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Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN remake gets a new poster!!

Hmm.... by MisterE	Jun 8th, 2007 12:20:04 PM
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interesting by Muldoon	Jun 8th, 2007 12:20:14 PM
I kind of like this take on it
Meh. by Sly Fox	Jun 8th, 2007 12:21:10 PM
Quite boring really.
Uh... by cheezwhipper	Jun 8th, 2007 12:22:18 PM
Not feeling very good about this...
At least the poster is good. by Turd Furgusen	Jun 8th, 2007 12:22:21 PM
We'll have to see about the movie. It's just a matter of time before the other Turd shows up in this talkback and goes balistic. I do like the style of the poster.
Quite like it by TheBigDogg	Jun 8th, 2007 12:23:14 PM
Except it looks like Myers is a greasy rocker.
Werewolf Women Of The S.S. by IForgotAbout19	Jun 8th, 2007 12:24:07 PM
Zombie should make his own movies. Fuck remakes and prequels.
Me no likey by Abominable Snowcone	Jun 8th, 2007 12:24:16 PM
Too busy. Should be simple, hushed black and white tones. And Michael Myers has long hair? Not in my universe. See, the whole idea about being scary is to NOT show the guy all the time, like, for example, twice on the poster really big. It should be like the first Halloween, or Jaws, where it's scarier when the presence of the 'monster' is suggested or implied by other events onscreen. Jesus, I hope Zombie didn't fuck this up. This looks like another Gen-Y emo Evanesence horror poster like we've seen a million times over the last decade. My daughter could color a scarier poster.
Actually, that poster is teh suck... by hechtal	Jun 8th, 2007 12:25:36 PM
...an unneeded remake, and an uninspired poster that doesn't make me feel any emotion other than "sci-fi channel quality." Will the lame remakes never cease?
Crap by FarSky	Jun 8th, 2007 12:28:59 PM
This movie started out looking like a terrible idea, and somehow (impressively) has managed to get worse and worse. This poster is terrible, the trailer was poor, and the script reviewed on this site was near blasphemy. Zombie, it appears, should stick to making cheesy yet catchy faux-horror music, and stay out of filmmaking until he learns what the hell he's doing.
poster looks good by liquidExist	Jun 8th, 2007 12:30:17 PM
we'll see about the actual movie
Erm by Revol	Jun 8th, 2007 12:30:30 PM
Is that supposed to be Rob Zombie holding the knife? Since when did Myers have hair like that... Unless of course, Myers is being played by Buckethead, that I would fully support.
I was wondering... by w_woody	Jun 8th, 2007 12:30:56 PM
Will we ever see Tyler Mane's face as Michael? If you had him in the movie without ever showing his face (always wearing a mask)I think the vibe could be the same as it was in the first film. I like the idea of humanising him a bit. I mean a real psychopath not some fantasy monster.
Why do they keep doing this? by Jakes Nel	Jun 8th, 2007 12:31:58 PM
I hate it when they try to give an iconic boogeyman one of those cry-me-a-river backstories. It's just a lame attempt at humanizing a character that is supposed to remain an unfathomable evil entity. They fucked up both Leatherface and Hannibal that way... That said, I like Rob Zombie. He's fun.
HALLOWEEN NEEDS A REBOOT LIKE WE NEED TO STAY IN IRAQ. by Captain Happy	Jun 8th, 2007 12:34:47 PM
CRAP.
Looks awful by SpencerTrilby	Jun 8th, 2007 12:35:19 PM
Did lil' Robert made it with his own crayolas? He was more inspired with his albums covers.
Werewolf Women Of The S.S. by Nice Marmot	Jun 8th, 2007 12:35:51 PM
Worst part of Grindhouse. Zombie should stick to music. Actually, no, he should give that up too.
Robert by michyfergi5	Jun 8th, 2007 12:36:10 PM
Killing people is so '80s. Been there done that. Come on Robert Z., make a cool sci-fi flick with robots and space junk. Here's an idea, remake "Ice Pirates". That would ROCK!!!!
Poster looks really good by Jak0lantern01	Jun 8th, 2007 12:37:01 PM
If you go to the site, you get the full poster plus the theme. Kinda gave a bit of the goosebumps for some reason. I dunno, it sorta brought me back to the early 80's for a moment when I first saw the original. Too bad no one really wants to give this a chance. Everyone is complaining that Zombie deviated too much from the original. Menawhile, had he stuck to the original closely, everyone would bitch that it was a waste of time rip-off like the Psycho redux. Sure, it's a bit of a lose-lode situation regardless of how it gets painted, but I'm looking forward to the fresh take on this one. That's coming from a huge fan of the original, because that movie could only be made once.
An SAT analogy by Redundant23	Jun 8th, 2007 12:38:28 PM
Carpenter's Halloween: Zombie's remake :: (a) Led Zeppelin : Coverdale/Page (b) Star Wars : Spaceballs (c) Alice Cooper : Marilyn Manson (d) Jessica Biel's tits: the crusty, diarrhia-dripping ass of a donkey after it's been sodomized by Bigfoot
I meant lose-lose by Jak0lantern01	Jun 8th, 2007 12:38:43 PM
just to clarify
I can't find... by zombieslayer	Jun 8th, 2007 12:39:42 PM
the "gotta shit" mask. has anyone spotted that yet?
It's just that the first one is sooooo good and scary by godzillasushi	Jun 8th, 2007 12:41:09 PM
You may as well pretend this is a stand alone Halloween movie or your just going to be dissapointed.
Should it not be a stand-alone? by Jak0lantern01	Jun 8th, 2007 12:42:25 PM
What else is it supposed to be?
Another WWE horror movie? by liljuniorbrown	Jun 8th, 2007 12:42:33 PM
I thought there was only one? I guess if this had Mike Meyers capturing babysitters and torturing them,dissecting them like frogs for two hours,this would be the movie of the century. Sorry but this sites credibility is really sagging due to Hostel 2 and the unrelenting Eli Roth lovefest. Zombie's trying,if it's good or not, i'll judge for myself.
Booo!!! by El Borak	Jun 8th, 2007 12:43:02 PM
urg.
This poster isnt that bad.. by huggerorange	Jun 8th, 2007 12:43:29 PM
This poster isnt that bad.. i think quint just hates Rob zombie for some reason...They shouldve made the collage to form a picture of the halloween pumpkin.
snooze. by JacksonsPole	Jun 8th, 2007 12:44:19 PM
i am not excited by this film in any way. i think it's pointless. they've made a million remakes of this film- they're called sequels. rob zombie interests me as a filmmaker, but this was a bad move- i believe...
it's so new, that it has been released a few days ago! by DerLanghaarige	Jun 8th, 2007 12:45:19 PM

an ok poster to a remake nobody wants! by frg10	Jun 8th, 2007 12:48:49 PM
just a thought
LESS IS MORE ........... by JeanLuc Dickhard	Jun 8th, 2007 12:48:54 PM
not cool my eyes hurt .......
Evil just wants its dog back! by Neil McCauleys Crew	Jun 8th, 2007 12:49:25 PM
Please no more wrestlers as serial killers!
Redundant by Abominable Snowcone	Jun 8th, 2007 12:50:02 PM
I would pick "C." Jimmy Page was involved in both musical projects you mentioned, whereas nobody from the original Halloween is involved here that I'm aware of. Choice "B" doesn't work because Spaceballs was not a remake or homage to Star Wars, but a spoof thereof. Choice "D" doesn't work, because although both Ms. Biel's breasts and a donkey's ass are object which could be penetrated, or spackled upon, by a penis, the suggestion that the original Halloween is akin to fine breasts is not accurate, because breasts are not a vagina, wherein one might culminate true sexual intercourse, and Halloween, being a classic horror picture, is the cinematic equivalent of vaginal intercourse. I think "B" is accurate because, love him or hate him, Alice Cooper was an original. Marilyn Manson's schtick is merely a pointless and nonshocking retread of Cooper, some twenty years late, and minus the talent.
I v'e seen this poster before by jarjarmessiah	Jun 8th, 2007 12:52:16 PM
Looks like the poster for 13 ghosts (the Remake)
I don't have a problem with the poster... by RevSick	Jun 8th, 2007 12:56:02 PM
...it's a little too busy but I like it. I think he should have gone more for the style of the first two movies posters, but oh well. This one kind of has the vibe of Halloween 3.
EVIL HAS GOTTA TAKE A SHIT by Kurzinski Valentine	Jun 8th, 2007 12:56:21 PM
mask.
Script is awful by MaryTylerMorbid	Jun 8th, 2007 12:56:42 PM
If the finished film is anything like the script that's been floating around the internet, this movie is going to be a disaster. I just don't understand the point in this.
what's with the long hair? by bluebottle	Jun 8th, 2007 12:56:48 PM
if you were like, some psychotic killer, wouldn't you have, at the very least, short hair that you probably cut yourself? i'd think long hair would get in the way... or is it the "i'm so crazy i don't cut my hair" look? because then he should have a big bushy beard as well. or is he crazy, but still has time to shave? is that going to be in the movie? is there going to be a scene where he has his hair tied back, and he's carefully shaving? that would rock. please put that in, because then i'd see it.
