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So there it is, the BIGGEST piece of steaming SHIT I have yet seen coughed up and put on the big screen. I HATED HATED HATED this movie. Rob Zombie is a HACK. His arrogance in taking away what everyone loved in the original or just basic stupidity in not understanding what made it work is staggering. The original is my fav movie of all time and there are several reasons for why it worked. The atmosphere, the blue night tones, the amazing framing of scenes with MM way off in the corner and someone talking on the phone or doing laundry off on the other side. MM was not a real person per say, he was the boogie man, when you saw him you couldn’t imagine his face, or the person behind the mask he was just... THE SHAPE, a regular sized person, someone or something who could exist. I mean this new MM looks like Kane, the wrestler (the only problem is Kane actually made a better movie in See No Evil, and that is PATHETIC). There was suspense in the original, I mean the opening tracking shot was like 10 min long! Zombie took all of what made Halloween work and tossed it out making the WORST remake of all time. The acting by his wife is cringe inducing, the script has some of the WORST dialogue ever put on screen, I mean WHO TALKS LIKE THAT!?!?! Why the skids at the beginning, WHY?!?!, is there a reason for that, and holly crap is zombie misogynistic, he really does not like women, I have not seen a movie where women are treated like that in a long time, I Spit on Your Grave type stuff here. Aren’t you also supposed to care about the characters or relate on some level? Where is the strong Laurie Strode character we cared about, the Jamie Lee Curtis!, all we get is this annoying, unmemorable, completely unoriginal heroine. Where is his sense of pacing, the last reel feels like a mishmash of scenes re-imagined that he remembers from the original cut together with some hyper editing. Don’t get me wrong, I am not one of those guys who doesn’t like remakes…I just hope when they do one they take more of what made the original good and expand on that…NOT take out all the good stuff. I am not sure what is wrong with Horror movies makes these days. This should not be that difficult a task, it just takes some restraint which people like Zombie are clearly missing… the great films that scare people are based somewhat in reality…that feeling that it could happen to you...there is also very slow pacing, horror needs time to percolate, it isn’t just a series of visually horrific scenes mismashed together. A few movies have dared to slow things down in recent years and they are what people talk about, say what you will about High Tension’s ending but that opening scene is amazing, another movie out now called THEM (ILS), a French movie is the best horror movie I have seen in a LONG time, the opening scene in that and the rest of the movie will scare the shit out you, it is SLOW, it is SCARY and it is a old school slasher flick. Another movie, Hatchet claims to be old school but it is old school in the Friday the 13th part 6 old school, not Halloween or the first 2 Fridays…there is too much humor and exaggerated characters.
Do your self a favour, go hunt down Them it is what Halloween remake should have been.
I hate to say this because I am such a BIG 'Halloween' fan, but I was just dissapointed. You could tell it was an RZ film with all the trashiness, sex, and language - it just didn't feel like Halloween to me.
It would have been recieved better, I think, if this wasn't a remake if this was the orginal 'Halloween', but it isn't and Rob didn't make this remake live up to the classic, like a good remake should, instead I left the theatre in shock of what I just saw.
The only thing I liked was the look of the film. That's it.
The plot didn't make sense, like no questions were answered - it was predictable 'oh yeah a boy grows up in a white trashy home so he has to kill' and the mom. Why did she have to be a stripper? (that just angered me). And what was the point of Deborah's boyfriend? Just another white trash character in this movie and someone for the young Michael to kill?
And so why did Michael have to kill Laurie? Because he loved her? That I wanted to know and didn't find out. And the ending - what the HELL?
Err. It's just it's 'Halloween' you would think Rob Zombie would of got a clue and thought 'I have to deliver', but no he delivered a typical horror film that I was dissapointed in and it didn't have the suspense that the orginal had.
I give this movie 2 skulls for the good cinematography and for Michael being a total badass in the later part of the film.
I'm not sure what's up with all the reviews below me. Computer error? Well, I enjoyed the movie as well, though the first half did have some weak acting. Scout Taylor-Compton made a great Laurie Strode.
