Halloween (2007)

Réalisateur:

Rob Zombie

Scénaristes (WGA):

Rob Zombie (screenplay)
John Carpenter (1978 screenplay) ...
(suite)

Date de sortie:

31 août 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horreur

Accroche:

Evil Has A Destiny

Intrigue:

After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.

Plot Keywords:

Boyfriend | Suicide | Dysfunctional Family | Teenager | Stripper

Récompenses:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

HOLLOW-EEN... another Devil's Reject

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Dec. 5	9:00 PM	TMC
Sun. Dec. 6	12:30 AM	TMC

Ensemble

Malcolm McDowell	...	Dr. Samuel Loomis
Scout Taylor-Compton	...	Laurie Strode
Tyler Mane	...	Michael Myers
Daeg Faerch	...	Michael Myers, age 10
Sheri Moon Zombie	...	Deborah Myers
William Forsythe	...	Ronnie White
Danielle Harris	...	Annie Brackett
Kristina Klebe	...	Lynda
Skyler Gisondo	...	Tommy Doyle
Danny Trejo	...	Ismael Cruz
Hanna Hall	...	Judith Myers
Tom Towles	...	Larry Redgrave
Bill Moseley	...	Zach 'Z-Man' Garrett
Leslie Easterbrook	...	Patty Frost
Steve Boyles	...	Stan Payne
Brad Dourif	...	Sheriff Lee Brackett
Richard Lynch	...	Principal Chambers
Clint Howard	...	Doctor Koplenson
Jenny Gregg Stewart	...	Lindsey Wallace
Lew Temple	...	Noel Kluggs
Udo Kier	...	Morgan Walker
Adam Weisman	...	Steve Haley
Sydnie Pitzer	...	Baby Boo
Myla Pitzer	...	Baby Boo
Stella Altman	...	Baby Boo (as Lela Altman)
Dee Wallace	...	Cynthia Strode
Max Van Ville	...	Paul
Nick Mennell	...	Bob Simms
Pat Skipper	...	Mason Strode
Daryl Sabara	...	Wesley Rhoades
Richmond Arquette	...	Deputy Charles
Ken Foree	...	Big Joe Grizzly
Paul Kampf	...	Officer Lowery
Sybil Danning	...	Nurse Wynn
Micky Dolenz	...	Derek Allen
Daniel Roebuck	...	Lou Martini
Mel Fair	...	Taylor Madison
Sid Haig	...	Chester Chesterfield
Nikki Taylor Melton	...	Princess
Deven Streeton	...	Princess
Andreana Weiner	...	Voice Performer (voice)
David Michie	...	Voice Performer (voice)
Paige Pollack	...	Voice Performer (voice)
Jeremy Maxwell	...	Voice Performer (voice)
Barbara Iley	...	Voice Performer (voice)
David Randolph	...	Voice Performer (voice)
Noreen Reardon	...	Voice Performer (voice)
John DeMita	...	Voice Performer (voice)
Nancy Truman	...	Voice Performer (voice)
Daamen J. Krall	...	Voice Performer (voice) (as Daamen Krall)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Kazu Nagahama	...	College student #3 (uncredited)
Amanda Tepe	...	Female Student (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Rob Zombie

Scénaristes (WGA)
Rob Zombie		(screenplay)
John Carpenter		(1978 screenplay) and
Debra Hill		(1978 screenplay)

Produit par
Malek Akkad	....	producer
Patrick Esposito	....	associate producer
Andy Gould	....	producer
Andrew G. La Marca	....	line producer (as Andy La Marca)
Matthew Stein	....	executive producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer
Rob Zombie	....	producer

Musique originale
Tyler Bates

Image
Phil Parmet		(director of photography)

Montage
Glenn Garland

Distribution des rôles
Monika Mikkelsen

Création des décors
Anthony Tremblay

Direction artistique
T.K. Kirkpatrick

Décorateur de plateau
Lori Mazuer
Stephanie Ziemer

Création des costumes
Mary E. McLeod		(as Mary McLeod)

