Tom Stoppard once wrote a one act play called “The Fifteen Minute Hamlet” which was, as you can probably guess, a pretty incoherent version of “Hamlet” performed in 15 minutes. You can imagine that much would have to be left out and that what was once dramatic and tragic would...

Musician turned movie director Rob Zombie must be the last principled person left in all of Hollywood. How else to explain Zombie’s insistence that, despite the gangbuster opening weekend of his “Halloween” remake over the Labor Day weekend (it pulled in $30 million to set a new benchmark...

It appears people WERE ready for Rob Zombie to remake John Carpenter’s seminal slasher movie “Halloween” after all, if the remake’s box office take over the Labor Day weekend is any indication. According to Variety, “Halloween” debuted with an impressive $26.5 million...

Depending on your taste in movies, you should have at least one movie catering exclusively to you. Like gross out lowest common denominator humor? Then “Balls of Fury” is probably for you. I mean, come on, the name alone would indicate that. Like horror movies? Then Rob Zombie’s “Halloween”...

Rob Zombie’s update of John Carpenter’s classic “Halloween” won’t be slicing and dicing audiences until August 31st, but the filmmakers have a contest for you, and all you have to do to win is to find your inner Halloween. So what’s at stake if you should win? How...

(Article by Robert Lewis) It’s almost here… Rob Zombie’s stylish re-invention of the classic Halloween franchise is set to take a stab — pun intended — at the [currently] horror-unfriendly box-office crowd in a matter of 9 days. Whether it falls into “eternal summer...

(Article by Robert Lewis) Whether you’re welcoming it with open arms, or despising it with a passion, the release of Rob Zombie’s redux of John Carpenter’s seminal slasher Halloween is just around the corner. Having attended a special screening in the thick of 34th Street, a lucky New...

The more I think about this remake of Carpenter’s “Halloween”, the more I think it’s such a stupid idea. You gotta wonder why Rob Zombie, a notoriously obsessed horror movie fan would even consider remaking Carpenter’s 1978 original. It’s not like there’s anything...

It’s hard for me to get excited about yet another Hollywood remake of a movie, classic or otherwise, but I really can’t bring myself to hate or love this idea of remaking John Carpenter’s 1978 seminal slasher film “Halloween”. I guess I’m not one of those people who...