Release
Date:
December 18, 2007 Starring: Brad Dourif, Danielle Harris, Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor
Compton, Sheri Moon Zombie, Tyler Mane, William Forsythe Genre: Horror MPAA Rating: R (for strong brutal bloody violence and terror throughout,
sexual content, graphic nudity and language)
Plot Summary: From acclaimed
musician and filmmaker, Rob Zombie ("The Devil's Rejects," "House of 1000
Corpses") comes an entirely new take on the highly successful and terrifying
Halloween legacy that began in 1978. While revealing a new chapter in the
established Michael Myers saga, the film will surprise both classic and modern
horror fans with a departure from prior films in the Halloween franchise.
Audiences should brace themselves for unprecedented fear as Zombie turns back
time to uncover the making of a pathologically disturbed, even cursed child
named Michael Myers
Extras: Deleted
scenes, Alternate Ending,
bloopers, commentary by
director Rob Zombie, ÒThe
Many Masks of Michael
Myers,Ó ÒRe-Imagining
Halloween,Ó ÒMeet the Cast,Ó
casting sessions, Scout
Taylor-Compton screen test
(Laurie Strode). (Weinstein
Co./Genius Products).
Halloween Release
Date: August 31, 2007 Studio: MGM Director: Rob Zombie Screenwriter: Debra Hill, John Carpenter, Rob Zombie Starring: Brad Dourif, Danielle Harris, Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor
Compton, Sheri Moon Zombie, Tyler Mane, William Forsythe Genre: Horror MPAA Rating: R (for strong brutal bloody violence and terror throughout,
sexual content, graphic nudity and language) Official Website: Halloween-themovie.com
Plot Summary: From acclaimed
musician and filmmaker, Rob Zombie ("The Devil's Rejects," "House of 1000
Corpses") comes an entirely new take on the highly successful and terrifying
Halloween legacy that began in 1978. While revealing a new chapter in the
established Michael Myers saga, the film will surprise both classic and modern
horror fans with a departure from prior films in the Halloween franchise.
Audiences should brace themselves for unprecedented fear as Zombie turns back
time to uncover the making of a pathologically disturbed, even cursed child
named Michael Myers
EN 5 Second Review:
Modern day slasher fans will not be disappointed, as of
course it is a Rob Zombie movie so the body count is higher than the
original, but fans of the original will be sorely disappointed.
The
best that can be said about Rob Zombie's Halloween
remake is that he makes it his own, though the considerable
alterations only flatter John Carpenter's 1978 slasher-pic
template Dennis Harvey: Variety
The original leaned not so much on graphic horror as on the
terrible waiting for something bad to happen.
Carpenter's hypnotically fraught atmosphere let one suspend
disbelief toward the unstoppable-killing-machine nature of
"the Shape," less man than supernatural force...more
Release
Date: August 31, 2007
EN 5 Second Review:
Modern day slasher fans will not be disappointed, as of
course it is a Rob Zombie movie so the body count is higher than the
original, but fans of the original will be sorely disappointed.