Wow, I'm personally a big fan of all of Zombie's films, especially Halloween which I thought was an absolutely fantastic reimagining. I'm uber excited to see how this sequel turns out!

Fuck yes...i loved zombies take on halloween and this is great news

i could watch the original halloween like a hundred times and i probably have..but the remake watched once and fell asleep the two times i tried to watch it again.........the second is my absolute favorite....and after what he did last time i don't know if i'm excited for this....i'd rather see micheal dead than see him ruined........PLEASE DON"T FUCK THIS UP ROB!!!!

ok, peoples main complaint with Robs remake was how he handled the Shapes backstory but this time there isnt 1. this time Rob gets to let loose and give us something completely new so i for 1 am excited for this

movie has ass written all over it, heres to 10 months of zombie fan boys calling everyone a hater because they dont like zombies version of halloween.

SO pumped for this...I have all the faith in the world in Zombie...he'll do it well, just like the first one...and every other movie he's done, for that matter...really hoping that Danielle Harris makes a return, too...it'll be really interesting to see how this plays out...and October would be a dream come true!

ugh god I wish the 12 year olds would stop watching shit like this and saw...we could probably get some decent movies for once if they did.

I AGREE WITH HYBRID1991.. THE REMAKE WAS NOT VERY GOOD.. BUT IF HE'S NOT REMAKING THE SEQUEL HALLOWEEN II. THAN HE WILL BE DOING HIS OWN THING.. WHICH IS AWESOME BC OTHER THAN HALLOWEEN REMAKE I LOVED ROB'S MOVIES

should call it now, this movie will be delayed until spring 2010.

Pshh, what happened to: I WILL NEVER DO A SEQUEL blah blah... my ass.

wait, what the hell. the movie isn't called "H2" is it? if so, then straight up fuck right off.

he should do a remake of his first halloween movie, he might get it right this time ....

blech. his 'reimagining' of halloween sucked. i'll wait for this on dvd.

I hope he doesn't have Michael as the lead character now..because i think we get the point.. I think we should get to know a little more about the new laurie strode. It would be good to have the shape back.

That's sick! Rob Zombie back at the helm and with the pen! October release will give Saw a run for its money...thank God! This is going to be awesome.

Im glade that Zombie wont be going back to the original H2 story and make something new and fresh cuz if he did then everyone will be looking for similarities like they did on the first one and everyone will be talking shit and be pissed off and just shit on it cuz they didn't stay true to the original but im excited for this one and hope it will make an October release.

I haven't seen all of Rob Zombie's movies. I saw that movie "The Devil's Rejects" and didn't like it very much. After seeing that and seeing his remake of Halloween, I pretty much know that I just don't like his directing. His remake of Halloween was very good, but I just don't agree with his directing; there's something off about it. One thing I did like about "his" Michael Myers was that he got that guy to play as him who was huge! In my opinion, Michael looks good when he: -smashes through walls and doors to get through them or to grab someone. -he lifts someone up and stabs them onto a wall or such -when he walks slow OR power-walks after his victim -when he leans his head back and forth after killing someone -smashes people into things -walks through a pane of glass as if it wasn't there (just some of my personal likes on Michael's characteristics.) I am excited for the sequel though! I hope we can again see Michael stalk Laurie Strode in a creepy hospital with with his scalpel! -Matt

Maybe next he'll remake JAWS with his wife as Chief Brody and Captain Howdy as Quint.... The shark will be eating people because it was sexually molested by fishermen shortly after birth. When Rob Zombie remade Halloween he took a big dump on a classic. Please stop Rob.

It is official, I am not watching this.

Ugh. Rob Zombie disappointed me with the remake. I loved House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects so as a huge fan of the original Halloween, I was definitely happy he was behind it. Makes me feel kinda stupid now. That movie was a chance to prove his diversity as a director, and instead of doing that he just did the same thing again but with Michael Myers. I was hoping a new director would go in a different direction with the sequel. All I can say now is that I hope he makes a good Halloween movie, I doubt it, but nothing is impossible. And is it really called H2? Cause seriously, WTF???