Is Michael Myers from hell? by Spandau Belly	Jun 8th, 2007 12:59:24 PM
I thought he was just Jaime-Lee's crazy brother. This poster looks more like a demonic Hellraiser-type thing. But in that respect it's okay.
Gotta agree with the pack... by tristeele	Jun 8th, 2007 01:02:55 PM
Everything Ive read, seen and heard about this movie absolutely stinks. I just don't see the reason to let Zombie do this film. I really hope I'm mistaken but this FEELS wrong.
crap by el-guappo	Jun 8th, 2007 01:03:01 PM
oh please Rob, feed us this crap. Run out of new ideas and destroy a perfectly fine classic. Thank you sir may we have another?
Poster is fuckin wicked! by BRUTICUS	Jun 8th, 2007 01:04:25 PM
I bet Rob Designed it. I hope the movie doesn't have any dumb ass characters like Zombies previous movies. Zombie allowed you into the world of the bad guys far too much in those crap movies.
I think this poster reinforces how it is different by TVguy4566	Jun 8th, 2007 01:05:15 PM
from the orginal. For me that is a bad thing (for others, maybe not). It seems to reinforce the theme that this Michael Myers was made evil not born evil. The long hair and bulky build reinforces that the actor playing Meyers is a physically impossing man rather than an average man with an angelic face like he was in the orginal. I am not oppose to a remake perse, but I do think that the orginal Halloween is as close to perfect you get with "slasher flicks" and I do think Zombie is abandoning much of what made the orignal special. I agree with Quint. This movie looks like it is going to make people who loved the original so much to cringe and not in a good way. I think in the long run, Zombie would be better off creating his own horror franchise with the single serial killer. I get the feel that other than individual scenes and characters being the same (at least in name) that this movie will have as much in common with Friday the 13th movies as it does Halloween at least in terms of themes and styles.
MIchael Myers has chosen HD-DVD.., and here's why: by Pound Sand	Jun 8th, 2007 01:05:57 PM
Because Laurie Strode has a Blu-Ray player, and it doesn't really bring out the black in Mike's eyes. The blackest eyes. The Devils' eyes. Oh, and an August 31 release date is a terrible idea. It's TOO SOON ! ! !
Great poster, and I like the trailer a lot... by Zeke25:17	Jun 8th, 2007 01:09:28 PM
...hell, I even like what he's done with the theme: kept it more or less the same but made it a little "nastier" sounding (the main piano bars have just the slightest tinny "off" sound, as if the piano was a thousand years old and played by a drooling maniac). While agreeing with most on this board re: Hostel 2 (bad), I have to disagree with the prevailing opinion on Zombie's Halloween--I'm guessing it will be one of the best horror films of the year. While The Fog remake was absolute butchery, I'm guessing Carpenter would be proud of this one...we'll see. If nothing else, the soundtrack works!
That poster sucks more dick than my mom. by i kick tits	Jun 8th, 2007 01:09:48 PM
And that bitch sucks a lot of dick.
Long Hair What? by Shabam	Jun 8th, 2007 01:12:14 PM
Doesn't anyone realize he's holding the mask? Won't his hair be up inside of it? I don't remember his hair hanging out in the trailer. I'm gonna go back and watch it to make sure.
Master of Horror ELI ROTH by That Reilly Monster	Jun 8th, 2007 01:14:16 PM
...isn't directing this, so AICN will remain skeptical. Until Eli tells them if it's cool or not. Y'know, because he's the one who brings intelligence to the genre. And stuff. It doesn't look very good to me either, just sayin'.
Love it or hate it... by dcut75	Jun 8th, 2007 01:16:16 PM
Jury is still out till I see it. Don't blame Rob though, this remake was going to happen with or without him. At least they let him have total control(for good or ill). It could have been a director with a couple music videos and commercials, with no real knowledge or respect for the orig. Halloween, making this movie. The only way they could have made me care about this movie is to do exactly what they did, take a director with a known love for the genre, who doesn't make shit pg-13 movies. I may truly hate this when I see it, but I will see it and give it a chance. I wanted to hate the Dawn of the Dead remake, I mean really, REALLY hate it. But I thought it was great. (and if you remember, this very site posted an early script review of dotd that was shit, also a story that it was going to be rated pg-13!!) After Dawn, I'll give any remake a chance. (except The Thing, please don't do this Universal!).
i kick tits by Abominable Snowcone	Jun 8th, 2007 01:16:22 PM
Yes, and she's good at it, too! Tell her I'd like another appointment, and that I'm sorry I gagged her and broke her jaw with my size.
Being part of the few, not-so-vocal-minority, of by beastie	Jun 8th, 2007 01:18:28 PM
people who wasn't a fan of the original Halloween, I liked the trailer for the remake. This poster, on the other hand just sucks. It's not scary. It looks like a poster for a White Zombie concert. And the collage?!? Flame me all you want for not caring for the original, I'm comfortable with that. Not everyone has to like everything. I didn't say it was bad. It just wasn't my cup-o-tea.
fuckballs by lionbiu	Jun 8th, 2007 01:19:15 PM
It's shit...looks like a WWE horror movie starring Undertaker
At least Danny Trejo is on the poster!! by bgart13	Jun 8th, 2007 01:22:27 PM
Danny's the man!!! I still remember when I found out that the tattoo on his chest was real...man, what a baaad assss... And is that Adrienne Barbeau on the poster too? Didn't remember seeing her listed in the cast.
And when is Mother Of Tears gonna get mentioned?? by bgart13	Jun 8th, 2007 01:25:04 PM
I mean, come on...Dario was at Cannes with it. Didn't you guys have anyone there? Did I miss that article perhaps? Mother Of Tears could be the kick in the pants horror films need these days. I mean, Eli Roth? I'll give him benefit of the doubt, just cuz Thanksgiving was great...but he still has to prove to me that the money being spent on him is worth it. I've yet to be impressed. In fact...Hostel is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Lame. Boring. Etc.
Again, the word "fresh" in relation to a movie by jorson2	Jun 8th, 2007 01:25:11 PM
I'm no fan of remakes, partticularly those of movies I don't think need or should be remade. Curiosity alone might get me to see this, but I'm writing to vent, because or some reason, I've developed a real nasty hatred for every instance of the word "fresh" used in any way relating to a movie. To me, fresh is for food and air, not movies. Besides which, from what I've seen, most of what passes for "fresh" on sites like these is little more than cinematic collages of plots and characters seen in decades past put together a little differently and, often, with little or no money -- ie, most Tarantino movies.
How about by mikehuntsbloody	Jun 8th, 2007 01:27:37 PM
WHO CARES!!
Michael's head an ATOM BOMB?!? by CENOBITE	Jun 8th, 2007 01:29:41 PM
t first glance it looks more like a poster for some Day After film.
As Jim Ross used to say on WWF by Samuel Fulmer	Jun 8th, 2007 01:34:00 PM
"Hell, Fire, and Brimstone! Here comes Kane!"
The Orginal Halloween would be PG-13 today if by TVguy4566	Jun 8th, 2007 01:34:20 PM
you cut out the PJ Sole naked breast scene. You watch that movie and there is virtually no blood. The movie was no more gory than PG-13 horror movies like the Ring.
Re: Why do they keep doing this? by Mr_Incredible	Jun 8th, 2007 01:35:05 PM
Don't forget Darth Vader. Yeah, I know he used to be a good person who got corrupted by the Dark Side. But dammit, he was at his bad ass best in The Empire Strikes Back. He fucking owned that movie. That's the Darth Vader we all love. The evil one, not Luke Skywalker's father. Anyway, I sure hope we don't see Michael Myers unmasked. That would be a fatal mistake.
Didn't know Michael Myers by skimn	Jun 8th, 2007 01:35:33 PM
was a hippie. Damn hippies!!! Agree that this look like 13 Ghosts remake poster. Does anyone remember an old Vincent Price movie from the sixties where his face was made up of images of womens bodies..? Must be a Corman flick.
Its not a REMAKE, but a RE-IMAGININGINGING by Mike_D	Jun 8th, 2007 01:36:07 PM
duh.
I wish Rob Zombie by Rat Fink	Jun 8th, 2007 01:42:55 PM
would just stick to making shitty music. This looks like ass. What a POS poster, movie, director and idea.
Hollywood by Darth_Yupium	Jun 8th, 2007 01:45:38 PM
Err...remind me why do we need another remake again? Money? Gee I´m surprised!
Odd choice, the long hair on Myers. by GrantChastain	Jun 8th, 2007 01:47:33 PM
That's not a negative comment by any means. It's just an odd choice.
An awful poster by palimpsest	Jun 8th, 2007 01:47:47 PM
Though DEVIL'S REJECTS was a reasonable movie, with the cinema's best use of 'Freebird' ever. The first flick he made was a dog's breakfast, though. Hmmm. We'll see.
What's Sabertooth Doing With The Kitchen Knife? by Read and Shut Up	Jun 8th, 2007 01:50:54 PM
To paraphrase Jeff Goldblum from The Lost World: ("Remaking Halloween) is the worst idea in a the long, sad history of bad ideas."
