Rob Zombie's Halloween 2

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December 15, 2008


Dimension Films and Rob Zombie are teaming for another chapter of "Halloween," and he's racing to scare up the pic for release in October.

Zombie will write and direct "H2," the sequel to his 2007 reinvention of the John Carpenter horror classic. Production will begin in March.

The new film picks up right as the first remake ended, following the aftermath of Michael Myers' murderous rampage through the eyes of the sister he hunted.

Zombie said it won't resemble the original second installment, as the "House of 1000 Corpses" helmer continues to take the franchise in different directions.

Zombie took Carpenter's original and stamped it with an original storyline that treated Myers as a clinical psychopath. The film grossed $60 million domestically in 2007.

Zombie had told Dimension chief and TWC co-chairman Bob Weinstein he wanted nothing to do with a sequel. But just like the franchise's villain, Zombie was compelled to come back.

"I was so burned out. (But) I took a long break, made a record and I got excited again," Zombie said. "Now, we'll be hauling ass, and that's the problem making a movie called 'Halloween': If you come out Nov. 1 or after, nobody cares. If it was called anything else, I'd be fine."

Malek Akkad of Trancas Intl. Films will produce with Spectacle Entertainment's Andy Gould.

[The_Return]

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You know, I was really hoping they'd let him stay dead. His death was pretty damn final in this one, instead of just falling out a window or something.

Oh well...that's Hollywood, I guess.

[Rodus]

I loved the original Halloween (and the 2nd) but I also really enjoyed Zombies' remake, even though I was expecting to loathe it, so I'm actually quite looking forward to this. Rob Zombie is maturing and improving as a director with every film he does so it does have a fair bit of potential.

[Posher778]

Seriously? Zombie is one of the worst horror directors in business right now. He basically directed the worst remake in existence. So please Rob, stick to your music (which is really good)

[Rodus]

Originally Posted by Posher778

the worst remake in existence.

Have you never seen Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake?

[Posher778]

Originally Posted by Rodus

Have you never seen Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake?

Yes, and it wasn't great. It was however, tolerable. Zombie took what Halloween had been defined as and turned it into a ridiculous clusterfuck. He ruined it.

[massacre man]

Originally Posted by Posher778

Seriously? Zombie is one of the worst horror directors in business right now. He basically directed the worst remake in existence. So please Rob, stick to your music (which is really good)

He's nowhere near the worst director. Maybe writer, but not director.

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by The_Return

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You know, I was really hoping they'd let him stay dead. His death was pretty damn final in this one, instead of just falling out a window or something.

Oh well...that's Hollywood, I guess.

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I feel the same way. Honestly, I didn't like the remake much at all save for the last five minutes. I thought that those last five minutes were brilliantly done, chilling, and an amazing re-envisioning of the original.

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Originally Posted by Rodus

Have you never seen Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake?

I think that Gus Van Sant should be shot in the face.

Originally Posted by massacre man

He's nowhere near the worst director. Maybe writer, but not director.

I agree whole-heartedly on this one. House of a Thousand Corpses was a modern piece of exploitation grindhouse brilliance.

[Despare]

Originally Posted by Rodus

Have you never seen Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake?

There are SOOO many bad remakes, Halloween wasn't even in the top ten for me. The Preacher's Wife anyone? Anyway, I thought at the ending of Halloween there were different things that could have happened which is why Zombie opted for the more ambiguous shot instead of a clear view of Myers getting his head blown off.

[hacelikewhoa]

fuck this

rob zombie sucks and he ruined halloween