'Halloween'
September 10, 2007

By Lacy Adams
Crusader Staff

If anyone considering seeing this film is aware of whom Rob Zombie is, then they are prepared for the kooky, disturbing style that is bound to come out in his movies. He has been involved with "House of 1000 Corpses" which was by far a much nuttier, gory one than this was.

"Halloween" is the story of a young boy named Michael Myers who grows up with a working mother and her alcoholic boyfriend who is constantly prodding and poking fun at him, usually while being intoxicated. He begins to formulate a passion for hurting small animals and enjoys watching them suffer and die slowly in pain. His teachers decide to take action and his twisted mind is obvious when his constant mask-wearing fetish and violent actions get out of hand.

The movie was nothing too deep and was basically a simple, bloody horror, but I thought that Rob Zombie did an impressive job of portraying Michael Myers when he was a young boy. The details of the boy having an innocent looking face, full lips with long blonde hair and constantly wearing a crayon colored clown mask makes him look as if he's incapable of hurting. That's the irony of how a quiet, keeping-to-himself kind of kid could guiltlessly murder his family and others.

I have seen other Halloween movies following this one and of course they had the famous actress Jamie Lee Curtis and eventually her hunk of a son Josh Hartnett, but truthfully these just weren't good quality movies. Honestly, what were there, four of them? The immortal killer, Michael Myers could NOT be murdered for goodness sakes! How unrealistic is it when the man is smashed in between a pick up truck and a wall, then his head is cleanly chopped off, but his hand still manages to reach out to touch his sister? Michael Myers is clearly not a human man if this could happen. I know that the Halloween movies are supposed to be completely unrealistic, mindless and entertaining, so if this isn't what you're in for, then look for a little deeper film. Rob Zombie did a remarkable job in the detail of this movie and in keeping the audience shocked. This was proved with the heads being turned away in disgust and the gasps and screams I heard throughout the theater while sitting comfortably in my chair.

Rating: 6