Zombie's constant use of long lenses, close-ups, and rapid-fire editing are crude attempts to jack up action that is not staged particularly well.
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Halloween (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 96
Fresh: 25
Rotten:71
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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Horror/Suspense
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 'Halloween' is an artistic failure. One can only say that because Zombie showed himself to be nearly a horror film genius with 'The Devil's Rejects.'
06/17/08
Some may think it isn't fair to compare Zombie's film to the original. Too bad. It's called "Halloween" and I'm pretty sure it's a remake of a movie called "Halloween".
04/19/08
Zombie's 'Halloween' may prove too verbose and literal-minded to satisfy fans of Carpenter's original, but it is a harsh, disquieting experience.
04/10/08
When the score (from the original) is the best part of this retelling, perhaps it's best we don't celebrate Halloween this year.
03/03/08
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01/15/08
The result, though undeniably preferable to yet another misbegotten installment of the long-exhausted franchise, certainly doesn't compare to John Carpenter's landmark original film.
12/12/07
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11/23/07
As far as remakes of modern horror classics that did not need to be remade go, rocker-turned-director Rob Zombie's tribute to John Carpenter's 1978 original is not a bad one
11/17/07
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10/14/07
This take on Halloween is grim and nasty, but never remotely scary.
10/05/07
Zombie may not be able to match the stalk 'n' menace of Carpenter's steadicam original, but when the Big Z's knife hits the right groove, he cuts to the dark heart of the Myers legend.
10/02/07
Rob Zombie's Halloween reboot isn't bad as remakes go, but the prequel scenes are better than the remake scenes.
09/29/07
It’s inanely-scripted exploitation, sure, but this ‘Halloween’ doesn’t trivialise; it even returns with sympathy to one victim minutes after the attack that has left her bleeding on the floor.
09/28/07
Ron Zombie's "re-imagining" of John Carpenter's slasher classic has made mincemeat of far better films at the box-office, so it's impossible to ignore.
09/18/07
Instead of trampling over the original, he builds on it and creates an homage that should motivate the new generation of horror fans to seek out John Carpenter's original with the respect and excitement it still deserves.
09/17/07
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09/15/07
though Zombie continues to have a true, unflinching artist's eye for the sublimely horrific, that eye is wasted here on an unnecessarily moribund history of sociopathy as it relates to Halloween in Haddonfield, Ill.
09/15/07
If you thought John Carpenter was too prissy and squeamish...then this is the movie for you.
09/14/07
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