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I'm a huge fan of the franchise, and think this could be a really cool movie...



On Thursday Fangoria Magazine reported that Rob Zombie would be directing Halloween 9.

Saturday, Zombie responded to the rumors on his blog stating, "I don't know how this story all got started but I AM NOT MAKING HALLOWEEN 9."

Well something happened between Saturday and Sunday, because it was officially announced, Rob Zombie is indeed going to be directing Halloween for Dimension Films.

"Okay here's the real deal for those of you who are confused. As I said yesterday - I am not making Halloween 9. That series is done, complete, over," Zombie wrote on his official blog. "But what I am doing is starting totally from from scratch. This the new HALLOWEEN. Call it a remake, an update, a reimagining or whatever, but one thing that for sure is this is a whole new start... a new begining with no connection to the other series. That is exactly why the project appeals to me. I can take it and run with it. I talked to John Carpenter about this the other day and he said, 'Go for it, Rob. Make it your own'. And that's exactly what I intend to do."

Zombie told Variety that "This is a bit of a prequel and a remake, combined. Over 25 years and a lot of movies, a very scary character became something of a Halloween cliche, with Michael Myers dolls that play the Halloween music when you press their stomachs. By the end of the sequel cycle, there was little connection to the original. I take that film very seriously, and I want to make it terrifying again."

[Jenna_Bird]

"This is a bit of a prequel and a remake, combined. Over 25 years and a lot of movies, a very scary character became something of a Halloween cliche, with Michael Myers dolls that play the Halloween music when you press their stomachs. By the end of the sequel cycle, there was little connection to the original. I take that film very seriously, and I want to make it terrifying again."

That is a noble ambition, but I doubt that any such result will occur. Horror, in film, is splintering and dying. Quality pieces are few and far between. I think that sub-genres such as neo-noir and noir-suspense have a great "fear" potential. True horror films have started to migrate into camp. It's sad, but true.

-Jenna

[The Darkest Canuck]

fair enough, but this should be killer (pardon the pun), Zombie's getting better each time out as a director, and now that he has a classic horror story/character at his disposal, the results should be wonderfully frightening.