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List Price: $19.95Amazon.com's Price: $13.99 You Save: $5.96 (30%)Prices subject to change.
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019805575
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Weinstein Company
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Running Time: 121 minutes
Sales Rank: 5255
Studio: Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: August 31, 2007
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Editorial Review:
Description:
The original slasher film about Michael Myers, the psychotic killer who dons a mask and terrorizes his hometown, is re-imagined by edgy director Rob Zombie.
Amazon.com:
More of a supercharged revamp than a remake, Rob Zombie's take on John Carpenter's Halloween expands the back story of masked killer Michael Myers in an attempt to examine the motivation for his first deadly attack, as well as some reasons for his longevity as a horror icon. Zombie's Myers is a blank-eyed teen (played by Daeg Faerch) whose burgeoning mental problems are left unchecked in a horrific home environment; harassed by schoolmates, a randy sister, and his mother's deadbeat boyfriend (William Forsythe, terrific as usual), Myers' homicidal explosion seems inevitable, and intervention by Dr. Sam Loomis (Malcolm McDowell, who offers a fast-talking, hippiefied version of the Donald Pleasance character) does little to impede his development into a mute, unstoppable killing machine (Tyler Mane) bent on finishing off the only survivor of his family's massacre--his sister, now grown into teenaged Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton). Opening up the psychological motivation of a cipher like Michael Myers is an interesting approach, but Zombie's script possesses neither a depth of character nor dialogue to offer more than a clichéd thumbnail character sketch, and devoting over a hour of the unrated cut's 120-minute-plus running time to this history feels bloated and self-indulgent (especially when compared to the lean efficiency of the Carpenter original). Zombie's Halloween isn't terribly suspenseful, either; he has a keen eye for visuals and the details of chaotic environments, but his scares are nothing more than brutal showcases for his special effects team. The end result barely surpasses the original film's numerous sequels, though the Who's Who of cult and character actors in the cast (including Zombie regulars Sid Haig, Bill Moseley and Ken Foree, as well as Brad Dourif, Udo Kier, Clint Howard, Richard Lynch, Danny Trejo, Dee Wallace, and Danielle Harris) adds a touch of late-night monster movie charm. However, the film's best performance belongs to the director's spouse, Sheri Moon Zombie, who brings unexpected pathos to the role of Myers' downtrodden mother.
The two-disc Unrated Director's Cut offers a full disc's worth of extras that should please Zombie fans; chief among the supplemental features is his commentary, which details the film's shooting history and the numerous edits required to deliver the theatrical version. A making-of featurette offers further details of Zombie's vision for the film, and there are featurettes on his cast choices and the many masks that Myers makes while incarcerated. Seventeen deleted scenes (two of which feature Adrienne Barbeau and Tom Towles) and an alternate ending (all with Zombie's commentary) are also provided, as well as footage from the casting sessions. A blooper reel, which is highlighted by unchecked mischief by McDowell and Dourif, offers the set's sole moment of levity. -- Paul Gaita
Average Rating: 
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When you're doing a remake of a movie that was done right the first time, you have to differentiate it, take the same premise and go down some different paths than the first one took. The 2007 Halloween remake does this, and it helps make it one of the best horror remakes ever done.
The most obvious deviation from the original line of films is that Michael Myers now has an origin. A large part of what made the original work was the very lack of a reason behind the character's malevolence: ... Read More
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Ok I was not around when the original Halloween was released but watched it many many times over the course of my child hood and love it to this day. When Rob Zombie said he was remaking it I flipped becuase I am a huge fan of his since White Zombie and loved all his other movies. This movie not only did John Carpenters justice I think Zombie actually out did it. I try to see as many of the horror remakes I can because I am a big fan of Horror classics and the genre in general. Most of the remakes have been ... Read More
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ok i thought it would be pretty exciting to see where he'd take it & was excited that i heard we would see scenes from inside the mental hospital he pretty much grew up in. I must say i was greatly disappointed & lost almost all hope for an awesome movie when i heard tons of people from his other films inclueding his wife were in this film to i thought oh it's the same damn thing he's goin to ruin it. but i ended up goin on opening night out of being curious & loved it, his wife did a pretty good ... Read More
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I have to say, I'm pretty forgiving when it comes to films, especially horror films. I cannot say that I've ever sat through a film that literally made my head want to explode from severe pain. This is until I sat through Rob Zombie's Halloween.
I swear, I wanted to shut it off after the first ten minutes. What made me watch it all the way through.. I don't know. Chalk it up to too much curiosity, I guess. It was mind numbing! The dialog.. The acting.. The story.. I was shaking my head in disbelief. ... Read More
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If Rob could have made the beginning (the white trash segment) have a darker feel (or less of a white trash feel) like the rest of the movie...I would give it 5 stars. I did love the violence and the blood though!
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