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Mood:
- RoughSuspensefulScary
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Plot:
- Serial KillerSlasherVengeancePsychopathCrimesDangerDeadlyLife is a Bitch more...
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Genres:
- HorrorThriller
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- Small Town
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Audience:
- TeensDate Night
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Style:
- Gory
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Based on:
- Remake
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- NudityProfanitySexual ContentStrong Violent Content
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Halloween, 2007
English
USA
Profile of Halloween
Halloween can be described as scary, rough, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around a slasher, a psychopath, and a serial killer. The main genres are thriller and horror. In terms of style, Halloween is gory. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a small town. Halloween takes place in contemporary times. It is a remake. It is well suited for teens and a date night. Note that Halloween involves strong violent content, nudity, and sexual content.
Summary of Halloween
The early 2000s have seen a string of big-budget remakes of classic horror films. In addition to THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE HILLS HAVE EYES, John Carpenter's benchmark slasher flick HALLOWEEN has been given a new-millennial overhaul. At the helm of the project sits rocker Rob Zombie, whose previous films, HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES and THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, brought a fan's touch and an auteur's vision to the director's chair. While Zombie's HALLOWEEN is faithful to Carpenter's vision, there are some obvious changes, the most pronounced of these being the substantial focus on Michael Myers's childhood. The film posits Michael (played by a creepily vacant Daeg Faerch) as a troubled child made all the worse by a horrible home life--wonderfully illustrated via William Forsythe's performance as Deborah Myers's boyfriend--and constant abuse at school. Zombie paints Michael's pain with palpable grit and sleaze, but he isn't out to put our culture on the couch--he simply wants to show Michael killing his family. With the exception of Michael's therapy sessions while incarcerated, the film, post-massacre, stays loyal to the original.
Zombie's film is clearly the work of a filmmaker who knows and loves the genre. The director's signature is stamped all over HALLOWEEN (most notably in the use of grainy home movie footage and a smokin' classic rock soundtrack), although remnants of Carpenter's brilliant original still remain. When it comes to remakes, it's hard to ask for much more.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 31 August 2007 |
| Runtime: | 109 min |
Cast and Crew
as Michael Myers, age 10
as Michael Myers
as Deborah Myers
as Laurie Strode
as Ronnie White
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Critics Reviews
The New York Times
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- by: Matt Zoller Seitz
TV Guide
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- by: Ken Fox
Users Reviews
- 19.March.2012
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- by: Jonni Hayes
- Jonni Hayes rated this movie
8/10Great
- 09.January.2011
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- by: AWEF321
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2/10Bad
