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'Halloween' Franchise Comes to a Dramatic Close?
Sunday, September 2, 2007


By: MrDisgusting
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After a rash of negative reviews, Rob Zombie's Halloween (review #1, #2, #3) remake still managed to pull in a whopping $26,503,000 this Labor Day weekend; with a budget of only $15 million that's a huge success. What's shocking is that even after such a monster opening, Bob and Harvey Weinstein doubt they'll move forward on a sequel, "I never say never never... but it would have to be something very, very different," Bob told Reuters. Is this the end of Michael Myers, or maybe Robert Englund wasn't lying when he said New Line is still working on Freddy vs Jason vs Michael?



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tymishu78
5:05pm, September 2, 2007

This is bull-shit! There will be a sequel for sure! Who are they trying to fool here? As long as they make a profit they will continue to make them. Hence the Saw series, The Hills Have Eyes 2, TCM - The Beginning and the many others.


sauronthepowerful
5:13pm, September 2, 2007

After this piece of shit can you blame him? Somehow, someway though I suspect that this is a ploy by Weinstein, Weinstein, and Zombie et. al to get a surge in viewership through a sense of finality. It had a great weekend, I have to concede. It's overall success will be determined by the rate of declination over the coming few weeks. Tymishu, you're going to be happy.....the next 50 should be up tonight for your viewing pleasure.....


cpanthers
5:19pm, September 2, 2007

I saw it and love it.Maybe it is time to close the franchise if it is the end atleast ended with a bang instead of a whimper.


tymishu78
5:26pm, September 2, 2007

I'm looking forward to it Sauron! LOL! One question though and be fair because I know that you are. Was there anything that you enjoyed? There has to be at least 1 or 2 things that you liked and don't take the easy way out and say the credits! LOL!


GoliathSlasher
5:39pm, September 2, 2007

jesus this constant ragging from you sauron.. the movie is a success, people who saw it except for critics loved it. who cares if there is a sequel? i like this one just fine by itself.. but danielle harris's annie would still be alive if there were a sequel.. can you say "boobies"


DeadArtist
6:08pm, September 2, 2007

I don't think its a good idea to end the halloween series. :( I'd be very dissapointed! But if this movie did well at the boxoffice there has to be a sequel - i guess thats how theese things work.


tommykfw1
6:17pm, September 2, 2007

There will be a sequel and hell i hope theres 5 more fuck it I love Halloween to death 1 more,1more,1more


pissing_lasers
6:18pm, September 2, 2007

No sequel would be fine by me,box office bank or no,but since when has hollywood left well enough alone?


pissing_lasers
6:24pm, September 2, 2007

....And Robert Englund needs to shut his damn hole.....


sauronthepowerful
6:38pm, September 2, 2007

ymishu, I wanted to putr the 50 up first, but since you asked, I'll give you a couple of things that I thought weren't that bad. A) Sherri Moon (believe me, I'm as shocked as anyone to admit this because many of us took turns w the whore label. She actually generated more sympathy and credibility with her clothes on. B) Daeg Fraech: kind of captured the character that ROB wrote (though I don't think that it was good as Myers). His schizoid schpiel was a weakness (that's going on the list) but overall I thought he did a pretty good job. C) Tyler Mane: for the most part, he did his job to carry the proper menace. Maybe I could see where a lot of the lovers of this movie are coming from in terms of Mane being the second-best MYERS in the franchise. NO FUCKING WAY though that this ranks even in the top 4 of the franchise AS A MOVIE. D) Danielle Harris and Boobies. Enough said. E) The one segment that I actually thought worked for the movie was the photo scene. From the POV that this is all Myers has as a link to his halcyonic past and that Laurie is desperately grasping for straws trying to understand the significance had A LOT of poential. But again, sloppy writing and really bad technical work killed something that could have been good. F) William Forsythe's mouthiness. While the dialogue was hurried and childish, the humor and trashiness of it was fairly enjoyable. A thought occurred to me yesterday while discussing this with the others who went with me to the opening. ROB would be way better served to work with some experienced industry technical people the next time he makes a movie. Much of the shitiness of this movie could be righted with a less sloppy production. ROB would still retain creative control and his vision would prevail, but I think he needs to either grow as a filmaker beyond his core set people or quit altogether. This type of filmmaking has a real short shelf-life and he could still retain artistic integrity but simply employ better technicians to craft a more cohesive product. Anyway, just a thought. The final 50 should be up later.....


Androidvirus
6:44pm, September 2, 2007

I just saw it and I liked the overall atmosphere of the movie. Although it was slow in some parts i would'nt trade it in. I get the impression that Rob left alot up to interpretation than picking it apart to death. Which is what most critics do and have been doing since the scrpt hit online.


