Very very violent and i think its slightly better than the origanal. It starts a lot earlier than the origanal when Michael Myers is a child then goes a lot further than the origanal. When jamie lee curtis utters the words 'Was that the boogeyman' well it goes even further than that. I think for people who hav'nt yet seen the film i think they will be surprised. A massive must for all slasher/horror fans.

The storyline is basically the same to John Carpenters but with more backstory to Michael Myers plus there are alot more deaths in this film than could been better (Halloween6-Curse of Michael Myers),
Well to tell you the truth when I first heard about the reamke of john Carpenter's classic I saw sort of shocked to think hang on "there remaking Halloween...whats wrong with it" then I remember the likes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes remakes to believe ok maybe this could be alright, then sortly after becoming a fanatic of Rob Zombie's music and films and to discover that he is going to be the remakes director was when I began to think still is gonna be freakin awesome, the brutality and violence in his previous movies are mind-blowing and with the like of Halloween he is able to re-creat the Michael Myers story and makes The Boogeyman scary once again. The end results proves that Zombie cares about the characters, the plot and the true diehard Halloween fans all over thew world including us lot, the violence in the movie is to be taken realistic as possible and not over the top with the likes of 'House of 1000 corpses' Zombie is going for a realistic look as much as he can to say what if this was happening to you and it works. The body count in the film is amazing with many victims falling to his butcher knife and the other being tortured and slowly killed which Myers seems to enjoy doing. With an all star cast including Malcolm McCdowell as Dr.Loomis, Sheri Moon Zombie as Michael's mother, Danielle Harris in her third Halloween film this time as Annie Brackett, Kristina Klebe as the lovely Lynda, Scout Taylor-Compton as the spunky Laurie, Daeg Faerch with the best performance in the movie as young, mad Michael then the older version of the beast is played by Tyler Mane. The new look of Michael is breath taking Zombie has once again made Michael The Boogeyman.

The DVD contains an awesome special features disc with over an hour of extras including the most funny outtakes I have ever seen, an indepth look to the masks of Michael Myers, three part look into the production of Halloween- Make-up/costume, set design and finally props, there's a wicked addition clips from most of the cast, a special rehearsal from Scout as Laurie, the trailer and other Dimension movie trailers.

This is now my favourite Halloween movie out of the series and I would say that everyone into horror and Halloween fans worldwide to checkthis masterpiece out cause to me its the greatest film ever made its incredibly scary, amazingly violent and ultra disturbing.
If Zombie wasn't directing the film would be terrorible but he has brought Myers back from beyond the grave and made the Shape scary once again, every Halloween and horror fan MUST own this dvd. I saw it at the cinemas and it became my favourite horror film ever. Well done Rob

a real good stab at a remake and it has pulled it of brilliantly from when michael was young to when he grows up what a great movie

I rated this as ok for one specific reason....... it aint scary, and aint that what horror movies with a certificate of 18 are all about? dont get me wrong its pretty well made and there is at least one scary bit but thats it, buy if ya bored, leave it if ya not! NUFF SAID!

This seemed to start of with a bit of potential, but after 45 mins i was still waiting for it to get good. Def not a patch on any of the Halloween films to date although the last one was quite bad.
I think it could have been so much better but in its defence it does give you the bits of the story that the original didnt so theres something new in there, if thats a good thing im not sure i cant make my mind up, because the film worked before without these parts where as this time it dosent seem to.
NOT RECOMMENDED.

Admittedly, this film is far off from the original, no other 'slasher' flick can top the atmospheric experience of John Carpenter's 'Halloween' but Rob Zombie's attempt isn't half bad.
Zombie's re-make is better than all of the original sequels to the original film and is highly entertaining. With buckets of gore, this is a must for modern horror fans. This version of the bone-chilling tale goes so much further in depth than it's older brother, Michael's childhood murders, his time in rehabilitation and his escape are all visually explained for those viewers who aren't fond of a little mystery.
Rob Zombie has created a good and courageous re-make that has shown the world he can direct.

ive watched this remake of the classic halloween twice and did enjoy the film,it went into the background and upbringing of the young michael which was great and showed why he became the most famous killer in horror history but some changes that were changed from the original spoilt it especially the ending.a good film but because of this the original clasic is the best and wont be beaten and has a great ending,so as a massive michael myers fan always look behind u cos u never no,michael lives on !!!!

A suprise. Cant beat the John Carpenter version from 1978, but freakin close.

With advice from John 'The Legend' Carpenter for Rob Zombie to make this film his own, it should NEVER be compared to the original. Zombies "reimaging" goes deeper into Michaels psyche, trying to answer the question of what drove him to kill people, whereas in Carpenters version , Michael did not have an explicit reason for his killings.

The film gives the mask a story of its own which explains why Michael wears it, instead of just steeling a mask from a random hardware store.

Daeg Faerch gave a first-rate performance as young Michael and Tyler Mane was exceptional as Michael.

Overall I though this film was fantastic. It delves deeper into Michaels back story, which added new life to the character. The only reason this got a 4 star rather then 5 was because of the ending.

To sum up - Both Carpenter's and Zombie's Halloween should not be compared. Two separate films that are a class act in their own way!

This film starts off well. It gives you a good back story of little Micheal Myers. The language starts of strong and appears quite violent however this does not last long. I expected more from the film. I though it would be more frightening and there would be loads of blood and gore. Not bad for a remake but it could have been better. In this case the original is best. Good try Rob Zombie, didn't quite cut it though.