Halloween Movies Thread... - Part 2

[StarLord]

Danny McBride Says ‘Halloween’ Reboot Will Make Michael Myers Scary Again

Speaking with the Empire Film Podcast, McBride noted that he and Gordon Green hope to make Michael Myers scary again with their reboot, which will apparently be (on some level) a continuation of the first two (original) Halloween movies:

“Look at where the Halloween franchise has gone. There’s a lot of room for improvement,” McBride joked. “David and I are coming from it as, we are horror fans, and we are humongous fans of John Carpenter and of what he did with the original Halloween, so I think from watching this and being disappointed by other versions of this series, I think we’re just trying to strip it down and just take it back to what was so good about the original. It was just very simple and just achieved that level of horror that wasn’t corny and it wasn’t turning Michael Myers into some supernatural being that couldn’t be killed. That stuff to me isn’t scary. I want to be scared by something that I really think could happen.”

He added, “I think it’s much more horrifying to be scared by someone standing in the shadows while you’re taking the trash out as opposed to someone who can’t be killed pursuing you.”

 

[Drizzle]

That reassures me that this reboot is in the right hands. I was never a fan of supernatural Michael Myers.

 

[The Joker]

Is Carpenter still involved in this?

 

[MMMMM...Pancakes]

Danny McBride Says ‘Halloween’ Reboot Will Make Michael Myers Scary Again

Someone that gets "it!"

 

[StarLord]

Is Carpenter still involved in this?

There's a buzz that he might be up for doing the score, but I guess for now he's in the background just giving thumbs up.

 

[Octoberist]

He's also a fast and loose creative consultant, more so than he was the 'EP' (check please) of the other remakes of his movies.

I mean, if he's open to give out ideas, I'm sure McBride and Green will be there to listen a bit. Or just use him when needed.

 

[Octoberist]

It probably means the movie will be a period piece of some sort, even if in the film's timeless, the events of the previous two films happened years ago.

Meaning it still could be the mid to late 80's..maybe early 90's.

 

[Roose Bolton]

I'd be down for a period Halloween film. With Stranger Things and It coming up, the 80s set horror franchises are in right now.

 

[Wildcard]

That reassures me that this reboot is in the right hands. I was never a fan of supernatural Michael Myers.

But he was supernatural in the original.

 

[Drizzle]

But he was supernatural in the original.

While improbable, it's a lot easier to buy him getting shot a couple of times and falling from a second story window than him surviving an explosion.

 

[Octoberist]

The first two hinted to things that were never fully explained, which worked. Subtle hints.

But what McBride meant was in the lines of Myers being brought back to life by a cult in the later sequels.

 

[The Joker]

While improbable, it's a lot easier to buy him getting shot a couple of times and falling from a second story window than him surviving an explosion.

Well in fairness he was shot more than a couple of times. He was shot six times at close range. Plus Laurie stabbed him in the neck with a knitting needle, and in the chest with his knife.

 

[Loki882]

And he was shot in the head, face, and neck. And he fell off of a second story balcony as well.

 

[MbJ]

People survive getting shot in movies all the time so I can see how him surviving the first film was someone people could get onboard with. It's stupid but that's part of the broader trope in pop culture where people seem to think getting shot with a bullet is akin to pricking your finger while sewing.

It was harder to buy him surviving anything after 2 because with 2, Carpenter seemed like he went out of his way to make it as clear as possible that Michael was dead and that his story was over. Heck the last shot is just a prolonged close-up of his burning corpse.

 

[BH/HHH]

Honestly I can't wait for the next Halloween film. I really do have faith in the guys in charge this time. Unlike I did for Rob Zombie.

 

[StarLord]

It's been 8 years since the last movie, which is now the longest time without a release in the franchise.

 

[Loki882]

Well it's not like they haven't tried. Their other ideas just never got off of the ground.

 

[StarLord]

I know, just pointing it out.

We're due a good one though.

 

[Wildcard]

While improbable, it's a lot easier to buy him getting shot a couple of times and falling from a second story window than him surviving an explosion.

True. But I like him having a subtle supernatural vibe as opposed to being outright human. I think there's a nice balance like what Carpenter & Hill managed to do. I agree, I don't want to see him getting shot a billion times and then sitting up or like you said, surviving an explosion/being completely engulfed in fire.

Have to walk a fine line with this: have him take on believable amounts of damage. Not only will it be more realistic, but it'll help to actually sell the terror. Nobody's scared when they see a guy taking the kind of damage Michael (and Jason) took in their later sequels.

 

[Roose Bolton]

He always had the aura of being otherworldly, the boogeyman come to life to get Laurie and the kids. That said, I do think they can achieve a balance where Michael doesn't seem like a crazily unstoppable Rasputin type and still seem eerie and creepy as befitting the series.

Real question is whether they bring Laurie back into it. I personally don't think I'd be bothered if they went for a new female lead.

 

[Broseph44]

 

[Wildcard]

He always had the aura of being otherworldly, the boogeyman come to life to get Laurie and the kids. That said, I do think they can achieve a balance where Michael doesn't seem like a crazily unstoppable Rasputin type and still seem eerie and creepy as befitting the series.

Real question is whether they bring Laurie back into it. I personally don't think I'd be bothered if they went for a new female lead.

We need a new female lead. It goes without saying that it's nigh impossible to carve out something new and memorable when you keep using the same elements that have been hammered in the ground for almost 40 years. Laurie's been in 6 out of 10 of these movies and Loomis has been in 7 out of 10. It's time to move on.

The only constant here should be Michael Myers. Imo, everything else needs to be fresh. No Loomis, no Laurie Strode.

 

[Roose Bolton]

I think I could probably get around that idea. At the very least it would bring back some mystery to Michael's motivations, in the sense that he'd be no longer chasing his sister and there'd be no family element.

 

[Octoberist]

Pop culture-wise, I've always thought that Mike's vampire like 'rise' influenced WWE wrestlers Undertaker and Kane.

Also, Myer's child-like head tilts influenced bands like Korn (and Kane).

 

[Octoberist]

Let's say Myers mysteriously comes back to the town like 8 years later. It's now like 1987, and people have moved on, including Laurie, and Loomis.

Maybe Myers targets the new lead thinking she's Laurie. Maybe he's gone more insane, and there should only be hints how they came back, but it's not fully explained.