Halloween: Special Edition Unrated Director's Cut (2007) [2-Disc DVD]

When Rob Zombie released a remake of the first Halloween movie in 2007 reactions were mixed and many fans of the original couldn't understand why he was making a remake. This remake is different from the original and Zombie's remake of Halloween came as a total surprise to me; I didn't expect to like it at all and thought that he was going to ruin a classic of horror films. It goes deeper into the original Halloween story which I thought was fascinating and well done, it explains things and gives the movie more depth. I liked how the movie started with Michael Myers as a child and the flashback sequences which explained what just happened as Myers killed members of his family. You see an interview with Myers as a child and the setting is very interesting it tries to explain what happened. Then the movie progresses to the point where he is older and escapes from prison and murders people. There is more gore and everything seems more brutal than in the original which was to be expected and makes it more according to today's standards in horror movies. Some things are different and entertaining and are not an exact copy of the original scene by scene which I thought was well done and creative of Rob Zombie. It's like he took the movie and added things to it and made it his own.

Most remakes tend to be pretty bad (even if there are some great ones) and contrary to what many fans thought of Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween I actually enjoyed it and found it was a decent remake. Make no mistake this remake is not as good as the original one and it will never be I just think it was good and that it gave the movie an interesting twist to it. I thought it turned out better than some of the sequels. All I can say is that it's worth watching fans of the original or just curious people.

Le portrait "rêvé" de la famille dysfonctionnelle: une mère danseuse qui reste dans un milieu car elle ne sait trop comment faire autrement... un beau-père ivrogne qui se plait à ridiculiser ceux qui l'entoure violence verbale et physique est le quotidien de ceux qui entoure cette merde... Une soeur qui est le "fruit" dérivé de cette union à force de vivre entouré de merde l'on vient à en devenir une soi-même tranquillement...

Un être qui devient à chaque jour de plus en plus renfermé sur lui même jusqu'au jour ou il ne comprends plus la différence entre le bien et le mal (à savoir s'il là déjà comprise même ?) et devient complètement fou !

Tout le monde connait son histoire, il tuera son beau-père en lui tranchant la gorge (j'entends des mots d'approbation dans la foule, et pourtant bien qu'étant un salaud on ne peut descement pas approuver un meurtre !), il tuera le copain de sa soeur sans aucune raison valable (oui c'est un fou, cela peut justifier bien des choses...), il tentera d'attoucher sa grande soeur et finalement la tuera de 17 coups de couteau !

Après sa mère l'on se demande bien pourquoi restera au prêt de lui jusqu'à sa prochaine phase de folie dans l'espoir de quoi... et entre vous et moi pourquoi ne pas avoir fait griller cet être ignoble ? Il me semble que la chaise aurait été une belle fin pour un tel monstre ! Au lieu de ça on le gardera en institution durant 15 ans... encore une fois n'est-ce pas un bel exemple de la folie de notre système... (Oui, oui c'est un film et dans la réalité il n'existe rien d'aussi stupide... que du pire sans doute ! (sic !))

Sinon le film est égal à lui même, du sang à ne plus en finir, de la folie à son meilleur et la stupidité de la police et du gouvernement comme toujours (ou comme dans la réalité ?) bref si vous aimez ce genre de film vous allez adorer, quant à moi je voulais juste revoir ce qui me faisait frissonner dans le temps... et je dois dire aujourd'hui ce genre de film est plutôt long et ennuyeux à regarder...

*WARNING: This Review Contains Spoilers*

As every horror movie fan is aware, John Carpenter's "Halloween" is a classic, this is Rob's vision & not a total remake, so it's quite different than the original, hence the "reimagining" part.

The Movie: Overall, it's similar to the original & yet it's very different. Rob Zombie's "Halloween" is significantly darker, gory & has way more profanity, no big surprise there if you've seen Zombie's other films. There is more of a back story with Michael Myers, I understand some fans liked that whereas other fans of the original didn't, many preferred the mystery with Michael Myers. I personally preferred the actors performances in the 1978 version, but again, that's just my opinion. I found that in some scenes the girls were rather irritating to watch when they interacted with one-another & were over-acting at times to ensure that the audience knew they were close. Scout Taylor-Compton did a decent job, I'd never seen her in anything prior to this, I know that when the film was announced she got some flack for portraying Laurie Strode, mainly because she was famously played originally by Scream-Queen, Jamie Lee Curtis & it was a tough role to beat. One of the biggest differences I noticed in this from the original is that it's no secret, to the audience, that Laurie Strode (aka, Boo) is Michael myers' little sister; John Carpenter didn't release that information to fans until "Halloween 2".

The BluRay: Works well, no issues with playing it. If I'm not mistaken, there are quite a few special features, I haven't watched it in a while, but from what I remember they were pretty decent.

Overall: I recommend giving it a watch. You can't say you're a true Halloween fan unless you've seen the entire series!