That's all I needed to know about whether or not I was to keep an eye out for this one. Not interested, one bit.

Worst. Christmas Present. Ever. :(

The remake sucked ass and so will this one! Looks like i'll be saving my self another $5 to 6 bucks at the theaters again!

"the egg is on their face"? Really? Come on, do we really need a horror film site rivalry? Come on. Just give us the fucking news without dissing your "rivals" please.

I smell another big,steamy pile of s**t!!

I'm all for this as long as Zombie gets rid of all the white trash characters that dominate his films. Wish it was a direct remake of the original part 2 though

Where should Zombie take this sequel? How about in the hands of a better director.

"the sequel to his remake" that just sounds wrong

What the fuck is wrong with this town???? Why in gods name would they give Rob Zombie another Halloween movie?? I fucking hate Rob Zombie. All you fucking idiots who like Rob Zombie are dumb stupid fuckers. In the great words of Bobby Cooper from U Turn. "Is Everyone Here On Drugs?"

HELLLL YEEEAAA!!!!! RZ'S HALLOWEEN WAS AWESOME...H2 IS GONNA BE EVEN BETTER! TYLER MANE IS ALREADY SIGNED, AS IS MALCOLM AND SCOUT...THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT!!!!I HOPE THEY CALL IT H2...THAT SOUNDS GREAT...."F" ALL THE CRAP TALKERS....ZOMBIES THE BEST

Why god, WHY!!!

he's a liar!

HEY mcsLBC...why is Zombie the best?? I want to know why you like him so much?? I want to know why you thought his Halloween was so good? Please tell me...

I'm not surprised that rob is back. I was pritty sure he would be. There was no one else to continue the series except rob. Dimension is bankrupt with ideas and doesn't know where to take the character. It's not rob's fault. There was no direction what to keep in the remake. Could have changed everything. Dimension didn't care. Carpenter doesn't care about the series. Rob was dealt a bad hand at the very beginning.

Ill tell yas, I was sorta excited someone was gonna make a sequel to this and might be able to fix what Rob did. Guess not, I personally thought it was shit on rye. Lets hope H2 isnt!

i'm stoked

I'm so glad this is getting on its way finally...I just hope with the deadline Zombie has, that he will have time to make this good. LONG LIVE MICHAEL MYERS!!!

I hope Zombie has secretly been writing a script these past months cause if production starts in march and hes hasn't then it will be a rush job and not as good as it can be.

H2? Really? Are they gonna start calling Michael Myers M&M now?

Damn it! Zombie is such a tool... why couldn't he stick to his guns and leave my favorite series alone. He already took a shit all over it once. At this point I'd rather see Halloween 9 than another blood soaked pile of whores getting their shit rocked.

All the Zombie bashing is so damn yawn. At least he's making horror films that are both bloody and violent. I think he's a competent director and let's face it, he's doing more for horror than all these bitchy comments ever will. Bring it on RZ!

Who gives a crap whether the first one sucked or it didn't. it's not like you now can never watch the original again. I'm pretty stoked about this sequel, because now Rob can run with it however he wants... It'll be a total Zombie original.

I like Rob Zombie and I liked his remake of Halloween and I loved John Carpenter's Halloween as well. I do worry that the excitement RZ had for remaking Halloween, may be lost on the new project? It sounds like it will be rushed and that could make H2 a piece of crap. If he does not have enough time to formulate a decent storyline and the production is rushed............I smell disaster. In this case I am hoping for a 2010 release

Hell yeah! Zombies remake of halloween was the best out of all of them. I am happy to see him return for part 2. Fuck anyone who has a problem with this.

I would like to get behind this, but I really didn't like his first attempt, I like house and rejects, was excited when he was supossed to direct crow 2 and liked his beavis and butthead animated sequence, but his halloween left me cold.