This movie answered question about a new Michael Myers in a new series. Rob Zombie's movie is a remake not a prequel. The original movie is like a really awesome sandwich that you have eaten and it was very satisfying. Rob Zombie attempts to remake that sandwich by using the remains of the sandwich which are floating in the toilet but he thinks dressing it up with some lettuce (gore and some abused twisted childhood angle) you'll look past all the crap. The remake is nothing more than a sh!t-sandwich with a bunch of cliche' junk served on the side.
Michael from the original series was a normal kid who became possessed and hence unstoppable. The "real" Shape from the "real" movie makes you fear him. RZ tries to make you relate or get to know him.
Rob Zombie's movie does not show you anything about the original Michael Myers. It is a new Michael Myers. If it was about the original Michael Myers then the parts of the movie that were in reference to the events occur the night he came home would have been shot for shot.
You can tell that RZ cares more about his image of being "spooky" than making a good movie.
This movie had as much to do with the Michael Myers story as Halloween 3.
To everyone saying "I liked how they explained his childhood."
NEWSFLASH! This is not Michael Myers childhood; this is the Rob Zombie's counterfeit version of Michael Myers' and his childhood.
This movie is comprable to people who watch the original Batman and then go around saying "Joker killed Batman's parents." Then you (who know) can say maybe in the movie but not in the source material.
RZ counterfeit stands alone from the Halloween series. It is not connected and it does not mesh up with it.
As far as I'm concerned Rob Zombie owes me 109 minutes and 8 bucks.
As far as buying his dvd...I guess I can go take a dump and save 14.99.
This movie was amazing. It answered some questions that I was wondering, like how did Micheal become so evil, or where did he get his original mask from? I really love this movie. The original movie was great too.
This movie was one great big dissapointment! what people fail to realize Michael Myers WASN'T in need of depth in character, doing that totally destroys The Shape's Mystique he was totally exploted and reduced to a white trash family! there for making him a typical serial killer in a mask because he was a product of his enviorment. Rob Zombie spent WAY to much time on his background and didn't bother to pay attention the rest of the film sence he claims he so up tight on details then when the fuck was it supposed to take place if it was 17years later? It sure as fuck wasn't in the 70's not to mention that linda made a phone call from a modern day cell phone! Fuck RZ and fuck this movie it shouldn't of never been remade in the first place and the final mistake RZ made was giving Michael motive! There wasn't any real method behind Michael's madness that's what made him so scary because he was unpredictible and you didn't know very much about him. I just think RZ's Halloween is the basatard child of the series and to me it's bullshit that this is what we get for a last Halloween movie a shitty fucking remake.
I liked it very much. It was hardcore and unrelenting and modern. The scene of Michael kicking the truckers ass in the bathroom felt so fucking realistic...the intro music (Rush!), sound effects, acting, angles, etc. all came together perfectly for that sequence.
This is coming from someone who didn't grow up w/ the original.
Well the orginal Halloween is one of my all time fav. movie so i was really hard on this one. So I loved how it went into detail about Mike Mayers childood and i loved the blood and guts but it just wasnt as good as the orginal.
who the hell rates these movies on this web site. they said halloween was one of the worst remakes ever...fucking lame!!!!!! rob zombie fucken kicked ass with this remake. and gave michael myers some depth and character. fuck the asshole who rated this as one of the worst remakes of all time!!!!!they put it in the same catagory as the grudge and one missed call, the wicker man, omen 13 ghost etc....
I give this movie 8/10. One, because it is a Rob Zombie Film and Two,because I love how he gave us the origin of michael Meyers. Although we see Michael kill his sister in the original, we sort of see why Michael does this in the first place (even if the reason is because he is just an unbalanced child).
I have to disagree with the BD reveiw in the fact that they say they dont know why Michael becomes a mute. They actually do tell you why. It is when he meets Danny Trejo's character. He tells Michael to look into his own mind and that no one can hurt him in his own mind. Also, during the scenes at Smiths Grove Sanitarium, Michael is seen wearing masks more and more, he is retreating within himself during those times where as he becomes completely withdrawn in his own mind, thus becoming a mute at an older age.
It is hard when movies are remade because they can be like "Dawn of the Dead" or they can become another "Prom Night" when the nothing but the title is the same. Rob Zombie made a very good movie in his own style without changeing the entire movie. Lets face it the movie is a classic and if nothing but the title was same than Zombie would have been slammed for that as well.
