Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN (Coming 10/19/2007)

[Voorhees27]

Yeah my wife loves Horror movies, probably more than me. She is the one who went out and Fandango'd the tickets for tonight and informed me that we were going.

Thats great! All my wife is interested in ever watching is "Chick Flicks" O.K. I guess its not all that bad, she's watched all the Rocky's and Rambo's multiple times so its not all that bad.

 

[Knockworstface]

I just got back from seeing it. I loved it. There were a few scenes that made my girfriend almost jump out of her seat. This version is 100x better than the leaked work print.

Other than the original, this is the best Halloween. Tyler Mane is the best Michael Myers. Sadly Malcolm McDowell is no Donald Pleasance and Brad Dourif is no Charles Cyphers. Dr. Loomis and Sheriff Lee Brackett were kind of weak in this film. 8/10

 

[Gatack]

One of the worst horror films (and films in general) I've ever seen. Halloween was way too ambitious a project for Zombie. I laughed at so many things that knew I wasn't supposed to laugh at. Wow. The man had no clue how the orignal Halloween worked.

Deep down Rob really wanted to make a TCM movie. No wait...

"I feel it's the worst thing any filmmaker can do. I actually got a call from my agent and they asked me if I wanted to be involved with the remake of Chain Saw. I said no ____ing way! Those movies are perfect- you're only going to make yourself look like an ******* by remaking them." - Rob Zombie on Remakes (2002)

 

[DarkArtist81]

Yeah my wife loves Horror movies, probably more than me. She is the one who went out and Fandango'd the tickets for tonight and informed me that we were going.

Sounds like my wife! Good to know there are more out there than just her!

 

[The Mike]

Did Zombie explain the reason behind connecting Myers and Laurie as brother and sister?

 

[Knockworstface]

Did Zombie explain the reason behind connecting Myers and Laurie as brother and sister?

Yes. It was explained.

 

[The Mike]

Not in the film (I hope it was explained there) but in changing the actual storyline, if so can someone post a link? I'm interested to read his motives

 

[MaulFan]

For anyone interested, I posted a fairly lengthy review in the spoiler thread.

 

[The Mike]

Off to the Spoiler Thread!

 

[denger4000]

Can someone tell me how big a part Richard Lynch has in the movie? I'm a fan of his.

 

[MaulFan]

Can someone tell me how big a part Richard Lynch has in the movie? I'm a fan of his.

I don't know the name but if you could describe him I can try to help.

 

[denger4000]

older guy, whiteish hair. According to IMDB he plays Principal Chambers.

 

[denger4000]

Did Zombie explain the reason behind connecting Myers and Laurie as brother and sister?

Aren't they brother and sister in the original?

 

[Kabukiman]

Going with the wife tomorrow, praying it doesn't suck.

 

[MaulFan]

older guy, whiteish hair. According to IMDB he plays Principal Chambers.

OHHH, very minimal, less than 5 minutes of screen time, he's young Michael's principal.

 

[MaulFan]

Going with the wife tomorrow, praying it doesn't suck.

Don't compare it to the original and don't let any feelings about the director cloud you, just watch it as a new Halloween movie and I think you'll enjoy it.

 

[MaulFan]

Aren't they brother and sister in the original?

No. In the original Halloween, the premise was the boogeyman stalks babysitters and Michael was the embodiment of the boogeyman, but there was no rationale really to his killings. When Debra Hill and John Carpenter wrote Halloween 2, they got into creating the brother sister relationship in that film, so to be true to the original, the blood tie would not exist, but being true to Halloween lore, it is there. As a writer, I'm sure Zombie couldn't help but come up with things based on his knowledge of the series and not just solely from the first film.

 

[denger4000]

No. In the original Halloween, the premise was the boogeyman stalks babysitters and Michael was the embodiment of the boogeyman, but there was no rationale really to his killings. When Debra Hill and John Carpenter wrote Halloween 2, they got into creating the brother sister relationship in that film, so to be true to the original, the blood tie would not exist, but being true to Halloween lore, it is there. As a writer, I'm sure Zombie couldn't help but come up with things based on his knowledge of the series and not just solely from the first film.

Ah okay I got ya, sucks about Lynch.

 

[MaulFan]

Ah okay I got ya, sucks about Lynch.

What has he been in? His face looked familiar but so old that I couldn't place where I might have seen him before.

 

[Dassy]

Richard Lynch

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528433/


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