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Reviews Counted:99
Fresh:26
Rotten:73
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Rob Zombie doesn't bring many new ideas to the table in Halloween, making it another bloody disappointment for fans of the franchise.
Theatrical Release:28-09-2007
Synopsis: The early 2000s have seen a string of big-budget remakes of classic horror films. In addition to THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE HILLS HAVE EYES, John Carpenter's benchmark slasher flick... [More]
Starring: Daeg Faerch, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon, Scout Taylor-Compton
Director: Rob Zombie
Instead of trampling over the original, he builds on it and creates an homage that should motivate the new generation of horror fans to seek out John Carpenter's original with the respect and excitement it still deserves.
though Zombie continues to have a true, unflinching artist's eye for the sublimely horrific, that eye is wasted here on an unnecessarily moribund history of sociopathy as it relates to Halloween in Haddonfield, Ill.
If you thought John Carpenter was too prissy and squeamish...then this is the movie for you.
The Batman Begins of slasher movies, and one of the more frightening stabathons of recent years.
If it wasn't a remake of Halloween, Halloween might have been pretty awesome.
Zombie is still learning and I'm sure in time will deliver a true horror classic of his own. Until then, enjoy his latest effort.
Rob Zombie is a big ol' cinephile who lacks the chops to execute on the screen everything that's going on emotionally and intellectually inside his head.
Zombie's morally dubious earlier films showcased fun-loving, homicidal anti-heroes; but there's nothing jokey or campy about his approach to Myers, whose long hair and mask obsession suggest he may be a worst-case-scenario incarnation of Zombie himself.
This story has been told at least four times too many already!
Chokes the life out of a classic--and then runs it hard into the business end of a butcher knife.
As if spooked by the long shadow of suburban killer Michael Myers, the director has all but dropped his organic camera style, resulting in exactly the kind of bland, scareless remake the fans were fearing.
...blood-spilling banality...the sensationalism behind Zombie's directorial demeanor is merely a follow-the-dots frightfest with an exaggerated twitching disorder.
It's a decent diversion.
I won't make the case that Halloween is anything other than a well-crafted slasher film. That's all it wants to be, and that's what it achieves. But I will say that the movie does the horror genre a big favor by reclaiming a legendary character.
Halloween manages to combine the weaknesses of both of Zombie's previous movies, while rarely tapping into the strengths of either.
A lot of modern horror has become more synonymous with horrifying rather than terrifying, the chief difference being the latter also provokes feelings of psychological unease.
Contains dialogue so nasty and stupid, you'd swear (right along with the characters) that the booker for Jerry Springer wrote it (Zombie did).
Trick or treat? Rob Zombie's "re-imagining" of John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic Halloween must sadly be consigned to the former category and it's not even a very interesting, suspenseful trick at that.
Rob Zombie's Halloween remake isn't scary, which is really all you need to know about it.
Revamping the influential 1978 shocker Halloween for a new generation of viewers, director Rob Zombie offers a film with more sex, more violence, no humor and zero scares.
January 05, 2009:
First Shots of Michael Myers' H2 Mask Posted 
Eager to get a glimpse of what Michael Myers' face will look like in Rob Zombie's sequel to his "Halloween" reboot? Bloody Disgusting has what you're looking for. More...
December 22, 2008:
Rob Zombie Drops Halloween Sequel Hint
What's Scout Taylor-Compton doing next Halloween? Judging from a cryptic update posted at Rob Zombie's MySpace page, she could be reprising her role as Laurie Strode in his... More...
December 16, 2008:
Zombie Confirmed for Halloween Sequel
Confirming an earlier report from Shock Till You Drop, Dimension has announced that Rob Zombie is on board to write and direct a sequel to his "Halloween" reboot. More...
December 02, 2008:
It's Still Halloween for Rob Zombie
In news that should provoke shrieks of actual terror from a very vocal group of RT commenters, Shock Till You Drop is announcing that Rob Zombie will return to direct the sequel... More...
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