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Halloween comes out this weekend and it’s easily the third best Halloween film.  But that’s like saying you’re really good looking for an ugly person.  It’s no prize since most of the franchise sucks.  Outside of the first two, the rest of the series should be aborted.

If you go see the remake and get bored, start looking for cameos as all walk on roles are played by established actors.

See if you can find the following:

Daryl Sabara (Spy Kids)
Udo Keir
Clint Howard
Lew Temple
Bill Moseley
Leslie Easterbrook
Tom Towels (Night of the Living Dead)
Dee Wallace
Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead)
Sybil Danning
Mickey Dolenz (Awesome cameo)
Sid Haig

The third one was a major stink bomb.

At least they never set the franchise in a far flung future setting… like the Friday the 13th franchise… or make a knockoff TV series that had nothing to do with the movies… Friday the 13th… or an old school video game that is more campy cult than memorable game… Friday the 13th… I could just go on and on, but I won’t.

But it’s Rob Zombie’s incarnation of the franchise (isn’t it?). Isn’t there anything to say about it past look for the cameos? Anything?

Otherwise favorite stupidest Halloween movie title…
Halloween Water (aka “Halloween H2O”, which actually doesn’t translate into “Halloween Water” but I like saying that.)

Darke Raven - 02 September 2007 02:43 PM

...or an old school video game that is more campy cult than memorable game… Friday the 13th…

OMG!  I remember that game...for the NES, right?  I could never figure out how to win (granted, I WAS >10 years old, but still!), then Jason would come out and machete me.  I always died.  :(

I thought the new Halloween was pretty entertaining.  I love violence and gore, but I actually had to turn away a couple of times!  Very juicy, indeed.

Darke Raven - 02 September 2007 02:43 PM

At least they never set the franchise in a far flung future setting… like the Friday the 13th franchise… or make a knockoff TV series that had nothing to do with the movies… Friday the 13th… or an old school video game that is more campy cult than memorable game… Friday the 13th… I could just go on and on, but I won’t.

Yeah, at least Freddy’s Nightmares had Freddy as the narrator!

You must be the only person who thinks this movie is worth watching :)

superjoe89 - 24 July 2008 07:08 PM

You must be the only person who thinks this movie is worth watching :)

Nope! I really like Rob Zombie’s Halloween.

I liked it also...didnt LOVE it, but liked it. And I am a major Halloween fan who holds the original Carpenter film in the highest of regards. It is a far from perfect film but a few things that did work for me are the look of Myers when he is the shape, some of the first half kills were pretty well done, and even the death of Dee Wallace which was one of the differences from the original film in the second half was smurfin kick ass.