Rachael MurphyZombie's Halloween
September 10th 2007 10:31
Rob Zombie's Halloween remake follows the same basic storyline as John Carpenter's original but adds in a Zombie flavoured twist. He delves deeper into the childhood of the young Michael Myers, cataloguing the events which turned him into one of the big screens most memorable and feared psycho killers.
Rob Zombie's taste for gore and blood ensures the body count is much higher than the original. Within the first half more people have died than the total killed John Carpenter's version. Zombie also makes a point of making Michael Myers more human. I found, just like with the Devils Rejects, towards the end of the film I was starting to feel sorry for the poor misunderstood boy...until he picked up that huge butchers knife again.
The film answers some of the questions that arose from the original version, like why does Michael Myers wear the mask?Where does he get it from? And why was he so obsessed with killing Laurie Strode his younger sister, and for that matter why did he kill his older sister? Zombie answers all these questions in a modern horror story way but stays true to the simple classic formula of horror, if your young and god forbid about to or are having sex...you're going to die. It's simple but it's worked for so many good horror movies.
While the original will always be a classic, Zombie's spin on the story adds more depth to the characters, especially Michael, and draws you deeper into their world and understanding what created the monster that is Michael Myers.
Rob Zombie's taste for gore and blood ensures the body count is much higher than the original. Within the first half more people have died than the total killed John Carpenter's version. Zombie also makes a point of making Michael Myers more human. I found, just like with the Devils Rejects, towards the end of the film I was starting to feel sorry for the poor misunderstood boy...until he picked up that huge butchers knife again.
The film answers some of the questions that arose from the original version, like why does Michael Myers wear the mask?Where does he get it from? And why was he so obsessed with killing Laurie Strode his younger sister, and for that matter why did he kill his older sister? Zombie answers all these questions in a modern horror story way but stays true to the simple classic formula of horror, if your young and god forbid about to or are having sex...you're going to die. It's simple but it's worked for so many good horror movies.
While the original will always be a classic, Zombie's spin on the story adds more depth to the characters, especially Michael, and draws you deeper into their world and understanding what created the monster that is Michael Myers.
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