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Halloween (2007)
Genius!
Part of the reason I love this film is Rob Zombie. If you already look at him as something of an "evil genius," this film will only reinforce that view.
But first, I have a bone to pick with some other reviewers who complain that it "isn't true to the original." Here's a rather obvious question- if you think that the original is so perfect, then why do you ever bother watching a re-make? I mean, if you truly believe that the original can't be helped at all by being updated for a new era, then why watch this? Now for a few complaints.
WARNING- I'VE ALREADY GIVEN A SPOILER WARNING, SO HERE'S ONE MORE.
This film gives some background info on Michael, an depicts some of his childhood. Mike's back story contains a few disappointments. Mike Myers is a kid with an abusive, alcoholic step father, a stripper mom, and a slutty sister. He is also picked on a lot by kids at school.
In Zombie's version, it is suggested that Mike's homicidal streak is, in part, attributable to his turbulent home life and the general abuse that he suffers. This actually takes some of the creepiness away from the story.
But still, this isn't as bad as other reviewers have made it out to be. While its clear that Michael has a bad home life, his homicidal reactions to it are clearly the product of a dormant evil. And the punishments he doles out are far in excess of the wrongs committed against him.
For example, Mike is bullied at school, and responds by stalking the Bully, then beating him to death with a stick. He takes his time and takes delight in doing it.
In the original, the viewer was left with the impression that Mike was a the son of two model parents in a cute little suburban house who suddenly murders his sister and her lover. That's much more disturbing than what Zombie presents.
And Myers actually talks to people and cries to go home in his first days at the mental institution. Up to a certain point, one can sympathize with him, which isn't quite as disturbing as a child who turns into a callous murderer.
Also, the film takes a while to wrap up- the conclusion seems to drag out a little longer than it should, and I wasn't sure if Laurie fired one last shot into his head or not.
But this is definitely worth seeing!
S.H.E: Security Hazards Expert (1980)
Decent B- Movie Fodder
This was a made or TV flick back in 1978.
One memorable scene is where the lead actress is caught spying by some guy with a gun, who hands her over to her boyfriend and some guy named Otis
To get her to talk, she is stripped naked by a woman who looks like a sumo wrestler. She's placed inside a steam cabinet. One of her captors turns up the steam to maximum, telling her that if she doesn't talk, he's going to cook her alive.
None of the guys doing this to her are carrying guns. She's not cuffed and bound in any way. She pretty much allows them to undress her and put her in the steam bath without putting up much of a fight.
Out heroine chats with her captors while she roasts, and manages to provoke a fist fight between the two men.
While the other guys are fighting, she quietly slips out of the steam cabinet before getting roasted. All THREE of her captors are so pre-occupied that they don't notice a hot, stark naked blonde running away.