You couldn't pay me to watch any of Eli Roth's by Jak0lantern01	Jun 8th, 2007 01:52:22 PM
torture fests. I dunno. Just the idea of people strapped to chairs, etc and being tortured isn't my idea of horror or suspense. Rob Zombie's got it all over him. I loved Devil's Rejects, and I have problem with Corpses, which is a film that was watered down by its superior sequel. I guess Zombie doesn't pander enough to this site to make any real news here. But how many Eli Roth interviews? At least we're getting our Transformers coverage. Hehehehehehe......
Oh, and just a footnote... I'm Black by SpencerTrilby	Jun 8th, 2007 01:52:24 PM
so I don't give a shit about yours cracka music.
What is the deal with Viggo's Balls? by Borgnine JR	Jun 8th, 2007 01:55:56 PM
I may be a simple backwoods country lawyer, but why is that phrase being consistently mentioned in the TB's?
Oh, and Zombie's wife gets second billing on the poster by Mr_Incredible	Jun 8th, 2007 02:01:48 PM
What a fucking nepotist. Anyway, what is this going to be? Halloween: The Metal Years? Remaking a classic is always a bad idea. BTW, the poster of the original Halloween fucking owns this poster.
I'm liking this... by screamster101	Jun 8th, 2007 02:05:42 PM
I don't care what anyone says, I am going to see this movie on opening day. You can all take your fucking Spiderman 3 meets the Pirates of the shit Carribean and shove it. Finally a movie that will have some balls!!! Side Note: I watched the original Halloween for like the 400th time the other day and found it waaaaaayyyyy outdated. I hope this new version is not a let down.
Spike a turd by Sigmar25	Jun 8th, 2007 02:09:48 PM
it never gets old
eat by Sigmar25	Jun 8th, 2007 02:10:50 PM
i meant to say 'eat'... where the fuck did 'spike' come from? oh well
I just want to remind everybody... by WeinerPenis	Jun 8th, 2007 02:15:30 PM
...that we live in a world where the guy that did the James Hetfield ripoff on that one song Beavis and Butthead used to hum the riff to is now in charge of "re-imagining" John Carpenter's seminal film. I'm going to go put on my "this poster makes me have to shit" mask.
Did they keep the Shat Mask. by Christopher3	Jun 8th, 2007 02:17:15 PM
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man play a song for me.
Hollywood has told us how good this movie is... by RBrooksC	Jun 8th, 2007 02:18:11 PM
This movie is being released during the Labor Day Weekend. Hollywood always dumps their awful and worst movies during that weekend. So be ready to be disappointed.
The good thing with expectations this low... by The Dum Guy	Jun 8th, 2007 02:25:50 PM
Is that if it's even marginally good (the movie) then most people will be happy with it, or they will just completely loathe it for not being like the original. As for me, I didn't really like "House" that much, but thought "Devil's" was one of the most enjoyable films that came out that year (wasn't it like two years back?), so I'm kinda on the fence on this one, but leaning towards hoping its good.
poster sucks by Mogwai Democracy	Jun 8th, 2007 02:29:46 PM
movie will suck. end of line.
LOL by lionbiu	Jun 8th, 2007 02:30:50 PM
OT: Paris Hilton gets shoved back in Jail for 45 days, lol. Hoooray.
That is TERRIBLE. by PwnedByStallone	Jun 8th, 2007 02:33:31 PM
That poster just gives me a fucking headache.
If they want to sell tickets... by Phimseto	Jun 8th, 2007 02:39:55 PM
...they should just take that picture of Paris Hilton crying that's currently on Drudge and put "Halloween" on it. I'd pay to see it.
The Trailer Didn't Look Too Bad by ChiTownsBest	Jun 8th, 2007 02:40:57 PM
The only problem is that I read the script and I agree with what Quint said about being able to see everything that is wrong in the script. If Michael Myers speaks as an adult I'll throw my popcorn at the screen!!! This has potential, but I hope there have been some changes.
That's terrible I'm sorry by johnyaztec	Jun 8th, 2007 02:45:48 PM
If God loves us this movie will bomb.
Quint, Love ya, Man... by Rando Calrisian	Jun 8th, 2007 02:47:18 PM
But can you just get your head out of your bung hole and post one thing about this movie without your bitching about how it is wrong? It is wrong for you. The original film still stands as one of the greatest slasher movies ever - and it will always be there. Stop your whining. It's a damn remake - hardly any remake has ever been better than the original. You sound like all the other little talkback biotches that are upset because of the flames on Optimus... damn, dude... give it a rest.
I need horror movie recommendations... by MisterE	Jun 8th, 2007 02:50:39 PM
Greetings, all. I'm a member of BlockBuster's in-store all-you-can-rent plan and need recommendations on some good horror films to rent. If it was released in the last 3 or 4 years, then I probably haven't seen it. Any suggestions?
so rob zombie is actually mm.. by theonecalledshoe	Jun 8th, 2007 02:52:03 PM
makes sense. I wonder if shatner sees a dime from his face being used so much.
i read... by mr.cancerstix	Jun 8th, 2007 02:53:11 PM
the script, and apparently in the Rob Zombie universe everyone says "fuck" repeatedly, even when the word doesn't apply to the situation. His characters also get very angry in response to simple questions. I like the fact that Michael Myers used to masurbate to pictures of dead cats, that's HOT!!! Other than that, anyone who didn't love the original is gonna cream their Hot Topic gear over htis one. Good call on the poster too, it does look like the poter for a movie The Undertaker is in....spooky!!!
between Fri13th, Nightmare and Halloween by Magic Rat	Jun 8th, 2007 02:57:26 PM
Halloween was always in 3rd place for me. Never cared for the Mike Meyers character. Don't see the point in this now.
Here's an idea, remake "Ice Pirates". by godoffireinhell	Jun 8th, 2007 03:14:32 PM
That's a brilliant fucking idea if I ever heard one.
Halloween in August? Dumb by hatespeech	Jun 8th, 2007 03:14:43 PM
really stupid.
Example of a Hostel 2 review by Jak0lantern01	Jun 8th, 2007 03:18:05 PM
Not that critics matter, but: You live in a free country, you put up with crud like Hostel Part II. It truly is crud, though. The film is the definition of torture porn, and regarding the Motion Picture Association of America's business-friendly, brain-free decision to give it an R rating: If this film gets by with an R, then what is left to warrant an NC-17?
The only bad part of Werewolf Women of the SS was... by iamnicksaicnsn	Jun 8th, 2007 03:19:12 PM
the fact that Zombie felt the need to explain every awesome cameo that he had. Other than that, it had potential.
People were audibly amused by Zombies Grindhouse by Jak0lantern01	Jun 8th, 2007 03:22:04 PM
trailer. At least in the theatre I was in. I think many of you just have it in for Zombie for no real good reason aside from the fact that he's Rob Zombie.
Wow.......... by plisskenman	Jun 8th, 2007 03:26:39 PM
Hey mom look, its a glow in the dark house of wax mask....oh wait..I see alot of people on drugs inside the mask who wasted their time doing this movie...a...Hallocination
Ya know what by skimn	Jun 8th, 2007 03:31:05 PM
let em remake whatever the fuck they want. In this case Carpenter will get some bucks, and he can buy some more reefer. All inferior remakes will find their way to the bargain bin eventually. I know production on remakes push aside the chance for original material to be made, and makes the studios choices dumber and safer, but after the abomination of Gus Van Fuck's remake of Psycho, Hitchcock's Psycho still remains untarnished and can be viewed at any time.
only about 5 days late dumbfucks.. by classicgamenerd	Jun 8th, 2007 03:33:10 PM
saw this on bloody disgusting and CHUD days ago. BTW the poster fucking sucks.
CANT WAIT......... by plisskenman	Jun 8th, 2007 03:33:28 PM
AWRIGHT....Michael Myers VS The Undertaker...guess there will be a fire in the myers house.....I condemm Rob Zombie to having a big plastic bag put over his head and having a homeless guy fart steak sandwich gas into the bag..thus eliminating zombie and the possibility of a shit-o-ween 2
This is old... by Fenrisulfr	Jun 8th, 2007 03:36:11 PM
It was already on the official Halloween movies website for quite a while ! Poster looks fine, a bit too bright and sophisticated though. Would have loved something much sinister and mysterious.
Wouldn't he have to sit there for 10 minutes stuffing by Kurzinski Valentine	Jun 8th, 2007 03:39:30 PM
his hair all up in and under the mask? That's a little girly for AN IMMORTAL SERIAL KILLER.
house of 1000 corpses by jonboy83	Jun 8th, 2007 03:41:49 PM
is the worst movie i have ever seen. someone take the camera away from rob. he single handedly ruined "free bird"
Leave his hair alone... by Fenrisulfr	Jun 8th, 2007 03:43:26 PM
for a more "Heavy Metal" appearance. I like it.
ROB ZOMBIE+HALLOWEEN=..... by plisskenman	Jun 8th, 2007 03:47:29 PM
The night the devils retard came home........
"Worst part of Grindhouse" No Way! by trafficguy2000	Jun 8th, 2007 03:53:26 PM
The worst part of that flick was the menu items on display from the dinner next door. That was some nasty vittles!
As long as there are some tits by Mr. Mcpoops	Jun 8th, 2007 03:54:36 PM
I'll be happy.
Wow...CRAPTACULAR!!!! by Gus Van Rant	Jun 8th, 2007 03:56:34 PM
That's right haters, I said CRAPTACULAR!!!
