Yup, the geniuses in Hollywood yet again prove there are no original ideas left. Sorry, but Rob Zombie's going to flunk the test. There is nothing he's going to bring to the table to update, reinvent, etc. It's just H-wood trying to make a buck, and the more people line up, the more they'll keep doing shit like this.
From what I've read so far, Zombie's interpretation of it is akin to George Lucas feeling the need to go back and "explain" the force with midi-some-shit-or-other. What's the point? Isn't the purpose of evil incarnate to be of origins unknown? I mean, if we knew what lead him to do the things he did, it would make things a lot less frightening because then one could rationalize all they wanted.
And releasing it in August--doesn't Dimension Films realize that August is the studio's month for dumping turkeys? Perhaps they think they will cash in because of this, but releasing the film two months ahead of its namesake proves they've been locked up in an asylum for the last 25 years.