How hyped was this when it came out? - Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) Discussion

[–] prolelol (1428) a year ago

Freddy vs. Jason has grossed $82.6 million in the USA, while this movie has grossed only $15.1 million. It clearly seems that they didn't really care.

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[–] EleazarHisSon (750) a year ago

Hmm, I see. I was under the impression that people had really anticipated this movie when it first came out (and were subsequently disappointed). But then again, that's kind of what the outcome of Freddy vs. Jason was (even though it was a financial success), and if that had already happened with this movie, then maybe the fans shouldn't have have had such high hopes in Freddy vs. Jason, I guess.

Halloween H20 grossed $55 million, so it seems that one was the truly hyped movie of the two.

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[–] Creamofdacrop884 (1684) a year ago

Not very. People had lost most interest in the franchise as 4 and 5 sucked and then it turned out this one was even worse than those.

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[–] [deleted] a year ago

Good point. Halloween was off the radar by 1995.

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[–] DoctorThirteen (13920) 6 months ago

Exactly.

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[–] Tongue (465) 6 months ago

4 didn’t suck though as I think it did fairly well in theaters and is still liked by many..? I think it’s a very average Halloween sequel - really didn’t add much to the series .. oh and that mask was god awful

Halloween 5 was dogshit though

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[–] OuterSpace (128) 6 months ago

4 didn’t suck though as I think it did fairly well in theaters and is still liked by many..? I think it’s a very average Halloween sequel - really didn’t add much to the series .. oh and that mask was god awful

Halloween 5 was dogshit though

4 was something of a flop as despite the return of Michael it barely did better than Halloween 3, which was considered a flop some 6 years earlier. And yes, the mask was indeed horrible.

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[–] Bossdog677 (1553) a year ago

It was way more hyped on Pay Per View moreso than the theaters.

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[–] EleazarHisSon (750) a year ago

How come? Because of the Producer's Cut or something?

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[–] Martoto (5024) 4 months ago

Halloweens 4, 5 and 6 (rightly) went straight to VHS everywhere but the US.

Wasn't much hype here.

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[–] Sidha108 (2671) a month ago

I’m guessing lots of people who later saw H20 forgot there even were Halloween 3-6

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[–] Aylmer (417) 3 days ago

I was 16 at the time and remember when this movie came out and was definitely more aware of it than the previous movies which had completely escaped my attention as a child/teenager in Alaska. It enjoyed a lot of ads on TV and trailers in cinemas beyond what 4 and 5 had. I would expect that it had a far superior marketing budget and was a big attempt at reviving the series.

My friends and I went to go see it for my 16th birthday party and we were all kicked out of the theater for not having an adult with us. That was the only incident I remember of being kicked out of the theater for being too young (and I watched A LOT of R-rated movies as a teen), though we may have been making a few too many obnoxious comments at the time.

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