This is the worst horror news this year. Zombie is a one-trick pony and ANOTHER Halloween under his eye is going to be another unwatchable piece of shit.

Wow, as if Zombie hadn't desecrated Halloween enough, we get Zombieween 2. No thanks. White trash Zombieween was plenty awful enough. You know, after Resurrection, I said that I'd rather they remake the movie as opposed to having to sit through another film as bad as Resurrection...and leave it to Rob Zombie to make a film that makes me wish we had 10 more films along the lines of Resurrection to look forward to as opposed to the remake we got. Simply astounding how devoid of talent he is.

Great... another way for Zombie to shit on the series. Has he never heard of hiring someone else BESIDES him to write a script? The remake could have been decent if the script wasn't so frickin' stupid. He can direct, but he can't write for shit.

"Who will be raped and what will be left of them?"

They got my money for the first one, they will not get it again. PATHETIC! Zombies halloween is the WORST of all the remakes. His complete lack of understanding of what made the first one great is staggering. What a self indulgent (I mean seriously, your wife who can't act to save her life?!?!?) piece of crap.

EXCLUSIVE!!! HERE'S AN EXCERPT FROM THE SCRIPT: "Fuck! Motherfucker! Lick my fucking tits!" - it also says Michael will rampage a trailer park! In the immortal lyrics of ANY Rob Zombie song, "YEAH, YEAH!"

Maybe this will have given Scout Taylor Compton time to take some acting classes... Danielle Harris needs to come back. She survived, and they did have Annie in Halloween 2 back in '81... sure she was a corpse, but they did get Nancy Loomis to do it... ;)

Original Halloween 2 Is One of my Favorites! I Know Rob Zombie will Do Remake Justice!

Well, well. It's going to be another white trash Halloween for 2009.

Wow some more white trash antics in a town they have no monetary means to be living in. A least the poster looks kind of cool - http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997402.html?categoryid =13&cs=1 The title - not so much. The director - fuck he sucks.

I liked Rob's version of Halloween except for a couple things. First who in the hell wants to see a girl get raped? That shit is sick!!!!!! Second the whole white trash family, yeah I know that Rob was trying to show how Micheal got screwed up in the first place but it was just to much!! STUPID! I hope he takes his time on H2 and gives us fans what we really deserve!

This is going to suck harder than a cheerleader on prom night.. Shhot me now.

THE FIRST ONE SUCKED MY LEFT FUCKING NUT!!!! Please say it ain't so!

If it's going to be done I like having Rob be the one to do it. I love his films, they have that raw, gritty 70's feel that Hollywood films very rarely have.

now for all the people who did not like zombie's first halloween,don't go see this..so we don't have to here the bitchin,i will be there on day one.

Awesome! I can't wait! It will be better I bet! Loved the remake, but not as scary as the original. Zombie is horror!!!

i am soo fucking excited about this!

re-cast Laurie, bring back Danielle Harris & i'm there!

i agree with u gorgeous. fell asleep the second time watched it and was bored out of my mind whenever they were showing it at one of these haunted houses that me and my hubby to be went to this year......i loved the second one too. y ruin a good franchise!

Scout Taylor-Compton is a terrible liar and an even worse actress.

Not watching this one. Malek didn't want Zombie back and it sounds like the Weinsteins are twisting his arm. Not cool. I'm done with this new series.

Sounds like we will see this in Oct 09. Very cool if they can make that happen. So where will RZ take H2 if there will be no hospital storyline? I'm very curious to read the plot. Let the fans and haters battle begin!!!! Play nice everyone.

That is kind of weird. I was hopping that if he made the sequel it would be in the hospital.

No,no, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

yes, yes, Yeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssss

Hell Ya!!! This Is Great!! He won't have as much pressure to reinvision someone elses movie. It'll be more of an original take..rob zombie style..Yes and it will be released in october wich is also great!!! Can't wait for RZ's H2!!!!!

