a sequel to H6, that's why there are tons of plot holes that make sense the moment you view it as H7 (like it was meant to be). That's why he isn't burned in H20 and has his eyes, even though he got shot into the eyes in H2. That's also why he was presumed dead/missing because he disappeared after Halloween night 1995 (which we don't really see in the Tcut of H6, but we fully see that all in the Pcut ending (it also kinda explains why he is no longer supernatural after H6)), not being seen again for years, and the only people knowing about him being alive either died (Loomis) or moved far away from Haddonfield (Tommy & Kara).

[@jtgstudios6895]

@@valeriebreidenstein8362 although that might’ve been true for the two early versions of the film. The theatrical film is a sequel to h2 although some of the crew viewed it as a h1 direct sequel hence no burn marks or atleast one missing eye, was a simple continuity error that got overlooked.

[@ellissmith23]

Yeah h20 is my favorite opening scene

[@MadBloodMatt]

It’s damn good 🔥

[@PlanetNateGaming]

since Scream is mentioned so much in the first half of this video i gotta say the franchise isn't worth watching after the first one, just imagine creating a great standalone movie killing the killer at the end and then dragging it on with a new killer every movie wearing the same costume, like just imagine if Freddy,Jason and Michael were replaced every movie with some other character, it just doesn't work to me...and don't get me started on the meta-commentary, (ughhh) Halloween Resurrection is the best movie in the franchise too.

[@MadBloodMatt]

Agree to disagree. Imo Scream is one of the best horror franchises of all time. The first two especially, are all time classics. I don't know if you're trolling or being serious about Resurrection lmao

[@Chaneyyyy]

The fall? Matt u didn’t enjoy Michael being apart of dangertainment 🤣🤣🤣

[@MadBloodMatt]

Haha

[@sarahisgoingwhere]

Enjoyed this video as always. I love the H20 Laurie she gives Sarah Conner/Ripley badass vibes, which is also why enjoyed her in the Halloween 2018 arc I think shes an amazing character. Are you planning a watch along for Halloween?

[@MadBloodMatt]

100% agree about the sarah conner/ripley vibes. She nails that in H20. Hell yes about the watch alongs. I'll be announcing those soon, hopefully you can join.

[@sarahisgoingwhere]

@@MadBloodMatt I hope so too I really enjoyed the last one and I’ll be on my own as usual so it’d be fun to have a community to hang with 😊also there’s another Friday which falls on the 13th in Dec too 😂😉

[@MadBloodMatt]

@@sarahisgoingwhere Oh true! I forgot about the F13 in December. Thanks for the reminder!

[@montecarlo1780]

The Halloween line of history is just as bad as Friday the 13th and nightmare on elm Street. The historical kills from these three time lines won't ever change. The potential for all 3 is there.... The execution is what made the difference between the 3. The modern Friday the 13th broke the rule showing Jason running.... This modern Halloween has 3 timelines. I like the modern one excluding Halloween ends. Friday the 13th died when you had someone else playing Jason killer. Freddy died when Freddy vs Jason came out.

[@trentonjameshollis]

Love I, II & H20. My fave timeline behind the H40 timeline. I don't consider Ends to be disrespectful to Michael. It was a great ending for him and Laurie both.

[@Aryonwilica218]

Why does he have thick eyebrows 😂

[@MadBloodMatt]

Me? lol

[@mess1ah8x92]

My personal headcannon will always be Halloween '78 & Halloween II. Michael died in that fire that night for me, but H20 was decent, though I never desire to revisit it. I was never a fan of Michael & Laurie being related. It was much more disturbing to me to consider Laurie was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time and had no connection to Michael & did NOTHING to deserve the horror she was forced to endure.. That could happen to anyone -- man, woman, or child. As much as I love HII, that plot revelation has always brought it down a notch for me. That motive made him more "Michael Myers" than "The Shape" he was originally envisioned as.

[@azhorsley]

Please don't play the drinking game of having a shot everytime "of course" is said. Why? Because you'll be passed out before the end of a great video, of course!

[@MadBloodMatt]

No, you'll be dead!!☠

[@abeb8852]

Halloween H2O was good! Resurrection was too corny for me. they had too much of the screen type of aspect to it and everybody was just corny in the whole movie. It was boring

[@Dharp666]

I have to agree best cast great story great theme lots of nostalgia with this movie for me jamie lee was top tier in this movie

[@MadBloodMatt]

100%

[@Jayskiallthewayski]

The 2 people that created the character hated the brother/sister story, end of story. 🤷🏼‍♂️ I do like H20 though and it has the 2nd best Myers imo. Oh, and bro, Ressurection sucks major donkey balls.

[@MadBloodMatt]

Well Carpenter also hates Halloween 2 which I consider one of the best horror movies ever made. So 🤷‍♂️

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[@Otisbxk]

There was no rise

[@MadBloodMatt]

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