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'Halloween' Sets Sights On Breaking Labor Day Record
Saturday, September 1, 2007


By: MrDisgusting
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Rob Zombie's Halloween (review #1, #2), despite being destroyed by critics, is on track to gross a record-breaking $23-$26 million during the four-day Labor Day weekend as this past Friday it scored an estimated $11 million, according to Box Office Mojo. In addition to this news, inside you'll find our THIRD review for the film, this time a semi-positive one from B-D reporter SpookyDan. Read on and don't forget about our Legion of Michael contest.


Halloween
Revew by: SpookyDan


Wow, I am almost at a loss for words on this one. Zombie has a big chore here recreating and re-envisioning one of the best horror films ever created. For what it’s worth, I consider the original to be a perfect film. Now to take this new one and review it is tricky. I did like the film, quite a bit. But this movie has it’s problems, like the lack of reason for Michael to hunt down his sister, and its overly long run time.

The first two thirds of the movie is the genesis, and the best part, then the last third is a re-imagining of the original Halloween. Zombie pulls out all the stops to bring us a fresh take on the franchise. This is by and far one of the best entries. Full of nudity and gore and containing some of the most violently intense sequences put to film! Thumbs up for the boobs and lots of em!!!

Danielle Harris gives a fearless performance with this film, doing the majority of her scenes bloody and topless. Malcolm McDowell as Loomis, does adequately here, but you can see why his career has lead him down path of direct to DVD shit. His performance is well crafted, yet screams of low rent. As if he lost his ability to play it down for cinema, very TV like in its delivery. Michael Meyers young and old... Both fine both not very scary, but both VERY violent!! I bought them hook line and sinker. These two cats let the blood flow! Ken Foree Steals the movie with his role as trucker in a truck wash, being the sort of comic relief through his scenes. A noticeably weird thing is the cherub like faces the younger cast has and contrasting to the wrinkly and cracked faces of the older part of the cast. Save for Sherrie Moon who is hot and doesn't fit either afore mentioned characteristics.

The film looks amazing from start to finish; every frame could be a publicity shot or poster on the shelf at Spencer’s gifts. It looks just plain beautiful. By now you have seen the new mask, and it is the best one in the franchise this thing is just plain scary. Oddly by being so scary looking it takes away from the earlier animal like feel that Michael always had. Now and this whole movie supports this, Michael is a person, he talks, he smiles, occasionally has a consciences... Not the eyes of pure evil.

A few unintentional laughs through as we meet every horror character actor ever put to film. Each time taking us out of the movie and cheering for them. Also, The sudden arrival of the grown up Michael is funny, because he went from a fat kid to a WWE sized giant. Zombie has a weird fixation on food in this film, and does a strange task of always making food and eating a disgusting ritual. But overall the film is a worthy entry into the legacy of the much beloved franchise. Worth your money and worth you time. Even the most hardcore horror fans will walk out speechless. Both out of respect and love of the first and then out of the sheer amount of balls it took for Zombie to make this film.

Here is where I have to compare it to the original. Carpenters = masterpiece... Zombies = good film.

Source: Box Office Mojo

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crescentia
1:54pm, September 1, 2007

The fact that this movie is doing well is just proof that the average American movie watcher has no taste. That, and the fact that 15 year olds are easily entertained by boobies and gore.


tommykfw1
1:57pm, September 1, 2007

fucking thank you let Spooky Dan run the site I could not have said it better thank you spooky dan take BD's spot please here's a guy who reviewed the film quite well thank you and I agree the film is a great entry and my fav.remake ever!!!!!!


tommykfw1
1:59pm, September 1, 2007

true horror fans will pan it b/c they didnt want a remake period I didnt either put beatutifully shot frame for frame i loved it


MrDisgusting
2:01pm, September 1, 2007

crescentia... or Rob Zombie has THAT many loyal fans and tommykfw1, I didnt HATE the movie. It's just mediocre and loaded with problems.


pissing_lasers
2:03pm, September 1, 2007

Thanks mr.D....it coulda been ALOT worse...


