Zombie on Halloween
You nearly had me, Rob Zombie. The director of the upcoming “reimagining” (I always picture saying that word as if I were Doug Henning) of Halloween shed some light on the project over at MTV Movies. While I despised House of 1000 Corpses, I really enjoyed The Devil’s Rejects, and I was hoping to see this upward swing of quality continue into Zombie’s next films. In fact, it’s evident that Zombie isn’t just doing this as a cash grab, so that’s refreshing. Then we hit the snag.
“I want the lead character to be Michael Myers,” Zombie said. “He’s not just a faceless thing floating around in the background and then you focus on these girls. I feel that that’s where you can make it different and that’s where you can make it more intense.”
Does anyone else find it funny that the remake of a film, Halloween, which was heavily influenced by another, Black Christmas, seems to be making that remake’s mistakes? Did that sentence even make any sense? Doubleplusgood! Take it from someone who scared the hell out of countless little kids last night, faceless things floating around in the background is about as intense as you can get.
November 2nd, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Michael Myers better not utter a friggin word in this flick!
I happened to like 1000 Corpses better than the Devil’s Rejects, btw….
November 3rd, 2006 at 2:23 am
That’s a good point. I wonder if an increased screen presence will lead to dialogue.
And out of curiosity, why did you enjoy 1000 Corpses over Devil’s Rejects?
November 3rd, 2006 at 4:52 pm
The wackier the better for me. Purely personal preference that I preferred 1000 Corpses (4 p’s in one sentence!). It seemed a genuine homage to alot of the flicks that I grew up being scared by.
I realize that Rejects was probably the more accomplished film, and I completely understand why there was more critical praise for it.
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:47 pm
well i liked them both but enjoyed a 1000 corpses more but yeah if mike does talk in this movie the movie will suck