Has anybody seen the remake of the movie Halloween??? :hal3: It's directed by Rob Zombie. I haven't seen it yet. My original thought was that it was supposed to come out in Oct. 2008. To my total surprise, I saw a trailer for it on TV last week. It'll have to be good if Rob Zombie is producing it. Has anybody seen it yet???
I don't do horror flicks. :no:
Quote from: Sunny on August 12, 2007, 06:31:36 PM
I don't do horror flicks. :no:
They're my favorites. They're the only movies that can keep my attention. If it's slow moving, I get up, and do something else. I have serious attention issues LOL!!!! :yes:
my favorites too, I made my daughter use the DVR to record "Stir of Echoes 2: Homecoming" saturday night. It had a little more gore than I care for, but it held my attention. Not as psychologically thrilling as Stir of Echoes though.
I've seen the trailer for Halloween, looks like it's going to have a lot more special effects than the original.
Quote from: pariann on August 13, 2007, 12:35:43 AM
my favorites too, I made my daughter use the DVR to record "Stir of Echoes 2: Homecoming" saturday night. It had a little more gore than I care for, but it held my attention. Not as psychologically thrilling as Stir of Echoes though.
I've seen the trailer for Halloween, looks like it's going to have a lot more special effects than the original.
Everything Rob Zombie does is over the top. Have you seen "House of a Thousand Corpses" and "The Devils Rejects"?? I've got both on dvd. I must confess there are a few parts that make me uncomfortable tho.In "Corpses" the scene where he's going to shoot the cop, and the camera pans back, and there's that prolonged pause before he shoots him, for some reason that really bothers me. I had a friend that was shot in the head, and killed when we were 13 and I wonder if that's why. I didn't witness it or anything, but that could be why. In "Rejects" the part where Otis takes his time killing those 2 guys ,out at the junkyard or whatever it is bothers me too. Maybe, I'm getting too old for those types of movies LOL!!!!! :biggrin:
They had a special on the IFC channel about it earlier this year.
Zombie has a great take on it with AWESOME sfx!!
I'm a horror movie junkie. It opens here next month I think--but you can't enjoy it on the big screen with all of those kids in the theatre :mad:
Quote from: tallulahdahling on August 20, 2007, 04:30:48 PM
They had a special on the IFC channel about it earlier this year.
Zombie has a great take on it with AWESOME sfx!!
I'm a horror movie junkie. It opens here next month I think--but you can't enjoy it on the big screen with all of those kids in the theatre :mad:
I never go to the theater to see movies. I usually wait for it to come out on pay per view. But I want to go see this one. I'm a big horror movie fan and I like Rob Zombie. He really knows how to think outside of the box. I've seen the trailer for it a couple times,and apparently Sherry is in this one too. She does a great job playing a deranged nutmeat. I wonder if she's scary in real life. Her babylike voice is creepier than hell LOL!! I bet he'll put an interesting spin on the original. :yes:
Yeah, I guess I can see it on PPV but you just can't beat the big screen for blood and gore :biggrin:
Quote from: tallulahdahling on August 20, 2007, 05:29:50 PM
Yeah, I guess I can see it on PPV but you just can't beat the big screen for blood and gore :biggrin:
You've got a point there. :yes: Everything is better on the big screen. And don't forget the collossal sized popcorn and soda. You gotta have that. If you don't have that,there's no sense in going LOL!!! Ooooops... There I go again, getting sidetracked by thoughts of food . :biggrin:
Yeah but the only problem is that you have to get a Home Equity loan to be able to afford the popcorn and candy and soda at the theatre. They even check your bags at ours to see if you're a "smuggler" :rolleyes:
Quote from: tallulahdahling on August 22, 2007, 10:01:25 AM
Yeah but the only problem is that you have to get a Home Equity loan to be able to afford the popcorn and candy and soda at the theatre. They even check your bags at ours to see if you're a "smuggler" :rolleyes:
:spooked: They do?? OMG what an invasion of privacy. I'd say "you'll look in my bag, over my dead body." Of course I would be ejected from the theatre and possibly ban for life. For 2 tickets and popcorn and soda it costs right around $30. I can't see paying that much,so we very seldom go. Maybe once or twice a year. Every time we go t the show,it doesn't matter how many empty seats there are, somebody always sits next to me. Even if it is just hubby and I sitting there and there's nobody else in the theatre,somebody sits by me. How crazy is that? LOL!! So, we don't go very often.
