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1. Brooke Reynoso 11.11.08 / 8pm

   Oh was I excited to see this movie when it came out! I had seen the old halloween and loved it of course and the fact that rob zombie was doing this film made it seem even better. Rob zombie has done a great job with movies so far. “House of 1000 Corpses” as well as “The Devils Rejects” are amazing! Just like those, this movie was a hit. Great actors,great director, good murders. Everything you could as for as a horror fan.
2. GregoryDiFilippi 10.17.12 / 10am

   I do agree that the original Halloween film was a masterpiece of what horror movies should be. I actually enjoyed Rob Zombie’s version though. He does give you some background story that wasn’t evident in the original but that is part of what made the original so good. While watching this version I try not to view it as a complete remake but more of a different view on the same movie. Rob Zombie has a knack on giving modern movies an older 70s feel which I liked and I think the cast picked for this film was right on. I do not feel offended by Rob Zombie’s version and I would gladly watch both the original John Carpenter’s version and Rob Zombie’s version anytime.
3. Anthony Ballard 03.22.13 / 3pm

   This film was very good. The remake of the film was good because it gave it a new twist of horror compared to the older films. I think that this film has a little bit of everything for genre and tats what makes it unique. It can be gory at some point but I think that the most interesting part of this film is the story line, how this murderer became who he was and what happened to make him this way at such a young age. The way people are raised can determine the outcome of their future and the story of this film shows that exactly.
4. Eduardo Hernandez 06.22.21 / 10pm

   Rob Zombie’s remake of the classic 1978 horror, Halloween, by John Carpenter was brilliantly done because computer technology and graphics in the film industry has since caught up with the cult classic from the Cult classic in the 1970’s and allowed for an honest depiction in how a horror movie should be seen. Graphic, bloody, and violent. What i found in Rob Zombie’s vision for Halloween was the fact he remained true to John Carpenters originality, by depicting how Michael Myers grew up in Haddonfield. By adding this key information into Michael Myer’s life, the viewer could connect with the antagonist instead of objectively seeing Michael Myers in adult form. Because it has been 30 years since the original movie was released, the critical success this film received proved how ingenious Rob Zombie was by continuing Michael Myer’s legacy 30 years later.
5. adam paramo 07.21.21 / 1am

   I was so exited when this movie came out but to my realization it was just a remake of the first one nothing really different, I agree with you that this movie definitely shows more sex and gore, I also agree with you that something that the mystery around myers in the original made it awesome but in this one it tells us why he kills which definitely kills the mystery. Rob Zombies “Halloween” basically told the same exact story as the original but just add more gore and sex, which is typical in a Rob Zombie film, Oh also Rob Zombies wife is in the film…. Again which seems like his wife is in all of his films
6. jonathan pleitez 07.08.22 / 2pm

   Being a big fan of halloween Michael Myers i have to agree that the original films in the late 70s are always going to be better then the new ones. I could say that rob zombie made a good spinoff for the halloween movie. the way he made them is more dark and scary by using a darker tones in filming some of the scenes and how he makes the movie look more dirty and ruggish for the new modern. also one thing that made the film a little different between from then and now is they way they spoken in the movie, in the old films they would not use that much profanity. when in the newer films they used a lot more profanity. i think the reason for that if we would be in that situation we would be scared out of our minds.
7. Lonzell Cromer 07.09.22 / 10pm

   I really did not agree with your review. I thought this film was so much fun to watch. I remember seeing it when it first came out in theaters. I enjoy suspense too but this movies was very well done with plenty of action. This is a horror movie and gore or blood is expected. Maybe a thriller movie would be better suited for you because those films are full of suspense. The sex scenes were not all that bad and it didn’t take away from the movie. I feel like sex scenes are normal in horror movies. It happens all the time. I would definitely recommend halloween.
8. Gabriel Martinez 03.20.23 / 5pm

   I agree with you on the part where the original was better. However, I do not think that the movie was bad at all. I do think there could have been more suspense but I think the way the movie rolled out still made the point that it was trying to make. I like to view remakes of something as it not being the exact same so almost a different movie but along the same storyline. Meaning things could roll out a little differently than they did in the original. I think a lot of the sex scenes and the way characters acted worked well in this film to set the tone that the move was going to. be a little odd at times. I would highly reccomend Halloween (Rob Zombie, 2007).

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