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Halloween is a 2007 American slasher film written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie. The film is a remake/reimagining of the 1978 horror film of the same name; the first in the rebooted Halloween film series and the ninth installment of the Halloween franchise. The film stars Tyler Mane as the adult Michael Myers, Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Sam Loomis, and Scout Taylor-Compton as Laurie Strode; Daeg Faerch portrays a ten-year-old Michael Myers. Rob Zombie's "reimagining" follows the premise of John Carpenter's original, with Michael Myers stalking Laurie Strode and her friends on Halloween night. Zombie's film goes deeper into the character's psyche, trying to answer the question of what drove him to kill people, whereas in Carpenter's original film Michael did not have an explicit reason for killing.
Working from Carpenter's advice to "make [the film] his own",[3] Zombie chose to develop the film as both a prequel and a remake, allowing for more original content than simply re-filming the same scenes. Despite mostly negative reviews, the film, which cost $15 million to make,[2] went on to gross $80,208,039 worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the Halloweenfranchise in unadjusted U.S. dollars. Zombie followed the film with a sequel, Halloween II, in 2009.
On Halloween in Haddonfield, Illinois, having already shown signs of psychopathic tendencies, ten-year-old Michael Myers (Daeg Faerch) murders a school bully (Daryl Sabara). Later that evening, he murders his older sister Judith (Hanna R. Hall), his mother's boyfriend Ronnie (William Forsythe), and Judith's boyfriend Steve (Adam Weisman). Only his baby sister, Angel Myers, is spared. After one of the longest trials in the state's history, Michael is found guilty of first-degree murder and sent to Smith's Grove Sanitarium under the care of child psychologist Dr. Samuel Loomis (Malcolm McDowell), who he initially cooperates with. Over the following year, Michael becomes fixated on his papier-mâché masks, closing himself off from everyone, even his mother Deborah (Sheri Moon Zombie), who visits him regularly. When Michael kills a nurse as Deborah is leaving from one of her visits, she can no longer handle the situation and commits suicide.
For the next fifteen years, Michael (Tyler Mane) continues making masks and not speaking to anyone. Loomis, having continued to treat Michael over the years, attempts to move on with his life and closes Michael's case. Later, provoked by a hospital guard, Michael kills the sanitarium employees and escapes. He kills a truck driver for his clothes, and makes his way back to Haddonfield. On Halloween, Michael arrives at his now-abandoned childhood home, where he recovers the kitchen knife and Halloween mask he stored under the floorboards the night he killed his sister.
Meanwhile, Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton), and her friends Annie Brackett (Danielle Harris) and Lynda Van Der Klok(Kristina Klebe) prepare for Halloween. Throughout the day, Laurie witnesses Michael watching her from a distance. That night, she goes to babysit Tommy Doyle (Skyler Gisondo). At Michael's childhood home, Lynda meets up with her boyfriend Bob Simms (Nick Mennell). Michael murders them, then heads to the Strode home, where he murders Laurie's parents, Mason (Pat Skipper) and Cynthia (Dee Wallace). Loomis, having been alerted of Michael's escape, comes to Haddonfield looking for Michael. After obtaining a handgun, Loomis attempts to warn Annie's father, Sheriff Leigh Brackett (Brad Dourif), that Michael has returned to Haddonfield. Loomis and Brackett head to the Strode home, with Brackett explaining along the way that Laurie is actually Angel Myers.
Meanwhile, Annie convinces Laurie to babysit Lindsey Wallace (Jenny Gregg Stewart), a girl Annie is supposed to be watching, so that she can have sex with her boyfriend Paul (Max Van Ville). Annie and Paul return to the Wallace home. During sex, Michael kills Paul and attacks Annie. Bringing Lindsey home, Laurie finds Annie on the floor, badly hurt but still alive, and calls the police. She is attacked by Michael, who chases her back to the Doyle home. Loomis and Brackett hear the call announced over the radio and head toward the Wallace residence. Meanwhile, Michael kidnaps Laurie and takes her back to his home. He approaches Laurie and tries to show her that she is his sister, presenting a picture of them with their mother.
Unable to understand, Laurie stabs Michael with his own knife before escaping the house. Michael chases her, but Loomis intervenes and shoots him. Recovering, Michael recaptures Laurie before she can leave and heads back to the house. Loomis tries to reason with Michael, but instead, Michael squeezes Loomis's skull with his bare hands, incapacitating him. Laurie takes Loomis's gun and runs upstairs, but she is chased again by Michael, who, after cornering her on a balcony, charges her head-on, knocking both of them over the railing. Laurie comes to on top of an unconscious Michael. Aiming Loomis' gun at his face, she fires just as Michael awakens.
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| Directed by | Rob Zombie |
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| Screenplay by | Rob Zombie |
| Based on | Halloween by John Carpenter and Debra Hill |
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| Music by | Tyler Bates John Carpenter (themes) |
| Cinematography | Phil Parmet |
| Edited by | Glenn Garland |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million[2] |
| Box office | $80.2 million |
