Halloween [2007] (DVD)

Just when you thought it was safe to ‘Trick or Treat’, Michael Myers is back again terrorising the small town of Haddonfield, and haunting our screens. I have always been a fan of the Halloween movies. I remember watching the original Halloween by John Carpenter at 15 when I was babysitting and being absolutely petrified. Although the film made me jump all over the place, since then I have always remained an avid fan of Michael Myers. John Carpenter brought the Original Halloween to our screens in 1978, and although only a low budget film it immediately went down as a ‘horror fan favourite’. Since then, the film has spawned 7 ...

For some time now, Rob Zombie's take on slasher classic Halloween has been at the centre of quite a furore. You'd be forgiven for thinking that many of the hate mail posted on many blog and film discussion forums came from people who had viewed the film. Not so, because Halloween has only just skewered its way into theatre's in America and Britain. John Carpenter's low budget slasher film paved the way for 7 sequels (of which, only two were more than watchable), and a myriad of imitations. Michael Myers himself is one of a triplet of horror heavy-weights of the 80s. Freddy Kruegar and Jason Vorheers are keeping it respectable by threatening to appear in sequels, rather ...

It is now 29 years since John Carpenter originally came out with his haunting 'Halloween' film, during which time there have been many sequels released (7 in total) and countless copycat films. The last film in the series was Rick Rosenthal's disappointing 2002 release 'Halloween Resurrection'. Michael Myers no longer seemed scary, and the 'Halloween' series seemed to be on its last legs. On the 4th of June 2006 it was announced that Rob Zombie would begin work on the next instalment in the series; a remake of the original 1978 film. Zombie would write, direct, produce, and serve as music supervisor also in order to reinvent the character of Michael Myers and once more ...