Maquillage
Michael Deak	....	makeup effects technician (as Mike Deak)
Yvonne Depatis-Kupka	....	department head hair stylist
Renee Ferruggia	....	key hair stylist
Luis García	....	key makeup artist
Vickie Mynes	....	key hair stylist
Douglas Noe	....	makeup department head
Brian Rae	....	makeup effects technician
Wayne Toth	....	special makeup effects artist
Chris Zega	....	makeup effects technician
Silvina Knight	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Directeur de production
Patrick Esposito	....	post-production supervisor
Andrew G. La Marca	....	production manager (as Andy LaMarca)
Richard Saperstein	....	executive in charge of production
Ed Tapia	....	production supervisor

Assistant réalisateur
Stephen P. Del Prete	....	assistant director: reshoots
Stephen P. Del Prete	....	second second assistant director
Alexander H. Gayner	....	first assistant director (as Alex Gayner)
Emily McGovern	....	second assistant director
Korey Scott Pollard	....	second second assistant director (as Korey Pollard)
Tommy Harper	....	first assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)
Rawn Hutchinson	....	second unit director (uncredited)
John Pontrelli	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
David Waters	....	second assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)

Département Art
John Brunot	....	property master
Robert J. Carlyle	....	construction coordinator
Adam Chambers	....	set decorator production assistant
Susan Cho	....	set decorator buyer
Don 'Tex' Clark	....	leadman: re-shoot
Jeremy Deal	....	on-set greensman
Dennis De George	....	set dresser
Todd Devane	....	on-set dresser
Elixandro Diaz Jr.	....	plaster foreman (as Elixandro Diaz [Juju])
Jason Garner	....	design department assistant
Michael V. Maurice	....	set dresser
Kirstin Mooney	....	art department coordinator
James F. Orendorff	....	construction foreperson
Enrico Paronelli	....	paint supervisor
Neil David Pontecorvo	....	greens foreman
Nick Principe	....	props
Eugenio Quintero	....	plaster foreman
Kelsey Riach	....	set decorator production assistant
Mark Richardson	....	assistant property master
Andre Sowards	....	on-set dresser: additional photography
Chad Vachter	....	assistant property master
Vanessa Velez Boswell	....	assistant property master
Joel Venti	....	storyboard artist
Brent Williams	....	set dresser
Carl Horner	....	special props (uncredited)
James R. Lord	....	propmaker (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Barney Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Drenning	....	adr mixer
Rickley W. Dumm	....	sound effects editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	supervising dialogue editor
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Michael Kreple	....	foley mixer
Daniel J. Leahy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound mix technician
Cynthia Merrill	....	foley artist
Sterling Moore	....	utility sound
Nick Neutra	....	foley supervisor
Rick Owens	....	foley artist
Perry Robertson	....	supervising sound editor
Brian Robinson	....	boom operator
Buck Robinson	....	sound mixer
Scott Sanders	....	supervising sound designer
Steve Schatz	....	sound mixing recordist: predubs
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Kevin Zimmerman	....	assistant sound editor

Effets spéciaux
Rachel Leigh Arnold	....	graphic designer
Mark R. Byers	....	special effects coordinator (as Mark Byers)
Wayne Toth	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects
Jamie Baxter	....	digital compositor
Ryan Beadle	....	digital I/O
Sam Dabbs	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Nicholas Kim	....	digital compositor
Paulina Kuszta	....	visual effects coordinator
Amani Williams	....	digital compositor

