Halloween

2007

1h 50m

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6.2/10

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The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.

Directors

Rob Zombie

Writers

Rob Zombie(screenplay by)

John Carpenter(original film writer by)

Debra Hill(original film writer by)

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Tyler Mane

Malcolm McDowell

Sheri Moon Zombie

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Michael Myers

Dr. Samuel Loomis

Deborah Myers

Ronnie White

Laurie Strode

Sheriff Leigh Brackett

Annie Brackett

Judith Myers

Zach 'Z-Man' Garrett

Michael Myers, Age 10

Lynda van der Klok

Ismael Cruz

Big Joe Grizzly

Morgan Walker

Chester Chesterfield

Wesley Rhoades

Lou Martini

Principal Chambers

Directors

Rob Zombie

Writers

Rob Zombie(screenplay by)

John Carpenter(original film writer by)

Debra Hill(original film writer by)

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The critics are wrong…again. Well, at least as far as I am concerned. This remake is not bad at all. A lot of people are comparing it with the original which is understandable. A lot of people says that it is crap compared to the original which is not understandable. At least not by me. This is one of the movies where I have seen the original and it was even one of my favorites at the time. I think this remake holds up quite well. At first I was a bit worried that it was said to be a prequel. At least partly. However it is not really what I would call a prequel. It has a bit of extended background in the first quarter or so but that is not really what I would call a prequel. I think the movie was pretty much what I expected or perhaps I should say what I hoped for. It is a slasher-movie of course but it resists the temptation to go all overboard. Nowadays you do not really get scared or even shocked by these kinds of movies so I was not really expecting to be. I was just enjoying Michael’s rampage through the town. It is of course a bit scary in itself that you are watching a madman going on a killing spree through a small town and enjoying it but hey, it is all fake! One problem with the extended background at the beginning of the movie is that now there is kind of a plot-hole that is a bit annoying. When and, more importantly, how did Michael turn from a deranged kid to a supernatural killer with the strength to carry away one ton worth of tombstone and survive being stabbed as well as shot at? Apart from that I think this movie was not bad at all. Sometimes I actually felt that Michael was behaving a bit too human like when he was stumbling when crashing through walls etc. but on the whole I quite liked this movie. The style is different from the original for sure but I do not feel it is worse or better for that matter. It is a bit surprising (well maybe not, the French are bizarre when it comes to scheduling movies and TV-shows) that Cine+ did not schedule this movie for actual Halloween instead of the crap they did show. This one would have been perfect then instead of a day after.

Dark Jedi17 Mar, 2018