About two years ago, I trashed Rob Zombie's Halloween remake in prairie dog. The film was almost a frame by frame copy of the original by John Carpenter. This, despite Zombie's efforts to give Michael Myers severe Oedipal issues.
In Halloween II, Zombie finally makes the story it's own. Even though some serious gore makes its way into the film, the movie is beautifully shot, gritty and poetic at the same time. The director ventures in some areas barely touched by similar serial killer flicks, such as the effect in the survivors psyche of the killing spree. Also interesting--the violence the murderous Myers shows against the victims. It sounds obvious, but when you observe the swift slaughters of Jason Voorhees and Freddy Kruger, Myers seems particularly merciless.
Halloween II has problems. Malcolm McDowell's Dr. Loomis is too much of a caricature. For vintage Zombie, rent the excellent and proudly counterculture "The Devil's Rejects." And under no circumstance dismiss White Zombie frontman's as a filmmaker. The guy is a natural.
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