The movie could of been better if the part that was remaked should of been a little different but besides of that its a great movie filled with a more gruesome michael myers,great acting,tons of blood a story thats gives michael myers reason to kill and long and scary good chasing scenes.
Rob Zombie = Greatness.
The movie was great. My only complaint is I don't like the way it ended. Him in the attic or wherever was a rediculous part. He could have done so much more with the ending. Still a great remake.
i thought this was a documentary of michael myers. the movie went through alot of his life. the last part of the tried to make the audience jump but kinda failed. im my personal opinion it was a T&A movie or a horror version of 8 mile.
I like the look and feel of this Halloween. I love Rob Zombie's work and I especially like it in this one. I don't see where all the negativity comes from, from Bloody Disgusting. The original is the original, this is a whole new aspect to the Halloween franchise. I loved it.
Rob zombie does one thing perfect. low brown in your face hillbilly. He knows how to take dialogue and disturb you. Whats creepy about house of 1000 corpses is his characters and how the interact not the death and mayhem. With this film, it just does not work for the old school fans.
He makes myers a monster but one built by his society not because he is pure evil.
I don't like it. That being said if you love zombie and his films this might be your favorite horror film.
I've said it before and i'll say it again, Rob either needed to remake this movie entirely or do it totally different. he takes some of the best scenes in the movie (michael as a child killing his older sister) and ruins it with his own twist (having him not NOT wear the clown mask). He shouldnt have ruined the perfect parts of the old movie. it was so bad, there are actually no words. Tho I don't know why I'm shocked, I mean have you seen the devils rejects?
You know no one really likes this movie and it makes me mad because I think this is a great remake of the original. It is the original Halloween but with Rob Zombies twisted touch. I loved this movie and I thought it was awesome. Rob Zombie is on a roll with making great horror movies.
Rob Zombie - terrible music artist as well as movie creator. The ideas of is movie are really interesting to me because they never seem to be his own. He did to this movie what Micheal Myers does to his victims.....butchers them. I love how there seems to be this built up shock appeal to Rob Zombie movies (thats called sarcasm) and his movies are about as original as his music.....or at least as boring with very little of any creativity. Thanks for f**cking up a classic.
Since 1998, I have been a hard-core Halloween fan, and when I first found out about a remake, I was kind of hesitant. Then I saw pictures and a teaser trailer. Then, I was all for a remake. I remember the day it came out, I couldn't wait another day to see it. When I finally saw it, I thought it was awesome. I didn't really like all the swearing. I loved Michael's backstory, the time in Smith's Grove with Dr. Loomis, how Michael escaped, and etc. I don't like the rape scene in the unrated version. I also love the ending! I read about a sequel to the remake that is TBA in 2011. BRING IT ON!!!
I thought Rob Zombies Halloween was the best out of all the halloween movies! I really enjoyed it! Better actors, Michael was bigger and scarier, much more brutal and it talked about Michaels childhood. the original didn't talk much about michaels childhood which sucked! People who didn't like this movie are just fools! They don't know a good horror movie if it bit them in the a$$! Rob Zombie did a fantastic job on Halloween. Keep up the Excellent work Rob Zombie!
I thought this film was very good. Sure, its not the original, but its far better than all the sequels to Halloween (1978). The first part of this story, brings a sense of irony and makes you think what Michael would have been like if he had a better, more loving family, than the complete wasters he got lumbered with.
Gradually, he becomes so psychologically seperated from any sense of the real world, that he kills animals and family members and ANYONE whom gets in his way, to express himself. When he goes from the cute blonde kid to the overwhelming powerhouse killer he becomes, there is a sense that nothing or no one can stop him. An evil with only one frame of mind, which is TO KILL!!!!!!!
That terror that comes from your own kids or kids you know, that could become so psychologically impaired to the point where they are pretty much in an existence of their own, with no sense of mercy for anyone else, is a frightening thought. All brought on from a combination of how they were born, and how they were treated, as a kid.
Having a strong bond and love for your child, whom has become evil personified, and not being able to ever know them, as they were, would be amazingly hard to fathom, for anyone.
All in all, I enjoyed this film and its multi-layered emotions and concepts of what could make someone (Michael) become an evil force of nature.