I'm going to see 'Halloween' :hal3: next weekend. I've heard it is really good.
I didn't even know they were remaking it until I saw it in the newspaper and heard a radio DJ talking about it.
Quote from: Locutus on September 03, 2007, 03:24:30 PM
I didn't even know they were remaking it until I saw it in the newspaper and heard a radio DJ talking about it.
It opened Aug. 31st. I just read on CNN ,that it took the top spot, at the box office, this weekend. It grossed over $30 million . :o I love Rob Zombie. I own dvds of both of his movies. I have his cds,and music videos. He really thinks outside of the box. :yes:
It is done really well, it really makes you understand how Micheal Myers got to the point of becoming a mindless killing machine. He was a disturbed little boy who was put in an isolation cell for 15 years which drove him crazy. He would have spent the rest of his days in peace making masks if he wasn't provoked by rednecks.
In his twisted world he saw parents as evil and teen agers as evil for letting him down over and over again. He went out to look after his baby sister who had no recollection of who he was, the ending is sad really.
I like Rob Zombie too. I liked the original Halloween, but the sequels never did too much for me. I may have to go see this one though. My son wants to see it, sounds like a date! Thanks for the tip.
Quote from: Popedaddy on September 03, 2007, 07:22:23 PM
It is done really well, it really makes you understand how Micheal Myers got to the point of becoming a mindless killing machine. He was a disturbed little boy who was put in an isolation cell for 15 years which drove him crazy. He would have spent the rest of his days in peace making masks if he wasn't provoked by rednecks.
In his twisted world he saw parents as evil and teen agers as evil for letting him down over and over again. He went out to look after his baby sister who had no recollection of who he was, the ending is sad really.
Rednecks OMG LOL!!!! :rotfl: Have you ever read the book 'Halloween'? They tell a story about Druids, and human sacrifice. He's tortured by visions of human sacrifice, and Druid rituals, and Samhain. He has visions of animals burned alive. The Druids believed ,they could see the future, through sacrifice. Samhain, is the the Druid equivalent to our Halloween. It's a real trip.
Quote from: PIYA on September 03, 2007, 07:25:47 PM
I like Rob Zombie too. I liked the original Halloween, but the sequels never did too much for me. I may have to go see this one though. My son wants to see it, sounds like a date! Thanks for the tip.
From what I've heard it is really good. :yes: They made the film for 15 million, and it's already grossed 30 million. I'd say it's doing quite well. :yes:
I am posting but I'm not reading the previous posts--I don't wanna know the ending--haven't seen it yet and I'm waiting til H-ween to see it!!!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: tallulahdahling on September 04, 2007, 02:05:27 PM
I am posting but I'm not reading the previous posts--I don't wanna know the ending--haven't seen it yet and I'm waiting til H-ween to see it!!!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!
Don't wait that long T, it may be out of the theatres by then. See it soon so you don't miss it. Thats almost 2 months away. :yes:
Yeah, I thought about that--we're going to see it tomm nite!!! :eek:
Quote from: tallulahdahling on September 05, 2007, 07:27:15 PM
Yeah, I thought about that--we're going to see it tomm nite!!! :eek:
Woohoo!!!! :sofa: Don't tell me how it ends LOL!!!! :wink: :rotfl: The original is one of my all time favorites. :hal3:
Saw it! Loved it! :biggrin:
There were lil' things about it that I didn't like, but I'll wait until everyone has seen it to comment. Overall, I think it was as good as, if not better than, the original one. :yes:
Quote from: PIYA on September 09, 2007, 12:01:21 PM
Saw it! Loved it! :biggrin:
There were lil' things about it that I didn't like, but I'll wait until everyone has seen it to comment. Overall, I think it was as good as, if not better than, the original one. :yes:
I didn't go see it yesterday, I was under the weather. :sick2: I don't know if it will be at the cinema in town next weekend or not. This was the second weekend,and I'm not sure if it will go 3 or not. :no:
Going to see it again this weekend for hubby's bday--LOVED IT!!!
