Halloween – Unrated Director’s Cut (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) Rob Zombie couldn’t cut butter with a hot knife! – adam wood –
i love this movie! i love the Carpenter original & i love the Zombie version – that being said: the Director’s Cut is horrid! do you remember when “Unrated Director’s Cut” meant that you would get the theatrical version, only with added blood, nudity or just some extended scenes? i do, but apparently Rob didn’t get the memo! he absolutely destroyed the movie with the “Director’s Cut”. please, for the love of Michael Myers, if you saw the original version in the theater & liked it, buy that version & stay far, FAR away from the train wreck that is the “Director’s Cut”. i’ll save you some time & give away the main difference/problem: if you want to make Myers an evil villain, who everyone is afraid of, don’t change his escape – which was a rampage on innocents – to him killing two moronic rapists who had it coming.
post script: the opposite works with Zombie’s Halloween 2 – the theatrical was a failure, but the Director’s Cut was great.
Well, this comes close to the original as one of the best in the series. Its the best since the original Halloween II.
This movie is basically split into 3 ‘acts’. 1, Michael’s childhood. 2, Smiths Grove. 3, Michael’s adult life.
In my opinion the best part would be the adult part, just because its so well played out. In the childhood act, Daeg nailed his role and I was sad when he was recasted in Halloween 2 (2009), but he was amazing in this one. Sheri nailed her role as Deborah Myers, and the others nailed their role. This part was good, but is my least favorite ‘act’ in the movie. The 2nd act is in Smiths Grove, Malcolm McDowell was completely AMAZING in this act. His character is by far the best played out character. This is where we begin to see Michael Myers developing into the ‘mute’ Michael we all know. In my opinion the more quiet he gets, the better the movie gets. Daeg nailed his role here better than he did in the first act. The 3rd act includes great actors/actresses playing their role. We have Danielle Harris (She was Jamie in Halloween 4 and 5) playing Annie Brackett, she is probably the only girl I actually cared about out of the 3. I mean I cared for Laurie, but I wouldn’t of cared if she died. Tyler Mane was amazing as his version of ‘The Shape’. He had a perfect walk. Malcolm McDowell and Brad Dourif are amazing together in this together. The only part I don’t like about this act is the ending. The alternate ending makes you feel bad for Michael, because you know he wanted to be loved. Dr. Loomis tells him that he failed him and the Michael drops the knife. Loomis and Laurie walk away and Michael follows (as if he wants to go home with them), then the police shoot him down. So, him wanting to go home with them and the police shooting him down is a lot more sad than Laurie shooting her in the face. Overall this movie is a 8.5/10. It was an amazing remake. The workprint is good, the theatrical is the best, and the unrated director’s cut is decent. So buy the rated version to have the full affect. GENIUS PRODUCTS INC: The original slasher film about Michael Myers, the psychotic killer who dons a mask and terrorizes his hometown, is re-imagined by edgy director Rob Zombie. More of a supercharged revamp than a remake, Rob Zombie’s take on John Carpenter’s Halloween expands the back story of masked killer Michael Myers in an attempt to examine the motivation for his first deadly attack, as well as some reasons for his longevity as a horror icon. Zombie’s Myers is a blank-eyed teen (played by Daeg Faerch) whose burgeoning mental problems are left unchecked in a horrific home environment; harassed by schoolmates, a randy sister, and his mother’s deadbeat boyfriend (William Forsythe, terrific as usual), Myers’ homicidal explosion seems inevitable, and intervention by Dr. Sam Loomis (Malcolm McDowell, who offers a fast-talking, hippiefied version of the Donald Pleasance character) does little to impede his development into a mute, unstoppable killing machine (Tyler Mane) bent on finishing off the only survivor of his family’s massacre–his sister, now grown into teenaged Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton). Opening up the psychological motivation of a cipher like Michael Myers is an interesting approach, but Zombie’s script possesses neither a depth of character nor dialogue to offer more than a clichéd thumbnail character sketch, and devoting over a hour of the unrated cut’s 120-minute-plus running time to this history feels bloated and self-indulgent (especially when compared to the lean efficiency of the Carpenter original). Zombie’s Halloween isn’t terribly suspenseful, either; he has a keen eye for visuals and the details of chaotic environments, but his scares are nothing more than brutal showcases for his special effects team. The end result barely surpasses the original film’s numerous sequels, though the Who’s Who of cult and character actors in the cast (including Zombie regulars Sid Haig, Bill Moseley and Ken Foree, as well as Brad Dourif, Udo Kier, Clint Howard, Richard Lynch, Danny Trejo, Dee Wallace, and Danielle Harris) adds a touch of late-night monster movie charm. However, the film’s best performance belongs to the director’s spouse, Sheri Moon Zombie, who brings unexpected pathos to the role of Myers’ downtrodden mother.
The two-disc Unrated Director’s Cut offers a full disc’s worth of extras that should please Zombie fans; chief among the supplemental features is his commentary, which details the film’s shooting history and the numerous edits required to deliver the theatrical version. A making-of featurette offers further details of Zombie’s vision for the film, and there are featurettes on his cast choices and the many masks that Myers makes while incarcerated. Seventeen deleted scenes (two of which feature Adrienne Barbeau and Tom Towles) and an alternate ending (all with Zombie’s commentary) are also provided, as well as footage from the casting sessions. A blooper reel, which is highlighted by unchecked mischief by McDowell and Dourif, offers the set’s sole moment of levity. – Paul Gaita Halloween – Unrated Director’s Cut (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
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