Hollywood is an interesting place where anything can happen. Rob Zombie’s 2007 remake of Halloween was downright awful. It scored a 25% at RottenTomatoes on its way to a manipulative $58 million at the box-office. It wasn’t scary and it had none of the tension John Carpenter’s original brought to the table. Everything having to do with the iconic Michael Myers was explained all the way down to what he ate for breakfast as a child, growing up with a stereoptypical white trash family. So who would think to bring Zombie back for the sequel? Why, those madcap execs at Dimension Films is who as Zombie is now officially attached to direct Halloween 2, or H2 as the teaser poster attached to the Variety announcement showcases.
Zombie will write and direct H2 with production set to begin in March with the new film picking up right as the first remake ended, following the aftermath of Michael Myers’ murderous rampage through the eyes of the sister he hunted.
“I was so burned out. (But) I took a long break, made a record and I got excited again,” Zombie told Variety regarding earlier statements saying he had no interest in returning for a sequel. “Now, we’ll be hauling ass, and that’s the problem making a movie called Halloween: If you come out Nov. 1 or after, nobody cares. If it was called anything else, I’d be fine.”
Hey Rob, don’t worry about it. No one is expecting anything more than that crap pile you served up the first time around. Take it easy and just do whatever you feel like. After all, people are already going to see it based on the name alone… You have a built in audience. How ’bout that?
However, I need you to promise me one thing – please have some trashy parent in this one that isn’t good to their kids. All horror films need that… don’t they?