tommykfw1
2:10pm, September 1, 2007

MEDIOCRE....please explain dude let me ask you a question f*cking critic was it better than 5,6,7,8 ok thank you it was and everyone knows it I think Rob did great with trying to explain things and did great with giving us something completely different dude you gave TCM The beginning a positive review and everyone thought it blowed so your stance on reviews have always sucked and thats just coming from ppl that i know that visit this site as I said Spooky Dan take over the site man or least the reviewing Mr BD wtf are you anyhow how did you get this site in your name i would really love to know b/c you dont seem very smart just my opinion


crescentia
2:12pm, September 1, 2007

MrDisgusting: I just wish that filmmakers would make some intelligent horror films instead of relying on just gore and nudity. I feel old and cranky right now....I'm going to go get my cane.


tommykfw1
2:13pm, September 1, 2007

hell just answer this dude Mr BD where would you put it in the series???


tommykfw1
2:22pm, September 1, 2007

wow I just read where you put he has that many loyal fans so now it only did well b/c Zombie's fans lol explain why H20 did well then you have a reason for that Brad Miska doesnt know shit Im sick of this site man I'm going elsewhere this sucks im still waiting on the answer of where you would put this film in the series????


DeadArtist
2:41pm, September 1, 2007

Ok - Im just going to see the movie (anyway) and now that I read all this... It might not dissapoint me! im just gonna have to wait till october


cpanthers
2:43pm, September 1, 2007

crescentia count has of one of many with no taste because I thought the movie kicked ass.


tommykfw1
2:49pm, September 1, 2007

Thank you I did too I loved it I'll say it again Incredible Film to say the least one of the best in the series


RustinPeace
2:54pm, September 1, 2007

i liked the movie and was entertained. I can understand the animosity because fans were expecting a halloween film not the devils rejects transplanted on to the halloween template.


pissing_lasers
3:04pm, September 1, 2007

This movie could've shot fire and blood out its as*,and people still woulda cried like a buncha 12 yr olds...now theres gonna be more random "It sucks" posts than before, but i pretty much expected it...fuc*ing little girls,it was better than the other 45375869860000 remakes that are being cranked out every week...


BillyDecay
3:16pm, September 1, 2007

Yea is was entertaining. But of course a movie with so much hype is going to be good at the box office, thats why this and H20 did good. Idk personally I just don't think Zombie's style fit the Halloween franchise. It was an interesting and great try though. Good movie it is, being a cult classic remake it is not.


Jonny Horror
4:26pm, September 1, 2007

Well said BILLY DECAY. That pretty much sums up how I feel. I'm not surprized it's doing well at the box office. Plenty of hype and a well known movie title. Now that I've had 24 hrs to think more about it, I thought it was going to be better then what it was. I went with 5 friends and we were all split down the middle. 3 of us thought it was just ok,(myself included) and the other 3 hated it. Just how I thought most people will feel about it. My expectations were set pretty high and afterwards I just felt like,"That was it"? I was entertained though and felt some ideas worked, and others fell flat. Overall it was just a mediocre horror film. I would hope now that this puts to rest the idea that RZ's movie would tarnish the image of the original, no way. Most of us will still put on Carpenter's when they want to watch it. I'll buy RZ's DVD when it comes out and watch it again and see if I feel a little different next time around. Maybe it will grow on me.


tymishu78
4:39pm, September 1, 2007

I thought it was great!


appleOFdiscord
4:41pm, September 1, 2007

I think this was a GREAT film, regardless of what the so called pure-fans said. YES it changed the way we view Halloween and Michael, YES Zombie made it more realistic and Michael into a formula serial killer..so what though? I mean we all expected Zombie to give his own take on Michael, and he has been saying it from day 1 that he wanted to do so and make him feel more "real" and less like the "boogeyman". Sure, comparing it to the original its a different story but as a movie on it's own it had everything i love in a horror flick and one of the very few films where the victims actully make an effort to look scared. Call me tasteless for liking it but so what? Been a horror fan since i was 9 and now i am 30, grew up with Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday 13th, Hellraiser etc and i really, honestly loved Zombie's version


