Movies Suck - Halloween

Hello Hello this is Malachi here with my first of weekly movie reviews. This one is on the recent horror movie Halloween.

Halloween, a wonderfully gory tale of murder, mayhem and death all mixed together in a giant pot stirred by master of the wicked, Rob Zombie. A gripping tale about a boy, his mask, and their journey into the world of mindless killing. We are first introduced to the young Michel Myers, a boy that has been brought up into a world where he finds no love from anyone but his mother. Deeply disturbed, Michel turns to violence, against anything that he feels the need to hurt. The film presents a deep look at the childhood of a future serial killer, and those around him that might have been the cause.
The viewer will see the life of a killer and how he affects the people around him both directly and indirectly. The true nature of people is exposed when they think that no one is around to witness their cruelty. The film is almost a shot for shot remake of the first film, with the same characters and the same feeling of eeriness. For fans of the horror genre it is a perfect addition to the series, and it keeps the older fans in check. It follows Michel from childhood until adulthood; he spends most of his life in the same cell of a mental asylum, where he is constantly visited by the esteemed Dr. Samuel Loomis, a child psychologist. Who tries to salvage what is left of Michel’s life by talking to him and trying to befriend him.
The film was very well done it had some very experienced people working behind it. The director, Rob Zombie, know what he is doing with two other horror movies under his belt. So the story was very well played out, everything happened in order, it made sense and it was true to the overall story that came before it. The scenes were all well shot, and the locations very nice. The movie looked like it took place during Halloween, also most of the scenes were in the dark, but the level of visibility was reasonable. Being a Rob Zombie film, there was bound to be plenty of blood and guts. The limbs and organs all looked very realistic, as did the gallons of blood.
The music in the film was a combination of the original scary theme, and other scores written for the movie, and some music from various bands and artists. It was strategically placed throughout the movie to help aid the suspenseful feeling in the audience.
A few things that I did not like about the movie are the same things that I don’t like about any horror movie, the complete lack of hope. In most horror movies there is some prevailing good that eventually defeats the evil and saves the day, or at least escapes from being killed. There was really no problem with the way that the film was made, the only real problem I had was the way the teenage girls acted so vulgar and annoying. Other than that I found nothing wrong with the way the movie was made.
The most important character in the movie was Michel as a boy, he was played by a brand new Canadian actor Daeg Faerch. He did an amazing job playing a demented little kid in this movie; I had a hard time believing he could be normal in real life after seeing this movie. Rob Zombie used a lot of the same actors that have been in his other movies, such as his wife, Danny Trejo, and William Forsyth. The part of Dr. Samuel Loomis is played by the esteemed Malcolm McDowell, he does a perfect job as the well read and sophisticated psychologist.
The only characters that I had any kind of problem with were the teenage girls. For lack of a better word, they are all whores in the movie, which is probably just an excuse for the audience to think it’s okay for them to die. Most audience members will feel very angry at the people that caused Michel pain, and even angrier at him when he does it back. He is a very easy character to hate and so are most of the people in the movie. The somewhat hero of the movie is Dr. Loomis, he tries to help Michel and is very worried about his well being, so he is easy to like and relate to.
In general this was a good movie, and a very good horror movie. Acting, directing, story, writing, music, and anything else you could think of was all good. It was no masterpiece, but it is so much better than anything else that comes out these days. I give it 41/2 of 5 stars.

Thanks. See ya next week.