They should take Myers to Wally World. Boobs N Blood thats what I want!

rob zombie is officially a hack

Another white trash Halloween film from Rob Zombie! Maybe he can show us a Haddonfield mud wrestling contest. I hope all the characters are white trash idiots who say fuck every other word too. Zombie sucks! His writing is low rent Tarantino.

What on Earth is it about Rob Zombie's one-trick white trash vision that people like so much?!?!

Where should Zombie take the pic you ask? He should take it and jump in the nearest toilet along with those idiots at Dimension Films....and make sure there are turds in the toilet as well. Pathetic.

ugh.

Well I liked the 1st one dispite popular opinion so I'd be up for seeing this when it comes out.

45 nah posts 20 yeah posts. few indifferent posts how can dimension films be so stupid, yes the first one made some money, but the general consensus online from the fans who saw it is that it sucked. NONE of us will be suckered in for a second one. the only chance they had was a new direction. STUPID STUPID STUPID.

I didn't care for the remake but perhaps the sequel will be better. I hated that almost an hour was devoted to the backstory. Plus too many characters that weren't developed properly. It became boring and tiresome. I prefer the way Platinum Dunes produces their horror films.

He can do what he likes with this, but for the love of god!!! don't remake season of the witch!!!!! (tee hee)

WOW!! I can't believe you people that call yourselves fans of Halloween are just so stuck on the original. I mean come on everything has to come full circle, yeah Zombie did a remake, so what!! most of you so called fans hate it, so what!! The movie made money, money is what is bringing RZ back for the second one, who cares!! Do you really think that just because are saying that it sucked, that they wouldn't make a sequel, that RZ wouldn't be back, that Hollywood actually listens!?!? All I know is that I am a huge fan of the Origanls, I honestly think that after Halloween 2 the franchise went down hill, I mean come on Season of the With, The Revenge of Micheal Myers, The Curse of Micheal Myers, H2O, Resurrection. None of these films did justice to the original or the first sequel. I honestly like Zombie's remake, I thought it was refreshing, and a new start needed for the series!! I just hope that his sequel ends the series. I just don't want to see it ran into the ground again!!

Nitewise 84; you're missing the point. A lot of people complaining about the remake are doing so because of very specific elements that are the foundation of Zombie's "vision". For instance...we WERE expecting a film with intelligence, style, and a basic comprehension and respect for what made "Halloween" work in the first place. Zombie showed us NONE of those things. I won't delve deeply into the "what makes Michael work" argument...but, making him 8' 9" tall and built like a Hummer does NOT show basic comprehension for that fact. If bigger = scarier...why not just turn him into a 12' 8" cyborg fashioned out of the remains of other serial killers and Nazi tanks? Zombie caters to the average IQ level of the reality-TV-slurping cro-magnons who have the attention span and aesthetic sensibility of a pre-schooler. He made the Boogeyman LESS subtle (and as a result LESS scary)...he turned three wonderful girls into obnoxious, idiotic, vacuous, twits...he turned a noble and sympathetic Doctor into an egocentric, clueless, simpleton. He took a great idea and dumbed it down...stripped it of it's mystery and subtlety, and thus its effectiveness...and poured buckets of blood on it; he made it more "today". That's NOT necessarily a good thing. remaking the film is one thing...but to do so showing little to no comprehension of what makes "Halloween" "Halloween"...it's just idiotic. And I'm not saying he should keep everything the same...but, somethings shouldn't be fucked with. If you skew them to far, they just don't work.

