Halloween... the remake?

[Colton]

Yup, it's true, and I guess Rob Zombie is the guy doing this. It comes out Aug. 31.

Remember seeing the original in the theater as a kid. Scared the hell out of me. John Carpenter's theme has to be the best work ever for a horror movie.

One of the best aspects of the original was the fact there was no blood... none. The story, the setting and, of course, the music, made it a great flick.

The lovely Jamie Lee: "What's the boogeyman?"

The late, great Donald Pleasance: "As a matter of fact, it was"

 

[kingcreole]

Is this an actual remake or another damn sequel?

The original is, hands down, the scariest ****ing movie I've ever seen. I remember watching it for the first time on video when I was in college in 1999. Went to the girlfriend's house, turned out the lights and had the daylights scared out of me. The high-piercing music when Jamie Lee Curtis sees her friend ... I swear my blood ran cold. My girlfriend was crying she was so scared.

Please tell me this is not a remake.

 

[Ace]

I think it is a remake. I don't really understand remaking a movie that has had 52 sequels, though.

 

[outofplace]

Is this an actual remake or another damn sequel?

The original is, hands down, the scariest ****ing movie I've ever seen. I remember watching it for the first time on video when I was in college in 1999. Went to the girlfriend's house, turned out the lights and had the daylights scared out of me. The high-piercing music when Jamie Lee Curtis sees her friend ... I swear my blood ran cold. My girlfriend was crying she was so scared.

Please tell me this is not a remake.

It is not a sequel. I read something about it a while ago and Rob Zombie wanted no part of a sequel. He wanted to take the basic story and start from scratch. I'm not much of a horror film fan, but I'll probably watch it when it makes its way to HBO.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

I really, really liked "House of 1,000 corpses" and "Devil's Rejects" so I have a feeling "Halloween" is a must-see.

Though, I never saw the original. A couple of the sequels, yes, but never the original.

 

[Batman]

From the commercials, it looks like a fill in the blanks-type story. Maybe showing a little more of Michael Myers' childhood, his time in the asylum, that sort of thing. All leading up to the events of the first movie. Could be a cool concept. There were a couple of photos on the movie's web site showing Tyler Mane (Sabretooth from X-Men, and the guy who plays Myers) without his mask.

The scariest part of the original, to me, was when Tommy (the little boy) looks out the window and sees Michael Myers carrying the dead babysitter into the house across the street. Just one of those freaky, "what goes through your head in that situation?" moments.

 

[kingcreole]

From the commercials, it looks like a fill in the blanks-type story. Maybe showing a little more of Michael Myers' childhood, his time in the asylum, that sort of thing. All leading up to the events of the first movie. Could be a cool concept. There were a couple of photos on the movie's web site showing Tyler Mane (Sabretooth from X-Men, and the guy who plays Myers) without his mask.

The scariest part of the original, to me, was when Tommy (the little boy) looks out the window and sees Michael Myers carrying the dead babysitter into the house across the street. Just one of those freaky, "what goes through your head in that situation?" moments.

Yeah, that was pretty freaky. Even to this day, the part that really freaks me out is the blonde waiting in bed for her boyfriend to return with a beer. Boyfriend met Michael Myers. Michael Myers goes to bedroom, slowly opens door, wearing a bedsheet over his body with boyfriend's glasses on.

"See anything you like?"

No response. Just breathing.

"What's the matter Bob? Can't I get your ghost?"

No response.

"All right, all right, where's my beer?"

No response.

"Well can't you answer?"

No response.

 

[joe]

Halloween and The Fog were the two scariest movies as a kid.

 

[BYH]

Anyone excited about this should remember it's being released Labor Day weekend, which is usually the weekend studios bury their ****.

If it was any good, wouldn't it come out in October?

 

[outofplace]

Halloween and The Fog were the two scariest movies as a kid.

Did anybody see the remake of The Fog? Did it suck?

Also, how do you not release this on Halloween?

 

[joe]

Halloween and The Fog were the two scariest movies as a kid.

Did anybody see the remake of The Fog? Did it suck?

Also, how do you not release this on Halloween?

Fog remake sucked sweaty donkey balls.

 

[kingcreole]

Halloween and The Fog were the two scariest movies as a kid.

Did anybody see the remake of The Fog? Did it suck?

Also, how do you not release this on Halloween?

Or at the very least in October.

 

[Colton]

Fog remake had one great, lovely asset: Maggie Grace.

The rest of it was garbage.

Sxy: Seeing the original would be well worth it. To this day, that and The Exorcist, are the two best horror movies these eyes have seen.

 

[Meat Loaf]

I'm also wondering why this isn't released closer to October.

Of course, there's no sense in having it open Oct. 31. After that night, it's time for the jolly-type holidays. But I can see having it out for the month of October.

I plan on seeing it. I love John Carpenter and most decently-made horror movies. Other than Christmas, Halloween the holiday is the best for movie backdrops.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Anyone excited about this should remember it's being released Labor Day weekend, which is usually the weekend studios bury their ****.

If it was any good, wouldn't it come out in October?

Whether it is great or not, studios realize that most people are going to be very skeptical about a remake.

 

[kingcreole]

Other than Christmas, Halloween the holiday is the best for movie backdrops.

Do the Leprechaun movies count for St. Paddy's Day?

 

[kingcreole]

OK, now I think I want to see it. I just checked it out on imdb.com, and guess who plays Dr. Loomis? Ol' Alexander DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange, or in real life, known as Malcolm McDowell.

Other actors of note in this movie: Brad Dourif (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Mississippi Burning, Chucky) as Sherriff Bracket; Dee Wallace (E.T.'s foster mother, Cujo).

 

[audreyld]

We watched all of these movies when I was a kid, and the original is by far the scaries movie I've ever seen. Halloween is the only movie to give me nightmares.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I think it's a prequel.

And I also have to wonder why it's coming out on Aug. 31 as opposed to Oct. 31 or thereabouts. Have to wonder if they're trying to bury it.

 

[outofplace]

I think it's a prequel.

And I also have to wonder why it's coming out on Aug. 31 as opposed to Oct. 31 or thereabouts. Have to wonder if they're trying to bury it.

It's not a prequel, though they are apparently going to show more of Michael Myers' time in the institution. It is a retelling/remake of the story. The original started with Michael murdering his older sister as a young boy.