Cascadeur
Michael H. Barnett	....	stunts
Alex Brown	....	stunt driver
Allison Caetano	....	stunts
Gokor Chivichyan	....	stunts
Christy Cotton	....	stunts
Lori Crowder	....	stunt driver
Ashley Cusato	....	stunts
Joe Davis	....	stunt performer
Alexandria DeFabiis	....	stunt performer
Daeg Faerch	....	stunts
Casey Hendershot	....	stunt double: Tyler Mane
Sara Holden	....	stunt double
Rawn Hutchinson	....	stunt coordinator
Irving E. Lewis	....	stunts
James Logan	....	stunt double
Deborah L. Mazor	....	stunt double: Daryl Sabara
Cassandra McCormick	....	stunt double: Hanna R. Hall
Chris Nielsen	....	stunt double
Chris Nielsen	....	stunts
Brandon Sebek	....	stunt double
Michelle Sebek	....	stunt double
Tim Sitarz	....	stunt double
Jay Torrez	....	stunt double
Shawn Lane	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Caméra et Département Electrique
Marsha Blackburn	....	still photographer
Curtis Bradford	....	gaffer
Mark Carlile	....	lighting technician
Anthony Cobbs	....	additional camera operator
Kathryn Comkowycz	....	additional loader
Hector Corona	....	electrician
Chris Cotterman	....	grip
Michael Cruickshank	....	second assistant camera: orange team
David Daniel	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Bryan Delorenzo	....	film loader
Daryl Didier	....	lighting technician
Steve Gilbert	....	rigging grip
Josh Gundling	....	second assistant camera (as Josh Gundling Williamson)
Timothy Hedgecock	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as Tim Hedgecock)
Craig Hudgins	....	rigging grip
Steve Irwin	....	24 frame video operator
Alexandra Kanal	....	additional camera loader
Benjamin Kilmer	....	grip
Matthew Kistenmacher	....	electrician
Matthew F. Leonetti	....	additional photographer
Jay Levy	....	first assistant camera
Justin M. Lubin	....	still photographer: pre-production
Daniel L. Magat	....	lighting technician
BJ McDonnell	....	Steadicam operator
BJ McDonnell	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Greg Mitchell	....	video assist operator
Rich Paisley	....	rigging electrician
Vince Palomino	....	key grip
Ernesto Pérez	....	grip
Michael Piekutowski	....	rigging electrician
Steve Rollins	....	electrician
Aaron Schnobrich	....	lighting technician
Aaron Schulte	....	rigging gaffer
Tom Schurke	....	24 frame playback supervisor
Grant Smith	....	grip
James Sprattley	....	first assistant camera: black team
Nate Wayman	....	grip
Kevin Wilt	....	electrician

Département Casting
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Gene Vassilaros	....	casting associate

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Artemio Carpio	....	costumer
Ivory Stanton	....	head costume ager/dyer
Jennifer Wolf	....	costumer

Dpartement Editorial
Brian Hayashi	....	post-production assistant
Matthew W. Johnson	....	IQ editor
Joel T. Pashby	....	associate editor
Joe Patnaud	....	post-production assistant
Matthew Schmidt	....	assistant editor
Dennis Virkler	....	additional film editor

Département Musique
John Carpenter	....	composer: theme music
Amy Decker	....	music coordinator
Michael Farrow	....	scoring mixer
Darrell Hall	....	music editor
Tom Rowland	....	music supervisor
Robin Urdang	....	music consultant
Tim Williams	....	conductor
Tim Williams	....	orchestrator
Rob Zombie	....	music supervisor

Département Transport
Rich Bennetti	....	transportation
Rob Byer	....	transportation office coordinator
Jack R. Campbell	....	driver
Dan Gearhart	....	driver
Barry E. Golob	....	driver
Billy R. Hass	....	transportation co-captain
Jeff Hatten	....	driver
Darrell Janson	....	driver
Jerry McMullan	....	driver
Tony Mercier	....	driver
David Muntz	....	driver
Kelly Murphy	....	transportation
Tina Peterson	....	driver
Tommy Rizzo	....	driver
Richard C. Ryan	....	transportation coordinator: additional photography
Vicki Sousa	....	driver
Paul Stanbrough	....	driver
Chuck Tomasello	....	driver
Wayne Williams	....	transportation coordinator
Randall Wolff	....	driver

