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HALLOWEEN: EL ORIGEN

Halloween

2007 US HMDB
agosto 31, 2007

Después de estar recluido durante 17 años en una institución mental, Michael Myers, convertido ya en un hombre adulto y muy peligroso, logra escaparse y regresa a Haddonfield para buscar a su hermana. Todo aquel que se cruce en su camino corre un peligro mortal.

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Produccion: Malek Akkad (Producer)Andy Gould (Producer)Harvey Weinstein (Executive Producer)Bob Weinstein (Executive Producer)Matthew Stein (Executive Producer)
Guion: Rob Zombie (Screenplay)
Musica: Tyler Bates (Original Music Composer)
Fotografia: Phil Parmet (Director of Photography)

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Roberto Giacomelli
Il piccolo Michael Myers passa le sue giornate uccidendo cavie e fotografando carcasse di cani e gatti raccolti per strada. L’infanzia del piccolo disadattato trascorre in balia di un patrigno ubriacone e violento, una sorella crudelmente menefreghista e una madre spogliarellista decisamente assente. La notte di Halloween, Michael afferra un coltello da cucina e stermina l’intera famiglia, lasciando in vita solamente la sorellina Boo. Il ragazzino viene portato in un ospedale psichiatrico, dove rimane rinchiuso per oltre 15 anni, finché, durante un trasferimento nella notte di Halloween, Michael uccide le guardie che lo stanno scortando e fugge in paese, dove comincia a dare la caccia a Laurie Strode, un’adolescente che si prepara a passare la notte di Ognissanti come babysitter in casa Doyle. "Questo è un nuovo “Halloween”. Chiamatelo remake, aggiornamento, rivisitazione o come vi pare, ma la cosa sicura è che si tratta di un nuovo inizio, completamente avulso dalla saga. Questo è quello che mi è interessato del progetto". Con queste parole il regista Rob Zombie presentava il suo “Halloween” alla conferenza stampa che anticipava la distribuzione del film, e in queste parole risiede la reale chiave di lettura di “Halloween – The Beginning”. Il geniale regista di “La casa dei 1000 corpi” e “La casa del diavolo” è chiaramente un sincero fan del cinema di genere anni ’70 e lo ha dimostrato con i suoi due lungometraggi precedenti e con la partecipazione al progetto “Grindhouse”, dunque il reinventare un classico dei seventies come “Halloween” deve essere stato per lui un grande onore, oltre che una grandissima responsabilità. Il film con cui John Carpenter nel 1978 rivoluzionò il modo di fare paura al cinema, oltre che un classico, è un vero capolavoro della suspance e tutt’ora un attualissimo manuale tecnico e stilistico del genere, dunque condurre un confronto con il film di Zombie sarebbe come intraprendere uno scomodo gioco al massacro a scapito del secondo che manca di tutto ciò che rendeva unico il capostipite del ’78. C’è comunque da apprezzare il coraggio di Zombie nell’aver accettato questa sfida e la sua personale angolatura con la quale inquadrare l’intera vicenda. Proprio come Zombie ha affermato, infatti, “Halloween – The Beginning” è realmente un nuovo punto di partenza per la saga, un restart che non è e non vuole essere un remake del film di Carpenter, ma semplicemente la stessa storia raccontata in modo completamente differente e con elementi assenti nel primo film. Qualcuno l’ha chiamato newquel, fatto sta che si tratta di un singolare approccio ad un film che i fan dell’horror probabilmente conoscono a memoria, una riscrittura ex novo di una delle massime icone dell’horror postmoderno. Zombie decide di soffermarsi a sviscerare l’infanzia del “mostro” e rendere ben chiare allo spettatore le ragioni che lo hanno portato alla violenza e all’omicidio, sviluppando una visione nichilista e inquietantemente attuale della condizione sociale di alcune realtà suburbane “al limite”. Il Michael Myers di Rob Zombie non ha nulla di soprannaturale, non possiede quell’aura di pura e impalpabile malignità che ha contraddistinto il Michael Myers sviluppatosi dalla mente di John Carpenter. Il nuovo Michael Myers è un “mostro” reale e realistico, figlio della società malata che lo ha allevato e ammorbato con dosi massicce di violenza, volgarità, pornografia e istigazione al sadismo; Michael è il diretto riflesso dell’ambiente in cui è cresciuto, una famiglia della bassa borghesia che vive in condizioni di igiene discutibili ed è composta da figuri poco raccomandabili. Il patrigno verbalmente violento, alcolizzato e viscido è un istrionico ed eccessivo William Forsythe (lo sceriffo Wydell di “La casa del diavolo”), che sentenzia fantasie sessuali sulla figliastra adolescente e trova continuamente motivo di mettere in discussione la virilità di Michael; la sorella maggiore Judith (la Hanna Hall che interpretava la piccola