I actually really liked Zombie’s Halloween and didn’t understand all the hate. I even went to see the 2nd in the theater (unfortunately) based on how much I liked the 1st. The iconic imagery of 1978 and the score alone make it really difficult for me to put Zombie’s further up than a good remake though.
I'm pretty sure that sexual assault scene - alone - disqualifies this film from being even slightly comparable to John Carpenter's original film. It's heinous and disrespectful and unforgivable beyond any conceivable metric, and that's for several reasons. Actually. The act itself is bad enough. But the fact it was some excuse for the assault-ers to use it as emasculation leverage by characters we don't even know, in a situation that... WHY? Was that scene? I mean, it's so bad I don't even want Zombie's explanation. I want to know how fans of this film wrap their minds around it. 2 [sexual assaulters] use a woman's trauma to say (paraphrasing): "you're not a *real* man if you don't" [sexually assault] "women"...
Carpenter didn't always bring his best to horror. But it can never be said he ever did anything like that.
I've always been a person who believed in looking at Rob Zombie from an angle. Until he stopped deserving my careful consideration of his better work. But he fairly seldomly returned films that warranted the good faith. He had interesting ambitions but rarely capitalized on them. 31 was obnoxious, trolling trash. A solid half of both The Devil's Rejects and House of 1,000 Corpses - again - were insulting and gave off strong trolling vibes.
But, The Lords of Salem was very good. I liked his take on The Munsters. And... for everything that bothered me about Halloween 2007, I thought his Halloween II director's cut was damn near perfect. The one film that stands so far higher and above his others that it makes me realize he has incredible talent. Why didn't he always want to use it? Or only use it to be insulting and obnoxious and sexist and intolerable...
I actually really liked Zombie’s Halloween and didn’t understand all the hate. I even went to see the 2nd in the theater (unfortunately) based on how much I liked the 1st. The iconic imagery of 1978 and the score alone make it really difficult for me to put Zombie’s further up than a good remake though.
Thank you for speaking facts. I’m tired of people shitting on this movie
I'm pretty sure that sexual assault scene - alone - disqualifies this film from being even slightly comparable to John Carpenter's original film. It's heinous and disrespectful and unforgivable beyond any conceivable metric, and that's for several reasons. Actually. The act itself is bad enough. But the fact it was some excuse for the assault-ers to use it as emasculation leverage by characters we don't even know, in a situation that... WHY? Was that scene? I mean, it's so bad I don't even want Zombie's explanation. I want to know how fans of this film wrap their minds around it. 2 [sexual assaulters] use a woman's trauma to say (paraphrasing): "you're not a *real* man if you don't" [sexually assault] "women"...
Carpenter didn't always bring his best to horror. But it can never be said he ever did anything like that.
I've always been a person who believed in looking at Rob Zombie from an angle. Until he stopped deserving my careful consideration of his better work. But he fairly seldomly returned films that warranted the good faith. He had interesting ambitions but rarely capitalized on them. 31 was obnoxious, trolling trash. A solid half of both The Devil's Rejects and House of 1,000 Corpses - again - were insulting and gave off strong trolling vibes.
But, The Lords of Salem was very good. I liked his take on The Munsters. And... for everything that bothered me about Halloween 2007, I thought his Halloween II director's cut was damn near perfect. The one film that stands so far higher and above his others that it makes me realize he has incredible talent. Why didn't he always want to use it? Or only use it to be insulting and obnoxious and sexist and intolerable...