The Fear: Halloween Night 1999

 The Fear: Halloween Night (or The Fear: Resurrection; don't know why there are two names) is a 1999 supernatural slasher film written by Kevin Richards and directed by Chris Angel (not THAT Chris Angel, this guy also directed Wishmaster 3 and 4) who, unfortunately, is not a magician.  The movie stars a bunch of unknowns with Gordon Currie (Puppetmaster 4 and 5), Stacy Grant (Shanghai Noon), Phillip Rhys (24, Nip/Tuck), and Emmanuelle Vaugier (CSI:NY and Two and a Half Men).  Now there is one person I didn't mention and that is Betsy Palmer, YES, that Betsy Palmer.  Jason's Mom is alive and well and taking care of her grandson and his friends who are celebrating Halloween by having a costume part where everyone comes dressed up as their own personal fears.  She is introduced in the movie wearing a sweater that looks almost identical to the one she is wearing at the end of the original Friday the 13th.  A nice little reference in an otherwise forgettable film.

 The beginning of the movie shows promise as a mother and a son are coming home from Trick or Treating one Halloween night and they discover that dear old dad is a serial killer.  He kills his own wife and throw his son in the trunk of his car.  In the trunk with the boy is a creepy looking cigar store Indian.  Flash forward and that little boy is Mike (Currie) and he is trying to prove that he is not his father's son and he won't go crazy and turn into a serial killer.  The cigar store Indian?  Turns out it's cursed and he's the killer.  Interesting concept that falls flat as after the first five minutes were good and then nothing happens for an hour.  I mean nothing!

My other complaint is the wooden Indian costume is terrible.  It looks like it's made out of rubber but that's because it is but it's supposed to be wood.  There's even a scene where Mike has a moment where he lets his frustration out on his father's headstone as he gives it a 1,000 lashes with a twig.  Best part about that?  The headstone begins to bleed; from a twig!  The scenes Betsy Palmer are in are about the only bright spots in the film but the are only a handful and only for a few minutes at a time.  Those scenes and the first five minutes and maybe the last five minutes are OK, good even but that leaves about 65 minutes of nothing.  The movie is supposed to be a sequel, which I didn't see the original but from what I've heard this is in reality just a remake of it.  Think Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2, just neither are good.  The Horror Honey and I spent more time looking at each other in disbelief at how bad this one was instead of watching the screen.  Really bad.  Worst of the month.  1 and a half Grandpas Locked In A Cabinet out of 5.