Who's in It: Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Malcom McDowell, Brad Dourif, Daeg Faerch, Sherri Moon Zombie, William Forsythe, Udo Kier
The Basics: Michael Myers kills his family. He goes to a mental institution. He escapes as an adult. He returns to find his sister. He kills a lot more people. The tables are then turned. He is killed. But — oops — you can't kill him because he's the Boogeyman now.
What's the Deal? The original Halloween is so embedded in the horror-movie consciousness now that you can't not know what happens here. Every movie that came after that first one was its own remake of the script. So this one is just another variation, kind of like hearing about a different religion's creation myth. Oh, your people believe that your god put a ball of mud on a giant turtle's back and sent it out into space? Well mine say that there was a six-day period of construction. Either way, you end up with the same planet.
What's Great About This One: The first chunk of the movie is pure Rob Zombie hillbilly grotesquery and murder. People have dirt under their fingernails. No one seems to bathe. You start to think he's going to go full-on Devil's Rejects and hijack the plot and make it his own sick enterprise.
But Then: It turns into "the night HE came home" and that's when the director suddenly decides to be reverent. It becomes a very faithful cover version, and the only surprises are when The Rob Zombie Players — Sid Haig, Micky Dolenz, Sybil Danning, Danny Trejo, William Forsythe, Udo Kier, Brad Dourif, Clint Howard, Sheri Moon Zombie — all show up and wink for the camera.
Best Parts:
1. The mask gets its own origin plotline.
2. Candy corn triggers the first killing.
3. Everybody's TV plays nothing but old black and white horror films.