Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers is a 1995 horror film an the sixth installment in the Halloween series. It stars Donald Pleasence (in his final film appearance as Dr. Sam Loomis) and Paul Rudd, who went on to mainstream success in such films as 1995's Clueless and 2004's The 40-Year-Old Virgin. The original music score was again composed by long-time Halloween contributor Alan Howarth and executive produced by the late Moustapha Akkad. The plot of the film largely involves the "Curse of Thorn", a mystical mark, which is the source of Michael Myers' believed evil."