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Rating:  -
While I was watching Rob Zombie's new "Halloween," I was truly amazed by two things: its length and violence. Having seen his films "House of 1000 Corpses" and "The Devil's Rejects," I knew what I was going to see in this revamped version, but I never expected he would spend so much time (more than 30 minutes) to show Michael Myers as a 10-year-old bullied boy (played by Daeg Faerch, who is certainly convincing).
I will not write here the details of his family; I only say it is not very pleasant to see, but maybe that is the point. Maybe Rob Zombie is just trying to give Michael a social background, something few people care. I am afraid it only deprives this horror icon of its superhuman presence. Tyler Mane did a very good job as grown-up Michael Myers, but the long introductory part that tried to (sort of) explain him has made the new "Halloween" just another serial killer movie.
And this film is very gory. It also has nudities (more than once). Not that I am complaining. Screaming Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) is again chased by Michael Myers, and to his credit Rob Zombie has made each sequence competently, but that is all. What is shown here looks clichéd, familiar to those who have seen other slasher films, except the unique cast including William Forsythe, Danny Trejo, Bill Moseley, Brad Dourif, Richard Lynch, Dee Wallace, Sid Haig and Sybil Danning. Blink your eyes and you will miss Udo Kier and Clint Howard. (And ex-Monkees Micky Dolenz? Where was he?)
I have watched the original "Halloween" long time ago, but I still remember some of the film's scenes were really creepy. But they were not about Michael Myers as killing machine murdering his victims; they were about Michael Myers just standing in the street as if he is something supernatural coming from another world. From the strictly technical viewpoint, Rob Zombie's re-imagined version is decent. It is only that John Carpenter's vision is replaced by Zombie's relentless descriptions of violence, which was seen in his previous films. It was about time to move on.
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Way better than the original Halloween.
This version completes the story, explain why many stuff are there and on that way. I liked it very much. Instead, the original 1978 version lacks something.
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I won't go into a long review about the film, save to say it's not a great one, but I didn't find it extremely horrible either. It's a Rob Zombie movie in all respects (if I want to see Carpenter I'll watch the original, it's as simple as that), but it's never nearly as great as his previous film, The Devil's Rejects. It stays in apathy, just like the main character. A two hour biopic about a psychopath is hardly meant to be about cheers, but neither does this deliver on its scares. It's decent. I'd rate the unrated cut of the film 5 out of 10.
This edition is everything you could want out of the film and beyond. If you enjoyed it, or the absolutely excellent R2 DVD for The Devil's Rejects, this is perfect for you. There are all the briefer featurette segments from the previous DVD, which are enjoyable enough (the bloopers don't leave me in stitches, but they're somewhat funny), and there's also every screen test known to man (Rob must love to watch these early and stark readings for whatever reason). As just two discs, it's a somewhat decent special edition, putting into account that the film is unrated with eleven more minutes, and that Rob has a commentary on the entire film and all the deleted scenes. And speaking of those, they're actually pretty good, at least interesting to watch. There are a lot of moments there that the film could've used, but it's too bad there was nothing more with the female trio of the film, perhaps exactly all their scenes were used.
Then there's the third disc, with the most exhaustive (length-wise) documentary I've ever seen: "Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween". This four and a half hour-long documentary follows the entire pre-production and principal photography process in a rapid fire, day to day event style, including interview segments from Rob and his cast and crew. It shows you everything you could ever want to see about "how it went down", but I think it's too bad that there is almost nothing at all on post-production, even if that would've made this mammoth over five hours long. Less Rob wanting to dirty up sets, and more of editing, sound, music, promotion, premiere! Most of the entire thing is also "coincidental" camera, we're usually not given any specific context (which is sort of explained in the end credits, with a fun and quick segment of people wanting to continually kill or get rid of the cameraman shooting the documentary). Even if it's more about "watching when Halloween was made" than as detailed as Peter Jackson's great "Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of King Kong", it's a very good documentary, and it will require more than a casual fan, a completely free afternoon and several cups of coffee or other stimulants to be watched.