Jenny in “Forrest Gump”) è una conturbante ed emancipata adolescente che infrange i sogni del fratello e rappresenta segretamente i suoi desideri sessuali. Perfino la mamma spogliarellista, interpretata da una sempre affascinate Sheri Moon, nasconde dietro una logora maschera di affetto genitoriale una evidente incapacità educativa e una persistente assenza fisica e mentale. In un clima di tale degradante disfunzionalità familiare, in cui l’unico ancoraggio di affetto per Michael sembra rappresentato dalla neonata sorella Boo, a cui il ragazzino ripone le più amorevoli cure, il terreno spianato ad una latente psicopatia c’è tutto ed è solo pronto ad esplodere. Zombie imbastisce con dovizia di particolari e dosata cura narrativa l’intera situazione, eppure il lungo prologo che anticipa l’internazione del killer nello Smith’s Grove Sanitarium sembra mancare di qualche cosa, ovvero di quella scintilla che separa il mostro dal bambino. Qualcuno potrebbe azzardare che non esiste scissione tra le due facce della stessa medaglia, ma dal momento che Zombie sembra così propenso all’analisi sociologica e nel mostrare la formazione psico-pedagogica del serial killer, ci si sarebbe aspettati un maggiore approfondimento di quel ‘quid’ che fa scattare nel bambino Michael Myers la trasformazione nel mostro Michael Myers. Probabilmente la ragione di qualche mancanza sotto questo aspetto è data dalla necessità di raccontare in circa 40 minuti la complessa genesi di una personalità distorta e la stessa necessità è ravvisabile nella frettolosità con cui sono svolti i restanti 70 minuti. Il grande problema di “Halloween – The Beginning” è infatti il voler contenere in meno di 2 ore una storia decisamente complessa e ricca di eventi, un prequel e un reamake, due film in uno. Dopo la fuga di Michael dall’ospedale psichiatrico scatta la necessità di raccontare nel poco tempo restante ciò che Carpenter aveva fatto comodamente in 90 minuti abbondanti, e così comincia la corsa. Il film diventa frenetico, un susseguirsi di (brevi) appostamenti e omicidi, il tutto un po’ troppo standardizzato al moderno stile degli slasher movies post “Scream”. Abbiamo così un trio di amiche tra le quali non riesce a spiccare, ne per carisma ne per doti recitative, la Laurie Strode di Scout Taylor-Compton (Zombies – La vendetta degli innocenti), un’adolescente sicuramente più carina della Jamie Lee Curtis del primo film, ma meno adatta a rappresentare la virginale e androgina nemesi di Michael. Le amiche di Laurie, che si esibiscono in siparietti che le accomunano curiosamente alle sboccate protagoniste del tarantiniano “A prova di morte”, sono interpretate da Kistina Klebe (Lynda) e Danielle Harris (Annie), che torna addirittura per la terza volta a scontrarsi con Michael Myers, dal momento che negli anni ’80 interpretò Jamie Lloyd, la nipotina del serial killer. Gli ultimi, concitati, 20 minuti di “Halloween – The Beginning” tornano a rappresentare una novità rispetto al canovaccio originario, risultando, tra l’altro, decisamente ottimi. Il tutto si tinge di azione fracassona, ma è qui che emerge veramente il nuovo, mastodontico, Michael Myers, un gigante inarrestabile, benché del tutto umano, che è capace di provare un ambiguo senso di amore/odio per la sorella (la scena della fotografia è decisamente toccante) e dare atto di tutta la sua ferocia da vero boogeyman contemporaneo. L’isterico finale, che omaggia in parte il “Non aprite quella porta” hooperiano e in parte il “Le colline hanno gli occhi” craveniano, ha una potenza emotiva e visiva decisamente degna del miglior Rob Zombie. Un Rob Zombie che, purtroppo, non sempre emerge in questo “Halloween – The Beginning”, un po’ troppo lontano dalla poetica dei freak del regista e più vicino al moderno slasher movie. Il genio zombiesco emerge soprattutto nella voglia di concentrare l’attenzione dello spettatore sul mostro piuttosto che sulla vittima, oltre che in alcuni dialoghi sopra le righe e nella scelta di un cast da annoverarsi nel guinnes dei primati per maggior numero di caratteristi di genere all’interno dello stesso film; eppure l’intera operazione manca dell’anarchica genuinità di cui erano farciti i due lungometraggi precedenti del regista, tanto che si potrebbe ipotizzare una troppo stretta supervisione dei fratelli Weinstein sull’intera conduzione del progetto. Ad oggi “Halloween – The Beginning” è il film più debole dell’ancora breve carriera di Rob Zombie, anche se rappresenta sicuramente uno dei capitoli maggiormente riusciti dalla saga inaugurata dal capolavoro di Carpenter. Un film che dividerà sicuramente i fan del regista-rocker e dell’”Halloween” carpenteriano, un film che comunque avrebbe potuto offrire di più.
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4 /10