TOO SOON!! by Pageiv	Jun 8th, 2007 04:00:33 PM
Anyone look at the calender and see Halloween is in October?
What an incredible waste of time for everyone involved by IndustryKiller!	Jun 8th, 2007 04:03:26 PM
Why would anyone who considers themselves an artist, like I'm assuming Zombie does, waste his time making an inevitably inferior remake of a film that stands the test of time so god damned well? The aesthetic could never match that of the 70's original, especially because so much of it's appeal derives straight from the era in which it was made. Bad script or not this is going to be a complete waste of time in a theatre. I'm also not sure Zombie can curb his penchant for exploitation to make a film of genuine horror.
This movie should be......... by plisskenman	Jun 8th, 2007 04:09:13 PM
pushed to a release date of september 21st or 28th, august 31 is toooooooo early. Are they trying to tie the movie in with WWE Summer Slam which also is at the end of august??
Rob Zombie by TheLastAngryMan	Jun 8th, 2007 04:09:27 PM
is a cunt. DIE YOU CUNT.
fiester & Free Bird by bgart13	Jun 8th, 2007 04:17:58 PM
Fiester: Casablanca was remade. It's called Barb Wire! And re: Free Bird...it was ruined the day any of those yahoos thought it up. Worst song...ever.
The backwards capatability of the poster feels right. by la_sith	Jun 8th, 2007 04:24:25 PM
Can't wait to see this on HD-DVD.
It's gonna suck. by lost.rules	Jun 8th, 2007 04:33:53 PM
But then again, how could it not?
It's a Dimension film, so It'll be HD DVD exclusive by polyh3dron	Jun 8th, 2007 04:35:10 PM
oh well...
This story needs..... by Loosejerk	Jun 8th, 2007 04:36:52 PM
more ZOMBIE WANG! Quint, dig through your "My Pictures" folder!
After Zombie makes money off this remake...... by plisskenman	Jun 8th, 2007 04:38:15 PM
He will remake............ Terror Train..aka.Metal Train Prom Night...aka..Headbangers Ball
The Darkness is a hippy? Is this a lobby card? by SoylentMean	Jun 8th, 2007 04:39:43 PM
OK, I love both of Rob Zombie's film efforts so far but this poster: A: Looks like Michael Meyers is on some kind of mission B: Exposes the long, probably unkempt locks, of a character I didn't want to know could even take off his mask, nevertheless the length of his hair C: Reveails too many images from the film, looks more like a lobby card than a poster. C:
Needs more posters... by SoylentMean	Jun 8th, 2007 04:41:02 PM
I don'na like thisa one!
Good Point Soylent...... by plisskenman	Jun 8th, 2007 04:43:39 PM
All hail the return of the Lobby Card..via the movie poster.
Actually by plisskenman	Jun 8th, 2007 04:46:22 PM
After seeing all the images in the mask..I just saw the entire movie!!, so save your 8.50. just decode the poster.
AUTOBOTS ARE WATCHING OVER YOUUUUUU by Kurzinski Valentine	Jun 8th, 2007 04:46:31 PM
READY TO DIE FOR WHAT WE LOOOOOVE
That poster is too busy by Mullah Omar	Jun 8th, 2007 04:50:09 PM
Something simple and subtle would have been more appropriate. Then again, a different director would have been appropriate, too. I expect nothing good to come out of this remake.
What does this have to do with Eli Roth? by lost.rules	Jun 8th, 2007 04:52:00 PM
Is he producing or something?
why... by RomeroRules	Jun 8th, 2007 04:54:44 PM
Why does everyone love Christopher Nolan and Martin Campbell for reinventing Batman and James Bond and then so viciously rag on Rob Zombie for trying to do the same thing for Michael Myers? And I am not saying that this is true of EVERYONE, but why do their reasons more often than not mirror the ones already pilfered on this site? Opinions which, by the way, were from an early draft of the script. Call me a plant . I could care less. After all the Thorn crap in Halloween 6 and the Busta Rhymes smackdown in part 8, Michael Myers needs a freakin makeover and The Devil's Rejects is by far ample enough evidence Rob Zombie can do this quite well. It's been said that showing us why Michael became evil would make him less scary, but depicting events that the original movie does not contradict does not "explain" anything. People are unfortunately abused and picked on all the time but do not always pick up kitchen knives and go on killing sprees. Some turn out to be fairly well adjusted people. So where does the explanation come in? If you're tired of horror remakes I understand, believe me. But this would have happened eventually and a great filmmaker is behind it. Just don't hate it before you see it. Or because someone else does.
Not that great. by jrbarker	Jun 8th, 2007 04:59:33 PM
But I do think they should remake ICE PIRATES!!
Why does he have long hair? by crackerfarmboy	Jun 8th, 2007 05:01:40 PM
Seriously what's the fucking point? Isn't the whole character of Michael Myers supposed to be that he is JUST PLAIN EVIL??? There's not supposed to be a heartwrenching backstory? And where are the whores? I'm sorry I'm way too drunk to continue this pointless rant. Go fuck your mother's tits.
Wasn't the point of lobby cards... by SoylentMean	Jun 8th, 2007 05:15:10 PM
to be like a stationary trailer of sorts? Those are from back in the day when theaters actually tried to sell you on seeing a story on film, as opposed to their super-sized combos (hell, nowadays they don't even make the fuckin' popcorn at the theaters, it comes pre-popped in giant bags). I really hope this movie is good, I know I'll be there opening day.
Romero Rules by FeedMeAStrayCat	Jun 8th, 2007 05:15:41 PM
These people hate on movies they have not a single fucking clue about because we live in a world where the internet can make everyone seem like a badass. They can bitch and moan because nobody can see them or question them, hiding behind their computer screens. They call Eli Roth and Rob Zombie, in this TB, cunts and fuckers and saying they need to die because they have nothing better to do. Nobody here knows these guys and they think they can talk shit about them, the people, and not the movies themselves. If you dont like a movie, just say it and call it good. If you really want to rag on these guys, make yourself questionable to the public. And most people here were dissing on James Bond being redone. Then they were all praising it when it came out. Give the movie a little more of a chance. When it gets closer and more reviews come in, make a choice. Dont diss it before you know much about it.
Torture Pron began with House 1K Corpses... by spud mcspud	Jun 8th, 2007 05:31:25 PM
That long, long, long, long, long shot with the cop on his knees about to be blown away... and then he is. We're in no doubt what we're meant to feel when that happens: we're meant to be glad he shot the cop. Zombie was right there with the first beginnings of Torture Pron, along with Eli "IS a big cock, not HAS a big cock" Roth. That said I've read the script on the net - fuck it's bad. Everything you hoped he wouldn't get wrong, he got wrong. Do we have to watch another derivative redneck psycho movie? He did it much better with DEVIL'S REJECTS (where at least the bastards got their comeuppances) and Carpenter's HALLOWE'EN is a sacred text in the history of horror. This will suck to the maximum. And Carpenter - one of the truly, truly great movie directors - deserved to be bitch-slapped for EVER agreeing to allow this to be made. He's a sell-out and Zombie is a limited film-maker at best. RomeroRules: people hate this remake because the script is the most derivative, regurgitated piece of hacked together shit you will ever read. Every cliche about backwoods redneck psychos you can imagine is there. What - are we supposed to feel sorry for the kid? For fuck's sake. To see how the "inside the mind of a serial killer" movie REALLY works, try MANHUNTER and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. I LOVE MANHUNTER, didn't like SILENCE in any way - way over-rated - but I can't argue that it is incredibly well-made and almost the authority in on-screen serial killer psychology. Truly encyclopaedic. Sadly, something I don't think we can accuse rob Zombie of being. Stop reading FANGORIA and all those FBI "I know killers" books and writer something truly original. Bring back Clive Barker. The sequels were shit but at least HELLRAISER was truly, completely original.
I meant PORN, not PRON by spud mcspud	Jun 8th, 2007 05:32:06 PM
Stupid, stupid me. I type too damn fast.
Whoa.. by skimn	Jun 8th, 2007 05:33:20 PM
..did I really see Adrienne Barbeau in that poster? Is that a compliment or a slap in the face to Carpenter?
Jesus Christ. It may be the shittiest poster since... by JackPumpkinhead	Jun 8th, 2007 05:39:07 PM
Damn. I don't actually remember a poster THAT shitty. Of course, based on everything that "zombie" has puked out so far, and especially on Quint's script review, I may not remember a film that shitty when I fast-forward through a download of this crap. Yep, "zombie", that's how much you'll get from me - some used bandwidth.
Reminds me... by VladT	Jun 8th, 2007 05:52:24 PM
...of the Donnie Darko poster.
I doubt anyone who read the script... by Alonzo Mosely	Jun 8th, 2007 05:58:02 PM
Holds out even an iota of hope for this. The script is pure amateur hour, a generic slasher flick, with serial killer 101 scenes welded on to make it 'more real', and not a character to care about among the lot. Nothing new, nothing clever, nothing scary.
Hey that should be the movie's tagline... by Alonzo Mosely	Jun 8th, 2007 06:03:05 PM
Nothing new, nothing clever, nothing scary.
