Why rob zombies halloween ii is almost a masterpiece. Halloween 2 full movie commentary rob zombie s h2 wewatchedamovie. Michael myers rob zombie halloween 2 costume mask horror. Upcoming halloween ii dvd zombies preferred version imdb. Apparently, they lost 1820 hours of footage, when their reels were xrayed in the airport. Rob zombie paul counelis rue morgue, lords of october takes a look at of one of hms favorite halloween and horror folks, director and musician rob zombie. Both movies are on one bluray disc and they look great.
Oct 31, 2012 rob zombies 2009 halloween 2 was an epic shitstorm. The film is a sequel to zombie s 2007 remake of 1978s halloween and the tenth installment in the halloween franchise. Halloween 2 full movie commentary rob zombies h2 duration. The film is a sequel to zombie s 2007 remake of 1978s halloween and the tenth installment in the halloween. Every friend and fiend i know shat on it, not entirely surprising given the enmity that met writerdirector rob zombie s illadvised first halloween. Rob zombie superbeast poster graphic printed on a soft 100% preshrunk cotton black tee. Staring scout taylorcompton, sheri moon, tyler mane and dee wallace. Rob zombie s remakes of the halloween movies remain controversial outliers in the franchise, but halloween ii raises more red flags than its predecessor, so zombie shot multiple endings for the film halloween ii goes especially off the rails for a rob zombie film, let alone a halloween installment.
She has gone completly delusional, if you realize that in the middle of the film, she seems to sense him. Rob zombie, one of american writers and directors, tries to present phenomena of a psychopath man. Buy the entire halloween collection on bluray from our amazon affiliate link here. Disappointment is one thing, but the absolute disgust i felt after seeing rob zombies halloween ii. Halloween 2 full movie commentary rob zombies h2 youtube. Like weve seen in several of the previous halloween sequels, were seeing the filmmakers trying to retrofit this complex and convoluted backstory where it doesnt belong. I hadnt seen rob zombie s second halloween movie, and had no real interest in seeking it out after the disastrous results he delivered with his original remake of the carpenter classic. The film is a remakereimagining of the 1978 horror film of the same name and the ninth installment in the halloween franchise. There were a lot of things wrong with rob zombie s sequel halloween 2, but the biggest was having michael myers speak for the first time ever. He really wanted this halloween 2 to be crazy violent and gory. Here, unlike in halloween where he was a sweet, wellmeaning psychiatrist, loomis is a total asshole, profiting off the fame he garnered by. Rob zombie s 2009 sequel halloween 2 had many flaws, but one thing that did work in its favor was a complete embrace of brutality by michael myers. Rob zombie s halloween ii is a masterpiece to some, and a piece of garbage to others. Is this reviled piece of cinema even worth having a commentary made for it.
The writerdirector posted, just finished doing the directors commentary for the dvd of halloween 2. Following up on yesterdays post about the upcoming directors cut of halloween 2, rob zombie teases us yet again this evening via his twitter account. Buy the entire halloween collection on bluray from our amazon. Writerdirector rob zombies commentary is the most telling of the extras. Donald pleasences loomis was a bit of a jerk, and a little bit nutty, but at least he wasnt a profiteering slimebag. Hellooooooo haddonfield watch rob zombies halloween 2 directors cut along with the bananalaser podcast. If the producers cut finally getting a proper release wasnt exciting enough i personally think its the biggest news of all, were also being treated to a complete box set of all ten halloween films, together for the first time, with new and old special features and several alternate cuts. Compared to the original halloween, the overall quality has improved greatly of the film. Born robert cummings in 1965, zombie is now as well known for his movies as he is for his music, which he has released and performed both as a solo artist and as part of his early band white zombie. Is rob zombie s halloween ii secretly a masterpiece. The rob zombie remake of halloween is a really wonderful horror movie. Rob zombie s biggest mistake was a talking michael myers. Rob zombie s halloween 2 picks up at the exact moment that 2007s boxoffice smash, halloween. Lets watch halloween ii together full commentary youtube.
