Halloween
2007, Other/Horror, 1h 50m 118 Reviews 250,000+ Ratings
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Rob Zombie doesn't bring many new ideas to the table in Halloween, making it another bloody disappointment for fans of the franchise. Read critic reviews
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Dr. Sam Loomis
Laurie Strode
Michael Myers - Adult
Ismael Cruz
Annie Brackett
Deborah Myers
Ronnie White
Cynthia Strode
Lindsey Wallace
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Critic Reviews for Halloween
All Critics (118) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (86)
Because it's still about Michael Myers, it all feels epic and larger than life in a way few of those other films do. October 19, 2018 | Full Review…
Quote not available. November 18, 2011 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Quote not available. November 17, 2011 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
The result, though undeniably preferable to yet another misbegotten installment of the long-exhausted franchise, certainly doesn't compare to John Carpenter's landmark original film. December 12, 2007
Taking 50 minutes to get to the present where the original took five, here we are offered something resembling justification for why poor little Mikey beat and stabbed his way to infamy. November 23, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
This take on Halloween is grim and nasty, but never remotely scary. October 5, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Halloween
- Oct 28, 2018Not so much a remake of Carpenter's classic as it is a counterpoint to it. Where Carpenter's film is sparse on running time, character development, and gore Zombie's version is a lengthy examination of Michael Myers psyche that lingers on its extreme violence. In any case the main reason to watch this is for the sequel.
- Jul 21, 2016A interesting but bad take on this iconic horror villain. As the concept seems fresh at first it begins to get worse and worse by edging closer to the end of the film. The not needed Micheal Myers throwback really butchered this film for me along with the over usage of violence and gore over story and suspense which the original did so well. Should've place a little higher maybe a 33% on RT but this is just bland attempt to grab some cash while destroying an iconic antagonist along the way.
- Jun 22, 2016The remake digs much farther into Michael Myers's past/childhood with a large portion of the film explaining how he became the way he did. This gave a larger depth to the character in showing his motivations. Zombie did a good job writing this remake which had the spirit of the first film but still stood well enough on its own.
- Feb 16, 2016We could all live without seeing Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween, although this isn't a bad film. It's just that there was no need to see the story told again. What this film does add, however, is the backstory to Michael Myers. In the original 1978 film Halloween, Dr. Loomis (played by Donald Pleasance) alludes to the evil he saw in Michael Myers when he was a boy. He alludes to the way in which Myers went silent one day and then never talked for years and years. In the remake here you get to see it. I don't think the film really benefits to tell the origin story, although I don't made that they made a remake. Just not my cup of tea. And for the record I don't doubt that Rob Zombie is a huge Halloween fan. It's just beside the point, as far as I am concerned.
Halloween Quotes
|Sheriff Brackett:||I think you have created quit the monster piece off the blood of this town. Because monsters, sell, books.|
|Dr. Kopelson:||We've given the authorities his complete profile.|
|Dr. Sam Loomis:||Two road blocks and an all-points wouldn't stop a 5-year old.|
|Dr. Kopelson:||Well, what do you want us to do?|
|Morgan Walker:||Yes. I mean, what do you want us to do?|
|Dr. Sam Loomis:||I want you to get on the phone, and I want you to tell them who broke out of here last night. And I want you tell them exactly where he's going.|
|Morgan Walker:||Christ, we don't know were he's going.|
|Dr. Sam Loomis:||It must be great living in denial. I must try it sometime. Look, you and that army of shirt-tuckers up there, you know damn well were he's going.|
|Dr. Sam Loomis:||It must be great living in denial. I should try it sometime.|
|Laurie Strode:||I don't need a boyfriend...|
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