Zombie Talks More Halloween
Filed under: Horror, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Remakes and Sequels
I swear, the best thing anyone ever did in the history of doing cool things has to be placing Rob Zombie in charge of the next Halloween film. Regardless of how well-known the dude is as a director, it certainly raises the bar when it comes to future sequels in the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises. Halloween has a cult following. Rob Zombie has a cult following. Okay, so even though we may be talking about the same following, the franchise needed a kick in the ass. And if anyone can do it, Zombie can.
Not for nothing, but I hope they talk Jamie Lee Curtis into returning, if only to kill her off in the first scene. Now that would rock! Zombie was recently interviewed over on HalloweenMovies.com and shed a little more light on his plans for the film. First off, according to the man himself, the flick will simply be called Halloween. As far as the whole remake/prequel thing, Rob claims that, while it's a little bit of both, he will not be using anything from John Carpenter's original. Thank God.
The film will begin in 1978 and he will mix in characters from the previous films, as well as new ones, though he would not elaborate further. Seeing as Zombie likes the gore, the question was raised on whether or not this Halloween would focus more on the gore or the suspense. I was happy to read the director, instead, plans to focus on character, mood and terror. Oh, and Michael Myers will be donning the classic mask in his return.
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6-20-2006 @ 12:18PM
Peter said...
Very good news. I think Rob Zombie is going to give us something special here. I also get my hopes up far too easily.
By the way, and it'll probably get fixed before this comment is even read, but it looks like you need a closing italics tag at the end of "Thank God."
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6-20-2006 @ 12:22PM
Anthony said...
I think you dropped an /i.
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6-20-2006 @ 1:16PM
Martha Fischer said...
Thanks, guys -- got it.
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6-20-2006 @ 1:36PM
Rob 3k said...
"Not for nothing, but I hope they talk Jamie Lee Curtis into returning, if only to kill her off in the first scene."
They already did that in the last Halloween movie.
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6-20-2006 @ 1:46PM
Erik Davis said...
See, and I knew there was a reason why I should have watched Resurrection, apart from wanting to piss myself off for an hour and a half.
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8-14-2006 @ 2:30PM
kevin said...
What about Rob Zombie's last 2 films, says this one is actually going to be good? Am I missing something?! House of 1000 Corpses was impossible to watch, and The Devil's Reject's wasn't much better. I am a true fan of all genre's of horror: from Hitchcock suspense, to George Romero zombies, and all the gore in between. However, 1000 corpses was the single worst movie I have ever seen, and Devil's rejects (while tolerable) was a complete waste of time. Personally, I have zero faith in Zombie for this flick. Stick to the one thing you somewhat do well: music and photo ops. If I see this at all, it will be when it comes on USA 5 years from the day it's released.
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