The story is set right after the events in halloween before a time jump of one year. Sep 16, 2019 its no secret that rob zombie had a miserable time making halloween and halloween ii, his two most commercially successful films and yet the two biggest nightmares of his career as a filmmaker. Rob zombies halloween ii at least tried to be different. This is the first in a series of profiles about influential people in the halloween. With scout taylorcompton, malcolm mcdowell, tyler mane, brad dourif. Oct 12, 2017 its been 10 years since rob zombie took a crack at the halloween franchise, so lets look back on what worked, as well as what didnt. Halloween every difference between the book and the movie duration. Complete with a screenprint under the brim graphic of rob zombie himself. Its just that there was no need to see the story told again. Rob zombies halloween ii is a product of its time with a modern. Executive producers, bob weinstein, harvey weinstein, matthew stein, andy. Halloween 2 full movie commentary rob zombie s h2 duration. Myers mysterious, zombie plumbs the psychology 101 textbook of film.
Rob zombies halloween ii is a masterpiece to some, and a piece of. Both of these films are the theatrical versions of the rob zombie s halloween revisions on bluray. Bananalasers rob zombies halloween 2 directors cut. Numerous films in carpenters career were critical and commercial failures, with the notable exceptions of halloween 1978 and escape from new york. Picking up where the 2007 film ended and then jumping ahead one year. When i was putting together the horror movie a day book out this christmas. H2 halloween 2, michael myers as a serial killer, white trash, and weird al posted on monday, may 11th, 2009 by hunter stephenson last month, film visited the. Michael myers is haunted by his mother and a unicorn. This movie is very realistic as it centers a very demented child. Resurrection, eleven since rob zombie s take, and four years since the entirety of the franchise found its way to bluray. Rob zombie reboot of the halloween franchise is very disappointing.
Aug 26, 2017 rob zombies halloween crushed two visions into one. Nov 04, 2014 filmmaker rob zombie returns to haddonfield for this dimension films sequel that finds the murderous psychopath michael myers once again played by tyler mane out on the loose again. We could all live without seeing rob zombie s remake of halloween, although this isnt a bad film. Zombie s remake of halloween 2 was more of a retelling, exploring both laurie and michael myers stories as well as dr. Halloween 1 was a barely acceptable mess, and halloween 2. This bluray from allaince is from canada but plays here in the u. This adjustable snapback cap features zombie power and a middle finger graphic on the front, with f you text on the back. The halloween extended tv cut is mostly presented in 1080p24fps with a mpeg4 avc codec with tv scenes presented in sd. Rob zombie collection set the devils rejects house of corpses halloween ii the devils rejects house of a thousand corpses hal nonusa format, pal, reg.
Rob zombies halloween crushed two visions into one. He is the oldest son of louise and robert cummings, and has a younger brother, michael david aka spider one. Unrated directors cut starring scout taylorcompton, tyler mane and malcolm mcdowell written and directed by rob zombie alliance home entertainment thank satan i did not see halloween 2 in theatres. H2 movie trailer rob zombie s halloween 2 posted on friday, april 24th, 2009 by hunter stephenson the first trailer for rob zombie s h2 has premiered on yahoo movies. Halloween 1 was a barely acceptable mess, and halloween 2 almost made it look passable.
With this message, this tee is sure to make a statement for rob zombie fans. So thats what we think rob zombie s halloween 3 would have looked like. Is rob zombie s halloween 2 really as bad and silly as. I really didnt understand the white horse reference either. Filmmaker rob zombie returns to haddonfield for this dimension films sequel that finds the murderous psychopath michael myers once again played by tyler mane out on the loose again. As visceral and violent and rob zombies halloween 1 and 2 are, the sequel has a more supernatural. Rob zombie reflects on the miserable experience of making. Brand new from zomboogey, the clothing collaboration between rob zombie and local boogeyman is this limited edition tshirt, featuring sheri moon zombie in her role of debbie myers from halloween 2. Halloween ii is a 2009 american slasher film written, directed, and produced by rob zombie. Rob zombies halloween 2 completely embraced brutality. This article contains halloween ii spoilers fans of the halloween franchise have been decisively split over rob zombie s reboot of john carpenters classic slasher flick especially in regards to this summers sequel, halloween ii.
Review rob zombies very personal halloween ii bloody. Rob zombie is not my idea of a particularly good director. I bring this up now because so many writers went after rob zombie s halloween in 2007 with spittled vehemence that really should have been allotted to platinum dunes and nispels texas. Rob zombies halloween 2 the devil walks among us book. Zombie even commented on this during the sequels audio commentary saying what are you gonna do.
