Some random facts: The original Halloween is the perfect horror film. I've seen Halloween at least a hundred times. I hate remakes of movies.

Because of the above reasons I wanted to hate the Halloween remake. In fact, I still might, but for right now I'm gonna try to be something I've never been before. Open-minded.

I really enjoy Rob Zombie's first two movies. The Devil's Rejects is kick-ass violence and mayhem and I actually liked House of 1000 Corpses even more. And his Grindhouse trailer for Werewolf Women of the S.S. was also great. And maybe the fact that they've churned out sequel after crappy sequel over the past 30 years makes this move less blasphemous.

No one should be remaking this movie. However, regardless of whether or not it turns out okay, they at least appear to be going about it the right way. The thing they shouldn't be doing... they're doing... well... I guess...

Though, I gotta say, the Zombie version comes out on the losing end of the trailer battle...



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The battle continues August 31st.

The 9 Coolest Things About Halloween

1) The John Carpenter score. Terrifying. Picture the most harmless image you can possibly imagine. Puppy frolicking with a chew toy, leaf alighting on a gentle pond, whatever. Picture it. Now add the Halloween theme. Now picture me squealing like a sissy.

2) It's the best of the admittedly pathetic group of holiday-themed horror films. Sure, My Bloody Valentine, Silent Night Deadly Night and Father's Day aren't exactly top of the line projects, but Halloween beats them all.

3) The moment when, after impaling a dude to the wall, Michael Myers stares at his victim and then slowly tilts his head, like an animal would. Whoa.

4) Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper." Laurie and Annie listen to it while getting high in the car. Awesome song, which, to this day reminds me of Halloween.

5) The fact that the most terrifying mask in horror history, the one worn by Michael Myers aka "The Shape," was fashioned out of a William Shatner "Captain Kirk," mask. Yeah. Be glad they were all out of "Sulu" masks.

6) Dr Loomis played by the late, great Donald Pleasance. When a freshly-pummeled Laurie asks Dr Loomis if, "that was the boogie man," he replies, "As a matter of fact, it was." See, that's just cool.

7) The fact that the whole "unstoppable killer" gimmick was invented here and so, it's not quite as out of hand as it is later in the genre. Meaning, for the most part, all the damage done to good ole "Double M, " is realistic and it's conceivable he could've survived it. Sort of.

8) After the rampage, the part when the neighbor runs out and in response to the noise says "I've been trick-or-treated to death tonight," and Loomis snaps, "Death! You don't know what death is!" I picture the exchange continuing with Loomis also challenging the neighbor's knowledge of "police," "lunatics," "knife-wounds," and "Funyuns."

"Funyuns! You don't know what Funyuns are!"

9) Um, the fact that Michael Myers actually drives a car in the movie. What? And, somehow, it doesn't make him less scary. Does he signal? Buckle-up? Merge well? Who knows... Jason Voorhees couldn't get away with that shit.



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