Rob Zombie's first Halloween was great. A gritty, modern take on the godfather of slashers. This one continues the moment the first one ended, same as the original John Carpenter classics did. The opening scenes are fantastic, especially the moo moo cow bit. I was thinking hell yeah, this is gonna rock, and it did, sort of.
Someone needs a new mask.
Michael is back and he is still as brutal as ever. Zombie really has created and new, grittier version of the masked killer, bringing him in to our reality as best as he could do with a man who has been shot a thousand times yet still manages to grab his big fat knife and gut a load of teens. He has also managed to get us feeling sorry for Michael, which considering he is an evil mother is testiment to Zombie's directing skills.
Thats he's frikkin face!
Touches like giving Michael a beard, and letting us catch glimpses of his face, which is usually forbidden in the world of the masked killer, is a master stroke because suddenly he is a troubled man instead of a faceless maniac. The flashbacks to young Michael are really just incase you haven't seen the first one but they do further provide reason to his actions.
She's had a smack.
So all this sounds great dosen't it? Well it is but the problem is Laurie, played by Scout Taylor-Compton. I just did'nt like her. She is certainly a victim but I felt the urge to tell her to shut the fuck up and more than one occasion. I wasn't sure if it was the actress or the character but I did not connect with her at all. Jamie Lee Curtis's Laurie, in the Carpenter version, was likeable and you really felt for her, but this Laurie just dosen't come across as very nice at all. Shame, cos it did hamper the entire film.
She's lost her shoe!
Then we get on to Malcom McDowell's Dr Loomis. He is so far removed from the character in the first film it's unbelievable. He has turned in to a rich author, making a living out of the first killings but his has become a comical character and it dosent flow at all from the original. He is hammier than a pork chop whereas the rest of the film is gritty and brutal and real. It is a major set back in an otherwise great film.
She's naked, she's dead.
All in all this is a very flawed film which has moments of greatness. Rob Zombie has proven he is a great director but he lost his way a bit here I think.
Kelly did not view this movie so her comments will not appear. Oh well.
Summary:
Great because:
- Brutal and real
- It has the original music
- Micheal is the godfather of horror
Crap because:
- The main lead is a tosser
- Dr Loomis has become a tosser
- It isn't as good as the first
Hamster Rating: 3
Gore: 4
Scares: 3
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