What would give you that idea? Just because he made two gory (torture porn) horror movies, with little story, doesn't mean he can pull off a remake of a classic horror movie.

When it inevitably flops at the box office and is out of theaters within two weeks, it'll give the studio sufficient time to get an early October DVD release out in time for Halloween. :p

:lol:

Bingo.

Looking forward to this. Kinda bummed that I missed the test screening in Chatsworth. Is that where you went Jack?

The highest grossing sequel (H20) was released in August.

Actually, the highest grossing Halloween, Elm Street, and Friday the 13th sequels -- 7, 4, and 3 respectively -- were all released in August. Freddy vs. Jason (which grossed over 100 million w.w.) was also released in August.

This movie won't bomb. It will likely open in the early 20's+. I expect H20's inflated opening numbers for this film.

The last Halloween film that was released in October was Halloween 5 in 1989 -- the one that made the least money in the series.

August is actually a good month for horror -- believe it or not.

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Notice that the people saying this will flop own films such as Jason X, Halloween: Resurrection, and Halloween 6. Use that to draw your own conclusions... ;)

Hostel 2 should give us an idea of how this "new horror" trend is making out as of late. I expect Rob Zombie's Halloween to have the same fate.

Actually (regardless of how good this is, and I'm losing hope) I expect pretty good numbers opening weekend (25-30 million). At least as good as the TCM remake. Halloween has about the same name recognition as TCM and adds Rob's name as well.

I really think that they should have waited until October for this one as well...
I think it will do decent in August but I think it could have done better if it waited about 6 weeks.
I think audiences wont flock to see saw 4 like they did with the first 3 saw films and I think this could have done close to 80 million if it waited until Mid. October.

Rob Zombie made two torture porn movies? What are they called? I only know House Of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, where only the latter has one scene which could be argued as showing a character being tortured...

I'm no fan of House and I like Devils, but calling them "torture porn" just makes you look ignorant, Riley. You may as well call The Departed a musical. After all, Jack Nicholson sings in one scene.

^^^ First off, I'd love to see Departed: The Musical. If anyone call pull it off it's Jack Nicholson ;) I have no idea if this movie is going to be any good. With the state the Horror genre has been in as of late, I tend to believe that this one is probally going to be awful. In my opinion the Halloween franchise has the worst track record for making bad sequels. I know TCM has been far from perfect but they havn't made nearly as many TCM sequels/prequels as Halloween has. Albit that TCM: Next Generation is dangerously to being the worst horror movie ever made.

There's a great interview with Rob on AICN here.

As much as I respect JackSkeleton's opinion, this interview gives me a bit of hope, and I hope he's wrong (like running zombies!).

I'll try to go into this with an open mind and not compare it to the original.

Halloween always had a thing with August release dates. I don't think they want to fight it out with the Saw franchise, which like it or not has been a huge success for Lionsgate.

btw,

Zombie stating he won't do a remake only confirms that Halloween 2 Redux will be directed by someone else ....

Halloween 6 also came out around then. I remember seeing that as it was leaving theaters in early November.

maybe in this movie, someone can explain to me how a psychopath can get shot burned, stabbed and still be alive

the thing that piss me off is ..a new or remake i dont care would love 2 see any horror movie .but at my local mall ( REGAL ) WERE I LIVE DOSENT SHOW THEM WE BITCH BUT DOESNT DO ANYTHING .WE DONT GET ANY HORROR MOVIES .IF WE WANT TO WATCH A HORROR MOVIE WE HAVE TO DRIVE OVER 50 MILES TO THE NEXT MALL.SO WE HAVE 2 WAIT TILL DVD THEN WE WATCH IT ON OUR 110 MOVIE SCREEN .BUT WAITING SUCKS....SARATOGA SPRINGS NY IS A SUCKY PLACE TO LIVE

lol.....this is going to be my signature

:lol: It's especially funny to me because I deal with the same thing (and the same theater chain) all the time. Eight screens in about a 75 mile radius. I love it. -rolleyes-

Because he is pure evil.

i cant wait 2 see it ,i hold that movie veary high.just like j c .the thing thats a great movie..r zombie love his tunes.but am i the 1 person that watched his last movie and said that suckd .i kind of hope it bombs so i dont have 2 wait that long for the dvd

What?

Rob Zombie Isn't Interested In A 'Halloween' Sequel: 'It Won't Involve Me'

Director also talks about his favorite scene in August 31 remake, how he'll avoid horror geeks at Comic-Con.

As he navigates the final weeks before the August 31 release of "Halloween," Rob Zombie is trapped in the mind of the horror icon with the soulless stare 24/7.

Re-launching Michael Myers for a new generation hasn't been easy, but the grisly auteur is convinced that his new "Halloween" bridges the gaps between remake and innovation, mythology and psychology, and murder and mass appeal (see "Rob Zombie Talks 'Halloween': 'A Bloodbath Doesn't Interest Me' "). This week, Rob called in from the flick's post-production headquarters for a candid conversation about horror geeks, improv acting and his fantasies of mowing down the cast of "Grey's Anatomy" with his car.

MTV: What's the latest on "Halloween"? How's it going?

Rob Zombie: It's going great, actually. I'm on the mixing stage right now working on the sound, which is the final thing you do.

MTV: So you're on track?

Zombie: Everything's going great, and we'll be done August 10th.