Loomis4Ever
7:34pm, September 2, 2007

I was worried about this movie, but I saw it and loved it. Sure, it didn't hold a candle to the original but it was a different movie. I've got to hand it to Rob Zombie, he did a great job. They should keep the series going because I'm sure as much as everyone says negative stuff about this one if there were a sequel you'd go see it just like I would.


kingsoprano718
7:54pm, September 2, 2007

I would like to thank Rob Zombie for leaving such bad taste in the producers mouth that they have sworn off any sequels. Yes the movie made money it's first weekend, but that was mainly based on curiosity and word of mouth. Everyone who saw this liked it? Who the hell are you talking about? The reviews from fans all over are nothing but negative. Rpb accomplished his goal. He killed the franchise once and for all. I'd love to hear what he has to say over this recent thrashing of his "good name"


J-Syxx
8:00pm, September 2, 2007

This movie was terrible. Anyone who says anything positive about it in an capacity is brain-dead dumb-fuck and needs to have the shit slapped out of them. The Weinsteins don't want to make any more because they have more taste than you inbred half-wits and know they financed a really shitty travesty of a remake.


Androidvirus
8:03pm, September 2, 2007

Who cares you didnt like it so what. That means it sucks just because"you" didnt like it? Thats ass backwards and closed minded.I liked it for one and when leaving the theater people were liked that kicked ass. It did kick ass.Id pay to see it again.


Haddonfreak
8:36pm, September 2, 2007

Sorry, it was not just the critics that didn't like it. Just take a look at all these posts, posts from other sites, and actual Halloween website masters. Oh well. It did what they wanted it to, it made good bucks over the weekend. That was expected. Just with the interest alone, that doesn't surpise me. I wish it would've turned out better, but it just DIDN'T!


pissing_lasers
8:45pm, September 2, 2007

Well....like i said ,it wasnt perfect,but i'd rather see it than whatever loogie hollywoods hawked out on their "Dorks are funny people too,And they can make movies" couch trip de jour.....Save for "death sentence" that seems kinda cool.....


Haddonfreak
9:02pm, September 2, 2007

For all those Rob lovers out there who feel bad because his movie is being trashed, go to the following site. They are interviewing the actors of Halloween and they are falling over themselves kissing Rob's butt. http://www.myspace.com/99704870. You guys won't feel so bad now. BTW, I actually like a lot of Rob's music. It is great to exercise too. A lot of it rocks! It is just his movie making that lacks. I agree that it would be a better production with better production professionals. He should also go to script writing/dialogue class. If he engages in that who knows what will happen.


TheBoy
9:26pm, September 2, 2007

Rob's movie was fine. To many fucking people wanted it to be like Carpenter's. Get over it. Where's your movie?


GoliathSlasher
9:52pm, September 2, 2007

really people, see it a second time, much better when you see it again. believe me, the first time i saw it friday, it was good but nothing mind-blowing. i saw it again later, wow. amazing.


P.W.
9:55pm, September 2, 2007

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.


xxxwolf666
10:00pm, September 2, 2007

I thought it was a pretty damn good horror movie on its own. The "second act" kind of lagged but it served its purpose. The third act is pretty creepy if you get into it. I watched it with a group of people after drinking and I thought it was decent. Then I went back and saw it by myself and I think the people I was with is what make it seem subpar to me. When I saw it by myself and pushed the original out of my head, I thought it was pretty damn good. I heard several people say it was the best Halloween next to the original. I thought it was atmospheric, realistic (except for the over thte top white trash shit and Loomis' overacting), and genuinely creepy. Those of you that won't stop bitching went into the movie wanting to hate it, and guess what? You ended up hating it. Go figure. Thorn sucks ass.


BillyDecay
10:08pm, September 2, 2007

There have been so many different rumors about the Freddy VS Jason sequal. If done right and with the right plot, Freddy Vs Jason Vs Michael could work, but its a stretch


tymishu78
10:18pm, September 2, 2007

Freddy VS Jason was nothing but a spit in the face for the people who liked those franchises. It was hooky, lame, and garbage. It's a guilty pleasure at best! If they do a Freddy Vs Jason Vs Myers...that would be worst then any damage a director could do with a remake. If that comes out and it's successful? Be prepared for Chucky Vs Myers! LOL! Could you imagine that? Or Pinhead Vs Ash Vs Leatherface! They'll keep doing them over and over! There is no need for these movies at all!


matthardy881
10:55pm, September 2, 2007

Well i work at a movie theater and everyone that has seen it has liked the movie, so the ppl that say everyone hates it dose not know what they are talking about! And J-SYXX why dont you come try to slap the shit out of me!!!


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