Viggo's Balls!!Why do people hate rob zombie? by TORTURE PWN	Jun 8th, 2007 06:12:56 PM
His music sucks.His movies suck.And most of all his need to make too many arbitrary changes to a classic horror icon effectively removing the elements that made said character a classic sucks. Not to mention hhis degree of "asshole-ness" makes Eli Roth look like Mother Teresa.
I was totally against this... by SK229	Jun 8th, 2007 06:28:59 PM
but I'm starting to warm to it. I don't know, where the hell else can they go with the sequels? It would need to get back to basics in some way, I guess. There's always the original and it will always be a classic of the genre. The Psycho remake didn't put a dent in the reputation of the original, nor should it have. At least this is being retold in a different way. My only concern is that he not get too crazy with the 'white trash' upbringing stuff. I completely agree with everyone who says the very idea of Myers being shaped into a killer rather than just being evil incarnate from the beginning is totally out of sync with the mythology. But something about this keeps telling me that if you go just expecting to be scared and have fun, it might just do that. You just gotta leave your problems at the door and realize that IT WILL NOT HURT THE ORIGINAL.
The thing I don't get about this movie... by tailhook	Jun 8th, 2007 06:30:36 PM
is dumping a Halloween movie on August 31st.. what the fuck is up with that?
I think Ill Pass.. by Redfive!	Jun 8th, 2007 06:45:12 PM
Devils Rejects was a great step foward for Zombie and now he just took 3 steps back.Just when you think you have someone who wnats to do original horror you get a steaming pile of crap like this. Now I havent seen the movie but I probally never will,I hate remakes of Master Pieces,its just a money maker for the studios and an ego boost for the director.Who thinks he can do soemthing different which will be totally wrong.
Shit remakes... by spud mcspud	Jun 8th, 2007 06:46:32 PM
How bad is it that every remake made this year so far, when referred to by any TBer, has to start with "well at least we still have the exceptional original movie"... Which basically is saying that the remake is inferior - hence: WHY MAKE THE FUCKING REMAKE??? And will someone bitch-slap Carpenter for allowing this to happen AGAIN? Did he learn NOTHING from the Fog remake? Can't some sympathetic movie fanatic billionaire pay Carpenter NOT to allow another remake? Fuck, I would... if I were a millionaire!!!
Any chance Paris Hilton plays a victim in this? by Big Dumb Ape	Jun 8th, 2007 06:51:29 PM
Because after having to endure the frickin' Paris saga ALL day on EVERY channel as if she warranted 9/11 event-like coverage, right now I'm rooting for the cathartic experience of another movie like HOUSE OF WAX where the nitwit gets it and is gone. As for the poster, I'd say "Eh." On the one hand it's not heinously bad, but on the other it just seems a bit cookie-cutter to me. Nothing really special or especially clever in the art design. Wow, a big head that's actually a mosaic. As for the lower figure, and as others have noted, what's up with the rock star hair look? And the fact that he's carrying the mask (to somewhat humanise him) instead of actually wearing it just makes him seem emotionally smaller to me. Then again, I'll admit I'm lukewarm on the project altogether since I still don't see why they're doing a remake to begin with. The original remains essentially perfect as is, for what it is. This isn't a story that needed retelling at all. Bascally my viewpoint is this: if you're someone like Zombie and you feel you have THAT much of an original, fresh take on something (like the slasher genre), then why not just DO an all-new, fresh movie that you really can call your own? Again, as others have said as well, I don't really want or need sort of lame "humanizing" backstory to explain Mike Meyers. Frankly, I think its far, far, far more scary to just think of him as a relentless killing machine that does defy explanation. My point being that once you do explain it all...well, it just loses a lot of its inherent mystique and terror. Some things are best left unexplained to ensure they're far more horrifying.
Evil has a new density... by Johannes	Jun 8th, 2007 06:51:50 PM
no..destiny...i'm sorry;)
LAME LAME LAME LAME by DoctorWho?	Jun 8th, 2007 07:06:38 PM
LAME
D'you know what? by pdennett316	Jun 8th, 2007 07:14:10 PM
This COULD be a reasonable slasher movie. I hated Zombies other 2 flicks with a passion, but you never know he might have gotten better (thats a big fucking might). But, why didn't he just create his own franchise from scratch rather than simply leasing the name of another? He wouldn't be taking nearly so much shit. Oh, and the whole abused-as-a-child cliche is getting old, find some new way to make us sympathetic...maybe he lost his cat or something and he just snapped. Go post-modern and have a guy flip out after watching so many shitty remakes of superior movies - every TB'er would empathise with the guy, until Michael Bay kills him in a surprise, twist ending. What am I on about? Who knows?
Ranma by FeedMeAStrayCat	Jun 8th, 2007 07:15:18 PM
I understand people have read the script and the trailer gives a look at the movie. I dont know for 100%, but is the script everyone said they read the definate final script? I'm not saying this is going to be great or anything, but most people seem to be hating this solely on the fact they are remaking it and the original is the best and should not be redone. Now, I love the original, but I'm not going to say the new one sucks before I hear anything real on it. Conclusions seem to be jumped at long before it seems appropriate these days is really the point I was making. There was the same hate before the script review, trailer, or poster. It seemed akin to people hating Casino Royale when only Daniel Craig had been cast. Now most have changed opinion. It seems we have some disagreement on Zombies movies, as Devils Rejects was the one I liked and House I thought was lesser horror. Werewolf was weak, and Cage was the best part, so I agree largely on that point. I It just seems like there is not civilized convo about things anymore.
Meh by TattooedBillionaire	Jun 8th, 2007 07:15:19 PM
I'm not too crazy about this poster. It's not horrible, though. Even if the movie sucked, I expected we would at least get a cool poster. Now, I don't know what to think.
Fuck this film......HINO! by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Jun 8th, 2007 07:29:34 PM
Seriously.
Script Online? by Red Diver	Jun 8th, 2007 07:41:43 PM
Anyone got a link to where I can find the script? Just based on how many are bashing the shit out of the script, it just makes me want to read it more. If it is as bad as people are saying, maybe Eli Roth should just film Quint reading the Halloween script...torture porn indeed.
Iraq by classyfredblassy	Jun 8th, 2007 07:45:28 PM
Wow, it took up to 14 posts for some moonbat to mention Iraq or Bush in thread about the Halloween remake. You neo-libs are off your game tonight. Wow about "we need a Halloween remake like we need to see Hillary's Fat Ass on tv for 4 years"? In keep with the "Fairness Act" and all that.
Would people have honestly been happier w/a sequel? by The Dum Guy	Jun 8th, 2007 07:47:00 PM
Or should I say another one? After Resurrection, I really can't understand how so many people are angry about this movie. Does anyone else remember Busta Rhymes, anyone?
Picture of a Better Poster- Mad Styled by ThePilgrim	Jun 8th, 2007 07:48:36 PM
http://tinyurl.com/3e55ov
"Trick or Treat Motherfucker?" by Fenrisulfr	Jun 8th, 2007 07:48:57 PM
Isn't that what he says in the film? Didn't see it.
hilarious by Fenrisulfr	Jun 8th, 2007 07:51:12 PM
This poster is hilarious LOL
Of course he has long hair... by quantize	Jun 8th, 2007 07:53:02 PM
he has to look like one of Rob Zombies try-hard industrial goth ass-clinging buddies.. RETARDED...
About the hair by Fenrisulfr	Jun 8th, 2007 07:56:00 PM
Myers already had long hair as a kid. He probably hasn't psychologically evolved from the night he killed his first sister to the night he returned home. I don't think he gives a fuck about his hair length. I really don't see what's wrong with the hair. It's not like he had short hair as a boy and decided to let his hair grow as an adult.
ranma627 by The Dum Guy	Jun 8th, 2007 07:59:39 PM
So you're saying you'd have gone with another sequel? And you're calling me dumb? The sequels were ruining the image of Michael Myers way more than any re-imagining could.
ok... by The Dum Guy	Jun 8th, 2007 08:09:48 PM
So a sequel that would involve Michael Myers getting locked in a zoo, then deciding to kill penguins before having to fight a lion, would have been better?
Well...that's a pretty unfortunate poster. by Red Ned Lynch	Jun 8th, 2007 08:13:02 PM
Yep, if you wanted a poster that screamed I don't get what made Halloween work that pretty much sums it up. Guess you could have added some demonic clowns or those little puffball guys from Ghoulies. Hell, there may be some in there, somewhere.
Where do all the Carpenter/pot smoking stories... by CarmillaVonDoom	Jun 8th, 2007 08:16:42 PM
...come from?? J/c. And seriously, Rob should delay the movie a month just so he can get P. Hilton in there as a victim. At least get a dead ringer look-alike. I think everyone would think that was a howl. Finally...Ice Pirates certainly could use a remake. AND (sorry!) Clive Barker is soon publishing a book that ties in ALL of his universes....last I heard it was about 800 pages long. CLIVE BARKER is STILL "the future of horror" (Zombie is doing good work as well, F Eli Roth!) All hail Viggo's Balls!
