rock-star. His take on Carpenter’s
masterpiece isn’t so much a film
as the back page of a teenage
sociopath’s math book brought
to life. Not content with delivering a terrifying slasher movie,
Zombie decided he’d delve into
what turns a young boy into a
psychopath. The first half of the
movie - yes, the entire first half is devoted to Myers’ childhood.
Seems it wasn’t the supernatural
forces of ancient Ireland that influenced young Michael; no, it
was the fact that his daddy was
an alcoholic redneck and his
mother a stripper. If a film-maker
wants to make a treatise on nature versus nurture that’s fine,
but don’t hijack a much loved
franchise to deliver your halfbaked psychology lesson.
If one word can describe Zombie’s style, it’s ‘ugly’. Every character, even Dr. Loomis (McDowell), looks like a guest on Jerry
Springer. Like Michael Haneke
and Lars Von Trier, Zombie
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