Disappointed

Last night Muzz and I caught Rob Zombie's remake of "Halloween" at Arndale. I was disappointed.

I was really looking forward to this - Rob Zombie has made two of my favourite horror movies, and so I didn't think he could screw it up. But he did, it just really wasn't that scary.

Maybe it's got something to do with the source material - back in the seventies the original Halloween was probably pretty scary, but these days, a big man wearing a mask and lumbering around killing people isn't that terrifying. In fact, he looked more comedic than scary most of the time. There were hints of his earlier movies, in terms of some of the white-trash characters, especially in the first half of the film. But the second half (when Michael Myers is an adult) was just like any other horror movie remake.

Perhaps the best thing about the movie was the casting - Zombie uses the same actors from movie to movie, so it's kind of fun to pick out all of the regulars, sometimes in quite different roles than they usually play. I also enjoyed the doctor from "Deadwood" as the Sheriff, and Ari's boss from "Entourage" as Dr Loomis.

In short, wait for the DVD, or don't bother.