I also enjoy this movie because it is not too gory, which is very surprising and unexpected for rob. Robert bartleh cummings, more famously known as rob zombie, was born in haverhill, massachusetts on january 12, 1965. Very brutal and bloody that is so unnecessary, because look at the original 1974 halloween, barly any gore. Halloween 2 2009 bluray 04339634187 movies your son michael is a very disturbed young man. A dimension films release of a malek akkad production. Rob zombie s sequel to his 2007 remake of halloween is by far the worst film in the series. Rob zombie has 29 books on goodreads with 5274 ratings. He recently completed work on a noir anthology graphic novel titled, sylvia plaths the bell noir.
Its been a while since halloween fans really had something to look forward to. All rob zombie movies ranked, worst to best screen rant. Nov 01, 2011 spike lee is making another comic book movie. If you listen to the commentary track or read interviews hes. The first footage from rob zombie s h2 halloween 2 has appeared on entertainment tonight and its actually worth a look. What would rob zombies halloween 3 have looked like. The rob zombie iterations of halloween clearly remove any supernatural aspect from the character of michael myers, this results in a plot inconsistency from. To put an on the spot number on this book 2 3 of this book is joel mcivers commentary on rob zombie s work then of it is actually rob zombie s life and times persay. Aug 28, 2009 donald pleasences loomis was a bit of a jerk, and a little bit nutty, but at least he wasnt a profiteering slimebag. The rob zombie fu tee features a fiery design of rob zombie extending his middle finger on the front and fuck you on the back. The zombie power cross snapback cap by rob zombie is a tour item now available on web.
Laurie is still dealing with the aftermath of that halloween night while dr. Why rob zombies halloween divided audiences hollywood. Onoff captions and subtitles english for hearing impaired spanish subtitles. Halloween 2 takes itself too seriously reel cleveland. Rob zombie s halloween 2 completely embraced brutality why this worked. Limited edition sheri moon zombie, halloween 2 shirt.
To me, its about understanding what laurie is experiencing through this. The disc art of rob zombie s halloween disc 1 uses the australian disc art it will still play regardless. Halloween by rob zombie malcolm mcdowell, sheri moon. Mar 10, 2020 brand new from zomboogey, the clothing collaboration between rob zombie and local boogeyman is this limited edition tshirt, featuring sheri moon zombie in her role of debbie myers from halloween 2. It is the tenth film overall in the longrunning halloween franchise laurie strode scout taylorcompton managed to shoot michael myers in the head on halloween night. Rob zombies halloween ii was his last entry in the series, but it features multiple endings that deserve explanation. Feb 21, 2018 rob zombie s halloween commentary wewatchedamovie. Lemar october 31, 20 1 comment as critically divisive as the previous film was, it was a huge financial success. Rob zombies halloween 2 multiple endings explained screen rant. This years halloween is the first new chapter in the series since rob zombie s halloween ii, marking nearly a decade leaving fans wanting more michael myers. When youre rebooting a film franchise you obviously run the risk of not pleasing the fans. Halloween by rob zombie malcolm mcdowell, sheri moon zombie. Bring us home for rob zombies 2009 surrealist sequel, halloween ii.
I just rewatched this one the other night, on bluray. Loomis takes advantage of the tragedy and releases a new book. Aug 30, 2009 halloween 2 takes itself too seriously posted by robert ignizio on sun, aug 30, 2009 at 9. The only problem is that thats not the movie rob zombie realized he was making. Halloween 2 not so long ago a new director burst onto our screens with one of the most violent and freaky horror films ever created. Dan caffrey revisits the summer of 2007, when rob zombie brought halloween a couple of months early. It takes away from the present storyline and the urgency of whats happening to the characters. House of corpses stole so much from texas chainsaw massacre. Rob zombie is the biggest hack in hollywood currently.
Halloween 2 411 movie clip buddy the night watchman. This is one of the rare books used in rob zombies halloween 2 movie. Sinister urge is the first indepth, careerspanning biography of heavymetal musician and filmmaker rob zombie. Halloween is a 2007 american slasher film written, directed, and produced by rob zombie. Rob zombies halloween halloween 2 double feature bluray. After being committed for 17 years, michael myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to haddonfield to find his baby sister, laurie. Is rob zombies halloween ii secretly a masterpiece. Rob zombies most popular book is the lords of salem. Its been twenty years since halloween h20, sixteen since halloween. Halloween every difference between the book and the movie. For more michael myers halloween parodies, horror videos, horror.
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