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Bookmark this pageHalloween (2007)
Director: Rob Zombie
Synopsis
Michael Myers is at it again—not in a sequel but in a remake of John Carpenter's 1978 original. Rob Zombie, a cut above the hacks who did Halloweens II through VIII, is directing.
Movie review
From Time Out London
After seven sequels, John Carpenter’s seminal 1978 slasher flick gets a straight-ish remake courtesy of Rob Zombie. Rather than the knowing, high-gloss mode favoured by some revamps of vintage titles, Zombie takes things seriously, with nasty results. The brief prologue of Carpenter’s original – in which the juvenile Michael Myers slaughters his family – is expanded to a half-hour anatomy of budding psychopathy, set around the time of the original and presented with surprising realism. The story proper, in which Myers (Tyler Mane) escapes and returns home to slaughter a bunch of kids on Halloween, is played similarly straight. Numerous elements from Carpenter’s film are resurrected – the mask, score, suburban locale, certain shots and slayings – but that film’s suspense and playfulness give way to relentless dread and unusually credible, black-blooded brutality. It’s inanely-scripted exploitation, sure, but this ‘Halloween’ doesn’t trivialise; it even returns with sympathy to one victim minutes after the attack that has left her bleeding on the floor.Author: Ben Walters
Time Out London Issue 1936: September 26-October 2 2007
User reviews of this film
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- Lee said...
- Posted on Jan 31 2008 22:23 Truly one of the worst films I've even seen. Some of the worst dialogue I've ever heard and completely lacking in suspense and scares. In fact, the movie is boring from start to finish.
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- Hugh Stevens said...
- Posted on Oct 31 2007 19:17 So scary i LITERALLY SHAT MY PANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which only turned Dollimore on; don't talk to me about pure evil!
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- megan said...
- Posted on Oct 28 2007 14:57 its was ok ur typical horror film really!!!
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- lauren said...
- Posted on Oct 18 2007 21:47 kinda good but the original 1 is better dan dis i cud tel u its absoloutley rubbish way over the top
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- fiona jackson-gray said...
- Posted on Oct 14 2007 15:36 My sister is in Halloween Night which is the shitter version of this! how cool is that!?
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- matt said...
- Posted on Oct 10 2007 20:12 Decent enough remake with Rob Zombie's on spin on it but don't expect anything new from this slasher horror
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- Alex n jess.... said...
- Posted on Oct 07 2007 20:55 i hope its not as rubbish as u all sya were goin 2 c it on tues :-) xxxxx
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- Iain SMith said...
- Posted on Oct 05 2007 19:50 Very good reake and mch better tham the original
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- lisa said...
- Posted on Oct 05 2007 16:53 completly over the top, i had 2 walk out of the cinema, you have to be ick in the head to watch something like this. good horro bt no stoy to it at all
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- Susan said...
- Posted on Oct 05 2007 12:12 Worst film ever!!! Totally gruesome and over the top-no build up of suspense either. Get it out of the cinemas quick before anyone else wastes their money
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- kirsty said...
- Posted on Oct 02 2007 13:39 Completely rubbish ! acting is terrible and i didnt flinch once
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- kirsty said...
- Posted on Oct 02 2007 13:38 complete rubbish ! acting is terrible and i didnt flinch once
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- Gary said...
- Posted on Oct 01 2007 22:44 What a load of rubbìsh
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- Lauren said...
- Posted on Sep 30 2007 12:38 Can't wait to see it. :)
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- chris RICE said...
- Posted on Sep 29 2007 19:49 very good
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Cast & crew
Director: Rob Zombie
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Brad Dourif, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon, William Forsythe, Danielle Harris, Kristina Klebe, Udo Kier, Danny Trejo, Clint Howard, Tyler Mane full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Rated: 18
Duration: 109 mins
UK Release: Sep 28 2007
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