MichaelMyers1031
4:47pm, September 1, 2007

I am a huge Halloween fan and when i went to go watch the movie i was expecting it to be bad and Rob Zombie as the director I liked his two previous film House of 1000 Corpses and The Devils Rejects they were both good movies but they were nothing like Halloween in fact they were not even 1% of Carpenters Classic but when I watched this new Halloween I was shocked I never new Rob had this in him. It was not better than the original but was better than most sequels (maybe only H20 and part 2 were better) this was avery decent film and the 30 min were very exciting i'm shocked he killed Loomis, it had decent acting shocking moments plenty of gore and nudity and probably the best or second best myers mask they've ever had awesome movie 8 out of 10 skulls.


J-Syxx
5:00pm, September 1, 2007

The movie sucked. Anyone who says other-wise is a liar. All the Zombie fanboys can bend over for him and take it in the ass, I don't care. Perhaps this movie did well based off of the brand name of Halloween alone.


Jonny Horror
5:16pm, September 1, 2007

I wouldn't say it sucked. But saying it was awesome is a big stretch. I think even the biggest RZ loyalists would have to admit it wasn't a top notch horror classic. C'mon ? Really ?? But I can see how some, especially the younger ones, would think it was good. Violent, bloody and boobies. Those are the ingredients for a teenager's masterpiece. I'm still thinking about it and it's still the same for me. I would give it a solid C, maybe a C+ .


sauronthepowerful
5:39pm, September 1, 2007

HOLY SHIT. HOLY MOTHER-OF-ALL-FESTERRING PIECES OF ROTTEN, FETID, DECAYING SPHINCTER-LADEN SEMENAL REGURGITATION.....It was said by a wise man on this site (I think it was either Haddon or Halloweenfan, I can't remember) that for ROB Zombie to make an OK film would be a failure. He would need to deliver an amazing film for this to be the success that he ran his mouth about in terms of "reimagining" the original. What fucking movie were YOU people watching. The one where Micael Fucking Myers TACKLED, I REPEAT, TACKLED a 5'0 100lb 11th grader like Brian Fucking Erlacher. HE'S THE FUCKING BOOGEYMAN, NOT A LINEBACKER. My fucking word. No one, NOT ONE OF YOU, can bring Busta Rhymes to the table after Myers laid a fucking textbook NFL low-impact tackle on Laurie. That arguement is done, that ship has sailed. Busta-FU was horrible, but this was equally as bad. It has been said before, but it will be repeated, Busta Rhymes is not an excuse. Don't fucking lay out that anything would be better than Ressurrection because this was equally as bad in other ways. There is no way under the fucking shiny, yellow sun that this piece of cinematic placenta was even COMPARABLE, to 2, 4, or even 5 nevermind better. If you wanna go around takin a shot in the mouth by ROB and then spit it back up to sell it on ebay and thereby justify to the world that you are someone special simply by associating with a third rate hack celebrity, then knock yourself out. Other than the couple of mysterious new "reviewers" that have appeared since Thursday who apparently are card-carrying members of that special, "I need to get my avatar as close to the man's as possible", Myspace crowd, who the fuck could seriously justify, SERIOUSLY, with all of the fucking unintentionally comic technical and dialogue errors that this was good. By no means though is this movie even remotely amazing. It wasn't even mediocre or bad. This shit was fucking horrible folks. IT'S REALLY THAT FUCKING BAD.....


pissing_lasers
5:49pm, September 1, 2007

Lmao....YES! i was waiting until he started on those myspace as* dumplings....am i to assume you didnt like the movie,sauron? well...theres always Saw 4 ,5, 6, 7, and so on.....heh


pissing_lasers
5:57pm, September 1, 2007

I can relate a little though,when i rented (thank christ) that piece of worm infested sh*t that is "Behind the mask",i felt the same thing Sauron feels about this remake ANY person who even came close to like that lame sh*t,needs to eat a bullet....


pissing_lasers
6:00pm, September 1, 2007

Btw....Dannielle Harris is still hot,Lynda was hot in a "dirty as* slut" kinda way,and Laurie was still wearing the "repressed virgin" hat,albeit in a airheaded kinda way


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