Halloween 2007 was not BAD ASS on any level. Sorry. It was another mediocre indulgence fest by Zombie that reeked of unoriginality and the fact he seems to be a one-trick pony as a director who just keeps remaking House of 1,000 Corpses over and over.

I will agree, I was BLOWN AWAY by Devil's Rejects. I thought it was an awesome film that was the best horror film in years, with enough originality to make it exclusively Zombie's vision, but some throwback 70's/early-80's appeal to make it a traditional tribute to that period of horror.

Raimi is overrated, and he is NOT Carpenter. Even Carpenter is not Carpenter anymore, but i'd still take The Ward over what Zombie is typically doing.

Zombie's biggest fuck up with Halloween 2007 was he didn't stand by his vision. Had the entire film been young Michael killing, then going to Smith's Grove, and the final act being Michael breaking out of Smith's Grove and knocking off hospital staff (ala Halloween II-'81), I agree it could've been something special. But when he succumbed to the Weinstein's and did that condensed scene-for-scene remake of the original Halloween for the second-half of that film -- fucking destroyed ANY credibility it had. Destroyed it. Not to mention I utterly fucking hated how he depicted Dr. Loomis. Not only was it a disgrace to Pleasence, it was practically pissing on his grave.

I will admit for as much of a steaming turd that Halloween II-2009 was, I respected that it was a Zombie-purest film that just happened to have Michael Myers in it. It was Zombie's, "Batman Returns" moment where he was just allowed to do whatever the fuck he wanted and answer to no one.

Instead what we got was basically in tone a remake of Halloween 5. Really bad. A media whore Loomis, and a drunk slut Laurie was just embarassing. Not to mention his depiction of Brackett in both films (despite a solid SOLID performance from Brad Dourif) as the smart, yet savior, small town Sheriff was terribly cliche and reeked of unoriginality. It would've made more sense to just skip Malcolm McDowell, hire some B-level guy to play Brackett, and cast Dourif as Loomis and just let him play the exact same thing he played in both films. It would've flowed better. Despite it's sucktacular levels that Zombie found someway to make a worse film than Halloween: Resurrection, I did respect it was it's own thing in some sort of Howling II world. But at least Howling II had some humor, knew it sucked, and of course Fu Manchu in the lead. Halloween II-2009 didn't.

Zombie needs to stick to what he does best -- music. That's all. Sadly he doesn't even do that all that well anymore. Hellbilly Deluxe II was a drink coaster, and proved he is a washed up has-been.

Want to prove me wrong? Zombie... go do a Christmas movie. Do something Burton would do with Disney. Try something out of your world that doesn't have your lame ass, weak sauce dialogue that proves you can't write films worth a fucking shit.

I'd much rather have a Patrick Lussier Halloween 3D with Tom Atkins in the lead (again), than anything Zombie was thinking up beyond his young Michael stuff, and even that the dialogue was fucking white trash hammy garbage recycled over from the past two films and countless rock albums.

jmho