Oh come on everyone...
The point of this movie was to forget the orginal and enjoy this new "vision". Of course the original was better, they always are! And yes, the end especially, was a little too painfully dragged on. BUT, Rob's typical make-you-feel-like-this-could-happen-to-your-next-door-neig hbour-tomorrow, like he did in Reject's make this an interesting take on the familiar tale. Heck, out of NOWHERE, both Sheri Moon-Zombie and Danny Trejo easily put on the best performances of their careers.
Seriously, watch it again with an open mind. It will be different, I guarantee it.
ROB! What did you do!?
1st Michael Meyers didn’t need a prequel (that wasn’t the point of the film).
2nd We don’t need to sympathize with Michael.
3rd We don’t need you giving cameos to your friends in this movie!
4th Its called suspense…used it!
The only thing I liked about the film was Michael Meyers looked fantastic (I wish he looked that great in all the films…and it was good to see Mike kill again).
I loved this movie I think that Rob Zombie did a great job with it like he does all his films he gave us the back ground which we didnt see from the older ones which i liked the movie was a little dragging though but it was still great
It wasnt horrible. But it definitely could have been better. I liked how, in the original, it seemed that Michael grew up in a decent family. I thought that made what he did much creepier than this messed up family. I also felt that the content was WAY overdone. Sex is not a pastime, and no one (not even high schoolers) swear like they did in this one. If Zombie could (for once) tone down his movie and actually focus on caring for the characters as well as their nature, I think he could have done a great job with this one. I also believe that it takes a true director to scare an audience without threatening them with content (though some films need the worse content to work).
This movie is not worthy of a 1. I think that's pretty harsh considering the trash that's come out the past 10 years. It could've been better no doubt, but it could've been a whole lot worse!!! I myself rather enjoyed this movie. And I would definitely recommend it! :)
I would rather watch Sister Act 2: Back in the Act than sit through this atrocity again. Not even gonna get into why it was awful. Just sucked and sucked hard.
Without a doubt the worst film of 2007 and one of the worst in the genre of all-time. Rob Zombie brings his no-talent hack direction to an incredibly beloved contemporary classic and brings it to the trailer park. There is not a frame of this film worth speaking a kind word about. Not only did Zombie take all of the scares and mythos out of the character, but then he ends up just copying John Carpenter's original film for the last half of this shit-fest. Unforgiveable and offensive. It's a shame this made enough money to warrant it as a "hit".
Did any of you even watch the sequels? I wonder if you complained so much about them? this was a far better Halloween movie than 4-8 were. Do I love those sequels? Yes. But they are mostly terrible movies with bad incarnations of Myers. This made Myers a threat again. I think its a little passe' already to just hate this movie so much. If you hate this one you probably dont like any of the series. This one helps re-establish Myers in a serious manner. The last 4 films in the series were products. This had some actual artistry put into it and it shows. Was it perfect? No. Not many movies are. But jesus at least the Mask looked good...which hasnt happened since 1981.
Main problems were the characters. I felt more for Michael than the other characters. I think at least Laurie should have been developed a bit more. Michael’s motive wasn't really explained like Rob said it would be and the language was a little overboard and could do with some improving.
Still I managed to enjoy the film and think it's a massive improvement over the later sequels in the series.
I agree completely with jmpollack, this movie is God Awful.. Most Popular horror monsters have reasons for why they can do what they do.. Freddy sold his soul to dream demons, Candyman is haunted by his violent death and therefore kills to keep his memory alive, even Jason kills for revenge because of those horny camp kids who were responsible for his death. But what bout Micheal Myers??
OH YEA its the oldest cop out in the book "He's just crazy" "He's just Evil" therefore he is unstoppable.
This movie was advertised as revealing all new things we never knew about Micheal and what exactly did we learn? Micheal had a white trash family, was apparently very girly as a child and all of a sudden for no apparent reason stops talking and wants to kill his entire lineage After killing his sister (Again for no reason).
Not only that but he goes from wimpy girly boy to a 300 pound 6'6 linebacker who apparently did nothing but hit the gym.
