Halloween (2007)

Absolutely Fantastic

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Everyone who read my movie review of Halloween (1978), they know that I'm a big fan of the Halloween films. However, Rob Zombie has a very poor ability to create scares and frights, unlike the original, Rob Zombie relied on Shock value with lots of gore to try to strike the fear into horror fans. Sadly, that's not how it always works. Sometimes what we don't see, is scarier than what we do see. He didn't know what to show and what not to show. I remember on the trivia on IMDB, that one of the facts was that Rob Zombie didn't want his remake to go up against Saw IV. In my opinion, if he's afraid to face another filmmaker who makes horror films, then he shouldn't be in the filmmaking industry at all. We need creative filmmakers for us, the audience, in all genres. Not only that, but they need to be brave. The fact that it wasn't released because they were afraid of what might've happened if it had gone up against Saw IV, that means that Zombie isn't as good of a filmmaker that he says he is. If he wants to stay in the film industry, he might want to consider taking some filmmaking classes at a film school. Someone needs to show him how to make a really horrifying film. Carpenter gave Zombie his complete support on remaking the film. After he encouraged him to make it his own, probably not just for him, but for his fans as well, Rob Zombie said the opposite. He said that Carpenter wasn't very supportive, I'm glade that Carpenter shot back an assertive response during an interview. Zombie definitely deserved it. As for the 2007 remake of Halloween, focusing on the film itself, I felt that Zombie could've taken more time to come up with more creative plot points. It could've also used more professional sounding dialogue, all of the swearing seemed to be never ending, all of the adult content could've been taken down a notch or two. My best advice for people who want to see the remake of Halloween, get it on Netflix or amazon streaming. If this film ever comes back to the theaters in the future, don't go to see it, you're only putting money in Zombie's pocket. There's no real thrill ride here. After fifteen to twenty minutes into the movie, you'll begin to realize that Zombie copies pretty much everything that Carpenter had created in the original film. In which shows that Zombie couldn't rely on his own creativity. All in all, 3 & 1/2 stars out of 10.

1ST and foremost Rob Zombie is a hack---compleatly ruined my favorite movie of all time--The start of the film already sets the tone for the train wreck your in for--Wow Michael Myers is white trash--NO!!--in the original he looked like he was from a good house hold not the trailor park--Vulgar -torture porn--and the second part of the movie is just a cheap rushed Zombied out version of the original--and why is Myers this towering giant like Jason he was an average sized dude in the original--Terrible movie and director--save your time and just watch the classic you will be glad you did and PLEASE for the love of all thats good DO NOT watch the sequel it is worse than this one.

Even though Halloween: Resurrection was a complete success at the box office, that did not change the fact that the film was extremely awful to fans and now leaving behind Laurie Strode to die, it was official there would be no Halloween: Vengeance or Revenge or whatever, Part 9. Anyway, after the settlement of the Halloween franchise, fans were then treated to a remake by Rob Zombie. I personally enjoyed Halloween, the remake, I had so much fun watching it as I only finished it and it's sequel last week but like Halloween 3, this film should not have been a remake for Halloween, this film was way too gory and dark for a remake of Halloween, at least Rob Zombie just say in the credits "Inspired by 'Halloween'", I don't think putting this down as the remake was very necessary, thats honestly the only thing that was bad about this film, it just should not have been a part of the Halloween franchise and just a stand alone film even if there were a few scenes Zombie did really good giving you deja vu back to the original film. Anyway, Halloween is actually a really fucking good horror film but as a Halloween remake..no

Here's the thing: I've been watching all of the Halloween movies back to back and I've enjoyed each one for different reasons, but the one that kind of pulled me off of the kick was this movie, the 2007 make of Halloween. I'm the kind of person that feels if there is going to be a sequel to any movie, you need to continue the story with the same actors and the same type of storyline. This version kind of diminished my excitement for several reasons. 1: I've ignored the fact that in every movie, there's a slight sex scene which is tacky for every kind of movie, especially for horror/ thriller movies because the eyes should be on the killer hunting down the victims, not woman's boobs and a man's butt. It's just very trashy. 2: I understand that Rob Zombie wanted to tell his version of Halloween because it's a refreshing and different look at the infamous story of Michael Myers, but I felt the movie to be too raunchy with not just the boobs and butt, but also that grotesque sex scene in Michael's cell. It was absolutely stomach wrenching and was definitely throwing me off from watching the movie. 3: The actor who played Michael Myers looked to be 35 and Laurie to be like 15, when in reality, it should've been different because in the original movie, Laurie was born 2 years after Michael was admitted to the hospital, making them 8 or so years apart, so they got it a little different. 4: One thing I can give to Rob is that he gave the audience a good idea of how Michael could've turned evil because he had a horrible home life, which can turn anyone into a psycho, but even giving us that idea was a little too risque and flamboyant.5: I'll also give him points that Rob tried to stay pretty much true to the original with the fact that, like the original, Michael escaped after years of therapy, goes back to his old house, and starts planning on how to start making his killings, even having the original music when Michael was around was a great idea. 6: I understand that even with a continuation of a saga like this that you don't have to go exactly to the word with the original story, but it would definitely help because when you have different actors, it doesn't feel like the same story, and should be considered to be called something else. 7: The fact that Laurie was so wimpy when Scout portrayed her, she was a brave woman taking on Michael; it's just sad. The reason I gave this movie a 4 is becasue:Pros: Stayed pretty true to the original story with the characters and the location.Gave the audience an interesting look on how Michael turned evilGave the audience a look into how Michael spent some of his time in the hospital.Gave the audience an interesting idea on why Michael liked masks and seeing his cell covered with masks of different colors.The way the movie ended was similar to the first movie in the sense that Michael was shot at the end of the first movie, and he was shot in this version.Cons: Different actorsBad actor portrayal of Michael looking 35 and Laurie looking 15.Didn't make sense on how Michael found the iconic mask in the floorboards of his family home when there was no mention of that mask in the beginning of the movie.Scout's portrayal of Laurie was too wimpy.Too much nudity to even fathom watching this movie again!Too much dirty cussing to make someone never wanna watch this movie again!