The new Halloween has sympathy for the Devil, but not enough.
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09/04/07
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Halloween (2007)
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Reviews Counted:99
Fresh:26
Rotten:73
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Rob Zombie doesn't bring many new ideas to the table in Halloween, making it another bloody disappointment for fans of the franchise.
Theatrical Release:Aug 31, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $58,192,545
Synopsis: The early 2000s have seen a string of big-budget remakes of classic horror films. In addition to THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE HILLS HAVE EYES, John Carpenter's benchmark slasher flick... [More]
Starring: Daeg Faerch, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon, Scout Taylor-Compton
Director: Rob Zombie
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Reviews for Halloween
Rob Zombie's lousy remake of John Carpenter's 1978 slasher classic Halloween adds to the argument that horror movies are losing their box-office appeal because filmmakers no longer know how -- or have any desire -- to create genuine suspense.
09/04/07
Top CriticMore of a Valentine to the original than a recycled cash-grab.
09/04/07
The most depressing thing of all is that Michael will likely survive even this dire endeavour.
09/04/07
Top CriticThe set-up is tediously slow, while the later murders are packed so tightly it's like watching a blender on high speed.
09/04/07
Adeptly packaged in all facets of production, Halloween is nicely cast with a combination of Zombie regulars, familiar faces and compelling newcomers and satisfyingly constructed with camerawork that heightens the suspense on the page.
09/04/07
As a sensory experience, the redo is flat. Even if giving audiences a start were Zombie's strength, fans already know when the scares are coming.
09/04/07
Just a footnote to another film's legacy.
09/04/07
The original Halloween was about Jamie Lee Curtis in danger up to her knee socks. And for socks, that was a remarkably high threshold of danger.
09/04/07
In yet another needless retread of a classic '70s American horror movie, Rob Zombie's prequel-cum-remake of John Carpenter's Halloween does its best to distort everything that worked in the original in its bid for “improvement.”
09/04/07
Abhorrent.
09/03/07
When will people like Zombie learn that you shouldn't shine a light on the boogeyman?
09/03/07
This is probably the worst remake since "Black Christmas"...
09/03/07
If Rob Zombie ever decides to direct a horror movie, watch out.
09/02/07
Zombie is a one-trick pony. I don't like the trick or the pony.
09/02/07
Halloween 2007 externalizes all that was internal in the original.
09/02/07
The original and the remake need to stand alone and apart, and Zombie's film has merits of its own that should be appreciated.
09/02/07
The original is better. You know it. I know it. Rob Zombie knows it. Can we leave it at that and get on with our lives?
09/01/07
Even if you consider a Halloween remake sacrilege, you've got to like a truck stop bathroom that's even gnarlier than the one in Trainspotting.
09/01/07
What an insult to John Carpenter's classic. This Halloween movie will have you screaming, but not from the screenplay, but rather at it.
09/01/07
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