Now that we’ve put up our dissection on the key differences between Carpenter’s “Halloween” and the Rob Zombie remake, I wanted to also mention the alternate ending that Zombie abandoned before he made his final cut.
And don’t worry, we always keep things spoiler-free in these parts.
“The train of thought for the ending is, well, you have plans sometimes,” Zombie explained when we asked why he abandoned what we’ll call the “Dr. Loomis Ending.” “And the weirdest thing about movies is it’s all planned out, but you just don’t know. Sometimes, things that you really think will work work, and sometimes they’re like ‘eh’.”
On set, we watched Zombie film a conclusion featuring a late-night showdown on the Myers lawn. After Michael reaches into Loomis’ car and pulls out Laurie Strode (a scene that remains in the film), Sheriff Brackett (Brad Douriff) and several other policemen pull up in their cars, sirens blazing. Loomis talks to Michael, urging the cops to hold their fire. Blaming himself for Michael’s madness, Loomis talks the killer into dropping the knife and releasing Laurie. But as Loomis embraces the teen, Myers takes a step forward, triggering a hail of reactionary gunfire.
“We were kind of rushed because, filming in Pasadena, it’s like 11:00 and — boom! — they shut you down…the cops would step in front of the cameras,” Zombie told us. “We were shut down and I thought ‘Well, maybe we have it.’ Then I started editing, and it didn’t feel like I had the end of the movie. Luckily, I had the luxury of going back.”
“Now by the end of the movie, on those final frames you’re going to think ‘Wow, that is Michael’s sister,” Zombie said of the finale you can witness in theaters now. “The other way, it was more like she was a victim being rescued. Now, she becomes her own person.”
Zombie added that the “Dr. Loomis Ending” will likely be a bonus feature on the “Halloween” DVD.
For us original fans, you're gonna wish that Rob Zombie had maintained a 1970's timeline because you feel like you're THERE in the first half of the movie as Zombie explains the making of Michael Myers. It only gets a little spoiled when we advance to Myers as an adult (when the good killin' starts, lol).
All in all, Rob Zombie has done a good job and I feel like he did the movie the way any of us kids that grew up in the 70's would have. He had his finger on the pulse of this one.
I REALLY FEEL THAT ALL THREE MADE ANY EFFORT TO PUT IN A COOL STORY AND HAVE SOME KIND OF SUBSTANCE TO IT. ROB ZOMBIE DID A GOOD JOB AND IT RATES WELL ABOVE 4,5,6,AND RESSURECTION. I AM GLAD HE TOLD THE STORY IN THE FASHION HE DID. HE SHOWED A POSSIBLE REASON WHY MICHEAL BECAME THE TWISTED KILLER HE DID. FOR ONCE ,INSTEAD OF JUST MAKING A MOVIE WITH A PERSON WHO JUST LIKES TO KILL AND KILL,YOU GET TO SEE THE REASON BEHIND THE MADNESS AND HOT IT MANIFESTED. IT DOESN'T HURT TO EVEN SYMPATHIZE WITH THE VILLAN . ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHAT HE EXPERIENCED.
I MEAN I WILL ADMIT THAT THERE SEEMED LIKE THEY COULD HAVE MADE MICHEAL A LIL MORE OMINOUS AND MYSTRIOUS LIKE IN THE FIRST "HALLOWEEN" BUT IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE.
AT LEAST HE KEPT A FEW ELEMENTS FROM THE FIRST IN THE MOVIE AND PUT ON A DIFFERENT SPIN ON THE "HALLOWEEN' MOVIE.
I RATE ROB ZOMBIE'S "HALLOWEEN 8/10-LOOK FOR WARD TO THE DVD> IT WILL BE ONE OF THOSE MOVIES WHERE THOSE WHO DID NOT LIKE IT AT FIRST,WILL END UP LIKING IT LATER ON DOWN THE LINE. REMEMBER ,WHEN THE FIRST HALLOWEEN CAME OUT,THEY PANNED IT AND NOW LOOK-IT IS A CLASSIC.
THIS SOME MAY NOT EVER BE THE CLASSIC LIKE THE FIRST,HOWEVER IT WILL BE LOOKED AT AS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES OUT OF ALL THE SEQUELS THAT WERE MADE!!
Excellent flick.
I can not believe that I am having to get on a movie blog and explain why everyone should be supremely offended by this piece of crap.
Loomis' character was watered-down and ridiculous. The Shape was supposed to be just that, A SHAPE. You can not explain away what made him that. It destroys the whole premise, and takes away everything scary about it. Now it is just some screwed up pro-wrestler who has taken too many 'roids.
Oh, and the Myers family . . . The whole point was that they were just a normal suburban family and their angelic son suddenly snaps. Zombie has a huge boner for rednecks. Every movie has to be about white trash hillbillies, and I was seriously upset and offended by the fact that every single male in this monstrosity had either long hair, or a handle bar mustache. Is that his view of middle America? Come on, man.
Beyond that, it was just plainly, a morally repugnant film. There was nothing redeaming or fun about it. The original is atmospheric, tense, and enjoyable to watch.
When this movie ended, I was so upset that I wanted to find Zombie, and rip out his hair plugs. This is a bastardization of a great movie, and has replaced Problem Child 2 as my worst movie of all time.
I wasn't too disappoited after waiting so long and Zombie could have made a better movie.
But if i take the movie on its on merits, and not compare it to all the other Halloween movies, it was OK. It was still better than H3.
The premise of the first movie was the mystery of why a child of your typical suburban middle class family would suddenly snap.
In this movie a low income, broken home, dysfunctional family,kid is picked on and becomes a psychopathic murderer.
Seems like this could happen to any family in America. I wonder what would have happened if those other kids in the bathroom had given Myers a wedgie? He probably would have murdered everyone in town.
The reason was never given fully in the original movie for Myers killing his sister except for some incoherent mumbo-jumbo given by Loomis in one of his long winded diatribes.
It was given in the paperbacks that came out in the late '70's and early 80's.
I did like the action in this movie but Myers did not act like Myers.The cinematography was great but the story tried to move too fast,but that is because today's audiences must have instant gratification.
They cannot wait for a story to build up. They must see the monster or killer now and not wait until the end of the movie for the climax.
There were some great gratuitous boob shots and i commend Zombie for his actions. LOL
Zombie, I am looking forward to your remake of Deliverance !! That way all of your redneck, white trash extras will have more work. LOL
And since nobody else is making a Halloween movie,
well.....
Anywho that Danielle has some great b(.)(.)bs !!!
Zombie maybe you can make a new Friday the 13th movie ? Hint hint !!