Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?

Halloween is this weekend, and our video series WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? is celebrating the holiday by taking a look at the messiest entry in the Halloween film franchise, 1995’s Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (watch it HERE). Based around the idea that Michael Myers is a participant in a Druid cult and featuring the suggestion that he fathered his own nephew, the sixth Halloween movie was off the rails from the beginning – and then the studio decided that extensive reshoots were needed to add gore and a different ending. In the video embedded above, we take a look at the making of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers from the scripting process to the release of both the theatrical cut and the “Producer’s Cut”.

Directed by Joe Chappelle from a screenplay by Daniel Farrands (and some uncredited script doctors), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers has the following synopsis:

This installment marks the return of the seemingly indestructible masked murderer Michael Myers, who is targeting Tommy Doyle, a young man tied into the legacy of the killer and his connections with the Strode family. As the supernatural elements of Michael’s macabre abilities are explored, his longtime adversary, Dr. Sam Loomis, is also back in yet another attempt to stop the psychopath’s brutal rampages.

Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan, Mitch Ryan, J.C. Brandy, Mariah O’Brien, Keith Bogart, Devin Gardner, Kim Darby, Bradford English, and Leo Geter star, with George P. Wilbur and A. Michael Lerner as Michael Myers.

This is what the WTF Happened to This Horror Movie series is all about:

Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster, but were beset with unforeseen disasters. Sometimes huge hits, sometimes box office bombs. Either way, we have to ask: WTF Happened To This Horror Movie?

The Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers episode of WTF Happened to This Horror Movie was Written by Cody Hamman, Narrated by Jason Hewlett, Edited by Lance Vlcek, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

A few of the previous episodes of the show can be seen below. To see more, head over to our JoBlo Horror Videos YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there!