I think this one will be better and recieved much better then the first one Rob did. No preasure to be different, no preasure for nostalgia etc... this time he can do whatever he wants and I think it's gonna be great

Is there any truth running around on the internet? First the Halloween sequels would all be DtV, then Scout said there is no sequel...any truth? Anyway, I'll go see this though I'll be hesitant. I liked the first one ok, but will the white-trash, language, and excessive nudity be present again? That took away the classiness of Halloween for me. Please Rob! Back off!

could be good, could be shit. His first attempt fell very short of being any where as good as the original. Act 1 was actually very impressive and i really got into it but as soon as Act 2 started the movie fell apart. the pacing was all over the place, there were absolutely no suspenseful build ups before the kills, it was just rapid paced one after another. carpenter did a much better job; and the acting was terrible.

You know, if he continued directly from where it left off and focus more on Laurie, it might actually make the first a bit more decent. I mean, the first could then be considered to only introduce Laurie and her relationship to Michael, then they could transition it. I dunno, maybe there's something here. Or maybe I'm just grasping from SOMETHING that just cant be...

I bet it will be good. Not great, but good.

This could be a GOOD thing, as in the first one he was kind of compelled to follow the pre-determined 'origin' story and subsequent return home... this way he can take it pretty much any way he wants to. I am looking forward to see what he can do with an established horror icon , without the constraints of needing to tell the back story.

I'm not going to get into some idiotic argument over this, I'm so happy about this and excited to see what he comes up with.

Wait and see

Ok, this is INSANE! The remake was terrible!

I'm at least glad it will be different from his initial remake. Really, though, do they have to call it H2? So stupid. P2, X2, LXG, H2O, let's end the meaningless acronyms. Halloween 2, Halloween II, or Halloween Part 2 or Halloween: The Sequel to the Remake, but please not "H2"! Recommendation for Mr. Zombie otherwise is to go for *scary* this time and forget homages, explanations, grittiness, and gore.

Zombie seemed so headstrong in not making a sequel to Halloween, so I'm very surprised to say the least. That being said I loved his point of view of the first film and where he took the story. So I can't wait to see where he takes us this time... Bring it on Rob!

Questions for Rob Zombie: So are you going to go back on your word with this film as you did with the first over an over again - no res-hoots, no alternate endings, no sequel - yet you did all three!!!! Also what white trash direction will you be taking this sequel?? Will Laurie, due to her traumatic experiences, become a stripper and pregnant teen? Will she become a catatonic killing machine that can't make up her mind if she is pure evil or made that way due to her upbringing? Will a white trash family find themselves living in an upper middle class neighborhood with no logical means to support themselves yet just ignore that fact??? Will Sheri Moon be playing a twin sister to Deborah and aunt to Laurie (you have to get your wife in there somehow)?? Will you cast anyone who can act their way out of a paper bag? Will Tommy & Lindsay make an appearance as they gave the best performances in the first film (I am being dead serious with this one - so yes a compliment and backhand at the same time because it was probably an accident they acted so well) Will you give Danielle Harris more to do besides saying "Fuck me", "Hey Bitches", and being topless - this girl actually can act??? Will you kill Michael again only to return in the lamely titled H3??? And most importantly - will you let someone else write the fucking thing???

-_- ...

this has "fail" written all over it. =[ originals are ALWAYS better imo. ive never EVER seen a remake better than an original. i wish someone else was directing it then theres MAYBE a possibility for someone to pick up the pieces after that first one. oh well.

Yes, I am glad this is happening but Rob please cut down on the swearing because it is so not Halloween.

Ugh! NO way, maaaaannnn!! Rb, if you are reading this, here is some advice: No more wierd lighting, noo more shaking cam, no more backstory, no more nudity all over the place_ however I did enjoy that- and have your characters with, well, character!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously!!!!!!!!

Try not to fuck it up like the first one you did.

Initially when I saw Halloween at the cinema, I was upset that I spent money on watching it, then thought maybe I was looking to hard into it. I tried to get through it again last night, but couldn't take it seriously, I found dramatic and tense scenes hilariously amusing and couldn't get past most of Zombies choice of casting. I still think he should work on his directing skills with his own films.

