As all who follow this blog knows, I am a huge fan of Rob Zombie's work. House of a thousand Corpses, although flawed, definitely has cult film written all over it with the 50's horror influence with a dash of 70's gore. The Devil's Rejects, is actually my favorite Zombie film. Just loved the raw documentary look it had. it's influence definitely screamed Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the Tobe Hooper version). His remake of Halloween (great first half, okay second half) was good but definitely had the potential to br better. Now his latest film, Halloween 2, although not the greatest horror sequel ever made, I did like the fact that he tried to do something original with the Halloween franchise instead of taking the best parts from different sequels and passing it off as an original film like Friday the 13th did. Although this film was violently brutal and very much to the left with the psychedelic dream sequences, I loved that he tried to dive into the psyche of the Myers family.
For those a little lost, let's take you back to the Rob Zombie remake. At the end of that film, Laurie shoots her brother (who she has no idea he is related to her) in the head after a long dragged out fight between the two at the Myers compound. In the beginning of the sequel, Laurie is rushed to the hospital, where shortly after being admitted Michael finds her and tries to kill her after slaughtering every nurse and doctor on call.
Fast forward one year later on Halloween night where Laurie is having crazy dreams and is taking more prescribed medication than Michael Jackson. She's also living with her best friend Annie (who survived in the first film) and Annie's dad Sheriff Brackett in what has to be the nastiest house I've ever seen in film. Geez is everyone in Zombie's world white trash? I'm sure Leatherface's house was much cleaner than Sheriff Brackett's house. Oh, and Michael is having bizarre visions of his mother dressed in white with a white horse in tow, telling him to kill so he can bring Laurie home and they can all be a family like they used to be. There is a very interesting twist at the end that most won't see coming, but for some reason, I figured the direction Rob was taking (maybe because as a screenwriter myself, it only made sense to go in that direction since the theme of the film was psychedelic psychosis and nightmares). I do have a bit of advise for Rob if he decides to direct a third, Rob needs to hire much seasoned screenwriters to get his point across. I happen to cuss like a sailor from time to time, but there were parts of the film where I cringed at the dialogue.
Don't listen to the haters Rob (quite a bit of horror fans are fuming at Rob for not following the John Carpenter classic formula) and Rob has said in recent interviews that he's not a fan of the Halloween sequels. It really doesn't matter what people think, because the film's already done and he's got his check). So Mr. Zombie, please keep giving us horror fans something different and original. I just hope we can get something that screams Rob Zombie original like Tyrannosaurus Rex.
P.S. Some brand new Halloween news just came my way. According to producer Bob Weinstein, a new sequel Halloween 3D is currently in the works. Since there was no Halloween 3 ever filmed (as far as fufilling the Myers saga), a new director will be hired to have a different take on the Myers character and will start filming sometime in 2010.
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