After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger

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Film Cast:

• Laurie Strode: Scout Taylor-Compton
• Michael Myers: Tyler Mane
• Dr. Samuel Loomis: Malcolm McDowell
• Michael Myers, Age 10: Daeg Faerch
• Deborah Myers: Sheri Moon Zombie
• Annie Brackett: Danielle Harris
• Sheriff Leigh Brackett: Brad Dourif
• Ronnie White: William Forsythe
• Lynda van der Klok: Kristina Klebe
• Judith Myers: Hanna Hall
• Ismael Cruz: Danny Trejo
• Wesley Rhoades: Daryl Sabara
• Cynthia Strode: Dee Wallace
• Tommy Doyle: Skyler Gisondo
• Big Joe Grizzly: Ken Foree
• Noel Kluggs: Lew Temple
• Doctor Koplenson: Clint Howard
• Principal Chambers: Richard Lynch
• Morgan Walker: Udo Kier
• Mason Strode: Pat Skipper
• Larry Redgrave: Tom Towles
• Zach ‘Z-Man’ Garrett: Bill Moseley
• Patty Frost: Leslie Easterbrook
• Stan Payne: Steve Boyles
• Lindsey Wallace: Jenny Gregg Stewart
• Steve Haley: Adam Weisman
• Baby Boo: Sydnie Pitzer
• Baby Boo: Myla Pitzer
• Baby Boo: Stella Altman
• Paul: Max Van Ville
• Bob Simms: Nick Mennell
• Lou Martini: Daniel Roebuck
• Deputy Charles: Richmond Arquette
• Officer Lowery: Paul Kampf
• Nurse Wynn: Sybil Danning
• Derek Allen: Micky Dolenz
• Taylor Madison: Mel Fair
• Chester Chesterfield: Sid Haig
• Princess: Nikki Taylor Melton
• Graveyard Keeper (uncredited): Ezra Buzzington
• University Dean (uncredited): Richard Fancy
• Jack Kendall (uncredited): Courtney Gains
• Drunk ‘Rabbit in Red’ Patron (uncredited): Gary Grossman
• Raped Inmate (uncredited): Olja Hrustic
• College Student #3 (uncredited): Kazu Nagahama

Film Crew:

• Casting: Monika Mikkelsen
• Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein
• Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein
• Original Film Writer: Debra Hill
• Additional Photography: Matthew F. Leonetti
• Additional Editor: Dennis Virkler
• Production Design: Anthony Tremblay
• Original Film Writer: John Carpenter
• Costume Design: Mary E. McLeod
• Original Music Composer: Tyler Bates
• Music Editor: Darrell Hall
• Stunts: Tim Sitarz
• Music Supervisor: Rob Zombie
• Producer: Andy Gould
• Director of Photography: Phil Parmet
• Editor: Glenn Garland
• Art Direction: T.K. Kirkpatrick
• Set Decoration: Lori Mazuer
• Line Producer: Andrew G. La Marca
• Associate Producer: Patrick Esposito
• In Memory Of: Moustapha Akkad
• Executive Producer: Matthew Stein
• Stunt Driver: Chris Nielsen
• Craft Service: Michael Kehoe
• Producer: Malek Akkad
• First Company Grip: Vince Palomino
• Stunt Driver: Alex Brown
• Stunts: Ashley Cusato
• ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Patrick Cyccone Jr.
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Wayne Toth
• ADR Mixer: Alan Freedman
• Makeup Department Head: Douglas Noe
• Associate Editor: Joel T. Pashby
• Costume Supervisor: Nancy McArdle
• Stunts: Gokor Chivichyan
• Stunt Coordinator: Rawn Hutchinson
• Stunt Driver: Sara Holden
• Assistant Editor: Matthew Schmidt
• Stunts: Deborah L. Mazor
• Foley Artist: Rick Owens
• Supervising Sound Editor: Perry Robertson
• Color Timer: Terry Haggar
• Supervising ADR Editor: Barney Cabral
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Daniel J. Leahy
• Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Timothy Hedgecock
• Construction Coordinator: Robert J. Carlyle
• Sound Editor: Rickley W. Dumm
• Sound Editor: Richard Dwan Jr.
• Still Photographer: Marsha Blackburn
• Unit Publicist: Alex L. Worman
• Hair Department Head: Yvonne Depatis-Kupka
• Production Accountant: Paul Belenardo
• Special Effects Coordinator: Mark R. Byers
• First Assistant Accountant: Justin Carville
• Property Master: John Brunot
• Sound Designer: Scott Sanders
• Stunt Double: James Logan
• Stunts: Brandon Sebek
• Key Hair Stylist: Vickie Mynes
• Set Decoration: Stephanie Ziemer
• Script Supervisor: Diane Durant
• Foley Supervisor: Nick Neutra
• Assistant Sound Editor: Kevin Zimmerman
• Transportation Coordinator: Wayne Williams
• Stunts: Casey Hendershot
• Boom Operator: Brian Robinson
• Sound Mixer: Buck Robinson
• Stunts: Michael H. Barnett
• Storyboard Artist: Joel Venti
• First Assistant Director: Alexander H. Gayner
• Location Manager: Michael Neale
• Assistant Location Manager: Shawn Hueston
• Stunts: Allison Caetano
• Stunts: Michelle Sebek
• Casting Associate: Gene Vassilaros
• Assistant Production Coordinator: Justin Haut
• Stunts: Irving E. Lewis
• Foley Mixer: Michael Kreple
• Chief Lighting Technician: Curtis Bradford
• Leadman: Drew Williams
• Extras Casting: Tammy L. Smith
• Ager/Dyer: Ivory Stanton
• Second Assistant Director: Emily McGovern
• Key Makeup Artist: Luis García
• Special Effects Technician: Matt Prosser
• Second Assistant Accountant: Karen Shane
• Sound Mix Technician: Brian Magerkurth
• Production Coordinator: Donald E. Wygal
• Assistant Production Coordinator: Sasha Veneziano
• Stunts: Cassandra McCormick
• Transportation Co-Captain: Billy Ray Hass
• Makeup Artist: Silvina Knight
• Set Dresser: Michael V. Maurice
• Payroll Accountant: Sophia Tapia
• Stunt Driver: Lori Crowder
• Stunts: Jay Torrez
• Stunts: Christy Cotton
• Costumer: Artemio Carpio

Movie Reviews:

• tmdb17996075: I don’t have a problem with remakes per se. Even though I am not a big fan of the original “Halloween” film directed by John Carpenter, I do acknowledge it as a film that started a horror slasher trend and served as an inspiration for many of the films that came after it. Since I am not crazy about the 1978 film, I thought I would be able to enjoy this remake without being too influenced by my love for the original film. After seeing this remake, I started to appreciate the original version a little bit more, since Rob Zombie turned the story and its characters into a vulgar mess.

  The original film mostly focuses on the life of Laurie Strode going on about her business and interacting with her friends for the most part, while we see the mysterious Michael Myers stalking her, appearing from out of nowhere, and we never really get to know why (without taking the sequels into account). In this remake, Rob Zombie attempts to explore little Michael Myers’ psychology, giving our villain a soul and establishing the roots of his evilness, taking away all the mystery and darkness surrounding the character. The results are not good by any means and the only thing it proves, is that sometimes, mystery is scarier and more disturbing than having everything explained, especially if the explanation is as predictable as “he was raised in a bad environment”. The audience doesn’t want to be spoon fed and I think it’s clear that one of the main reasons why the original villain was scary, it’s because Michael Myers remained as an enigmatic character from the beginning until the end. In the original film, Myers appears to come from a seemingly normal family, but for some reason, he turns out a merciless killer anyway. While the original “Halloween” film is not my favorite, as I established before, I do give the film credit for giving us a villain that no one could ever sympathize with. This film basically tries to portrait Michael as a poor little thing who was poorly raised and eliminates any possibility of seeing him as a genuinely dark and fear-provoking character. This overexposure of Michael’s early years lasts about 40 minutes, which gets tedious, it makes the villain more pitiful than frightening and in the end, they don’t really manage to establish a point about his insanity all that well either.