Divers
Renato Avenia	....	stand-in: Michael Myers
Hunt Baker	....	stand-in: Paul
Michael Beatrice	....	assistant accountant
Paul Belenardo	....	production accountant
Adrian Lee Borden	....	stand-in: Laurie Strode
Alexander T. Carey	....	production assistant
Justin Carville	....	first assistant accountant
Lana Dandan	....	set production assistant
Srdjan Dobic	....	set production assistant
Diane Durant	....	script supervisor
Glen Evans	....	assistant: Mr. Zombie
Jonn Faircrest	....	stand-in: Dr. Samuel Loomis
Patrick Fogarty	....	production assistant
Alex Franklin	....	development executive
Karen E. Gilbert	....	key assistant location manager
Jason Michael Hatfield	....	assistant to director
Jason Michael Hatfield	....	assistant: Rob Zombie, additional photography
Justin Haut	....	assistant production coordinator
Shawn Hueston	....	assistant location manager
Michael Kehoe	....	key craft service
Angela Kodicek	....	stand-in: Deborah Myers]
Dena Kollar	....	stand-in: Michael Myers, age 10
Erin Kolpek	....	stand-in: Tommy Doyal
Christian Labarta	....	set production assistant
Ashley Lamont	....	production assistant
Louis A. Lanni	....	set production assistant
Sheila Louie	....	rigging medic
Jeff Maynard	....	post executive
Julian Meiojas	....	production assistant
Don Mink	....	post-production accountant
Sammy Montana	....	assistant: Mr. Akkad
Michael Neale	....	location manager
Mark Noland	....	production assistant
Josh Novak	....	production assistant
Peter Onsmark	....	set production assistant
James Payne	....	production accountant
Jeremy Platt	....	production executive
Karen Shane	....	second assistant accountant
Andrew Stahl	....	production assistant
Jessica Jane Stewart	....	production assistant
Chris Stiles	....	production assistant
Sophia Tapia	....	payroll accountant
Nate Taylor	....	key assistant location manager
Ron Vaccaro	....	stand-in: Sheriff Brackett
Sasha Veneziano	....	assistant production coordinator
J.D. Woods	....	production assistant
Alex L. Worman	....	unit publicist
Donald E. Wygal	....	production coordinator
Hans Hernke	....	photo double: Adam Weisman (uncredited)

Merci
Rima Akkad Monla	....	thanks
Moustapha Akkad	....	in memory of
Patricia Akkad	....	thanks
Moustapha Monla	....	thanks
Tarek Monla	....	thanks
Ziad Monla	....	thanks

Companies de production

• Dimension Films (presents)
• Nightfall Productions
• Spectacle Entertainment Group
• Trancas International Films
• Weinstein Company, The

Distributeurs

• Dimension Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Medyavizyon (2007) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2007) (Cyprus) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Senator Film (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Viva International Pictures (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• West Video (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Xanadeux Company (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Lucky Red (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
• Noori Pictures (2009) (South Korea) (all media)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2007) (Finland) (all media)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• PlayArte Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Senator Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Senator Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2008) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Veronica (2009) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Weinstein Company, The (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Weinstein Company, The (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Custom Film Effects (opticals and visual effects)
• Post Logic Studios (opticals and visual effects)

Autres Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• EarCandy  sound post-production
• Hip-O Records  soundtrack
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  production trailers
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility

Autre(s) titre(s):

Hall9ween (USA) (working title)
Halloween 9 (USA) (working title)
Halloween: Retribution (USA) (working title)
Rob Zombie's Halloween (USA) (complete title)
Untitled Rob Zombie Halloween Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong brutal bloody violence and terror throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity and language.

Durée:

109 min | USA:121 min (unrated version) | Brazil:83 min (cut version)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Netherlands:16 | France:-16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:R | Norway:18 | Hong Kong:III | Taiwan:R-18 | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 (cut) | Philippines:R-13 (cut) | Argentina:16 | Italy:VM14 | USA:R (certificate #43755) | Portugal:M/18 | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (uncut) | New Zealand:R18 | Japan:R-15 | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Iceland:16 | Singapore:R21 (director's cut) (cut) | Brazil:14 (heavily cut)

Lieux de tournage:

Altadena, California, USA

Société:

Dimension Films

Anecdotes:

Skyler Gisondo auditioned for the role of 10-year-old Michael Myers, but was cast as Tommy Doyle instead.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: Dr. Loomis' revolver obviously has empty chambers

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Michael Myers - Child: Come on, sweetie pie. Morning, Elvis. You're a pretty Elvis, aren't you? Yes, you are.

Connexions De Film:

Références The Wolf Man (1941)

Bande son:

Only Women Bleed

HOLLOW-EEN... another Devil's Reject

Some film makers live in a world where all men are sadistic rapists, all women are sado-masochistic tramps, violent murder is abundant and perceived as funny, and everyone uses F$#& every other word. Hey, to each their own reality, whatever...