MTV: And you'll be going down to Comic-Con with some footage?

Zombie: Yeah, that's on Friday, I believe.

MTV: Are you ready to face the geeks?

Zombie: Well I've done it before, so I know what to expect. I pretty much get in and get out. I can't hang around much — if I walk the floor, people just mob you. It's so crowded, and people start asking for autographs and taking pictures, and you never really see anything. So I'll just do my thing and split.

MTV: When we visited your set, you spoke about walking the tightrope between faithfulness to John Carpenter's classic and creating something new. Were you able to pull it off?

Zombie: Oh, completely. Now that the movie is basically done, it worked out great. The film is 100 percent its own animal, but it has enough classic elements of the original to satisfy.

MTV: What was the one scene you had the most fun shooting?

Zombie: The first scene in the movie that we shot the first day of shooting. It's a simple scene of breakfast at the Myers' house with young Michael, his mom, the boyfriend and the sister. Everyone is yelling and screaming at each other. [He laughs.] I love it, because all you have to do is watch that scene for about 10 seconds and you just go, "Well, this certainly isn't John Carpenter's 'Halloween.' "

MTV: So they aren't sitting around and politely asking each other to pass the orange juice?

Zombie: No. [He laughs.] It's a pretty intense scene. It's just craziness.

MTV: Do scenes like that establish Michael's desire to kill?

Zombie: There's nothing that happens in the movie that explains why Michael is the way he is. I wanted to make it real, and the reality of the situation is that anyone who is like this is born that way, not created.

MTV: Do you believe that in real life? Like, what about the Columbine kids?

Zombie: No, no, that's different. A textbook psychotic has no understanding of what they're doing. Something like Columbine, those were kids pushed over the edge and became that — but they knew what they were doing. They were responding to something in their lives that made them do that. A true psychotic is someone who could seem very friendly and charming, then kill you and feel nothing for it: Henry Lee Lucas, Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer. There's no sense of understanding anything on a human level. The Columbine kids, those were kids who had obviously gone off the rails. That's different.

MTV: So when young Michael speaks, have you tried to inject that charisma?

Zombie: Well, yes, but not that he's charismatic. There just has to be a character that the audience will follow. ... The difference between this movie and the original is that this is the story of Michael Myers. The other movie was about Laurie Strode.

MTV: We've had a lot of movies come out lately with kids like Dakota Fanning or Cameron Bright being creepy and staring off into the distance.

Zombie: This isn't like that at all.

MTV: How is young Michael different from those guys?

Zombie: Because he seems normal. A psychotic can seem normal. I really did do research. ... A psychotic kid is a kid who hurts animals and has no real concept that what he's doing is wrong. How does it manifest itself at a young age and then turn into someone who does grow up to be a serial killer? They can't be disciplined. They start fires. They kill animals.

MTV: I heard you guys filmed the asylum scenes next to a "Grey's Anatomy" shoot. Did you freak Katherine Heigl out?

Zombie: We filmed at the V.A. Hospital in North Hills, which is just enormous. They could have been filming there or not filming there. I have no idea. Honestly, I wouldn't know the cast of "Grey's Anatomy" if I rammed them with my car.

MTV: In the video for "Never Gonna Stop," you dressed as Alex from "A Clockwork Orange." Now you're directing Malcolm McDowell himself, Had he seen the clip?

Zombie: Truthfully, I never asked him. I did that so long ago. I forgot all about it!

MTV: I would think watching a vet like McDowell work with a newbie like Scout Taylor-Compton would be interesting

Zombie: The most interesting pairing with Malcolm is Daeg Faerch, who plays young Michael. ... Daeg's 10, a great young actor, but he's good at playing — you know, kids play. I would tell Daeg or Malcolm to ask the other a question spontaneously during a take, just to see what they would say back.

MTV: Like what?

Zombie: Well, I had young Michael just asks Dr. Loomis, "How come you talk so funny?" Because the character is English, and it's never really addressed, and in reality this kid from Illinois would probably ask him that. Malcolm's candid response was that he just kind of laughed, because he didn't know what to say. It was a nice, human, real moment.

MTV: And that'll make it in the film?

Zombie: Yeah it did. That's definitely in the movie.

MTV: What's next for you? Will you take some time off?

Zombie: I'm trying to finish this movie, and then I'll probably go on tour starting in October. ... I have a live record coming out, and I'll just go back on tour. I just need a break. I need to clear my head after this movie, before I figure out what the next one is.

MTV: So being on the road, in a different city every night, is a vacation for you?

Zombie: Yeah! [He laughs.] It's so easy, compared to making a movie. It's fun. You go, you play. What else is there?

MTV: And you won't be coming up with ideas for "Halloween" sequels on the tour bus?

Zombie: No. I have no plans on watching them or making them. [He laughs.] My movie has a beginning, a middle and an end — and then I am done. Anything that comes after that? It will not involve me.


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Because it WAS the boogeyman. Didn't you see the movie...?

And just for the record, this remake is the worst idea, EVER!

I really wish that today's filmmakers would stop eating up others films and vomiting out crap. Come up with something original.

Ok, great that you have decided to join DVDTalk & all that & I admit I'm not the greatest speller in the world or anything but this isn't MSN messenger. I have no idea what you are saying?

I'll translate for him guys, don't worry.

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