The news today reflects my interests as a 13 year old, which is sort of exciting. It’s a time warp to the days when masked slashers stalked our cinema screens.
First up: Halloween. This weekend I was honored to attend the Thirty Years of Terror Halloween convention in Pasadena and host a panel that reunited cast and crew from John Carpenter’s original classic. I moderated PJ Soles!
Anyway, the folks on the panel were at best circumspect about Rob Zombie’s remake – most claimed to have not even seen it – but there were plenty of folks from that film in attendance, including producer Malek Akkad, who told Dread Central that the sequel is happening and it will directly pick up from the first film. Tyler Mane will return as Michael Myers, but no director is yet firm, despite word that Inside splattermeisters Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury would be behind the camera. Expect word on that soon, though – Halloween 2 starts filming in March.
Meanwhile, fans were treated to the news that the ‘Producer’s Cut’ of Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers may be coming out on official DVD thanks to Anchor Bay. You have to be a real fan to know this movie, but it features Donald Pleasance’s last screen role and one of Paul Rudd’s first (he plays a grown up Tommy Doyle). The ‘Producer’s Cut’ includes almost 45 minutes of new footage, which changes the fates of some characters. Most notable is the fact that the ending is massively different in the ‘Producer’s Cut’ – it ends with Michael escaped and Loomis marked with the Curse of Thorn, the Druidic cult that’s behind Michael Myer’s powers. Yeah, the Halloween series really went there. The theatrical cut ends with Loomis presumably killed.
Next, Friday the 13th. I’m still working on my set visit report (I’m slow and have been busy. Give me a break!), but in the meantime savor the fact that the release of the new movie means that Paramount is triple dipping the original films. The first movie will be finally getting an uncut release in the US, as well as a Blu-Ray version. We’ll be getting much gorier kills after decades of just seeing outtakes. Part II and Part III in 3D will also be coming out in Special Editions, although nobody knows if they’ll be on BD. But here’s to hoping that Part III finally comes with 3D glasses. It just seems like a fucking no-brainer.
Thanks to Phil for alerting me to the Digital Bits story on F13.
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I would love to see a film where a killer stabs the slasher genre into oblivion where it will remain dead for a few years. At least someone do something new and different. Jason, Freddy, and the Shape were played out completely in the mid eighties. They have no relevance or impact now in the 21st century.
producer's cut of part six of halloween? seriously? who gets that ball rolling? take away his rolling priveleges.
Aquilian Ranger – I suggest you watch Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. I think its the best slasher flick in a very very long time
Holy shit they better release Part III in 3-D dvd. They show it every year up in Cleveland at an art house theater and the crowds are great! Just saw the home dvd version of "Journey to the Center of the Earth". Not a good movie at all, but they seemed to improve on the 3-D dvd experience by changing out the "blue/red" glasses with "purple/green" which didn't wash out every color in the movie and also wasn't so hard on the eyes. Bring on "Spacehunter"!
Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers was a master piece! you knew when Paul Rudd beat Michael Myers with a lead pipe, he would be the comedic actor he is today!
I want my Halloween 6 Producers cut DVD. I have a crappy bootleg. I think the regular version is out of print although I saw it in a Walmart 3 pack.
Somehow Halloween 6 was the cool movie to see Fall of my senior year in high school. God, it sucked. I spent years denying that was really Paul Rudd in that movie. Not because I like him so much. It's just so random. btw. I think the first Mortal Kombat movie opened the same weekend and stupid fucks in my school were running out to see that. It was the first Halloween sequel in years at that point, and seemed like it had a chance to be good. Boy, I was wrong.
I have that fan-made 2-disc version of the Producer's Cut, and to be honest, I don't see the demand of actually wanting an official version of this if you've actually seen it. Halloween 6 is a bad movie, but the Producer's Cut is worse. Although watching Denise Richards audition, and when she leaves, hearing someone say "she can't act for shit, but she has a hot body," is good for a laugh everytime.
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