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When Rob Zombie makes a horror flick you can usually expect two things, gore and lots of it. This is no different and surprise, surprise it doesn't really stick to the premise of the 1981 sequel beyond the opening five minutes.
Admittedly I can see where Zombie was going with this one and it might just have worked, had he not gone over the top with the body count and senseless violence.
The film begins in a sanatorium where a young Michael Myers is being kept under observation as a result of his actions as a delinquent and deeply troubled young boy.
His mother comes to visit him with a gift, a model of a white horse, which he reveals he saw in a dream. This is an important scene and sets the tone for the rest of the film, during which that vision is revisited.
Myers' inner-child plays a large part of this movie and almost gives the character a new depth, if you can look beyond the numerous clichŽs of the horror genre.
A year after Angel Myers shoots her brother and his body goes "missing" in the lead up to Halloween, mutilated dead bodies keep appearing...but not Michael's obviously!
Angel has taken on a new identity and is trying to rebuild her shattered life and put the past behind her which predictably proves to be easier said than done.
The man who wrote a best selling novel about Myers and his murders is promoting his newest book, on the same subject, much to the dismay of all those around him, even weird Al Yankovich.
One thing I found really put me off this film was the tired over-use of the whole "It was just a dream" bit, which kept happening.
There were even some genuinely funny moments in the film, namely when the English author Dr Loomis asked his assistant for some PG Tips (something only the Brits would understand) and she didn't know what he meant.
For me, the scariest part of this film didn't even involve any killings or loud noises. The sight of a young boy standing silently in a clown mask is enough to make anyone cower in their seat, right?