To me , Ranma , it comes by The Dum Guy	Jun 8th, 2007 08:27:53 PM
To me , Ranma , it comes down to either choosing to get kicked in the balls or slapped in the face, I'll take the lesser of pains in this situation. I'm a fan of the Halloween series, hell the first Halloween was one of the first videos I bought for myself back when I was like eleven, but after seeing how the sequels were progressing I would rather have Zombie try and do something different... I say I'm a fan, but I've never gotten up the courage to watch Season of the Witch.
Rob Zombie Sucks ass! by plissken77	Jun 8th, 2007 08:30:45 PM
fuck Rob Zombie. Fuck Eli Roth. Fuck em up they're fucking asses. Long Live John Carpenter!!!!!!!
There is only one Dr. Sam Loomis by Sean Harris	Jun 8th, 2007 08:36:44 PM
"Now that Donald Pleasance has passed, there's no need for anymore Halloween films. Dr. Loomis is an essential component of a good Halloween film." Word.
I'm not saying it should continue, but... by The Dum Guy	Jun 8th, 2007 08:38:08 PM
I'm a whore for watching a continued series, I like to see how the series develops, but the way the series of Halloween sequels was going was horrible, so I'm more for going with a different route. I'm not saying they should continue to re-use Michael Myers as a character, but they'll do it anyway because they know if it's made cheap enough it will turn a buck. In fact they were going to go with a sequel before this remake thing was in the works, but Al Queda (sp?) decided to kill the old producer of the series, so we were going to get another Halloween regardless of what the "fans" wanted.
Unbelievable!!! by DuncanDisorderly	Jun 8th, 2007 08:44:30 PM
Halloween is my favourite film of all time. You can't improve John Carpenter's original film so why is this travesty being released? Rob Zombie, one question: " WHY? "
I SEE THE CAT IN THE HAT IN THIS POSTER! UPPER LEFT by Pound Sand	Jun 8th, 2007 08:48:53 PM
by the newspaper article. Aw, I guess it's just Mike Myers as Cat in the Hat.
ranma627-you're right by TORTURE PWN	Jun 8th, 2007 08:51:00 PM
Why is it so hard for people to get it throgh their heads that a GOOD SEQUEL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE RIGHT TALENT ATTATCHED?The story could go in any number of directions other than another lame ass "reimagining" that basically uses the name as a marketing tool for the studios & a vanity project for a hack/borderline plagiarist director.I've said that a million times in a million talkbacks.Nobody else seems to get it.
NO MORE REMAKES!! by Wakewolf	Jun 8th, 2007 08:53:05 PM
Why is Hollywood so obsessed with remaking classics (John Carpenter films in particular)?? Script writers need to sit at a table and brainstorm NEW IDEAS for a change. Toss ideas around, be creative...PLEASE!!
p.s. If you flip the poster upside down and by TORTURE PWN	Jun 8th, 2007 08:55:21 PM
hold it up to a mirror on a Tuesday when it's dark after a game of Fizbin,in the upper right hand corner you can see a picture of Venom with a thought baloon over his head saying "Too Zombie." It's true!
Next remake; The Evil Dead by Fenrisulfr	Jun 8th, 2007 08:55:31 PM
Approved by Raimi and Bruce "The Chin" Campbell himself. Sad.
Next remake: The Evil Dead by Fenrisulfr	Jun 8th, 2007 08:56:57 PM
Approved by Sam Raimi and Bruce "the Chin" Campbell himself. Sad !
Oops... by Fenrisulfr	Jun 8th, 2007 08:57:41 PM
sorry about that.
Rob Zombie's Black Christmas: Coming June 2009 ! by Pound Sand	Jun 8th, 2007 08:58:44 PM
Great release date on this HINO, guys.
And look, I'm not some knee-jerk... by Red Ned Lynch	Jun 8th, 2007 09:02:37 PM
...anti-remake person. The Maltese Falcon was a remake. Carpenter's The Thing was a remake. There are plenty of properties out there that could not only be remade but could probably be bettered. Carpenter even made a few of them. For instance, there's a lot of good ideas in Prince of Darkness, but put the right person in the driver's seat and they could probably do it better. And I'm not even against lesser remakes that work in their own arena. I was pleasantly surprised to find the Dawn remake watchable. Snyder took the title and made an enjoyable little zombie movie with zero subtext. Because it clearly didn't have the aspirations of the original it could work on its own terms. And I wouldn't even automatically cry foul at a remake that took an icon and reconfigured it. But when you're dealing with an iconic movie figure you have to keep in mind what made that figure iconic in the first place. Can you play with those things? Sure. Can you abandon them? Well, they did with the American Godzilla, and that worked great, so...oh wait, no, it didn't. It was atrocious, taking away everything people loved about the cheesy big guy and yet retaining every bit of the cheese, while adding only the same tropes the guys who made it had already used (up) in Independence Day and Stargate. And so far what we've heard of this rebirth gives us a lot of White Trash Trailer Park boogie, which we've already been treated to from Zombie, and seems absolutely at odds with the central theme of the original Halloween, which was that this little boy went all the way wrong with nothing at all the cause it. Which, yeah, was central to what made the character. Now I don't pronounce any film dead until I've watched it at least long enough to see if it has a pulse, but the prognosis for this one seems pretty grim.
Michael was scary because he just "was" by SoylentMean	Jun 8th, 2007 09:23:44 PM
My only real fear is that they turn this into a "and that's why Mikey went mad" film (ala Hannibal Rising). The scariest part about the original Halloween was that nobody knew why Michael was so evil, which scared the shit out of Dr. Loomis(Donald Pleasance deserved an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor). I haven't read the script (which, unless you're directly involved with the film's production, doesn't make sense as a potential ticket buyer anyway) nor have I seen the movie. I'm gonna give it a chance, I'd just rather have seen another Zombie original, that's all.
What gets me, ranma627... by Red Ned Lynch	Jun 8th, 2007 09:27:37 PM
...is that these remakes are playing that same stupid card over and over again. The Black Christmas remake, which is probably the worst movie I've seen in the past twelve months, took a scary little movie which did the best job anyone's ever done with the "phone killer" bit, a movie that absolutely depended on never finding out anything about the killer, and turned it into this horrible abortion of a movie which, in addition to asking you to believe about a dozen of the most stupidly implausible things any movie has ever required a viewer to believe in order to continue suspending disbelief also gave the killer the most white trash obvious back story possible. Alcoholic, chain-smoking mother, murdering step-daddy, kid living in a hole in the attic color by numbers nonsense. And having read a draft of this movie's script it looks like the same thing in even greater caricature. One would think that logically, if it were your wont to remake a movie, you would try to do the following three things: 1. Identify and keep those things that made it unique and/or made it worth remaking. 2. Identify those elements which didn't work and/or could logically be improved and try to fix or improve them. 3. Update those things which may have worked at the time the original was made but which thematically, or because of societal changes would no longer be effective, while always keeping in mind points 1 and 2. It just doesn't seem like that hard a formula, and remakes which have been successful seem to have followed it.
So, what would the essential things NOT.. by Red Ned Lynch	Jun 8th, 2007 09:35:39 PM
...to change in Halloween be? 1. The relationship between Loomis and Michael. 2. The completely inexplicable nature of whatever "happened" to Michael to turn him into the unstoppable, inhuman monster he has become. 3. The Mask. Anyone care to add anything else? These are the three things I can think of, and, unfortunately, the only one it looks as though this movie kept was the mask.
Didn't one of the sequels try to explain Myers? by The Dum Guy	Jun 8th, 2007 09:39:30 PM
Was it the Curse of Michael Myers? Been awhile since I've seen it, wasn't it the one with the cult? I should probably just Wiki it.
The revelation of any distinguishing features by SoylentMean	Jun 8th, 2007 09:41:01 PM
such as hair length/color. That's a slap to anonymity right there. The poster would have been interesting without the image of Michael holding the mask and knife. It's like we're being told that not only is Michael bad ass but that he loves himself some old school Metallica. Still gonna see it.
I love how Tyler Mane gets billed third... by Charlie Murphy	Jun 8th, 2007 09:52:33 PM
and yeah, that poster's not great. Who's doing the music for this? I can't make it out at the bottom there...
The Undertaker is... by vettebro	Jun 8th, 2007 10:29:57 PM
Michael Myers? Lame...
The Script... by Alonzo Mosely	Jun 8th, 2007 10:31:29 PM
To the guy who asked, no we are not bitching about the shooting script, but the first draft, and yes that makes us cunts because bla bla bla However, I defy anyone to read it and think the same guy is going to do rewrites and make it a good movie. Also there is a huge difference between a remake and two different films based on the same source material. Someone mentioned The Thing and Maltese Falcon, these are great because they went back to the source material and did a much better job with it than the earlier movie. That is not at all the same as some studio exec saying 'hey, you know what movie I used to like, and which the key demographic has never see? Well lets remake that fucker... Now move the poolboy and the coke closer to me, I don't want to cross the room... And lastly to the 'well isn't a remake better than another sequel' argument. STOP FUCKING PLAYING THEIR GAME. We don't need either, lets do something that is as fresh and interesting as Halloween was back then. Amazing idea, that used to be the soul of cinema, but seems to have been discarded around ten years ago...
LOL! by DamnYouMB	Jun 8th, 2007 11:05:46 PM
No more Batcycle!
