What It Is: Rob Zombie's remake of John Carpenter's horror classic.Why I Watched It: I liked the original and I heard lots of good things about Zombie's retelling.
What I Thought: I've never been one to dislike remakes simply because original works are sacred and should never be redone. Most remakes are horrible (Psycho, Assault on Precinct 13, Godzilla...), but some are truly inspired (Departed, Gladiator, Scarface...). Thankfully, Rob Zombie didn't re-shoot Halloween frame for frame *cough, Psycho, cough* and instead took Carpenter's advice to "make it his own".
Zombie took the chance to explain a great deal more about, the now iconic, Michael Meyers. We got to see little Michael's abusive upbringing and we came to understand how real psychopaths are made. There were a few small problems with this approach though.
The first half of the movie, Michael's backstory, was BORING. The Michael Meyers we know and love is a mysteriously silent killing machine with no history, no personality, and no motives save an assumed love of carnage. The Michael shown to us in this remake is just a sick man with a fucked up childhood. Once the unknown and unexplained in Michael's backstory was all filled in, he wasn't a scary monster any longer. He was just a mixed up kid. Halloween ceased to be a horror movie and became more of a psychological thriller.
An unimpressive thriller at that. With choppy, indiscernible camera work. Mumble... bitch... etc.
Highlights: More information about Michael's iconic mask and coveralls, continued use of the classic theme music, and Malcolm Mcdowell as Dr. Loomis!
Who Should See It: Fans of Zombie's other movies will probably love this one.
How Soon: Whenever.
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