With: Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Sherri-Moon Zombie, Brad Dourif, Tyler Mane
Plot: Exactly one year after trying to track down and kill his only remaining sister (Taylor-Compton), seemingly invincible killing machine Michael Myers (Mane) comes back to try again.
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People on the internet seem to really hate Zombie's Halloween's, I seem to remember enjoying his original remake enough while not thinking it was particularly good, and the same goes here. It's better than the original Halloween 2, with Zombie bringing his unique flavour of on-the-fringes society as extras, victims and helpers, and a genuinely filthy aesthetic, with industrial horror soundscapes and grungy visuals pounding away like Myers' brutally relentless killing. Otherwise there's nothing special about it, certainly a competently constructed slasher with no real ambitions, unlike the first remake's slightly awkward backstory for Michael. Though this film does get a similarly unsatisfying strand, with the bafflingly pointless sub-story of Myers' former psychiatrist McDowell touring the country with his exploitive new book, suddenly turning hysterical at the end when he tries to battle Michael. When all's said and done I wouldn't mind seeing a third one really, though it would be more fun to see Zombie using his imagination for a new story to use his visceral style.
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