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'." Read more...

Recent gory flicks haven't found an audience, but director Rob Zombie insists his remake of "Halloween" will be different. For more, watch the video below, and then check out our point-by-point detailing of the film's in-jokes.

Rob Zombie fans by now have heard about "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto" for quite a while now. But here's some good news straight from Mr. Zombie. "The movie is finally finished," he told us. And he sounds pretty proud of it: "I watched it the other day and it's hilarious."

For the uninitiated, this animated flick that Zombie calls "a superhero monster sex comedy," features the voices of everyone from Paul Giamatti to Danny Trejo and is based on the comic of the same name by the icon. While promoting "Halloween," Zombie told us that "people are just not going to believe this movie exists. It is so strange." He also called it "a filthy adult movie." You had us at filthy, Rob.

Check out Mr. Zombie in living color below.

It's Friday, and you know what that means... Yup, it's "Brand New Trailers" day here at MTV, where we roll out the freshest previews of upcoming flicks. In this round-up, everything from "Alvin and the Chipmonks" to Rob Zombie's "Halloween." Watch Zombie's fright-fest below, and then click here to see all of the week's newest trailers (a whopping 15 entries), in one tidy package.

July Fourth is around the corner, meaning a batch of links of the people, by the people, and for the people. Celebrate your independence with news on "Hellboy 2," "Harry Potter," "Batman," and "James Bond."

- Neil Gaiman goes to "Hell" and back. Author visits set of "Hellboy 2," posts pictures on his blog. (Neil Gaiman)

- And "Justice" for all? Bale won't say no to playing Batman in Justice League movie. (IGN)

- Rob Zombie's "Halloween" gets new ending, six (six!) new death sequences. (Bloody-Disgusting)

- Let's play a little game: "Saw IV" plot synopsis revealed. (Shock Till You Drop)

- Eddie Murphy looking's for a daughter; apply during open casting call for "Nowhereland," about exec who escapes into daughter's fantasy world. (ComingSoon)

- Tennis star Maria Sharapova wants to be a Bond girl. (Times of India)

- Harvard Square to transform into Hogwarts Square for newest Harry Potter book, "Deathly Hallows." (Cambridge Chronicle)

"Hostel: Part II" director (and MTV blogger) Eli Roth recently stopped by our offices for an in-depth chat about his film, a super-race of humans, what fans want, why "Hostel III" isn't in the cards and more. He also talked about "The Splat Pack," the label given to the new breed of horror filmmakers, of which Roth resides along with Rob Zombie, the "Saw" guys and others. Watch that below, and then watch our full "Rough Cut: Eli Roth" show here.

Eli Roth has been documenting the making of "Hostel: Part II" with a series of diary entries for MTV. Last time Roth discussed the rules of the "Masters of Horror" dinners. Today he talks about the healthy competition between he and the other elite horror directors today.

Right now we're at an interesting time in American horror. 2003 was the year that R-rated horror returned with a vengeance, starting off with "House of 1000 Corpses," followed by "28 Days Later," then "Freddy vs. Jason," "Cabin Fever," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." The public was hungry for violent films, and in 2004 R-rated horror went even more mainstream, with hits like "Dawn of the Dead," and of course, "Saw."

The "Saw" phenomenon fired up all the studios to make grisly horror films, and there were many rip-offs that went into production, none of which captured what made "Saw" work so well. The guys who make "Saw" genuinely love these films, and like the other horror directors, are making films that we'd want to see. People in the industry also love to declare horror dead, which is completely ridiculous. I've been hearing that one for years. Horror isn't dead, crappy films are dead. If you make a bad film, people aren't going to see it, and if you make a great one that excites audiences and gives them an experience unlike anything they've ever had before, they'll come out in droves. Read more...

Eli Roth has been documenting the making of "Hostel: Part II" with a series of diary entries for MTV. Yesterday Roth talked about hearing the final sound mix for the film for the first time. Today he discusses how he and his peers came to be known as "The Splat Pack."

About a year ago, I read an article by the British film journalist Alan Jones, who referred to the current wave of new horror directors as "The Splat Pack." This group was myself, James Wan ("Saw"), Neil Marshall ("The Descent"), Alex Aja ("The Hills Have Eyes"), Darren Boussman ("Saw II"), Leigh Whannell (who wrote the first three "Saw" films) Greg McLean ("Wolf Creek"), and Rob Zombie.

Having met most of these guys, we all immediately learned that we had one thing in common: we love R-rated horror movies, and we felt that horror had gone soft, and we wanted to bring back the "hard" R. Everyone, in their own way, wanted to make the kinds of films they grew up on that they felt was missing in mainstream cinema today. Rob Zombie had been making "House of 1000 Corpses" while I was making "Cabin Fever," without any knowledge of each other's films. When I first met Rob, we talked about the horror films we grew up on and how we missed the visceral, grizzly, realistic horror films. We couldn't figure out why sex and nudity had evaporated from scary movies, and we talked about how horror fans want their horror movies horrific, not safe and PG-13. Not that there's anything wrong with PG-13, but that rating tends to best suit more supernatural movies like "The Grudge" and "The Sixth Sense," whereas the films we were making were more realistic, and more brutal. Read more...