This is in response to all the negativity and hate that Rob Zombie has been getting to his new “Halloween” franchise, as of late. When people are bashing and hating on Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” sequels, it just amazes me, how uninformed people really are about Hollywood film making.

The reason I believe that people are hating on Rob’s versions of these Halloween movies is that they are claiming that Rob is ruining these classics. He is only making them better and improving them.

I love the first Zombie’s “Halloween” for a lot of reasons. I’ll talk about the sequel too.

• John Carpenter – Yes, the original “Halloween” with Jamie Lee Curtis is a classic. Rob has been wanting to re-make the “Halloween” movies for a long while, so John Carpenter gave Rob the approval, but he have to make his own version of it. John ordered Rob to not copy every scene from the original which Rob did exactly that. Rob made “Halloween” his own movie. It’s a different and original film. Rob wanted to show how Michael Myers turned into a serial killer, while John Carpenter’s version didn’t do that at all. Michael Myers is supposed to be a psychotic madman that is supposed to be insane. John Carpenter made the character crazy and insane, but not insane enough the way Rob made him. Rob knows how the character is supposed to be and he did a fine job at it, in my opinion. The way the old Michael Myers (Carpenter’s version) slowly walked around killing people was actually kind of boring, while Rob’s version of Michael Myers made him more fun and entertaining.
• Michael Myers mask being different than the Carpenter version – Another complaint that the Zombie haters are complaining about, is the new version of the mask. They don’t like how it isn’t the same as the original. Like Carpenter said, Rob wasn’t allowed to make everything the same as the originals, so he had no choice but to make the mask different. I personally find the new mask much scarier and creepier than the John Carpenter version. You have to admit that it’s much scarier looking. I wouldn’t want the mask to be the same, I would want a different look too.
• Sherri Moon being casted – Rob’s wife, Sherri Moon, is being attacked because they think she has bad acting skills and keep saying hateful things about her, that she needs to quit acting and not being allowed to star in the “Halloween” films. They hate her for that she stars in every Rob Zombie horror film because she’s his wife. Well, yeah. Of course. Nothing wrong with getting a job for your family, is there? Have you ever had a family member who owned a business and he/she gets you a job there for free, no matter what happens? It’s the same with Rob and Sherri. It’s the same with WWE when Vince McMahon gives his kids jobs at the WWE company. As far as Sherri Moon’s acting skills though, the only reason, they are shitting on her acting is because she is Rob Zombie’s wife and she’s beautiful. They are jealous of Rob that he has a hot wife. In horror films, you don’t have to have an Oscar worthy performance. There is bad acting all over horror films. Attacking Sherri Moon for her acting skills is pretty lame and silly, in my opinion. I agree, her acting isn’t the greatest but I thought her character playing Michael’s mom as a stripper worked pretty well, in my opinion. On top of that, Sherri’s been acting in Rob’s film work way before he started working on movies. Sherri’s been starring in many of White Zombie’s music videos and his solo music career videos too. She’s also been appearing on their album covers, a lot as well. Rob has an obsession with her, so what, nothing wrong with it.
• The sequel getting rid of it’s classic “theme” song – So Rob Zombie ditched the classic theme song from the original Halloween for his sequel. Sorry to say, but I think this is a good plan. To try and have a much darker and scarier score. It helps makes the film original. I wouldn’t want to hear the same theme song in every film, would be boring and Rob felt it was time to ditch it for something new.
• Rob’s directing style – A lot of people seem to shit on Rob’s camera work and style of directing. I think Rob’s one of the most talented horror directors out there. Sorry guys, but this isn’t the 80’s anymore. All them horror directors in the 80’s: John Carpenter, Wes Craven, George A. Romero, Tobe Hooper, etc. They all had their time. These are the 2000’s years. I’ve had a post that the reason so many horror remakes are happening, is because of today’s technology and they want to make horror films look like new with technology that they didn’t have back in those days.
• Remakes shouldn’t be happening, they are ruining the classics – This is another popular argument with movie remakes. A lot of people complaining that classic films shouldn’t be remade ’cause they ruin ’em. Ya know, I’ll be honest, I have no problem with remakes and actually glad that the classics are being remade. It’s a good thing actually. People saying that remakes ruin the classics, doesn’t make a bit of sense at all. When they say that remakes ruin the classics, they mostly say it without any insight to backup with their discussion. How is it ruining the classics? You can’t think of an answer can ya? That’s just proof it isn’t ruining the classics. Rob’s Halloween series are successful, like ’em or not. He was the one that started all these horror films to be remade, since the classic films are getting too old, I find it okay to make new versions. I liked the “Friday the 13th” remake, they did a great job with that one. “Texas Chainsaw” remake was really good too.

I really am looking forward to seeing “H2” this year, Rob is a genius film maker and he will be considered a horror directing legend 20 years from now.

Kev