Things have been quiet since Dimension Films announced that Rob Zombie would write and direct his own Halloween film, which is more of a re-imagining than a remake. Last night Zombie spoke exclusively to MTV about the film, which he finally goes into serious detail on. Read on for a portion of the article and then follow the link for Podcast footage and more.
Below is the portion of a major articel over at MTV:
"Which brings us to the multimillion-dollar question (and the buzz of horror sites everywhere): What can we expect from Rob Zombie's "Halloween"? For starters, he describes his film not as a prequel, as rumored, but rather as "a remake with more back story built into it," and plans to make the film less about babysitters in peril and more about the man behind the mask.
"I want the lead character to be Michael Myers," Zombie said. "He's not just a faceless thing floating around in the background and then you focus on these girls. I feel that that's where you can make it different and that's where you can make it more intense."
As he talks about his vision, references range from "Murders in the Rue Morgue" to "The Constant Gardener" and "21 Grams," and he grows increasingly animated as he hits on his main goal: exploring these now iconic characters in greater depth. He talks about beefing up the roles of Sherriff Brackett and the somewhat demented Dr. Loomis, the gun-toting child psychiatrist who serves as Myers' chief foil while spewing his unique brand of dark poetry ("I watched him for 15 years, sitting in a room, staring at a wall, not seeing the wall, looking past the wall, looking at this night, inhumanly patient, waiting for some secret, silent alarm to trigger him off. Death has come to your little town.").
"I felt the character of Dr. Loomis just popped in and out when they needed somebody to say something dramatic," Zombie observed. "I wanted his story to feel more intertwined with Michael in a way that means something, which they did in the original, but sometimes it feels like he disappears for a long period and then just pops up to go, 'He's evil!,' and then he disappears again for a while."
Zombie's eyes light up as he talks about casting his Loomis, and names ranging from Jeff Bridges to Ben Kingsley turn up on his very, very loose "what if?" list. "There is no shortage of late-50s, early-60s male actors that are amazing and would like to work more, probably much like Donald Pleasence at the time [he was cast as the original Loomis]," Zombie said.
But the beefiest role by far will be that of Myers. No longer a figure looming ominously in the background of an artfully framed shot, Myers — his motives, methods and machinations — will be front and center this time around, a switch Zombie thinks is essential to sharpen the blade a bit.
"One of the things that's happened over the years to all those characters is that they become friendly," Zombie added. "Michael Myers and Jason and Freddy and Pinhead aren't scary anymore because they're so familiar. I thought we have to find a way to go back and start fresh and remove everyone's preconceived ideas about what they think this character is because no one thinks they can be scared by it again. It's almost like Santa Claus."
i have no faith in rob zombie. He's a hack, immature writer (remember "tutty f'n fruity"). His ideas for "improving" the movie sound like unnecessary tampering. and reading his comments on plesance shows he knows crap about the original production. Donald Plesance didnt care for horror movies, he only did it because his daughter liked carpenter. and lastly, contrary to what zombie thinks, michael myers isnt scary anymore because the owners of the franchise allow busta rhymes to kick his ass, and now they allow hack zombie to crap on the memory of the original. i predict this will suck worse than TCM the beginning
this movie has the potential to be done really well! and im gonna have that faith in Zombie. If anything its obviously better then any hack sequel... the franchise is unforgettable and the first is a classic... and yes zombie has a lot of grand ideas on how his "new take" on the franchise should be, well its better then someone not caring and spewing out any ideas which has been happening for the past years with other movies. So everyone, sit back, enjoy the ride, and just prepare urself to see one hell of a movie. Zombie, do ur thing man.
I am looking forward to viewing this new episode. I am a fan of Zombies gore fests, but hopefully he'll exclude some of the gore from this film. The Halloween franchise is about the tension it creates between the cast and the viewers. I believe the audience will be more captivated by what we assume Micheal does, opposed to seeing what he does to his victims.
I hope this turns out to be as 70's style as house of a 1000 corpses, which is a great film, i'm lookin forward to a back story I don't think he should butcher up the dr loomis character like he says, hes going to. also I would like to see the shape as carpenter portrayed him in the first 2 films,original mask, under 250 lbs, psychotic blank stare with head movements.He should give the guy that played captain spaulding a role, maybe even the guy that played otis.It would be like the way carpenter used alot of the same actors in his differnt movies.
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"Which brings us to the multimillion-dollar question (and the buzz of horror sites everywhere): What can we expect from Rob Zombie's "Halloween"? For starters, he describes his film not as a prequel, as rumored, but rather as "a remake with more back story built into it," and plans to make the film less about babysitters in peril and more about the man behind the mask.
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