Halloween: Uncut (Director's Cut Edition) [DVD]

Before I go on about what my title is, I must say that I'm not to keen on reimagining the original. I didn't like the Friday the 13th or A Nightmare On Elm Street remake. But Halloween, I really enjoyed it. Rob Zombie did a brilliant job on going deeper through the lives of the cast and making Michael a totally different and scarier person. To be honest, I loved Scout Taylor Compton's portrayal of Laurie because this proved her a willing Scream Queen to me. Tyler Mane's Michael Myers is such a eerie shadow in the dark which is just fearful. Now, I have no idea what the hate was about with Rob Zombie ruining the franchise, he basically done a deeper version of Halloween. Now I believe there are 2 different versions with Halloween. John Carpenter's and Rob Zombie's. But Rob Zombie's version goes into more detail with Michael, Laurie, Annie, Samuel, Judith and Debra. I always wanted to get to know more of these characters especially Michael's childhood, Judith's character and Debra's character. I feel like Rob's Halloween is kind of a documentary because we saw like the hidden files of Michael's aggression and evilness slowly taking over him like his soul is being eaten away. Overall, I loved Rob's version. And the sequel.

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I'm in two minds about this remake. On the one hand: I'm a huge fan of Rob Zombie's films and music, and can at least appreciate Halloween as a "cover version". It's visually striking, and contains a great mix of Zombie's own style and respectful homages to Carpenter's style. I personally think the acting is much more naturalistic than in most horror movies; the only dialogue that made me cringe were the same parts that made me cringe in the original Carpenter movie... i.e. the scenes with Loomis and the town sheriff. But, on the other hand: I'm also a massive fan of John Carpenter's early movies, in particular Halloween which happens to be one of the first horror films I ever saw. In comparison to the original, Zombie's version disappoints on several levels. What made the original scary is the supernatural aspect to "The Shape": it appears and disappears so silently you might suspect teleportation, and its motives remain unclear, right until the end of the movie. This allows enough suspension of disbelief to allow Myers to be completely invulnerable (although later Halloween films took that aspect way too far). Zombie's movie largely dispenses with the "now you see him, now you don't" motif, and any of those aforementioned creepy scenes. Instead, what we have is just a run-of-the-mill psychopath. This makes some of the faithfully recreated scenes nonsensical, and his resistance to bullets far less plausible. Also, because the film spends so long in the Michael Myers backstory, the second half feels somewhat rushed. For example, there's an inexplicable leap from the daytime graveyard discovery to the first nighttime murders, with no interim scenes to remind us that this is actually happening on Halloween. However, what it lacks in actual scariness, I think it more than makes up for with the disturbing (and uncomfortably familiar) portrayal of a psychopath's early childhood. There's one pivotal scene in which you see the exact moment where Michael lets go of any last remaining social conscience and begins his downward path, and the cause is so frustratingly trivial and caused entirely by the thoughtlessness of the people around him. Rob Zombie's no apologist for psychopaths, but a common theme in his films is to challenge our black & white notions of good versus evil. In (mostly) removing the supernatural element and managing to make us feel some sympathy for Michael Myers (in spite of his murderous action), he exposes us to a far deeper horror than you can ever get from the "jump-scares" in the original John Carpenter movie. In conclusion: despite initially hating it, I now like this film. It does not diminish my enjoyment of Carpenter's original, and neither does Carpenter's original diminish my enjoyment of this film. As far as I'm concerned, they can co-exist as entirely separate entities, to be appreciated on their own terms. EDIT: Also to be taken into consideration - you must see the "Unrated" version. The theatrical release was subjected to several cuts, enforced by the studio and against the director's wishes; many of these cuts seriously harm the narrative. The director's commentary and additional features also well worth experiencing.

It's been a long time since I have seen this Movie, great to see it again.

