Halloween (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Rob Zombie
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Actor: Brad Dourif, Daeg Faerch, Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie, Tyler ManeDirector: Rob Zombie
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Weinstein Company
Movie Reviews of Halloween (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: Oddly I Enjoyed It
Summary: 4 Stars
Many can understand the disappointment a remake can bring, but viewing it in a different perspective really helps. Nine times out of ten a remake fails to restore the magic the original held so high. Even with a large budget, powerful cultish fanbase, and inspired crew some movies just fail to deliver. Here we are with Halloween, a classic slasher from the late 70's. Holding key elements many slashers would religiously follow in the near future, Halloween spawned many seqauls but non seemed to really live up all as well. Also note Halloween (the original) was filmed with a measly budget.
Excessive gore, nudity, and screams dust off any filler most halloween films hold. Which is not positive thing, the frugal use of these really aided more in the dynamic swift kills the original held high. Instead of tension and release we get a snapshot of the masked maniacs childhood. With a rather long segment devoted to the development of a psychotic youths background, we are then bombarded with a short clean of suspense gore fest. It summarizes the original films story so fast and inorganically it almost feels like two films brought together.
If I sound critical, the positive begins here. I really enjoyed the revamped music, the shaky camera views, and the few twists on things. The very way Micheal's grimacing stares penetrate the hope in the victims, in my opinion, shows how terrifying deranged he's become. Standing taller then most combined with his physical strength well beyond normal human exertion he is quite the killer. This is a man who has remained mute for years, losing all sense of moral, filled with rage from childhood issues with a unthoroughly psychopathic nature. Never would he admit to his wrong doings. His blood lust slaying ways are basically encrypted as second nature by the half mark of the film. Gone is the child he once was.
So really the film kaputs the mysterious entity many liked. In return we get a more indepth view. Although not as good as the original and lacking many of the qualities, it still isn't a bad movie. With a few nods here and there to the old film, some might enjoy it, but many may not like the forced feeling. So it boils down to a entertaining, intensified, slasher ride. Many wont go for this as Rob Zombie has tarnished his name in the film industry ( I personally disagree), you be the judge and rent it.
Summary of Halloween (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 05/13/2008 Run time: 110 minutes Rating: RMore of a supercharged revamp than a remake, Rob Zombie's take on John Carpenter's Halloween expands the back story of masked killer Michael Myers in an attempt to examine the motivation for his first deadly attack, as well as some reasons for his longevity as a horror icon. Zombie's Myers is a blank-eyed teen (played by Daeg Faerch) whose burgeoning mental problems are left unchecked in a horrific home environment; harassed by schoolmates, a randy sister, and his mother's deadbeat boyfriend (William Forsythe, terrific as usual), Myers' homicidal explosion seems inevitable, and intervention by Dr. Sam Loomis (Malcolm McDowell, who offers a fast-talking, hippiefied version of the Donald Pleasance character) does little to impede his development into a mute, unstoppable killing machine (Tyler Mane) bent on finishing off the only survivor of his family's massacre--his sister, now grown into teenaged Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton). Opening up the psychological motivation of a cipher like Michael Myers is an interesting approach, but Zombie's script possesses neither a depth of character nor dialogue to offer more than a clich?d thumbnail character sketch, and devoting over a hour of the unrated cut's 120-minute-plus running time to this history feels bloated and self-indulgent (especially when compared to the lean efficiency of the Carpenter original). Zombie's Halloween isn't terribly suspenseful, either; he has a keen eye for visuals and the details of chaotic environments, but his scares are nothing more than brutal showcases for his special effects team. The end result barely surpasses the original film's numerous sequels, though the Who's Who of cult and character actors in the cast (including Zombie regulars Sid Haig, Bill Moseley and Ken Foree, as well as Brad Dourif, Udo Kier, Clint Howard, Richard Lynch, Danny Trejo, Dee Wallace, and Danielle Harris) adds a touch of late-night monster movie charm. However, the film's best performance belongs to the director's spouse, Sheri Moon Zombie, who brings unexpected pathos to the role of Myers' downtrodden mother.
The two-disc Unrated Director's Cut offers a full disc's worth of extras that should please Zombie fans; chief among the supplemental features is his commentary, which details the film's shooting history and the numerous edits required to deliver the theatrical version. A making-of featurette offers further details of Zombie's vision for the film, and there are featurettes on his cast choices and the many masks that Myers makes while incarcerated. Seventeen deleted scenes (two of which feature Adrienne Barbeau and Tom Towles) and an alternate ending (all with Zombie's commentary) are also provided, as well as footage from the casting sessions. A blooper reel, which is highlighted by unchecked mischief by McDowell and Dourif, offers the set's sole moment of levity. -- Paul Gaita
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