Halloween II (Unrated Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]

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1. N. Nichole

   October 7, 2010 at 9:58 am

   Review by N. Nichole for Halloween II (Unrated Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]
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   With a slew of horror movie remakes lately, this one has to be the worst. First, let me say that I wasn’t a fan of the first one, but this one was about 10 times worse. It has to be the most disgusting, vile movie I have ever seen. I am never watching another RZ movie again, I wish filmmakers would leave the classics along, Friday the 13th, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween and now they are remaking A Nightmare on Elm Street. Will it never end? None of them can hold a candle to the original, the three mentioned above were all horrible. The killings in this movie were just way over the top in being violent and sick. Please RZ do not remake The Blob ( as I have read he will) and ruin that movie as well. Laurie annoyed the heck out of me as did the Dr. Loomis character, the only thing interesting about the movie was Danielle Harris (Jamie from Halloween 4&5) being in the movie. Please don’t waste your money or time on this movie.

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2. Nick

   October 7, 2010 at 9:09 am

   Review by Nick for Halloween II (Unrated Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]
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   This is truly the worst film I’ve seen in many many years. A lot of people have a problem with Rob Zombie drastically changing the core story, and the characters personalities. Actually, I can live with that. A remake, in essence, should be a re-telling, with personal touches by the writer/director. After all, a shot for shot remake doesn’t work, remember the god-awful Gus VanSant remake of Psycho??? Having said that, however, this movie just does not work. The Laurie Strode character is so annoying, you will pray for her death. I know I did. The Loomis character is now a media and money hungry parasite, who profits from the tragedy of the first movie. While detestable, this is at least a somewhat realistic possibility. The gore is extreme, to say the least. Personally, I found this the only aspect of the film worth watching. The visions???? The dreams????? I have no idea which is which, and what Zombie was trying to do. This is one big muddles mess of a movie. The biggest flaw, and I mean major flaw, is there is NOT ONE character who is sympathetic. You will not care one iota about any of these people. I rooted all the way for Michael Myers. I wanted him to kill every whining, obnnoxious, human being in this film. He almost did. I really don’t know what to say about this movie. It just sucks. And Sheri Moon Zombie?? Gimme a freakin break. This skank couldn’t act her way out of a paper bag. From the first moment I saw her in House Of 1000 Corpses, I hated her. She’s only in her husband’s movies for a reason. In closing, I would just give a word of advice to Rob Zombie. Go back to music and leave films for people with talent.

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3. Jeffrey P. Falcon

   October 7, 2010 at 8:13 am

   Review by Jeffrey P. Falcon for Halloween II (Unrated Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]
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   The worst movie i have ever seen in my entire life. Laurie and Dr. Loomis have now become mean. The personalities are completely different from the original. I was wishing Michael would kill them so this nightmare of a movie would end. Recommend this one to all your enemies

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4. Jose M. Amezquita

   October 7, 2010 at 7:24 am

   Review by Jose M. Amezquita for Halloween II (Unrated Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]
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   Going against what my gut instinct was telling me about the current crop of “remakes” that keep springing up, I went ahead and got a copy of Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2, which after viewing is the equivalent of Vince McMahon’s (Brainstorm!) XFL, meant to improve on the traditional NFL. Like Vince, Zombie falls flat on his face!

   What a total waste of effort(??)! Forget the obviously lame storyline! Zombie has taken the BEST parts of what I & others loved of John Carpenter’s masterpiece and has profoundly spat on them, transforming & transposing them away from what made them appealing- Laurie Strode from a straight-lanced, innocently appealing & ultimately doomed heroine who we ended up rooting for to a foul-mouthed, UN-likeable blithering mess. Sam Loomis has been remade from a truly concerned savior, determined to stop his quarry (while being believably terrified of him at the same time)from spreading death & destruction into a greedy, uncaring opportunist. And what a howler THIS Michael Myers is……! Where-as he was a terrifying, shadowy form of living darkness in total control of his actions without expression or remorse in the original, Zombie’s version is laughably inept, just another thuggish brute without the cunning or resilience of a true screen villian, led only by his childhood/”inner-self” visions/images to explain his actions (oh, so T-H-A-T’s why he does & is what he is!!!!! I d-i-d-n-‘t k-n-o-w THAT!). I’m not sure how much effort was made by Tyler Mane to “get into character” but you never really truly believe he’s Michael Myers, or at least I didn’t. Dick Warlock (‘the Shape’ in 1981’s H2) was more convincing, emerging out of a dark corner with the occasional creepy head tilt while remaining stoic was all that was really needed.

   The way I see it, the only real excuse for these re-makes (or are they re-boots???)is a set-up for a future “Michael vs Jason” clash!

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