I don't have a problem with remakes per se. Even though I am not a big fan of the original "Halloween" film directed by John Carpenter, I do acknowledge it as a film that started a horror slasher trend and served as an inspiration for many of the films that came after it. Since I am not crazy about the 1978 film, I thought I would be able to enjoy this remake without being too influenced by my love for the original film. After seeing this remake, I started to appreciate the original version a little bit more, since Rob Zombie turned the story and its characters into a vulgar mess.

The original film mostly focuses on the life of Laurie Strode going on about her business and interacting with her friends for the most part, while we see the mysterious Michael Myers stalking her, appearing from out of nowhere, and we never really get to know why (without taking the sequels into account). In this remake, Rob Zombie attempts to explore little Michael Myers' psychology, giving our villain a soul and establishing the roots of his evilness, taking away all the mystery and darkness surrounding the character. The results are not good by any means and the only thing it proves, is that sometimes, mystery is scarier and more disturbing than having everything explained, especially if the explanation is as predictable as "he was raised in a bad environment". The audience doesn't want to be spoon fed and I think it's clear that one of the main reasons why the original villain was scary, it's because Michael Myers remained as an enigmatic character from the beginning until the end. In the original film, Myers appears to come from a seemingly normal family, but for some reason, he turns out a merciless killer anyway. While the original "Halloween" film is not my favorite, as I established before, I do give the film credit for giving us a villain that no one could ever sympathize with. This film basically tries to portrait Michael as a poor little thing who was poorly raised and eliminates any possibility of seeing him as a genuinely dark and fear-provoking character. This overexposure of Michael's early years lasts about 40 minutes, which gets tedious, it makes the villain more pitiful than frightening and in the end, they don't really manage to establish a point about his insanity all that well either.

Once again, Rob Zombie casts his wife, Sheri Moon Zombie, who was great in 'House of 1000', playing a Insane, trashy girl… but why did she have to play almost the exact same character here? I don't know what's the deal with Rob Zombie having the need to show us his wife stripping and being sexy all the time, maybe it's some kind of fetish they have and it's all good... but 'Halloween' was not the right choice to show Sherri Moon dancing and showing her body again. Another thing that Rob Zombie seems to borrow from his film "House of 1000 Corpses" is the fact that the characters are swearing most of the times and while I have nothing against foul language whatsoever, but I think it sounds repetitive and silly when we hear the f-word every 5 seconds. The amount of stupid lines that could be easily compared to some of the crappiest PG-rated films that came out throughout the last years.

I'm really disappointed. I didn't think I was going to hate it so much, but I do and it's a shame because I really wanted to like this film. Better luck next time, I guess. My noble advice for all fans of the original 'Halloween' movie is: Don't watch this remake if you're sensitive, because this hurts a lot. I know I felt cheated, even if I'm not a fan of Carpenter's version either.

Gimly

Gimly

7 /10

The film’s first act is simply a huge version of the 1978 classic’s opening scene; following Michael Myers as a child through his first murder(s). Though many people found this tedious and far too drawn-out, personally I relished the opportunity to get more than a half a minute of character-development on the antagonist. In fact, we don’t only get to see Michael growing up and being arrested, the film then goes on to show us his evolution in a mental asylum. Once again, I know that was less than appreciated by quite a number of people who saw the film, but I find the sequence fascinating every time I watch the movie. Things like the relevance of the mask and kitchen knife are explored more deeply than the original, and the brutality of the character of Michael Myers is more striking. Though this is not considered good to hardcore fans of the silent bogeyman-characteristics from the original.

The protagonist of the piece is a character by the name of Laurie Strode, just as she is in the John Carpenter version, and she has two similar off-siders as the original (one of whom is portrayed by Danielle Harris of Halloween 4 & 5 fame). Where the film does not advance in comparison to its predecessor is the dialogue between these three characters. They use virtually identical language to that of the 1978 film, which felt outdated and artificial even then (I can only hope that this was an intentional throwback by Mr. Zombie).

The Ahab to Laurie Strode is Doctor Loomis, Michael Myers’ psychologist, acted by the consistently fantastic Malcolm McDowell. I believe it is his performance that makes me appreciate Rob Zombie’s remake so much. He steals every scene he is in with his overwhelming presence, particularly in the Zone 2 theatrical version of the film (which to my knowledge is unfortunately not available in Australia).

Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.

