Halloween on DVD (2007)

mattyladd from sutton [Highly rated reviewer] , 03/10/2007

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.

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A customer from London , 07/10/2007

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.

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xAngelxBabex from Pinner , 09/03/2008

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

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gaz08 from CHIPPENHAM [Highly rated reviewer] , 30/09/2007

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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desmondsdoll from Stockport [Highly rated reviewer] , 14/08/2008

I can't decide whether I liked this or not - sadly I think I'm leaning towards NOT liking it.

It just seemed a bit of a letdown - the idea was great, but I don't know - something just appeared to be missing.

Also, as an animal lover some of the scenes where Michael Myers takes his frustrations out on his pet rat, the local cats and a coyote were pretty upsetting, but they were'nt just thrown in for extra gore - they were actually used properly in the storyline, to show what a sadistic little freakazoid the young Michael was and it explained that he liked to assert pain, suffering and death on those smaller than him.

Another scene I had to look away from was the rape scene, but again, it was actually part of the storyline, so wasn't just there for extra shock value.

In all, if you like the Halloween movies, then give this a try, although I prefer the other Halloween movies to this one.

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AngelC80 from Leicester [Highly rated reviewer] , 11/08/2008

Okay the good bits, Rob Zombie is clearly a fan of the original and pays homage to it on a number of occasions. These moments are truly brilliant for those that remember the original, they capture everything down to the sound effects perfectly.

Now the rest... the first section of the film is trying to give us Michael's backstory, kind of trying to explain him or account for the aetiology of his behaviour. Why? I don't care, it doesn't give you empathy for the character, there is literally no point and it drags and drags. It is as if they picked up a highly discredited FBI profiling handbook and plotted the most stereotypical 'what it takes to be a serial killer' events - must have been abused, must kill small animals... blah blah. I was waiting for the bed-wetting scene! The remainder of the film (15 years later...) is basically incredibly predictable and not at all scary. The original had Jamie Lee Curtis as someone you actually wanted to live, this film has no such characters and you get the feeling everyone is dispensable.

Watch it if you're a fan of the original purely for those glimpses of brilliance. If you are a mainstream horror fan don't bother.

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