Discuss: Is A Maskless and Bearded Michael Myers Brilliant Or Stupid As Hell?

Posted by Rob Hunter (rob@filmschoolrejects.com) on April 8, 2009

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I love John Carpenter’s original Halloween, but I’ll admit up front that I’m no fan of Rob Zombie’s 2007 redux.  Between his lack of subtlety and style and that annoying, little, pouty girl playing the young Michael Myers throughout the film’s first half?  Fucking dreadful, monotonous, and boring.  But like a stereotypical abused wife I’m happy to give additional chances to folks who probably don’t deserve it, so I’ve been looking at Zombie’s upcoming sequel with an open mind.

Until now.

Per Shock Till You Drop, Michael Myers will spend about 70% of H2 without a mask.  Myers, the iconic masked boogie man, will walk around for most of the new film with a beard on his face instead of a mask.  Note to Zombie… a dude that looks like the lost and retarded fourth member of ZZ Top is not scary.  Special effects man Wayne Toth says “That’s Michael’s new look for a lot of the film. Fans will be shocked. They seem pretty responsive to it. But it’s like anything else, as long as you’re doing something cool, people get it.“  Check out STYD for more disappointing quotes from the man including how the eventual reveal of Myers’ brand new mask will throw “fans for a loop.”  I can only assume William Shatner is gonna be pissed…

Should this even be called a Halloween film anymore?


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  • PHiL
    I feel that if Zombie does HIS OWN version of Halloween 2, it'll be good because who want to see a shot-for-shot remake of a movie *cough* Psycho, which I liked and dug it, But this is Halloween. Let Zombie do something of his own, that's the part that makes originality apart from Micheal Bay-ish directors *couch* Marcus Nispel.
    Let Zombie do his thing. If you got a problem with this NEW MASK thing that's going around then don't watch the movie. That's all.

    I'm not throwing this reply to Rob Hunter, just people in general who balk at someone taking Michael Myers to a place called O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L-I-T-Y. Peace.
  • Richard. C
    Ok so i thought the remake of halloween by rob zombie was cool except for that stupid girl that kept falling over and over to the ground was annoying as hell but the rest of it was ok but making another halloween movie is kinda over doing it by zombie i think he should just stick to making music and quite thinking he's this master mind of horror come on man your house of 1000 corpses sucked and the devil's rejects was alright and didnt make since ugggh... ok so no i think his should be named micheal myers and the search of a new mask and knife ooooooohhh scary LOL
  • Tenika
    This new Mike Myers looks like my boyfriend's uncle to be quite honest. He's a really nice guy though, just really creepy looking
  • Sounds like a bad idea. This is a Michael Myers film, not a Grizzly Adams murder mystery. As for the "new mask," we've already seen the early sculpts and it looks like the regular mask all broken and cracked up. Maybe the actual reveal itself is what throws people through a loop, not the mask design.

    And to PHiL, I think it is ironic when you talk about bringing "originality" to a remake/reboot of a long spanning franchise.

    As for Marcus Nispel and Platinum Dunes, go watch the originals and then watch the remakes. They're most definitely not anywhere even close to being shot-for-shot remakes or even all that close to the originals in style and events.
  • Chris
    Halloween of 1000 Corpses, hooray!

    Sorry, but ol' Zombie doesn't seem to get it. The 2 things that make Michael iconic are A: The music (which rumors have swirled that he doesn't plan on using it), and B: The mask. Without those 2 things, this is basically Slasher Movie #4058.
  • Agreed. This is sacrilege. Freddy has the hat, sweater, and knife glove; Jason has the hockey mask and machete; Michael Myers has the bad Shatner mask.
  • jessealess
    I still don't understand H2. I thought Michael died in the first one, and that R. Zombie wanted to give the story a more non-supernatural spin. So who is this Michael? Did he somehow survive that last gunshot to his head? Did he come back to life? Also, why would he be mask-less? Wasn't his whole thing about masks? Many things I don't get, but I'll reserve my opinion until I see the final version.
  • If they wanted a maskless Michael Meyers, couldn't they have just gotten William Shatner to play him?
  • David G
    A zombiefied Ulysses S. Grant!!!
  • Enough with the damn remakes already!
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