Halloween Reviews

Should of left well alone.

If your looking for a straight remake of the original don't look here.

Rob Zombie has totally changed the film around, the film is mainly about young Myers instead of the real scares of when hes older. Now instead of coming from a well to do American family, Michael Myers now comes from a broken home, instead of being a fairly normal kid who went mad on Halloween night (while wearing a clown costume for trick or treat) hes been turned into a more feminine if anything slightly backward kid who has a fixation with a stupid clown mask?!

The casting is awful, whoever cast the young Michael missed the mark and now older Michael has long hair and doesn't seem the mindless monster he is in the original. The acting is woeful at best and the dialogue awful, its as if Zombie was going for the record of bad language in a film. Malcolm Mcdowell does his best to hold it together but unfortunately its a lost cause. This version is much more gory then the original but doesn't have half the scares. A complete waste, this remake had big potential but Zombie messed it up big time, hes really missed the point of the Legend of Michael Myers. Rent the original instead its a much better film even though it was made nearly 30 years ago.

[Highly rated reviewer]

stalk and and slash,well slash anyway

NON geeks

This film is o.k.Lots of gore and a few scary bits.In the original the main character Michael Myers (the psycho) is like a ghost, turning up when we least expect it, scaring the hell out of us, instead in this fim the psycho goes out and out for it, killing nearly everyone

he sees. It does become very predictable.

GEEKS

Rob Zombie directed this film.The original was directed by the master John Carpenter. The film is basically about a mad man named michael Myers. In the first part of the film we see michael as a child and we meet his family (a truly disfunctional lot). One day michael dons a mask and goes on a killing spree. He is arrested and put in a rehabilitation centre. However he can not remember a thing about what he did. Things happen in the centre and they decide to keep him locked up.

We then meet michael some fiteen years later. This is unfortunately where the film becomes rather predictable. Where John Carpenter keeps us guessing what will happen next. Rob Zombie has gone for a blood bath of slaughter. Michael Myers is looking for someone( i wont say who) and basically kills anyone who gets in his way. There is no tension as he goes from house to house causing bloody mayhem. This is where the film fails it just isnt scary ! Considering it is halloween we hope to be frightened but are not..

Rob Zombie has directed one of my favourite horror films House Of A Thousand Corpses (sick and funny and totally unpredictable) he also did Devils Rejects (nast and very sick). I do not understand why he did this remake,he obviously has talent. Leave all horror to the supreme being J.C.

OMG

Believe Me If you watch this movie you are in for a SHOCK

I watched This with a group of my friend

And god was it scary

I reccomend this for older teenagers

remember watch it in pitch dark for a right scare

GORY BUT FUN

if u want a pure sat nite gore fest with an easy to follow plot youll love this.. Plenty of gore and jumps and ok performances.None of them oscar winning but this isnt that kinda film.

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[Highly rated reviewer]

Black Is Not A Colour, Folks

Classic movie monster Michael Myers as pointlessly 're-imagined' by a petulant imbecile.

There isn't one iota of suspense in the whole wretched thing, and Myer's new (absurdly simplistic) character embellishments could quite easily have been dreamt up by a five year old under general anesthetic. By pretentiously attempting an all-out character study instead of a straight homage or remake, Rob Zombie has ended up cluelessly violating several fundamental rules of the horror genre, thus devolving Michael Myers into a psychopath with less chill factor than a mildly irate Michael Palin brandishing a foam rubber mallet.

When the depressing truth that a drooling simpleton like Rob Zombie can maintain a career in Hollywood is finally the butt of droll jokes rather than the painful industry death knell of today, people may be capable of watching this stupid, stupid, stupid hunk of bunkum and having a laugh at it. Viewed today, with its lurid, lingering death scenes, its complete disregard for cinematic artistry and craft, and its unbelievably, catastrophically, seismically dumb script, it is akin to an agonizing brain assault.

But gawping at Zombie's unbelievable stupidity only goes so far. When he shoots the brutal gang rape of a helpless female mental patient from the leery, almost jocular perspective of the rapists rather than their prey, it becomes almost impossible to stomach his hoity-toity claims that he's some kind of subversive artist rather than a mildly perverted misanthrope. After the rape, Michael Myers escapes from the institution and from thereon in, murders absolutely everyone that he meets, with one exception: the rape victim. Why? Empathy for a fellow asylum inmate? Something Oedipal? Nah, its because the MPAA would've slapped the film with an NC-17 rating in the States and kids wouldn't have been able to see it. What an artist!

I watched this film from beginning to end in a constant state of funereal head-shake-o-vision.

John Carpenter's original film was a masterpiece. This is merely one hundred and six infantile, sordid and sleazy minutes of absolutely nothing. I couldn't have disliked it more.

Brilliant Horror

Absolute brilliant version of the classic Horror.

Unlike the other Halloween's, this movie shows the history and the rise of Michael Myers. This film will leave you on the edge of your seat (with the lights on!) screaming for more!

Rob Zombie really does have the talent to scare his fans.

I also recommend Zombie's previous horror flicks: House of 1000 Corpses and The Devils Rejects.

Can't wait for the next treat from Rob Zombie.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Rubbish

the 1 star i gave this is because the Mask is half decent - otherwise complete crap

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Zombie murders a classic

Firstly let me say this RENT THE ORIGINAL!

Thats better, now thats out of my system, RENT TH....only joking. If you love pointless gore this movie is a must see for you, if you like something thats worth watching, its not for you. I am a huge fan of all the original Halloween movies, so much so I actually own every one, the character of Michael Myers was a perfect blend of loony and slightly misunderstood scary bloke in the previous movies, Zombie ruins all the hard work John Carpenter by introducing the rediculously bad actor that is young michael and whilst the acting by the big fella playing adult Michael isnt to bad the character becomes totally un-scary.

When you eventually get to see adult Michael going on his rampages he has become less of a ghost as the original and so the creepyness and suspense has vanished and I actually wanted to jump in the telly and kill the dope who played Laurie for real, the wimpering and sobbing when she gets chased through the house by Michael is totally un bearable and im afraid thats where i turned it off.

Now I know ive compared this one to the original alot but hey, is it not meant to be a remake? surely it should be judged by how far we have come in terms of making movies and Im afraid that judging by this, thats not very far at all.

Watch it at your peril, Rob Zombie should have left this classic well alone.

A New Take On Halloween

First off Rob Zombie's Halloween isn't John Carpenter's masterpiece and if you haven't seen this film yet take that into account when your watching it. The film is set in two parts the 1st half is about Michaels childhood and his journey to what he becomes and in my opinion this part of the film is the best and should have remained the main focus of the film. The second part is the remake of Halloween where Michael breaks out and comes looking for his sister. Unfortunately this part of the film isn't long enough for my liking it doesn't explore Laurie and friends like the original and your left feeling that you don't care what happens to them. I personally didn't see the need nor the point of including it in this film. The soundtrack is really good. My only other critisms are theres a little too much swearing and the fact most Halloween films don't have much nudity in them...well this one makes up for that in spades. Overall good film worth the watch.

The worst Halloween film so far!

Donald Pleasence must be turning in his grave as this is absolute rubbish. Extremely violent, awful acting. I loved Halloween 1, 2 and 4 but this is scraping the barrell.