Halloween - Unrated Director's Cut (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Brad Dourif, Daeg Faerch, Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie, Tyler Mane Director: Rob Zombie Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen Running Time: 121 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-12-18 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Weinstein Company |
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Movie Reviews of Halloween - Unrated Director's Cut (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: Halloween Is Finally Scary Again
Summary: 4 Stars
There may be nothing in the world Rob Zombie could have done with this remake of the slasher masterpiece, HALLOWEEN, to outdo John Carpenter's original. The first, and best, HALLOWEEN took its audience by total surprise, and its subtletey continues to impress, especially now, in this age of excess, instant gratification, and horror gore. Having said that, the new HALLOWEEN is, by far, more frightening than any of the HALLOWEEN SEQUELS--and, yes, I am including Part II in that assessment.
You can count me in on the large crowd that clamored and complained that HALLOWEEN didn't need remaking. I still think that. Rob Zombie was evidently conscious of this sentiment, too, because he went very far to make this movie his own. There are significant departures from the original storyline, which was powered by its very mystery and its unapologetically unexplainable boogeyman. By contrast, Zombie explains everything--and he makes you watch everything, too; not in the comfortable, established, Hollywood-safe method of bloodletting (watch any of the FRIDAY movies for examples of this), but in brutal, painful-to-watch murder scenes that are, at times, deliciously tortuous to endure.
Some will say they don't want to know WHY Michael is what he is. He's more frightening because we DON'T get him. Okay. That's true. However, these explanations take up a lot of Zombie's movie, and whatever one may say about the strengths of the original, these are probably the most horrifying scenes in the film. Watching ten-year-old Michael take out everyone in his family other than his mother and little sister--using duct tape, a baseball bat, and, of course, a butcher knife--was the most disturbing thing I'd seen since HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER.
What I missed most from the original was Donald Pleasance. I thought the replacement for Jamie Lee Curtis was actually the only real improvement the movie had on the original (and I just know that most people will disagree with me on that, but what the heck); but Malcolm McDowell is astonishingly weak in his portrayal of Dr. Loomis. Strange ... Going in, he was the only one I really had confidence in.
It's impossible not to compare. You can't simply take the movie on its own merit, and when a filmmaker decides to remake a classic, he opens himself up to that unpleasantness. Even if you are coming to HALLOWEEN for the first time, you've been exposed to it through its paltry imitations and sequels. Ranked up against them, this HALLOWEEN is a fine, frightening tour de force.
(This review has been posted by Marcus Damanda, author of the vampire novel "Teeth: A Horror Fantasy.")