The real kicker was the scene where Micheal Escapes the Asylum.. The orderlies doing everything short of giving him the keys and daring him to leave. It was all so lame. A college kid starting out could have done a better job. Rob is a horrible director.. stick to music for the love of god.. You people giving this 4 and 5 stars have the depth of a warm puddle of piss..
I own this movie. I love this movie probably more then the original, only because I prefer gore and blood over my imagination. Even though it's pretty twisted. Rock on Rob. You know how to make a movie. (:
Posted By: jmpollack at 11:00am, February 20, 2008
For those of you who think Halloween was a good or even great film, I am so sorry to tell you, that you have no taste in horror films. Rob Zombie showed a lot of promise with house of 1,000 corpses and it's sequel The Devil's Rejects, both of which I own on DVD, but with Halloween he fell through. This movie should not have been made. There was nothing original about it and the Michael Meyers back story was a complete waste of time. I understand what Rob Zombie was trying to accomplish with this fulm, but he was better off leaving the series where it was. He only made it worse.
i dont know what everbody i getting all angry about if you liked devil's rejectsand house of 1000 corpes you should love this film i know i did..gore...check...nudity..check..cameos out the ass..check...maybe it's just me but i loved this movie, and i don't compare it to the original at all to differant movies..the old halloween would not stand out in todays horror movies the way it did back then trust me. i thought this one did.
Rob zombie is a horror fan-boy that big studios throw money at because stupid people like his tripe...and there are a lot of stupid people. real horror fans should avoid it at all costs. no redeeming qualities what so ever. i wish it was possible to give this pile zero skulls instead of 1/2. the only positive aspect of this movie is that it's so shitty it makes you appreciate good horror movies even more.
Going into this, you have to understand i saw the original when I was 10. My attention span then at the time was horrible and its one line in the whole movie that explains Laurie is his sister. It wasnt until a week before I saw this did i understand that fully. It never made sense to me through out the sequels which i really did not care for except H20.
Knowing more of who Micheal was helped me to better be afraid. To know what white trash of a family he came from, the constant teasing, the horrific events in the asylum; its no wonder he went completly nuts.
I found the newer micheal (older version) to be more brooding in a way thats not sean connery but very "thats right bitch im gonna feed you those 9"pumps and shove this knife up your ass sideways sort of brooding.
I did in fact enjoy the story more than so much the tweeny bitch with no acting skills and bad style of wardrobe who couldn't scream. I give it a 4.5
This movie is a bloody, brutal, gory masterpeice. It is one-hundred times better than the orginal, which I thought was an un-orginal, boring movie. I know for that last statement, people will flame me, but it's the truth. This remake is much better in ALL areas. The backstory in the first one was explained just a little. A young Michael Myers kills his sister. In this movie, he kills a classmate, in an amazingly brutal sequence, his stepfather, his sister's boyfriend, and finally, his sister. He is then sent to the mental institution. He claims to not remember, even going as far as to ask his mother, "How is everyone at home?"..which she answers, "Everyone is fine."
Just when Dr. Sam Loomis begins to even crack Michael a little bit, a nurse makes a small crack, and Michael snaps, and kills her. The unrated version of these sequences are longer from what I've heard, but it's worth it. When Michael finally starts going after Laurie and her friends, he's already murdered nine people. I won't spoil anymore of the story, but I will say this. There were parts of this movie, even though I'd seen the orginial, that I was downright shocked at. Some people who survived in the first, die in this, and I'm pretty sure that works vice-versa, if I remember correctly. The ending left it open for a sequel, actually, it was more like telling you there would be a sequal, which I am hoping is as good as this movie.
This movie is a brutal, bloody, gory, heart-stopping thrillride that anyone can enjoy. It takes suspense, terror, and brutal, bloody, violence all into one heart-pounding, edge of your seat thriller. Even an hour later, my heart was still pounding. I would reccomend people who haven't seen the orignal to not even bother and watch this one, as it is much better, more explanatory, and downright more suspenseful, and terrorizing.
Posted By: halloweenfan at 6:49pm, February 7, 2008
I never liked any of the Halloweens before this one except H20. This movie was terrifying in theatres.
first of all I liked how it began. I liked seeing the background of Michael Myers. I do think they spent too long getting him out of smiths grove(even longer in the unrated) but besides that the beginning was intresting.
