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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)Worse yet, no longer are there likable characters to pull you through it. Nope, not one single appealing character. Danielle Harris, while still talented is given nothing to do here. Meanwhile, Donald Pleasence seemingly screams every line and plays Loomis like a man who's completely lost his damn mind; not in a fun way either.
Side adventures like 1960's THE BRIDES OF DRACULA aside, for the most part a Van Helsing without Dracula is sort of like Dr. Loomis without Michael Myers.
The bulk of the horror comes from the mystery of Myers' actions, and what drives him to be so murderous. Nothing or anyone can get in his way, and the idea that evil never stops is spine tingling. This point is really touched upon thanks to the performance by Donald Pleasence as Dr. Loomis. In a relationship comparable to the fictional Van Helsing and Dracula, Dr. Loomis makes it his mission to make sure Michael Myers never escapes.
Donald Pleasence, the intense, virtuosic actor who was acclaimed in London and on Broadway for his performance in the title role of Harold Pinter's play "The Caretaker," died yesterday at his home in St. Paul de Vence in the south of France. He was 75 and also had a home in London. ...
Perhaps the saddest thing about this Halloween is the dedication at the end: "For Donald Pleasence." What a tragic epitaph for the once-great British actor that this tripe should represent his last on-screen appearance -- even if it is true that over the past seventeen years, Pleasence and Halloween have become synonymous.
Dr. Loomis (Pleasence) was the only familiar face in this installment (and, no, I don't count the movie's weak attempt to bring back a secondary character from the original film using a completely different actor). That maybe would have been enough. But, he was essentially a minor character in this film with no real screen time. Then, when he was in a scene, he almost seemed to be phoning it in.
And what is possibly the saddest thing of the movie is the dedication to Donald Pleasence, who died shortly after making the film. It's such a shame that this happened to be his last onscreen appearance. Poor guy.
Where the film suffers, however, is in its continued inclusion of Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence, reprising his role), and the addition of a 'man in black' (also played by Shanks). Both of these seem ill-suited and somewhat irritating. Loomis spends most of the franchise pontificating on Michael's evil nature, and none of that is lost here.
His doctor (and in large part, the Van Helsing to his Dracula), Dr Loomis, who's going to collect him, says he hasn't spoken a word since his first killing.
Donald Pleasence, the intense, virtuosic actor who was acclaimed in London and on Broadway for his performance in the title role of Harold Pinter's play "The Caretaker," died yesterday at his home in St. Paul de Vence in the south of France. He was 75 and also had a home in London. ...
The Van Helsing to Myers' Dracula, Loomis was Michael's psychiatrist who studied the psychopathic killer throughout his life, coming to the firm belief that he was pure evil.
r. Loomis was the Van Helsing of the Halloween series, always turning up when Michael Myers went on a rampage. He'd rant and rave for people to listen to him, and they'd usually be too slow to heed his advice. He even tried to blow up himself and Michael in part two to stop everything, but they were both too tough to die.