With Halloween, Rob has done a pretty good job, but has overall delivered a lot more quantity than quality. It is appreciated though, because it's certainly better than the usual five-minute a**kisser segments that pass as special features these days.
Oh, and a small plus for the neat slipcase.
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First off I wish to say that I enjoyed Rob Zombie's other two films and that this review will contain spoilers for anyone who has not seen the other films in the HALLOWEEN series.
When I first heard about this movie I was extordinarly excited. I'm a HUGE fan of the HALLOWEEN series. I own all the movies ((except this one)) I even own Halloween 3 *which in case you didn't know, has NOTHING to do with Micheal*. So I started watching the movie and felt like i was going to scream, in a bad way. Here are a list of things Mr. Zombie did so horribly wrong.
1. Micheal killed ONLY his sister first
2. His parents were very normal loving people
3. Mr. Zombie tried to give Micheal a reason when HALLOWEEN 6 already did that
4. Is it just me or did this feel like and excuss for a little T & A
5. WAY to violent, yeah I know its horror, but the original one isnt like that
6.What is up with the "lumbering bohemeth" Micheal, I'm sorry but I'm more afraid of the little man that is strong enough to stick me three feet off the floor into a door with a kitchen knife
7. When did Mr. Zombie think it was a good idea to make Laurie a complete B***H!
8.((more something im disappointed in))Danielle Harris, love her as Jamie in HALLOWEEN 4 & 5, but as Annie...WTH?! It's like her acting ability just vanished.
9. Dr. Loomis...Okay I love Mr. McDowell and I actually liked him as Loomis, but Loomis is not that brave at first, he is actually afraid of Micheal in a way.
10. The ending, wow...it was just as much of a let down as the rest of the movie if not MORE.
okay there's my list, I'm sure there are a few things I forgot, but I think you get the point. I would also like to add that I do enjoy a GOOD remake (e.x. When A Stranger Calls) when they don't mess with the formula of the original to much. Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN not only didnt follow the formula but almost destroyed a true classic. I would suggest to any teenagers ((or anyone really)) reading this ((im 24 fyi)) to watch the ENTIRE series and don't even bother with this. John Carpenter's version ALL THE WAY!!
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Many can understand the disappointment a remake can bring, but viewing it in a different perspective really helps. Nine times out of ten a remake fails to restore the magic the original held so high. Even with a large budget, powerful cultish fanbase, and inspired crew some movies just fail to deliver. Here we are with Halloween, a classic slasher from the late 70's. Holding key elements many slashers would religiously follow in the near future, Halloween spawned many seqauls but non seemed to really live up all as well. Also note Halloween (the original) was filmed with a measly budget.
Excessive gore, nudity, and screams dust off any filler most halloween films hold. Which is not positive thing, the frugal use of these really aided more in the dynamic swift kills the original held high. Instead of tension and release we get a snapshot of the masked maniacs childhood. With a rather long segment devoted to the development of a psychotic youths background, we are then bombarded with a short clean of suspense gore fest. It summarizes the original films story so fast and inorganically it almost feels like two films brought together.
If I sound critical, the positive begins here. I really enjoyed the revamped music, the shaky camera views, and the few twists on things. The very way Micheal's grimacing stares penetrate the hope in the victims, in my opinion, shows how terrifying deranged he's become. Standing taller then most combined with his physical strength well beyond normal human exertion he is quite the killer. This is a man who has remained mute for years, losing all sense of moral, filled with rage from childhood issues with a unthoroughly psychopathic nature. Never would he admit to his wrong doings. His blood lust slaying ways are basically encrypted as second nature by the half mark of the film. Gone is the child he once was.
So really the film kaputs the mysterious entity many liked. In return we get a more indepth view. Although not as good as the original and lacking many of the qualities, it still isn't a bad movie. With a few nods here and there to the old film, some might enjoy it, but many may not like the forced feeling. So it boils down to a entertaining, intensified, slasher ride. Many wont go for this as Rob Zombie has tarnished his name in the film industry ( I personally disagree), you be the judge and rent it.
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