Rob Zombie's Halloween is a film of two halves. The first half is an 'origin story' as such of Michael Myers, the crazy masked killer we all love. The second is the brutal slaying of half-naked girls and their boyfriends in suburbia. I bet you can guess which half is better.
The original Halloween from 78 is a whole 31 minutes shorter than than Rob Zombie's effort. This 31 minutes makes the film better, as it leaves out the utter SHITE that Rob Zombie has put in. And it's jam-packed with the staple Zombie dialogue mix of sexism and sex.
I don't want to say don't watch this movie, because it's so worth watching for the second half. What I shall say is....watch the first 15 minutes, when baby Mike goes tits, then fast forward all the absolute tosh in the asylum that RZ has stuck in for no reason. The best thing about Michael Myers is that we don't know why he killed his sister, other than that he is a bit on the effed-up side. The RZ version adds in mental analysis of Michael Myers as a child that tries to explain why he might have done it. NARR, NEE NEED.
Watch Carpenter's Halloween any day over this, but if you like the original, or horrors in general, this is a good effort for the most part.
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