Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
TheHalloweenfranchise got the remake treatment in 2007 and 2009 thanks to Rob Zombie’sHalloweenandHalloween II , and while he took the basic premise of the first twoHalloweenmovies , he made some major change toHalloweencanon . TheHalloweenfranchise has gone through different retcons that have made fashion for different timeline , the most late one ( and look at as the unequivocal timeline ) being the reboot one , where Laurie Strode ( Jamie Lee Curtis ) and Michael Myers are not connect and she , along with her granddaughter Allyson ( Andi Matichak ) , in conclusion defeated Michael in the terminal movie , Halloween Ends .
One of the timelines in theHalloweensaga is the remaking one , courtesy ofRob Zombie and his twoHalloweenremakes . Zombie combined component of a prequel , a remaking , and original stuff when play his vision of Michael Myers andHalloweento life , result in two picture show that have the same canonical storyline as the first twoHalloweenmovies but with pregnant change not only to the story but the characters as well , peculiarly Michael Myers , of which some ended up hurting the characters and the saga . Here are seven ways in which Rob Zombie’sHalloweenmovies changed canon .
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1Michael Myers’s First Victim
John Carpenter’sHalloweenbegins by taking the interview to Halloween night 1963 , when a six - twelvemonth - onetime Michael Myers , dress as a buffoon as he had gone trick - or - treating , returned home to obliterate his erstwhile sister , Judith . This was Michael ’s first murder , after which he was station to Smith ’s Grove Sanitarium , where he became the patient role of Dr. Samuel Loomis ( Donald Pleasence ) . In Rob Zombie’sHalloween , Michael Myers also obliterate his old babe , but she was n’t his first victim and the details of her murder were also different . First off , Michael Myers ( roleplay by Daeg Faerch)was 10 year old when he institutionalise his first murder , and his dupe was Wesley Rhoades , a school bully . Wesley tease Michael about his mother , Deborah ( Sheri Moon Zombie ) , being an alien dancer , resulting in a fighting that was stop by their school ’s principal .
After shoal , Michael followed Wesley through the Sir Henry Joseph Wood on his way of life home and ambushed him . Michael put on a goof mask and beat Wesley with a large tree branch , and though Wesley was outcry and apologized for what he did to him , Michael terminate up beating him to dying . Later that day , after Judith dismissed her mother ’s request to take Michael trick - or - treating and alternatively remain home with her boyfriend , Steven , and after survive more verbal abuse from Deborah ’s fellow , Ronnie , Michael stomach a psychotic break and , wearing his clown costume , killed Ronnie , Steve , and Judith . Michael then submit his baby sister , Angel , and take her outside with him as they look for their female parent to return .
2Zombie’s Halloween Established Michael Myers As A Psychopath
Rob Zombie’sHalloweenimmediately give away why Michael Myers kills , as from an early age , he exhibited signs of psychopathic tendencies . Michael was asocial , miss empathy , had a captivation with harm animals , and hid his face behind masquerade party in his search for solitude and as a coping mechanism after all the ill-usage he bear at plate and at school day . In Carpenter’sHalloween , a intellect for Michael Myers to wipe out his baby and cover his murder spree 15 eld later was n’t give , conduct Loomis to key him as the embodiment of evil . Not screw what drove Michael Myers to toss off made him scarier , but Zombie ’s edition had the opposite effect as he gave him reasons to kill .
3Michael Myers’ Mother Killed Herself
Michael Myers ’ parents are only realise briefly at the beginning of Carpenter’sHalloween , when they come at their home to detect six - year - old Michael , in his clown costume , holding a bloody knife outside their business firm . The flick did n’t explainwhat happened to Michael Myers ’ parentsafter Michael killed Judith , so Zombie work that whodunit , changingHalloweencanon in the process . Michael ’s father passed away before the events of the motion picture , so he was advance by Deborah , who at the clip of the events ofHalloween , was dating a man named Ronnie White , who was abusive to her and her children . After Michael ’s apprehension , she chat her son at Smith ’s Grove Sanitarium for months until he killed a nursemaid , and at that moment , Deborah saw how dangerous her boy really was . Deborah retort home and killed herself , leaving her child daughter , Angel , alone .
4Annie Brackett Survived Her First Attack
In both Carpenter and Zombie’sHalloweenmovies , Annie Brackett was one of Laurie Strode ’s best Friend , and while she was killed by Michael Myers in the 1978 movie , Zombie decided to give her a different lot … for a while . Michael attacked Annie and stabbed her , but he did n’t kill her . Laurie found Annie and called for assistance , andHalloween IIconfirmed that Annie hold up , but was give with scrape all over her body , include her face . Two years later , as Laurie was now experience with her and her Fatherhood , Michael Myers arrived at Annie ’s house , and as she was alone , he attacked Annie again , and she pall in Laurie ’s arms .
5Dr. Loomis Used Michael Myers To Become Famous
Among the most controversial changes Rob Zombie made in hisHalloweenmovies are those related to Dr. Loomis ( Malcolm McDowell ) . Loomis fill Michael before he killed his sister , as he was called by the schooling ’s principal after Michael ’s fight with Wesley and after the principal found a beat cat in his back pack , among other disturbing things . Loomis continued to treat Michael when he was post to Smith ’s Grove , and with time , he conclude that Michael was no longer human and was , instead , a creature of thoroughgoing iniquity , and document his body of work with Michael in a playscript titledThe Devil ’s Eye , which became a bestseller . After Michael ’s escape from Smith ’s Grove , he went after him and try out to stop him from killing Laurie by shooting him , but Michael still managed to escape .
InHalloween II , it was revealed that Loomis write another record book about Michael , titledThe Devil walk Among Us , in which he included the big reveal of Laurie being Michael ’s youngest sister . Loomis started promote his book in the worst way potential and had no respect for the victims and their families , and he finally realized these mistake when he learned that Michael was alive and had adopt Laurie surety . Loomis tried to save Laurie from Michael , but he was killed by his former affected role . In Carpenter ’s movie , Loomis never took vantage of Michael ’s story and made a profit out of it , and it was n’t untilHalloween : The Curse of Michael Myersthat it was involve that he was kill by Michael Myers .
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6Michael Myers Has Visions Of His Mother In Halloween II
Another controversial change in Zombie’sHalloweenmovies are the imagination Michael Myers had of his female parent and his untried ego inHalloween II . In the first movie , Deborah add Michael a lily-white sawhorse figurine as a gift , and years later , duringHalloween II , Michael bulge out get hallucination of his female parent ’s ghost , his immature ego , and a whitened horse cavalry , with his mother narrate him to reunite with Laurie . At the same meter , Laurie commence having hallucination that mirrored Michael ’s past , as well as her act out Michael ’s murders . At the goal ofHalloween II , Laurie had a shared delusion of their mother with Michael , and she was the one who stabbed him to death .
7Michael Myers Speaks In Halloween II
summate to the list of controversial changes in Zombie’sHalloweenmovies is the moment inHalloween IIwhen adult Michael Myers spokefor the first clock time in over a decade . Unlike in Carpenter ’s movie , where Michael stopped tattle right after killing Judith , in Zombie ’s movies Michael continued talking after being sent to Smith ’s Grove , but he lead off to back away and gradually stopped talking . To everyone ’s surprisal , in his final showdown with Loomis inHalloween II , an furious and unmasked Michael Myers yell “ buy the farm ! ” before attacking Loomis , and that ’s the only time grownup Michael Myers has spoken in the wholeHalloweensaga .
