Halloween (2007 film)

"Halloween 9" redirects here. For the next film in the original film series, see Halloween (2018 film).

Halloween
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRob Zombie
Screenplay byRob Zombie
Based on
Halloween
by
Produced by
  • Malek Akkad
  • Andy Gould
  • Rob Zombie
Starring
CinematographyPhil Parmet
Edited byGlenn Garland
Music byTyler Bates[a]
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • August 31, 2007 (2007-08-31)
Running time
110 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million[4]
Box office$80.4 million[2]

Halloween is a 2007 American slasher film written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie. It is a remake of John Carpenter's 1978 horror film of the same name and the ninth installment in the Halloween franchise. The film stars Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie, Tyler Mane, Scout Taylor-Compton, Brad Dourif, Danielle Harris, and William Forsythe. The "reimagining" follows Michael Myers who murdered his family as a child and becomes institutionalized at an asylum, before breaking out and stalking Laurie Strode and her friends on Halloween night.

Working from Carpenter's advice to "make [the film] his own",[5] Zombie chose to develop the film as both an origin story and a remake, allowing for more original content than simply re-filming the same scenes.

Halloween was released in the United States on August 31, 2007, by the Weinstein Company, under their Dimension Films banner, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, but grossed over $80 million worldwide against a production budget of $15 million. A sequel, Halloween II, was released in 2009.


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  1. ^ a b c "Halloween (2007)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Main Page Summary". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
  3. ^ "HALLOWEEN (18)". British Board of Film Classification. September 6, 2007. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Boo! 'Halloween' scares up record 4-day debut". Today.com. September 3, 2007. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2007.
  5. ^ "Rob Zombie to Re-Make Halloween". TheGauntlet.com. June 4, 2006. Archived from the original on January 6, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2006.