DVD Review: Rob Zombie's Halloween

Halloween (2007)
2-Disc Unrated Special Edition
Directed by Rob Zombie
Starring Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie
Genius Products/The Weinstein Company
Available Dec. 18, 2007

“Go for it. Make it your movie.”

According to director Rob Zombie (The Devil's Rejects) during a special feature titled “Re-Imagining Halloween,” that is what John Carpenter said when he respectfully contacted him to tell him he was directing a remake of his 1978 classic. Zombie goes on to say that when he decided to remake -- sorry re-imagine -- Halloween he wanted avoid making a shot-by-shot remake since that movie already exists (agreed). So without any creative input from Carpenter, that is precisely what he did...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Movie Review: Rob Zombie's Halloween

This weekend, a thousand blogs will post reviews with countless comparisons, both positive and negative, between director and writer Rob Zombie's re-imagining to that of John Carpenter's classic. This review, in an attempt to stand out, will feature zero comparisons. And so, without further ado, Rob Zombie's Halloween ...

Ten-year-old Michael Myers, the product of a dysfunctional and broken family, has slowly been building up a terrible darkness inside him. Berated by his stepfather, ignored by his older sister, and picked on at school, Michael finds solace behind a clown’s mask and the killing of small animals. On Halloween night, after yet another run-in with bullies, Michael finally takes the next step in becoming a monster as he systemically murders everyone in his house. He is placed in Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, under the watchful eye of Dr. Loomis, who try as he may, is unable to tap into Michael...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!