First, let's take a short jog back in time... John Carpenter's Halloween is a film considered by many to be one of, if not the best horror films of all time. For me, what made Carpenter's 1978 classic so frightening was the not-knowing why a 10-year old kid, who came from a middle-class, two-parent family living in a nice home in a nice suburban neighborhood, would don a clown mask, and proceed to savagely butcher his older teenage sister. Why would he then remove his mask and stand outside the front of his home with an expressionless look on his face, waiting for Mom and Dad to return? What made this even more disturbing was how the perspective of the viewer was shot through the eyes of the mask so that the audience sees what Michael sees. That, and of course the fact that it all happens on a Halloween night and in cadence to a magnificently, creepy musical score. Insane asylums always conjure up unease intensifying the scene where Michael escapes from the mental institution and seizes the two doctors' station wagon amidst ghostly, mentally-disturbed patients wandering around outside. Why does Michael want to kill his sweet, younger, teenage sister Laurie Strode? Why does he wear a mask? Why can't he be killed? What, if any, is the method to his murderous madness? Why does he arrange the corpses that certain way? These questions we want to know, but at the same time, the not knowing is what makes us pause the film and check that all the windows and doors are locked.

Now let's jump to Zombie's version. Not comparing it to the original and letting it stand on its own two feet, it's just a lousy film. What kept it from "straight to DVD"? Two titles: Rob Zombie and Halloween. Zombie seems to have felt it necessary to humanize "his" Michael Meyers and attempt to provide a sympathetic explanation for Meyers' future murderous behavior, so Zombie has painted a new picture of Meyers' home. The father (William Forsythe) is an unemployed, abusive husband who has incestuous thoughts about his teenage daughter. The mom (Sheri Moon Zombie) is an attractive, but weathered, stripper. The teenage daughter (Hannah Hall) is promiscuous and cruel. There's little baby Laurie. Finally, there is 10-year old Mikey (Daeg Faerch) who is a long-haired, animal-torturing, juvenile delinquent (who looks 14). On Halloween, Meyers' snaps when two older schoolmates harass him and make sexually explicit, derogatory comments about his older sister and mother. Later, Michael, wearing a mask, beats one of the boys to death with a tree branch. Michael goes home where his father degrades him sexually. His mother leaves to strip, and worst of all, his older sister chooses a roll in the hay in lieu of taking him trick-or-treating (that warrants murder and mayhem!) So, he duck-tapes his father to his chair (managing to miraculously accomplish this while his father sleeps) and slices his throat. He then takes a baseball bat to his sister's boyfriend, and finally, after she awakes and catches him feeling her up, he slices up his older sister. Meyers' is institutionalized. After he murders a nurse with a fork his distraught mother blows her brains out. Fifteen years pass and Meyers' gets a break, escapes and proceeds to follow the plot points of the '78 original. Meyers' sister Laurie has been raised by adoptive parents in Haddonfield and Meyers' comes to hunt her down.

What did work for me, not so surprisingly, was where Zombie follows and mimics scenes from the original film. I mean, why re-invent the wheel, right? (ahem!) Meyers (Tyler Mane) portrayed as a tall, dark, and hulking Leatherface-like menace, who seems more deliberate in his behaviors in this film, was a nice tweak. No one could ever replace Donald Pleasance as Dr. Loomis, but Malcolm McDowell was a comfortable second. The connection between Meyers and his younger sister Laurie (Scout Taylor-Compton) was defined intriguingly, too, I thought. Unfortunately, the more critical connection, that being the character of Laurie with the audience, is non-existent. (Just an ironic coincidence to make my point, I had to click on "MORE" on this film's IMDb.com main page to even find Strode in the Cast listing!)***10/29/2008 (Scout Taylor-Compton as Laurie has since been added) But aside from these, the film is just another House of 10,000 Devil's Rejects. Knowing why Meyers becomes a monster isn't scary with Zombie's textbook serial killer explanation. I don't want to understand Meyers' inner-child. Also, this Meyers, unlike John Carpenter's original, murders with senseless abandon with no attention to suspense. A "re-imagining"? Where's the imagination? I am not anti-remakes. But when you're going to tackle an original masterpiece like Halloween, you need an adept film maker. Zombie, who seems obsessed with incest, rape, flaunting his wife on screen, gratuitous sadistic torture, and words that begin with the letter F and end with the letter K, is not such a film maker. He seems (pardon the pun) "hell-bent" on offending his audiences for the mere purpose of being offensive. What is sad is, these days offensive means controversial and controversial has become synonymous with art.

Some might say I've missed the point. My point in seeing the film was to be entertained and scared. What was your point?