The official synopsis of Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2 (or H2) is out and it does bear a strong resemblance to the original sequel. It also bears a strong resemblance to any slasher flick ever made.
It’s that time of year again, and Michael Myers has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some unfinished family business. Unleashing a trail of terror that only horror master Rob Zombie can, Myers will stop at nothing to bring closure to the secrets of his twisted past. But the town’s got an unlikely new hero, if they can only stay alive long enough to stop the unstoppable
The slasher flick is typically light on story and heavy on the gore, so I expect nothing more from a Halloween film, and I expect nothing less from Rob Zombie.
I didn’t mind the first Zombie Halloween film, and I can appreciate that he is trying to make it his own. Many purists argue that revealing too much of Myers motivations humanizes him and makes him less of a supernatural force of nature that earned him “The Shape”. But honestly, if they didn’t do something different, then why call it a reboot. He could have just made Halloween 9 and 10 and just continue the monotonous rampage of brutal teen slayings.