Quote from: tallulahdahling on September 13, 2007, 09:46:54 AM
Going to see it again this weekend for hubby's bday--LOVED IT!!!
Twice :o Damn, it must be awesome!!!! I need to check the listings, maybe it'll still be in town. <fingers crossed>
Woohooooo!!!! :sofa: It will be there this weekend. :biggrin:
Yer gonna LOVE it -- buy the xtra large buttered corn! :biggrin:
Quote from: tallulahdahling on September 13, 2007, 07:12:18 PM
Yer gonna LOVE it -- buy the xtra large buttered corn! :biggrin:
Always :pop: and you have to have the colossal sized drink too. :biggrin:
Well, I finally saw it last weekend on pay per view. It wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Sequels never are though. :no:
Hate that you were disappointed, Dex. :-[
I thought it was purty cool!
Quote from: tallulahdahling on January 28, 2008, 06:35:26 PM
Hate that you were disappointed, Dex. :-[
I thought it was purty cool!
It wasn't bad. I'd probably watch it again. I'm extremely partial to the original "Halloween'. I read the book many,many, times, before I even watched the original 'Halloween". The original movie was REAL close to the book. That movie series had a major derailment on "Halloween 3 >Season of the Witch". That one went waaaaay off the tracks. It was an OK movie, but after that, it just went downhill. I do give Sherry Moon Zombie a BIG thumbs up on her acting. She really does do pretty good. This character showed her maternal side, and the scene in the movie, where she killed herself was sad. The bad thing about the remake, is the fact that Micheal Myers never killed anybody, before he killed his sister Judith. There was never any sign of problems before that. This is the first time any of his life before her murder was ever portrayed.
You almost make it sound like it was a true crime story.
I really enjoyed it, but only because I did like the original. For me, the Halloweens after the original got increasingly stupid. I didn't enjoy them at all. The story line was gone and it was all about trying to out "gross" the previous movie. The latest one was done more in the vein of the original one, I thought. Plus, I enjoyed the background. I actually almost felt sorry for him.
Quote from: PIYA on February 04, 2008, 09:06:06 AM
I really enjoyed it, but only because I did like the original. For me, the Halloweens after the original got increasingly stupid. I didn't enjoy them at all. The story line was gone and it was all about trying to out "gross" the previous movie. The latest one was done more in the vein of the original one, I thought. Plus, I enjoyed the background. I actually almost felt sorry for him.
You do know that Haddonfield is an actual town in Illinois right? The Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elm Street movies ,did the exact same thing. It just got completely ridiculous, when they did Freddy vs Jason. :no:
The sequels were pretty lame--isn't that true of most movies, though? I really loved Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis and, the Halloween musical theme, of course :yes:
Quote from: tallulahdahling on February 05, 2008, 02:46:54 PM
The sequels were pretty lame--isn't that true of most movies, though? I really loved Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis and, the Halloween musical theme, of course :yes:
I can't remember which sequel it was, but Donald Pleasence died as they were just about to wrap up ,the taping of the movie. That's why you don't see his last scene. Because he was already dead. You hear him scream, but you never see what happens to him. :no:
That would be Halloween--The Curse of Michael Myers, in 1995.
Pleasance also played the Bond character, Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and that was the character Mike Myers based Dr. Evel on in his Austin Powers movies.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/Blofeldpleasance67.jpg)
Tallulah--Trivia Diva!!!
Quote from: tallulahdahling on February 07, 2008, 02:40:57 PM
That would be Halloween--The Curse of Michael Myers, in 1995.
Pleasance also played the Bond character, Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and that was the character Mike Myers based Dr. Evel on in his Austin Powers movies.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/Blofeldpleasance67.jpg)
Tallulah--Trivia Diva!!!
Wow!!! I never knew that. Man, I learn something new everyday. :yes: I think I just got another wrinkle in muh brain. :biggrin: