Flawed movie? The original was just as flawed. I'll give you some examples of how flawed was original was. Someone in an earlier post said that Michael killed Linda in this movie just to kill her? Was she not killed in the original for no good reason? In this version, she screamed nasty things at him him while walking with Laurie and Annie. In this movie we saw, Mikey didn't like to be messed with. By the way wasn't Annie killed in Carpenter's version for no good reason? How about going away as a little boy and 15 years later not only can you somehow drive, but can also navigate highways and the town of Haddonfield that shouldn't really be remembered all too well since, I would assume he would be rather small to see out of the car. How about Loomis and the Sheriff patrolling the neighbohood all day and night, but never seeing the stolen car parked a mere few yards away with it's wheels curved outwards to the street until it was conveniant to the plot. Point is, both movies are flawed in some way. Carpenter's classic isn't without warts. By the way, didn't Carpenter take the money and run after part one. He wanted nothing to do with part two because, as we have all come to find, he has been a flop of major proportions since then. One decent film
after that... "The Thing" (a re-imagining curiously!). Halloween was easy for him because, he was inventing the genre of the slasher film with it. No where to go except to the top. No other slasher film can ever live up to that standard and Carpenter knew this. I didn't care for Zombie making Michael
sympothetic in this movie, but come on. He is after his sister for crying out loud. Carpenter didn't make Laurie
his sister until the sequel, because he too would have had one heck of time trying to explain why Michael was trying to KILL his sister in the first place had it been in his plot. By the way, I'd say another flaw. Zombie had to work around that flaw and should be commended for having the balls to even try. Can't say the same for Carpenter! I never watched a Zombie film prior to this, so I do not have a reference point, but will say he deserves a sequel, if these chicken s**t producers will pay him. I guess another pitiful sequel with actors from Dawson's creek and rapper 50 cent would please some on this site.