I liked the 2nd half of the movie better than any horror movie besides my other 2 favs The Texas Chainsaw Massacre renake and, the House Of Wax remake. I loved Scout Taylor Compton as Laurie. I thought Michael was one of the most terrifying killers i have ever seen. Rob Zombie did an excellent job of making Michael scary.
Anyway back to Laurie. I thought Scout was the best choice for Laurie. She showed real emotion and horror and, she made the scene where Michael was using a huge block of wood to get her out the attic awesome!
What really made me like Halloween was the ending. It was exciting an excellent scream queen movie. Scout made me enjoy the movie more than i thought I would of.
This movie was great. I didn't get the chance to see it in theaters, but the Uncut verion on DVD was scary. I wouldn't say it was as good as the original, but it does pull a close second. It gave more details into the life of Myers, but it just wasn't the original. Zombie did do a very good job with the child part of the movie though, and this made it incredibly intense. Again, not as good as the original, but still scary as hell.
I wish there was a way on here to give half a star. This movie was a disgrace to the original.
The ambiguity of Michael Myers in the Original Halloween added to his creepiness. Now that Rob Zombie made sure we knew his entire back story in the movie Michael is now the main character and not Laurie. So after the first hour of crap in the mental institution we are cheering for Michael to be able to kill all the girls.
The girls also are probably some of the most annoying on screen characters I have ever seen. The dialogue was terrible and it reminded me of how much I hated Rob Zombie's writing in all of his films.
Another complaint I had is that part of what made Michael Myers frightening is that he had almost super human strength, that we are lead to believe is power by the evil inside of him. The new Michael Myers is just huge and there is no reason to believe that he is evil, just completely insane.
Posted By: HighlyTENSE at 2:26pm, February 5, 2008
This film was inept in every conceivable way imaginable. Here's a list of flaws the film suffers from, and just to be clear this film doesn't have any redeeming qualities. It really is a piece of shit.
1. Poorly written unrealistic dialogue and characterization. Seemed like an immature 14 year old with the freedom to go nuts wrote the script. Too much profanity and too much disgusting perversion. NOBODY speaks like this.
2. The plot is uneven and cliche'd. You have an hour of generic backstory, and 45 minutes of a typical rehash of the original film. Why does the backstory dominate the actual story( or reason why people would go see this movie? ) The second half seemed more like the original film in cliff notes form.
3. Rule of thumb, if you explain too much about the villain, you end up killing the villain's ability to be scary. Not to mention turning him into a generic serial killer. Killing animals? Growing up in white-trash? Not only is that unoriginal, it's pointless and stupid. So Michael's a gerbil killer now?
4. The horrible soundtrack. Since when did Halloween become Woodstock or American Graffiti?
5. The useless excessive cameos. Not only were there too much familiar faces, they didn't serve any character purpose for the film. They were just put in for fan purposes so the audience can play "name that famous actor". It's distracting and takes you out of the film.
6. No suspense.... at all. Just brutality and buckets of blood. Zombie totally missed the appeal of the original which was not bloody mayhem. It was pure terror.
In closing, Rob Zombie bit off more than he could chew. He is not a talented writer or director, and he's only getting gigs due to his rep in the music business. With some schooling( he never went to film school ) and maybe writing classes, he could very well be competent.
As it stands though, he's an amateur that shouldn't be allowed to work let alone remake classic horror films.
Posted By: What Is It? at 5:54pm, February 3, 2008
Posted By: What Is It? at 5:52pm, February 3, 2008
I feel this was the best Halloween film since the second one. I'm glad Rob Zombie didn't just make a remake thats an exact copy of the original. He brought something new to the series and made it into a great film. I will will say that the unrated DVD makes the film even better than the theater verison. Don't go seeing it hoping it will be like the original. Its a new story on the character Micheal Myers that makes it even bettter.
Posted By: brandonsl21 at 5:25pm, February 2, 2008
Posted By: brandonsl21 at 5:25pm, February 2, 2008
Ya know the film did NOTHING for me in Theaters. But, the uncut version I REALLY liked. I don't know if I went into the theater expecting the same things in the original Halloween or what but I hated it. But the Uncut DVD I REALLY REALLY liked. I give it a 3 out of 5 and hope for a 2nd film.
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