Rob Zombie’s Halloween
Although Rob Zombie’sHalloweenfollows the same premise as John Carpenter ’s original movie , he completely misunderstood Michael Myers and ended up ruin him . TheHalloweenfranchise has gone through various retcons , which have created different timelines , each one with a different account of why Michael Myers kills and why he seems to be unvanquishable , and one of the timeline that hurt the character of Michael Myers the most is the remaking one , thanks to Rob Zombie’sHalloween(2007 ) andHalloween II(2009 ) .
Rob Zombie’sHalloweenspent a big part of its clip exploring Michael Myers ’ childhood in Haddonfield , Illinois , showing his psychopathologic tendencies as well as his first execution victim , which unlike the original movie , was n’t his older sister . Michael was eventually send to Smith ’s Grove Sanitarium , where he became the patient of Dr. Samuel Loomis ( Malcolm McDowell ) , and after other traumatic result , he never spoke again . Michael escaped from Smith ’s Grove 15 year later and returned to Haddonfield right on fourth dimension for Halloween , and he started stalking Laurie Strode ( Scout Taylor - Compton ) and her friends – however , Zombie misunderstood Michael Myers and his motivations , and in an attempt to do something unlike , he ruin the character .
Rob Zombie Is Wrong About Michael Myers' Motivations In Halloween
When aHalloweenremake directed by Rob Zombie was announce , Zombie explained that his moviewould combine the elements of a prequel and remake with the original construct of Carpenter ’s picture show , though he insist that there would be more original content . Zombie subsequently spread out upabout his sight for Michael Myers , share that he need to reinvent him to make him scary again , he would delve deeply into his backstory to supply “ newfangled life ” to him , and he want him to be true to what a psychopath really is like . In addition to that , he desire Michael ’s motivations for returning to Haddonfield to be more ambiguous , so they would nurture the question of whether he was“trying to pop Laurie , or just find her because he loves her ” , but this was n’t the case in the last product .
Michael Myers ’ motivation in Zombie’sHalloweenremakes were n’t ambiguous at all , and they in spades did n’t raise the questions Zombie was direct for . Young Michael Myerswas loving and care with Laurie ( who is revealed to be his youngest sister ) , so much so that he spare her when he kill Judith , her swain , and his mother ’s opprobrious boyfriend . However , when Michael return to Haddonfield 15 year after , he kills everyone close to Laurie and kidnaps her , but take a more belligerent feeler when she escapes . Adult Michael ’s actions when it come to Laurie never translated as “ loving ” or “ caring ” , instead being purely psychotic , and they were made worse in the sequel with the addition of the hallucinations of their mother asking Michael to reunite with Laurie . Michael Myers ’ motivations to pour down and go after Laurie are meant to be a mystery , which is why Michael is so scary , but Zombie select to dismiss that .
Zombie’s Michael Myers Ruined The Legendary Slasher
Rob Zombie ’s visual sensation for Michael Myers in hisHalloweenremake ended up ruin the legendary slasher beyond failing to make his motivation “ ambiguous ” . As bring up above , Zombie’sHalloweenspent a lot of clip explore Michael Myers ’ backstory , which was not only unnecessary but gave too many account as to why he is the way he is and why he does what he does , but the audience is n’t conjecture to sympathise with the baddie . Halloween IImade the most harm by let Michael speakfor the first time and with the aforementioned hallucinations of his mother ’s ghost , his youthful ego , and a whitened horse , all of which did n’t help make Michael Myers “ scary ” as Rob Zombie intended , and really had the opposite essence .
