Escape to the Movies: Halloween 2

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Sounds interesting. I'm surprised you seemed to like it as much as you did. All the other reviews have been pretty positive as well so guess I'll go check it out.

Eh... "like" is a strong word. I'd say I "appreciated it." I've seen so many bad, formula slashers in my life that originality - which Zombie brings by the buckets - will perk me up much more than "quality" will.


Like I said, it's a MESS of a movie, but it's really something in fits and starts. I like that Zombie deliberately takes the "thrill" out of the money-shot kills by forcing the audience to watch the victims die slowly, painfully, begging for their lives instead of the "wham! gotcha!" instant-death in the Jason flicks. I like that the teenaged characters actually appear to be the ages they are, which increases the threat unlike most slashers where the bad guy is up against "kids" with the physiques of 35 year-old triathletes. I like that, even though it doesn't totally work, Zombie is trying to imagine what the "real-world" mental-state of a movie-slasher would have to be. And I LOVE that Zombie gives us a believable sense of A.) just how massive and STRONG Michael has to be to do what he does and B.) even-still how much effort it actually takes. "Slasher" isn't even appropriate here... Zombie's Myers literally has to BUTCHER people to make sure the job is done.

Having seen both 1,000 Corpses and Devil's Rejects I think it's safe to say that Zombie is so steeped in horror film lore, icons, and tropes that he can probably crap out more creative ideas than most directors in the field. However, I do agree that his stories are somewhat disjointed feeling. I also think that the majority of his work is intended to be satirical/humorous, as gruesome as it sometimes gets. There's always a slightly tongue-in-cheek feel to even his most serious seeming moments, like he's just poking fun at horror/slasher flicks that try for a level of seriousness. To me, this does take away somewhat from the scares.

 

[mptothedc]

I guess I can agree with you on this. The movie wasn't great, but it was no worse than any of the other remakes. Other horror movie remakes do suck more than this as well...

I have to say the camera swaying and dark scenes with practically flashing strobe lights made this less enjoyable...

 

[THE RIGBOSS]

i think Zombie's remakes put the the originals(except for the first one) to shame in the originals Michael looked normal not scary at all but in these ones there is something darker about him

 

[ironlordthemad]

The first Halloween is still one of the best ever made. I watch it every year, and even though I can pretty much recite it verbatim at this point, it still never fails to deliver chills. Halloween 2 was serviceable, if ordinary, but everything really, really started going downhill with part 3. Seriously, what the HELL was that crap? Silver shamrock, my fat aunt Sally.

I actually thought the most recent Friday the 13th was quite well done. Enjoyed it greatly, especially the opening.

as a halloween fan i see it as my oath bound duty to simply ignore number 3

my brother watched the remake and thought he knew more about halloween than me, which was a bad idea

im always interested by zombie's work so im waiting for this one, but i guess i need to wait till dvd now

 

[saintchristopher]

Still standing by that "most surprising cameo of the year" bit, Bob?

 

[Stylish_Robot]

film just sucked personally. Rob's getting a bit better in terms of visuals but he's one of the worst writers ever and he somehow thinks every line of dialogue needs to in some capacity contain the F word, seriously don't play the drinking game when that occurs because you'll be passed out during the ambulance scene. Rob can't write sympathetic characters for shit and even when he gets close, the next scene ruins it

 

[CHIMP MAGNET]

accordion? i think i got it Urchel for family matters!

 

[CHIMP MAGNET]

URCHEL! from family matters!

 

[Fr]anc[is]

XD HAHAHA awesome intro joke. Tyler Perry's stuff sucks so much