But some of the attack scenes are shown from his point of view, so when the masked head shows up behind the glass window, it's not a scary because, A. Sure, we do cut to the group of teenage girlfriends, and the virtually unnecessary story of Dr. The second problem comes in because we now begin following the story from the first film, but from Michael's point of view. Because in Zombie's Halloween, the first 45 minutes is Myers' childhood origin story. But it's his story we've been following this whole time. No, it's not that we want to see Michael kill innocent people. So 15 years later, when Michael breaks out of his mental institution, it's no wonder that we don't care for his countless victims. But because this is now Michael's story, we are along for the ride.
These people have been mean to him and deserve what's coming to them, right? Well not exactly. But somehow we relate too much to this kid wearing a clown mask who brutally murders most of his family members on Halloween night. We see his anger build, and we understand that he is just projecting the anger thrown upon him. Young Michael likes to kill animals, and one day decides to do the same to a school bully who had been bothering him. The step-father yells at Michael and calls him a f*****, because, well, that's what his paint by numbers character type does in movies. The family is a living breathing, walking talking, hick cliche. Zombie's script paints a picture of his early childhood, with an angry passive aggressive crippled old man, a stripper mother, a young baby sister and a promiscuous teenage sister. It was what we didn't know, what we didn't see, what we were forced to make up in our heads. The reason why we enjoyed his character in the original was because he was such a mystery. We learn a lot about Michael Myers, and that is problem #1. In Zombie's new film we learn why Myers wears the mask, and we even learn why he doesn't speak. Sure, you had Jamie Lee Curtis' lungs, and Carpenter's now classic score, but the kids came because of the man in the mask. Because Myers was the key to the first film's success. The concept is simple, and a good one at first glance: Who is Michael Myers? We got a small glimpse of his childhood origin in the original film, but Zombie's vision was to expand upon this mythology. Zombie's re-imagining of the John Carpenter 1978 classic went wrong in conception. This is why I knew Rob Zombie would scare the living hell out of us again, with one of horror's classic characters.
A mixture of the set design, camera direction, casting, and soundtrack. It's that creepy unsettling feeling that you feel. It's almost like Zombie, and his collected crew, are able to channel Tobe Hooper and the directors of that era. House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects were a call back to the classic horror films of the 1970's. But if there was one person that I would trust to remake Halloween, it would probably be Rob Zombie.
Zombie’s Munsters announcement comes four months after Netflix revealed Wednesday, an Addams Family spinoff series from Tim Burton.Why exactly would anyone want to remake a classic film? With so much to live up to, times five, due to the time tested nostalgia factor, there is almost no conceivable way you can trump the expectations.
Decades later, NBC was in development on a reboot series from Jill Kargman and Seth Meyers. The sitcom wasn’t a monster hit but became a favorite in syndication during the ensuing half-century, and a 1988-91 syndicated version followed. The Munsters starred Fred Gwynne as the hulking, smiling but generally clueless and easily frustrated patriarch and Yvonne DeCarlo as more grounded, Bride of Frankenstein-esque Lily Munster. He wrote and directed both but didn’t say whether he plans to write The Munsters as well.Ĭhronicling the decidedly different lives of a family of friendly monsters in Mockingbird Heights, The Munsters originally aired from 1964-66 on CBS - the same time frame that the equally ooky Addams Family ran on ABC. Zombie directed two Halloween reboot films in the 2000s and most recently wrote and helmed 3 from Hell and 31. He launched his feature filmmaking career with House of 1000 Corpses (2003) and followed that up with The Devil’s Rejects two years later.
“The rumors are true! My next film project will be the one I’ve been chasing for 20 years! THE MUNSTERS!” See the full post below. “Attention Boils and Ghouls!” he wrote amid emojis on Instagram. The adaptation of the 1960s creepshow comedy will be for Universal 1440 Entertainment, NBCU confirmed, which likely means it will stream on Peacock.
The rocker-turned-filmmaker said on social media today that he will tackle The Munsters as his next film project. A post shared by RobZombieofficial JUNE 7: Rob Zombie is pulling up to 1313 Mockingbird Lane.