Rob Zombie goes gory for Halloween, a sign of desperation?

John Carpenter's Halloween? Tense, claustrophobic, frightening and subtle. Subtle probably being the key word. There's hardly any blood or gore in Halloween. Instead, it's all about suggestion and the tension towards a violent act. Bloody Disgusting are reporting that Rob Zombie has spent a week re-shooting scenes for his remake so he could add SIX NEW DEATH SCENES and crank up the VIOLENCE, GORE and BLOODSHED for the film. Does this guy not understand Halloween at all? The site are also reporting that he has shot a brand new and QUITE GRUESOME ending for the movie. Now, what I take from this is that the test screenings for Halloween (which actually may not have screened yet, otherwise you have to believe AICN would have been sent a review) or the close net of people he has shown the flick to haven't been impressed at all, and Zombie's new "frightening vision of terror" was rather lame. Trailer of the original Halloween film... gore and violence free but 100% terrifying.

So in a desperate move, he has gone the conventional horror route and added more gore and bloody scenes to try and keep the modern day audience's interest in his shoddy work. Would it not have been better Mr. Zombie, to shoot your own slasher film that's not Halloween which has certain homage's to Carpenter's original rather than attempting this remake which just pisses everyone off and invites comparisons to a classic film that your film won't be able to hold a torch too. (or a kitchen knife in this case). Halloween opens on 31st August in the U.S. with no U.K. release date attached as of yet. May I suggest you give John Carpenter's film a run in cinema's instead? That would be fun.