The first movie was quite tame and predictable action wise at the end,but this is a better story,whilst not perfect,it gives back ground to Michael Myers and his psychopathy.The story starts in his childhood right up to his escape and arrival on Halloween in Haddonfield ,pursued by Dr Loomas.This is a good horror in its own right,

Awesome the best Halloween film

This era of horror films will surely go down in history as an age of film-makers relying on re-treads of tried and trusted movies. That said, this has its moments. The last half an hour or so, when Myers really lets rip, is especially dark and gripping. It's also an interesting concept to see deeper into Myers' past as a bullied child and as a patient of Dr Loomis. The main problem is the complete misunderstanding of what made Myers scary in the original version of Halloween. In the seventies movie there was a perfectly ordinary child in a perfectly respectable family who for unknown reasons stabs his sister to death and then, years later, returns to his old neighbourhood to create havoc. What made it unnerving was that it could be your neighbourhood and the people living in it were the kinds of people who could be your neighbours. In the new version, however, Myers is a victim of circumstances who to be honest is by far the most likeable character in a cast of brutes, rapists, irritating teenagers and other repugnant individuals. We shouldn't be feeling for the killer. We should be scared for the safety of the unsuspecting townsfolk. Also, the new Dr Loomis isn't a patch on the original. Compared to Donald Pleasance's brooding obsessive, the new version is just a bloke with a mad professor haircut. As I said, the last half an hour is good slasher film material (albeit in the style of Halloween sequals and Friday the 13th rather than the original 70s film). But a lot of people might have switched off after the first half an hour of repetative f-words and the unwatchably obnoxious Myers family.

Replacement copy. Decent re-imagining. The original is still the best, though.

Très belle édition pour un des rares remake aussi bon voir meilleur que l’original ! Parfaite relecture moderne du bogeyman avec la jeune de The Shape raconté avec justesse. Un dernier acte ultra violent mais jamais gratuit.

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Also ich finde den Film klasse und für mich sogar besser als das Original. Mir ist bewusst das dass original Kult Status hat und damals sicherlich klasse war. Auch ich kenne das Original sehr lange und recht gut. Aber aus heutiger sicht finde ich das Original eher einschläfernd weil Carpenter sich zu sehr zeit mit den Chara lässt. Das Remake von Zombie dagegen ist die Perfekte Mischung. Einigen mögen es nicht das Zombie hier auf die Kindheit von Michal Myers eingeht weil es das mysteriös von Micheal Myers wegnimmt. Und sicherlich ist seine Kindheit ziemlich Klischeehaft (STiefvater ein Schläger und Säufer. Die Mutter arbeitet in einer Stripperei ec) Dennoch finde ich gut das Zombies es gewagt auf auf Myers Kindheit einzugehen. Dieses Mysteriöse hatte Micheal Myers für mich schon nach teil 4 nicht mehr gehabt. Spätens ab Teil 5 war er ein blasser Mörder ohne Chara oder tiefgang. Er war einfach da. Zu den Rest des Fim kann ich nur sagen klasse. Fängt sofort Stark an und die Spannung hält bis Ende an. Ok über die vielen F Wörter im Film kann man streiten. Ich fand es auch ziemlich übertrieben. Allgemein das der Film etwas mehr auf "Erotik" setzt nenne ich mal ;) Aber ansonsten Top Film ich kann mich nur wiederholen. Und für jeden Myers Fan auf jeden Fall Plicht. Für mich gehört Rob Zombies Halloween mit zu den besten Teilen der Serie. Die Blu-Ray selber bietet ein 1A Bild und Sound. Auf der 2.ten Disk findet man einige Infos wie MakingOf,Alternatbies Ende,Outtakes ect. Für mich 5*

I remember when the original "Halloween" came out. I was jealous, my sister and her dates got to go see the cool movies, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I finally got to see "Halloween', and boy was it scary. Hardly any blood to it. That's one of the reasons why I like John Carpenter's movies, psychological horror is great. When Rob Zombies' "Halloween" came out, I knew it would not be like the original. It was a good movie that explored the back story of Michael Myers. I really do hate carbon copy remakes. It had a lot of shock in it. I was happy to hear he was remaking "Halloween II".

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