From Rob Zombie comes an entirely new take on the highly successful and terrifying Halloween legacy that began in 1978. While revealing a new chapter in the established Michael Myers saga, the film will surprise both classic and modern horror fans with a departure from prior films in the Halloween franchise. Zombie turns back time to uncover the making of a pathologically disturbed, even cursed child named Michael Myers.
I really don't understand Hollywood's fascination with remaking things lately. It's gotten completely out of control. This movie is yet another venture in to the totally pointless. The original Halloween was in my opinion the best of those slasher movies. I always thought Michael Myers was a thousand times better than Freddy or Jason or Leatherhead. The original Halloween, Halloween II and Halloween IV were all great scary movies. The franchise got beyond beaten to death and now comes a total "revamping" of the original story. The only difference between this movie and the original was that you found out that Michael's stepfather was a loudmouthed loser and his mom was a stripper. On top of that, Rob Zombie decided to go the rout of needless gore, the most massive amount of F bombs I've ever heard and random exposed breasts instead of any sort of scary moments or good fear buildup whatsoever. Its pretty sad when I'm totally desensitized to the fact that someone gets their throat slit because there is no suspense and basically I just don't care by the time it happens. I might have jumped once and found myself pretty bored and ready to pull the plug about half way through the movie.
I wouldn't really recommend anyone bothering to check this one out. Its a shame because the original Halloween really is a classic and this one could have made it better but instead white trashed it.