THE BATCYCLE WENT AWAY....TOO SOON ! by Pound Sand	Jun 8th, 2007 11:09:37 PM
But it was an exciting time.
not diggin it at all by godzooka	Jun 8th, 2007 11:17:29 PM
back to the drawing board! Now!
I'd hold this film back for Halloween! by Orionsangels	Jun 8th, 2007 11:34:36 PM
Release it like two weeks before Halloween. They'd make buttloads more money.
I agree about NO MORE REMAKES by Orionsangels	Jun 8th, 2007 11:38:25 PM
You young lazy bastards! Yeah you know who you are. Go seek at the originals! Stop waiting for Hollywood to make a snazy CGI remake. That butchers the original classic version. What's next an Excalibur remake? A 2001 Space Odyssey remake. Why??? If the originals still hold up. Watch those, but nope. You go see these awful remakes and they end up making a buttload a money and Hollywood gets convinced that this is what the public wants today.
no more Batcycle.... by Loosejerk	Jun 8th, 2007 11:42:19 PM
but Quint will give us more ROTH WEINER!!!
damn batcycle by chiahead	Jun 8th, 2007 11:49:39 PM
i wish it would come back.
finally.... by hellnback	Jun 8th, 2007 11:57:53 PM
i don't understand why so many people get pissed off cuz someone wants to reimagine a series like this. why complain about remakes when the real complaining should go to the crappy lame ass sequels that kept coming out. at first i was pissed off that they were remaking halloween just as i was when they remade the TX chainsaw massacre. but after watching the remake of chainsaw i realized that this was just a new start to the series. it wasn't truely a remake but just a fresh take on the whole thing. c'mon sheriff hoyt became one of my favorite family members since chop top. as for halloween, the only good movies from the original series were parts 1, 2, and H20, which i consider the real halloween trilogy. but that story has been told and now it's time to start it over and hopefully if this movie is done well then any sequels that come after it don't go all shitty like the sequels to the original movie. but that's too much to ask for isn't it. keep michael myers a crazed killer with all the rage and anger in him and keep him away from the supernatural cult that was controlling him, cuz that was just stupid.
Rob Cummings should have stole the Jaws plot outline by ThePilgrim	Jun 9th, 2007 12:02:00 AM
A drunk teen girl who went swimming disappears her dismembered body is found. The Towns Police Chief begins to suspect that it's a shark after a killer whale turns up with dismembered on the beach. The Towns Higher Up's don't want anyone in the town too know that they might have a shark issue so they tell the Chief to shut up and quit making a scene. We have a flase attack mayhem insues all are shaken. The Chief gets in big trouble, and then another real shark attack goes down. A shark expert shows up. He gives the Chief a book on sharks and let's him know a few things about sharks in general. The town folk try to find said shark but they wind up hurting one another. some stupid kids punk the town and make them think that they are a shark and it's too bad that they survived. Finally another personal attack from the shark that almost cost the Chiefs sons life goes down. The Town's Higher ups and the Chief approach a guy who's killed sharks his whole life. The shark killer is a despot who remains on the drunk. His only concern is the rich reward he will recieve for finding and killing said shark. He doesn't think much about the Shark Expert or the Chief. They set out with only themselves as company into the sharks stomping grounds to bait and trap said shark. What happens from this point forward is nothing short of amazing. If I had the task to reimage Halloween. I would borrow from Jaws plot outline. Instead we get White trash, dead dog polaroid jerking, stripper mom and her loser dick drunk cruel verbally abusive boyfriend having, school boy-girl looking bullied, baby sister lusting, psycho killer, and a Loomis who is such a twat- whos all about his book and his fame and elegant lifestyle. Fuck this remake.
Fuck serial killers, give me a cool vampire movie! by J.P. SHAW	Jun 9th, 2007 12:04:02 AM
ign posted aq 30 Days of Night trailer, and no one seems to care
I REALLY dig this poster. by Negative Man	Jun 9th, 2007 12:05:24 AM
A bunch of pics representing the evil done unto and by Michael Myers that blends into an angry reddish mushroom cloud of fury and then becomes the 'face' of evil... I likes it! I likes it a lot.
Teh largest hate group on the planet? by Stewie_Griffin	Jun 9th, 2007 12:13:33 AM
Firstly the whole idea of a re-imagining is bollocks. If it was shit in the first place, no one would try, they only go for films that were already fine (waits for Scorsese's Soul Man) and then what's the point?? The whole idea of this is shit, rebooting this is shit and pandering to inept filmmakers like Zombie is ridiculous. What has he done in the past to even be considered for a project like this?? Nothing. Utter shit. Now what we have here is probably the largest group of perople who collectively care (or just moan) about a subject. So it may as well fall to us. We have a choice. Sit here behind a screen and moan or don't go see it. not only that, tell everyone you know you have seen it and it was the biggest pile of shit you've ever seen. I don't know about you guys, but there are at least 5 people I know who won't go see this film on my recommendation. what if we all do this?? I couldn't care less if it's the greatest film in years, they need to be stopped, the fact hey even tried sickens me. Send out a message lol
and the poster is wank by Stewie_Griffin	Jun 9th, 2007 12:15:37 AM
And it's 6am and I'm still pissed. Nice
I like Alfred E Newman Poster Better it shows by ThePilgrim	Jun 9th, 2007 12:24:19 AM
The original Posters Weakness. http://tinyurl.com/3e55ov
That was a cool bike. by Mace Tofu	Jun 9th, 2007 12:27:58 AM
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EVIL NEEDS A NEW TAGLINE by Laserbrain	Jun 9th, 2007 12:41:44 AM
Ecchh.
Witch Pig Revenge by ThePilgrim	Jun 9th, 2007 12:41:58 AM
Vampires are gay, dickless men with long teeth. Whats so scary about that? Just give us a Dyed In The Wool Director that brings forth a film that is so original and strong with it's message that We can truly say that they are among the legendary pedigree of the past Artists of the Horror field. John, Wes, Romero, and Hoopers first horror film messages were extremely strong and legendary. These first outings have all endured the test of time and where mega sucesses when released both commercially and impactually. Let's stop saying great student of the genre. why are failed first in the attempts in horror so honored. If time has proven anything wiht horror you either you come out with "The Shit" "if you rto be the shit for 10 years or so" or your an "Ass caked in colon mud". Thats all there is too it. Wes, John, George and Tobe did just fine on the first horror outings they took. Sure they did their little experiment films before hand, but they didn't showcase it too a large audience. They made their mistakes in secret, and learned from them. Praise and Honor were found in Merit not Placment.
Genius IQ by spiderwalk007	Jun 9th, 2007 12:56:49 AM
I have a feeling that most of the posters on this site have black eyeliner and a gaycut.SAD.
I LIKE IT HALFWAY by Darth Melkor	Jun 9th, 2007 01:12:44 AM
I'm a fan of the way Michael looks, holding the mask, almost like a gunslinger. Sure it's not realy what Michael Myers would do, but it's cool looking. I don't really get the photos though. Seems out of place.
Cheers to Stewie_Griffin! by TORTURE PWN	Jun 9th, 2007 01:13:20 AM
I'm with you 100%.This shit's gotta stop somewhere,and it might as well be with the guy who pooped THE DEVIL'S RETARDS onto the world.Too bad there's so many morons out there who'll pay good money just to see how bad this thing'll be.
RomeroRules by Coughlins Laws	Jun 9th, 2007 01:13:35 AM
This is NOT the same as "reinventing" Batman or James Bond like Christopher Nolan or Martin Campbell did. They did movies NOT based on other movies but that were based on other sources, in print. The weren't remaking movies. Two other directors have done Batman and over a dozen have done Bond. They were based on a large series of Comic Books and Novels. Not the same at all as redoing an original movie like Halloween. Halloween was totally John Carpenter's vision. Doing a Bond movie is interpreting Ian Fleming's vision and doing Batman is interpreting DC Comics vision, NOT reimagining Burton, or God help us, Schumaker.
The real question by PAC-MAN	Jun 9th, 2007 01:35:50 AM
Why does the poster show him holding his mask? Doesn't his character need to have it on at all times to be the evil slasher he is?
ROB ZOMBIE'S KING KONG coming 2009 by plisskenman	Jun 9th, 2007 01:41:09 AM
starring Sid Haig dressed up in a monkey suit sucking his own dick through a plastic banana.
Pac man....... by plisskenman	Jun 9th, 2007 01:45:01 AM
I think its leatherface starring in this halloween remake instead of Michael Myers.
Fuck you Zombie by boogy110	Jun 9th, 2007 01:47:17 AM
Someone should take away this guys directing chair. I love his music, I fucking hate his movies. I waited over 2 years in anticipation for house of a 1,000 corpses to be relased. When I finally got to see it in theaters, I nearly walked out. Devis Rejects, was slightly better, but still a big piece of shit. I can't wait to see how he will murder a classic.
ahhhh by PAC-MAN	Jun 9th, 2007 01:47:30 AM
then that must be the elm street house in the background then. gotcha.
It's the Gotta Take a Shit Poster by Mr Spork	Jun 9th, 2007 01:50:11 AM

I by down75	Jun 9th, 2007 01:50:14 AM
When I found out the release date I figured this was going to be shit. This poster has confirmed that. They are releasing in August so they can roll out the directors cut dvd for Halloween, thinking thats where they will make their money.
