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Halloween II (1981)

slasherella — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:06:30 +0000

Michael Myers is back and still hunting poor Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis reprises the role she did such a fantastic job playing) in Halloween II and this time, it’s bloodier. The gore and mess missing from its predecessor is out in full force and blood-lusters couldn’t be happier.

While Halloween II maybe not be as good as the first, but damned if it isn’t close. The movie picks up where the first left off. Laurie is being taken to a hospital while the police search for Michael. One need not think too hard to figure out that he’s going to show up to finish what he started with poor Laurie. We’d have a pretty boring movie if he didn’t. What happens from there is slasher movie brilliance.

Quick Review: One of the best slasher movies of all time. No question.

Love the movie? Buy the DVD:

Halloween II

Buy the Halloween 30th Anniversay Box Set:

Halloween: 30th Anniversary Box Set

Buy the Rob Zombie Remake on DVD:

Halloween II (Unrated Director’s Cut)

Buy the Rob Zombie Remake on Blu-Ray

Halloween II (Unrated Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]

Halloween (1978)

slasherella — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:41:23 +0000

This is the movie that started it all… the one and only original Halloween. It’s not a remake. It’s not a sequel but the movie that spawned this legendary series and introduced the masses to Jamie Lee Curtis.

Although Halloween was made in 1978 for only $300, 000, it’s scare factor definitely stands the test of time. There isn’t as much blood and gore when compared to today’s slasher films, but Halloween doesn’t need it. It relies on music, mood and camera work to truly scare the bejesus out of its audience. It takes its time to build characters and make them likable. You really care if Laurie Strode lives or dies. You’re rooting for her to win, even if secretly there’s a part of you that wants to see Michael win too.

Quick Review: If you haven’t seen this classic slasher movie, I don’t know what you’re waiting for. A must see example of slasher movie perfection!

Love the movie? Buy the DVD:

Halloween

Blu-Ray

Halloween [Blu-ray]

Buy the 30th Anniversary Box Set!

Halloween: 30th Anniversary Box Set

Buy the Rob Zombie remake on DVD:

Halloween – Unrated Director’s Cut (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)

Buy the Rob Zombie remake on Blu-Ray

Halloween (2-Disc Unrated Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]

Halloween (2007)

slasherella — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:04:59 +0000

This Halloween remake by none other than Rob Zombie may well be one of the best slasher movies ever made. Not content to just make the movie all blood and guts, Zombie tries to get inside the mind of Michael Myers and explain why the little boy wearing the clown mask at the beginning of the movie turns out to be a psychopathic killer. That isn’t to say, though, there is a shortage of the red stuff.

The killings are brutal and the gore doesn’t disappoint. The age old theory that having sex or using drugs as a teenager is bound to get you killed is proved time and again, but Halloween is more than a slasher flick under Zombie’s helm. It has an actual story.

Quick Review: Like House of a Thousand Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects, Zombie has once again shown with his retelling of Halloween that he knows horror and can make it more than what the viewer has come to expect. Great movie.

Love the movie? Buy the DVD:

Halloween – Unrated Director’s Cut (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)

Blu-Ray

Halloween (2-Disc Unrated Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]

Like the remake? Check out the original on DVD:

Halloween

Or Blu-Ray:

Halloween [Blu-ray]