  Once again, Rob Zombie casts his wife, Sheri Moon Zombie, who was great in ‘House of 1000’, playing a Insane, trashy girl… but why did she have to play almost the exact same character here? I don’t know what’s the deal with Rob Zombie having the need to show us his wife stripping and being sexy all the time, maybe it’s some kind of fetish they have and it’s all good… but ‘Halloween’ was not the right choice to show Sherri Moon dancing and showing her body again. Another thing that Rob Zombie seems to borrow from his film “House of 1000 Corpses” is the fact that the characters are swearing most of the times and while I have nothing against foul language whatsoever, but I think it sounds repetitive and silly when we hear the f-word every 5 seconds. The amount of stupid lines that could be easily compared to some of the crappiest PG-rated films that came out throughout the last years.

  I’m really disappointed. I didn’t think I was going to hate it so much, but I do and it’s a shame because I really wanted to like this film. Better luck next time, I guess. My noble advice for all fans of the original ‘Halloween’ movie is: Don’t watch this remake if you’re sensitive, because this hurts a lot. I know I felt cheated, even if I’m not a fan of Carpenter’s version either.

• Gimly: The film’s first act is simply a huge version of the 1978 classic’s opening scene; following Michael Myers as a child through his first murder(s). Though many people found this tedious and far too drawn-out, personally I relished the opportunity to get more than a half a minute of character-development on the antagonist. In fact, we don’t only get to see Michael growing up and being arrested, the film then goes on to show us his evolution in a mental asylum. Once again, I know that was less than appreciated by quite a number of people who saw the film, but I find the sequence fascinating every time I watch the movie. Things like the relevance of the mask and kitchen knife are explored more deeply than the original, and the brutality of the character of Michael Myers is more striking. Though this is not considered good to hardcore fans of the silent bogeyman-characteristics from the original.

  The protagonist of the piece is a character by the name of Laurie Strode, just as she is in the John Carpenter version, and she has two similar off-siders as the original (one of whom is portrayed by Danielle Harris of _Halloween 4_ & _5_ fame). Where the film does not advance in comparison to its predecessor is the dialogue between these three characters. They use virtually identical language to that of the 1978 film, which felt outdated and artificial even then (I can only hope that this was an intentional throwback by Mr. Zombie).

  The Ahab to Laurie Strode is Doctor Loomis, Michael Myers’ psychologist, acted by the consistently fantastic Malcolm McDowell. I believe it is his performance that makes me appreciate Rob Zombie’s remake so much. He steals every scene he is in with his overwhelming presence, particularly in the Zone 2 theatrical version of the film (which to my knowledge is unfortunately not available in Australia).

  _Final rating:★★★½ – I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._

• Per Gunnar Jonsson: The critics are wrong…again. Well, at least as far as I am concerned. This remake is not bad at all. A lot of people are comparing it with the original which is understandable. A lot of people says that it is crap compared to the original which is not understandable. At least not by me. This is one of the movies where I have seen the original and it was even one of my favorites at the time. I think this remake holds up quite well.

  At first I was a bit worried that it was said to be a prequel. At least partly. However it is not really what I would call a prequel. It has a bit of extended background in the first quarter or so but that is not really what I would call a prequel.
  I think the movie was pretty much what I expected or perhaps I should say what I hoped for. It is a slasher-movie of course but it resists the temptation to go all overboard. Nowadays you do not really get scared or even shocked by these kinds of movies so I was not really expecting to be. I was just enjoying Michael’s rampage through the town. It is of course a bit scary in itself that you are watching a madman going on a killing spree through a small town and enjoying it but hey, it is all fake!

  One problem with the extended background at the beginning of the movie is that now there is kind of a plot-hole that is a bit annoying. When and, more importantly, how did Michael turn from a deranged kid to a supernatural killer with the strength to carry away one ton worth of tombstone and survive being stabbed as well as shot at?

  Apart from that I think this movie was not bad at all. Sometimes I actually felt that Michael was behaving a bit too human like when he was stumbling when crashing through walls etc. but on the whole I quite liked this movie. The style is different from the original for sure but I do not feel it is worse or better for that matter.

  It is a bit surprising (well maybe not, the French are bizarre when it comes to scheduling movies and TV-shows) that Cine+ did not schedule this movie for actual Halloween instead of the crap they did show. This one would have been perfect then instead of a day after.