I'm glad that Rob is returning to do this. This won 2008 Scream Award for Best Remake and the Rondo for 2007 Best Horror Film where it had the highest votes (553) of any film in Rondo's history of voting. It does matter what people outside of any message board thinks and buys since the remake made over it's initial production and advertising costs.

Awesome news!! At least it's finally official. His remake is great and this will be too.

Being a very big supporter of Rob Zombie and his films I have to say im very upset to here that he will be doing a sequal especially to Halloween which is what ruined the franchise in the first place. Im not saying that this wont be any good but I am very dissapointed that its happening. Not to mention I was very excited for Tyrannasouras Rex.

I am very excited to see another Halloween installment. I enjoyed the Rob Zombie remake. Yes, I know, it was nowhere near as good as the John Carpenter original, but very few horror/slasher films stack up to Halloween. Just a little note to all the haters: have you seen the sequels to Halloween? They are 95% crap! As far as the slasher genre goes, Halloween had weaker sequels than Friday the 13th, Elm Street, Etc. The remake didn't ruin the franchise, the original franchise ruined the franchise. I am always grateful when a real horror film is released and the horror market is full of garbage (Twilight, Prom Night, Etc.) right now. Most of you guys would bitch if you were hung with a new rope. "It looks terrible!" You are basing this on a teaser poster. If you have no desire to see it, stick to Rob Zombie and stay home. My bet is you will be the idiot at the midnight screening.

I personally can't wait for this one.As for all of you Zombie bashers out there...FUCK OFF!If you don't want to see this then don't post anything.As for the HALLOWEEN fans wait until you see pics and a trailer before you start bitchin'.

This is horrible, HORRIBLE news! Zombie said a few years ago that "remaking classic horror-films is the WORST thing a filmmaker can do." THen, of coure, he makes his huge, white-trash, Halloween-junkpile. He is a huge liar, and this is further proof. Why don't you just remake House of 1000 Corpses? That is just screaming out for a remake.

Best News ALL YEAR!!!

Have to admit, I liked Zombie's redo of Halloween. My opinion. Hope that he doesn't mess it up with doing a sequel, so good luck with that. On another note, doing a remake or redo of The Crow, I'm not happy about.

The remake was already bad enough now this. I don't know why they even remade halloween and why there remaking 2. those are probably the best ones. If anything they should of picked up after reserection or h20 and continued with it from there not remake classics especially rob zombie. Hes not right for the serious at all. I love the halloween movies but his remake was total crapppp.

I rather enjoyed his take of Halloween minus some of the dialoge and directors cut rape scene. Which i could have gone with out seeing. Anyways im going to remain neutral being kinda excited and kinda disappointed. If he plans on releasing by October they he will run threw making the movie which can lead to a diasterous film. i guesss we wait and see eh

As someone else said - a sequel will give Zombie a chance to let loose and take the story where he wants it. Although (i thought) that Zombies first Halloween was very well done but it was definitely restricted by certain elements. Just like the amazing Devils Rejects over the terrible House of a 1000 Corpses; This Sequel Will Rock.

noooooooooooooooooooooooo, man i am mad, halloween is a good franchise and they keep ruining it, after halloween 5 it went downhill for me (h20 was good though), but i didnt like the halloween remake (tried to watch it a second time to give it another chance, but i just couldnt finish the film because of how bad it was), seriously someone else needs to direct this, this sucks.

You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger fan of the original Carpenter fans than myself. That said, I LOVED Zombie's "remake" of Halloween. I thought the kid who played young Michael was great, the scene where he kills his first person was truly disturbing, and the whole film had an uncomfortable feel that built to a sudden crescendo at the ending. Also, Danny Trejo yelling, "But I was good to you, Mikey," still haunts me at times. Either you're a purist or you're not, either you're a Zombie fan or you're not, but calling those who enjoy his work stupid is pretty immature. If ya wanna see the next one, see it. If ya don't, don't. I'll be there opening day if I get my way.

That was supposed to read "fan of the original Carpenter SERIES," not "fans." Oops.