Dark Jedi

7 /10

The critics are wrong…again. Well, at least as far as I am concerned. This remake is not bad at all. A lot of people are comparing it with the original which is understandable. A lot of people says that it is crap compared to the original which is not understandable. At least not by me. This is one of the movies where I have seen the original and it was even one of my favorites at the time. I think this remake holds up quite well.

At first I was a bit worried that it was said to be a prequel. At least partly. However it is not really what I would call a prequel. It has a bit of extended background in the first quarter or so but that is not really what I would call a prequel. I think the movie was pretty much what I expected or perhaps I should say what I hoped for. It is a slasher-movie of course but it resists the temptation to go all overboard. Nowadays you do not really get scared or even shocked by these kinds of movies so I was not really expecting to be. I was just enjoying Michael’s rampage through the town. It is of course a bit scary in itself that you are watching a madman going on a killing spree through a small town and enjoying it but hey, it is all fake!

One problem with the extended background at the beginning of the movie is that now there is kind of a plot-hole that is a bit annoying. When and, more importantly, how did Michael turn from a deranged kid to a supernatural killer with the strength to carry away one ton worth of tombstone and survive being stabbed as well as shot at?

Apart from that I think this movie was not bad at all. Sometimes I actually felt that Michael was behaving a bit too human like when he was stumbling when crashing through walls etc. but on the whole I quite liked this movie. The style is different from the original for sure but I do not feel it is worse or better for that matter.

It is a bit surprising (well maybe not, the French are bizarre when it comes to scheduling movies and TV-shows) that Cine+ did not schedule this movie for actual Halloween instead of the crap they did show. This one would have been perfect then instead of a day after.

GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

1 /10

Well it has Malcolm McDowell, and he delivers in the master of accents kind of way.

But....1 star for being a reboot, out of principal, especially a reboot of a slasher film that, well, I always thought the deal with those was to keep adding and adding until you have to look up the Roman Numerals in Encyclopedias to make sure you're numbering them right.

"Halloween MCMLXXVIII: This Time it's Easter," You know, that sort of thing.

But we will add one for Malcolm McDowell just because, yeah, he delivers.

So two stars: ** And then it seems like Zombies idea was to show a lot of nudity and especially a lot of naked women getting killed by a horrible male monster after committing the sin of fornication.

So three stars: *** And that is because he MIGHT--with a really big stretch on that--have been trying to do a satire thing of the slasher genre with all the naked murdered women.

But...he could have also been going for mainstream snuff porn.

I'm honestly not sure which way to go on this one...so We are back to two stars: ** Just because it really might not have been an attempt at satire and I sort of want to be sure.

And we can't add any more because well...

It was already made and when it came around in 1978 it was moody and atmospheric and, well, it really looked a lot like Halloween, only a nightmare version of it.

Zombie's remake feels more like a cheap version of Halloween and really, the outdoor shots that are supposed to give you the seasonal feel remind me more of Thanksgiving pick-up football games. They look and feel less like a nightmare version of Halloween than Season of the Witch's small Southern Town atmosphere.

And the horror parts, really, ANY slasher movie and, by the way, since when was Halloween about T&A? I thought Friday the 13th owned that stereotype and we went to Halloween for, you know, atmosphere and scares...at least in the first 2 films.

So really, I guess my point is that it has Malcolm McDowell and that is slightly redeeming. He's always fun to watch...even in his bad movies...like this one.

r96sk

r96sk

6 /10

I'm unmoved by this <em>'Halloween'</em> remake.

I guess that is of little surprise as I'm not someone who overly enjoys the 1978 original, I do like it but it is nought special to me personally. All in all, based on reading back my review of that aforementioned flick and based on my thoughts whilst watching, this is a weaker film in every way.

The only true positive I have is the Michael Myers theme, which is just a carry-over from the 1970s release - as ace as it is to hear it again, I would've preferred if they went without it... it kinda feels like they forced themselves to find spots to use it for the sake of using it. This production missed a Jamie Lee Curtis-esque performance, no-one stands out in that regard - Scout Taylor-Compton tries, but to no avail.

I never found Michael Myers himself all that scary or uncomforting in the original and that is again the case here, even to a further degree in all honesty. Myers just feels so brute-force all the time that there is no intrigue or creepiness about him here in my opinion. Malcolm McDowell didn't do anything for me as Loomis either, though it's cool to see Brad Dourif appear.

The opening 50 minutes and the closing 50 minutes felt like a bit of an abrupt switch too, admittedly I might have noticed something that doesn't exist but that's how it felt. It seemed early on like a noticeably different portrayal of <em>'Halloween'</em>, then the latter part felt more like a more standard, by the numbers remake.

If not for the name, this would be a very forgettable movie... in my eyes, anyway.

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