ROB ZOMBIE'S GHOSTBUSTERS coming 2010 by plisskenman	Jun 9th, 2007 01:55:02 AM
Starring..Triple H as venkman, The Undertaker as spengler, The big show as Ray stanz and Booker T as Winston...oh yeah and Sid Haig as Slimer
Spidercut thats is exactly by ThePilgrim	Jun 9th, 2007 01:58:50 AM
Spidercut thats is exactly the demographic Rob is after. He says he hates Emo Fags and yet his myers is exactly that. He's a boy but he looks like a pudgy girl. He has a bad life everything with a pulse fucks with him. His mom is a stripper her boyfreind is a drunk. She neglects him. The boyfreind verbally abuses him and makes psychical threats. Myers abuses and kills small animals. He masturbates to the recordings of these animals being abused while looking at pictures of thier dismembered corpses. His older sister is slutty. She verbally abuses him him and calls him a freak. Kids at school pick on michael myers and beat him up. The whole town knows that his mom shakes her ass for money. He records himself killing his first victim. A small girl he follow home. He tricks her into following him too what he claims to be a halloween candy tree that makes candy on halloween. He pulls a dead cat out of the tree. Then he pushes her into a hole and wacks her over the head with a stick over and over again and then he pisses on her dead body. then he goes home waits for his sister judith to fuck her boyfriend he kills him then he kills his mothers boyfreind and then he kills his sister. He leaves the baby sister laurie alone. He admires her. Maybe because she seems pure to him or something. He recorded the killing spread on his trust tape recorder and he sits on the front steps playing it when his mom comes back home. I mean if that aint some Emo fag shit. i dont know what is. Rob said that remakes where lame. Now he's making a remake but he says it's not a remake. Rob says toys made myers to cute and killed his scary off. Rob has a toy myers figure coming out from neca toys, and he gives away free stickers for his total skull fans. Rob says the dog photo jerk off fest was just a casting call sheet used to weed out leave it to beaver types from his film and not something with in any draft of the screenplay. Robs a face saving, Through the teeth lying, Snake oil selling, Sound byte ripping, Too many "Yeah" hollaring, TCM scene remaking, talentless piece of hackshit.
how about by PAC-MAN	Jun 9th, 2007 01:59:16 AM
Rob Zombie's Meatballs 2, staring his wife eating pasta for a hour and a half!!!!
Thats the spirit Pac Man..... by plisskenman	Jun 9th, 2007 02:18:45 AM
Sheri Moon Zombie could blow all the guys in the Lunchroom .
It's OK.... by Boba Fat	Jun 9th, 2007 02:20:39 AM
the film will be utter shit though. I have spoken, see ya later!
ROB ZOMBIE'S ALIEN Coming 2011 by plisskenman	Jun 9th, 2007 02:22:21 AM
Starring Sid Haig as the Alien, but wearing a alien halloween mask on his egg head and a black mechanics uniform and shooting whip cream from his mouth as the slime. oh yeah sheri moon zombie as ripley survives at the end.
"Rob says the dog photo jerk off fest was a casting by TORTURE PWN	Jun 9th, 2007 02:33:36 AM
call sheet used to weed out "Leave it to Beaver types."Ha! More likely an excuse to see if he could con a twelve year old boy into "whipping it out" for him.Seriously though,what kind of parent would drag their kid to an audition based on a script page (phony or not) that would have their kid seen flogging his dolphin to a picture of a dead dog? And even creepier what kind of film director uses such a thing as some kind of litmus test for a CHILD actor? I guess I had it wrong all along.He's not the next Ewe Boll,he's the next Victor Salva.
I don't mind it. by mr. brownstone	Jun 9th, 2007 02:33:46 AM
it suits the freakazoid vibe I got from the scipt.
plisskenman by Psyclops	Jun 9th, 2007 02:56:20 AM
Don't even joke about that! I'm dreading the day when some fucknut decides to "re-imagine" Ridley Scott's classic.
You Right Psyclops by plisskenman	Jun 9th, 2007 03:04:51 AM
I should not give Rob Zombie any new ideas for remakes. Alien is classic probably more than halloween and should never ever be remade.
how about..ROB ZOMBIE'S GODZILLA by plisskenman	Jun 9th, 2007 03:09:50 AM
Starring Sid Haig in a green godzilla suit destrying tokyo with his long acid pee blasts and shit bombing buildings.
Evil gets an upgrade......again. by Motoko Kusanagi	Jun 9th, 2007 03:13:40 AM
Mediocre poster, mediocre trailer. Rob who?
the most pointless remake ever? by Bruno Diaz	Jun 9th, 2007 03:50:36 AM
how about just re-releasing the original? this is retarded. Rob Zombie sucks.
starring hulk hogan as michael myers by jackalcack	Jun 9th, 2007 04:42:26 AM
...Oh. That's actually not that far from the truth.
August 31???????? by DirkD13"	Jun 9th, 2007 05:53:07 AM
Yeah that makes perfect fucking sense, release a movie entitled HALLOWEEN in August. What, too afraid of Saw 4? I'm sorry but that idiotic release date just underscores the contempt with which this project has been assembled. I loved Devil's Rejects Mr. Zombie, but unless this legitimately blows my balls and fucks my mind I will never forgive you for it.
These type of posters are really getting repetetive by meathook_83	Jun 9th, 2007 06:06:56 AM
http://www.impawards.com/2007/ resident_evil_extinction.html http://www.impawards.com/2007/ i_am_legend.html http://www.impawards.com/2006/ night_at_the_museum.html http://www.impawards.com/2007/ stomp_the_yard.html http://www.impawards.com/2006/ goal_ver2.html
HHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM by Jimmy pop ali	Jun 9th, 2007 06:31:22 AM
Gotta admit, i liked Devils rejects (how many times can Rob zombie show his wifes ass crack?)Shone above and beyond its predecessor, and i've been a Zombie fan for years (check out his hallucination contribution to the Beavis and Butthead movie). That being said though WHY???? Not only was it genius in its day, it also had the only semi decent Carpenter score. Posters OK. Not spectacular, but it catches your eye, dont think you have to worry about having "THE MASK" all over it, people know, what William shatner painted white looks like. Gotta say Biggdogg's right, Myers does look like a greasy rocker (ala Otis from Zombies 2 earlier efforts), and the house in the bottom left hand corner bares a striking resemblence to the Firefly house from zombies first 2 efforts. not sure what the deal is with all these remakes, none of them are any good, so the chances of this being any different are slim. I'll take a look but on rental methinks.
Crap. by Blarney-Man	Jun 9th, 2007 07:20:23 AM
That just looks shit to me. I don't want you lot are on.
CUT YOUR HAIR, YA HIPPY! by Blarney-Man	Jun 9th, 2007 07:21:16 AM
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!
Rob Zombie by kolchak	Jun 9th, 2007 07:23:20 AM
is a worthless human being. He cannot write. He cannot direct. His wife cannot act. He certainly cannot be trusted with classic horror films. STOP THE FUCKING REMAKES.
I figured out why I don't like it. by Dominic-Vobiscum	Jun 9th, 2007 07:32:59 AM
It's because it makes the mask seems superfluous. The collage makes it seem like it's in the background instead of visually popping out and dominating the image. And he's holding it in his hand, like it's not at all important. The mask is THE iconic image of the Halloween series. Not Michael Myers. The mask.
Torture Pwn... I actually agree by spud mcspud	Jun 9th, 2007 08:28:07 AM
Torture Pwn - after a few skirmishes in the Roth TBs (FUCK HOSTEL!!! ;p) I actually agree with you here. I actually found HALLOWE'EN: RESURRECTION funny as hell, because up to that point none of the sequels were nearly as good as the original. Busta Rhymes in the cast? No-one's dumb enough to actually BELIEVE that could be good!!! It was funny, in a shit, JASON X kind of way. Wes Craven bravely tried the reboot route with NEW NIGHTMARE. Didn't totally work, but you have to respect the attempt: take what frightens you about the character, magnify that, ignore what didn't work, and update it. Pretty fuckin' simple to me. Rob zombie basically just remakes everything in the TCM's image: if he loves it so damn much ,why not just go make a sequel to Marcus Nispel's movie? Can't be any worse (though Biel was the hotness in that flick!!). Fuck Rob Zombie. Okay musician, fucking awful film-maker. Leave our HALLOWE'EN alone!!!
Hate the poster by Mechasheeva	Jun 9th, 2007 08:56:58 AM
but Devil's Rejects was nutty enough for him to have earned my trust, and every production still I see looks really pretty gorgeous. Looking forward to it...
Recent horror remakes by jackalcack	Jun 9th, 2007 09:37:07 AM
Psycho - shit The Omen - shit TCM - shit The Hitcher - shit Am I missing any? In fact, the only decent one was Dawn of the Dead but it was so far removed from the original I dunno if you can really count it.
Two more... by Red Ned Lynch	Jun 9th, 2007 10:02:18 AM
...When a Stranger Calls and Black Christmas. For my money Black Christmas was the very worst of the lot, as I ranted above. When a Stranger Calls was a close second. I would rate The Omen remake as third worst, followed by The Hitcher and then the TCM remake, which though bad and unable to generate even a

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