Halloween VI

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
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Directed by	Joe Chappelle
Produced by	Paul Freeman
Written by	Daniel Farrands
Based on	Characters by John Carpenter and Debra Hill
Starring	Donald Pleasence Paul Stephen Rudd Marianne Hagan Mitch Ryan
Music by	Alan Howarth Paul Rabjohns
Cinematography	Billy Dickson
Edited by	Randolph K. Bricker
Production company	Miramax Films Nightfall Productions Trancas International
Distributed by	Dimension Films
Release date	September 29, 1995 (1995-09-29)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 million
Box office	$15.1 million

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers is a 1995 American slasher film directed by Joe Chappelle, written by Daniel Farrands, and starring Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan, and Donald Pleasence. The sixth installment in the Halloween film series, it follows a young woman living with her family in Michael Myers's childhood home who finds herself stalked by Myers on Halloween. At her aid is Tommy Doyle, a returning character from the original Halloween film, and Dr. Sam Loomis. The plot of the film formally introduced the "Curse of Thorn", a mystical symbol first referenced in The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) and revealed in the film to be the source of Michael Myers's immortality and drive to kill.

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers was released almost six years after their previous Halloween film, making it one of the longest gaps in the franchise. Shot in Salt Lake City in the winter of 1994–95, the film underwent a series of reshoots after it performed poorly with test audiences, resulting in a final product that was significantly different—both tonally and narratively—from the original script. The film was distributed by Miramax's Dimension Films, and opened in the fall of 1995, earning $7.3 million dollars during its opening weekend, coming in second to the New Line Cinema thriller Seven.

After the film's home media release, the original workprint of the film (which featured 43 minutes of alternative footage and an alternate ending) was discovered by fans of the series. This version, dubbed The Producer's Cut, developed a cult following, with bootleg DVD copies sold on eBay and online petitions targeting for an official release of it. In 2014, The Producer's Cut was officially released on Blu-ray.