Comments about ‘'Halloween' gory but not scary’

I saw this opening night. Huge dissapointment. I expected so much more from Zombie and unfortunately this film just didn't deliver. Also, he totally missed what made the original character of Laurie Strode so likeable - her ability to fight back with determination, power and intelligence. The new Laurie Strode didn't do much but cower and cry which, by the end of the film, made me wish Michael would just kill her and put us all out of our misery.

Those thinking this will be of the same caliber as "The Devil's Rejects" will be sadly dissapointed.

The movie isn't about rocket science. I just want to know if its scary. Jamie Lee Curtis didn't exactly give an Oscar winning performance. It wouldn't take much to out act Donald Pleasence either. He was as bad as it got. Next thing we'll learn that Dawn of the Dead was high brow horror. Just tell me if it bleeds red and scares me to death.

This movie was a disgrace to the 1978 original. The remake traded suspense and atmosphere, which made the first film so timeless, for blood, gore and tasteless violence. John Carpenter's "Halloween" is my favorite horror film and one of my top ten favorite films of all-time and I highly disliked this version.
It's sad to say, but many of the inferior sequels, including "Halloween 5" and "Halloween: Curse of Michael Myers", surpassed this film.
I wish I could say something positive about this film, but it was a major disappointment. Carpenter's classic will always be the greatest "Halloween" film of all time.

I wish people would stop comparing Zombie's version of Halloween to the original. Zombie stated several times that his Halloween was not a remake, rather a reimaging. I am so tired of reading reviews that compare this Halloween to the 1978 version. Obviously, they were not paying attention when Zombie repeatedly stated, "This is not a remake." Audiences who went into the theatre expecting John Carpenter's mildly violent classic have not watched House of a 1,000 corpses and the Devil's Rejects. Both films were incredibly violent, containing strong, offensive language. People who are disapponted haven no one to blame but themselves beacuse they went into the theatre expecting John Carpenter's classic.