10 Things You Learn Rewatching Halloween (2007)
1. In Summary
Rob Zombie's Halloween is a misfire of a film. It has the heavy burden of being the first Halloween film since the original sequel that actively invites comparisons to Carpenter's original and it can never even begin to stand on its own because of it.
There are some solid ideas and intriguing creative choices sprinkled throughout that offer glimpses of the better film this could have been, but they are few and far between. The end result is a shockingly joyless affair that takes itself far too seriously and feels like a compromise on all fronts. It isn't Rob Zombie-enough to satiate his die-hards, yet it also isn't classically Halloween-enough to please fans of the original film.
Haddonfield High Superlatives:
Best Kill: Michael turning Paul into a hanging jack-o-lantern.
Funniest Scene: Joe Grizzly's entire death scene.
Biggest Dick of a Character: Ronnie
How Awful of a Town is Haddonfield?: 4 out of 10 (it looks like a dump during the first act but by the time it catches up to modern day with the Strodes, it seems positively quaint)
Scream Queen Award: Danielle Harris as Annie Brackett. Not because she's particularly great but because she's easily the best of the bunch and it's nice to see Jamie Lloyd back in action.
Ranking of the Films Revisited Thus Far From Best to Worst: Halloween (1978), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Halloween II (1981), Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Halloween (2007), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Check out our previous Halloween Retrospectives below:
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Halloween: Resurrection