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September 11, 2009

Pictures From The HALLOWEEN 2 Cast & Crew Screening!

On Wednesday September 9th, the Muvico Theaters over in Thousand Oaks, California held a special cast & crew screening of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 in high quality 4k resolution. On hand for the event and to participate in a Q & A session after the movie were producers Malek Akkad & Andy Gould as well as cast members Tyler Mane (Michael Myers), Scout Taylor-Compton (Laurie Strode), Danielle Harris (Annie Brackett), Brea Grant (Mya Rockwell), Angela Trimbur (Harley David) and Jeffrey Daniel Phillips (Uncle Seymour Coffins, Howard). We were treated to a never before scene featurette with the Coffin's character titled "Uncle Seymour Hits Hollywood" and then the show got under way!

The Q & A consisted of general stories about the working experiences in the shooting locations of Georgia, stories about working with Rob Zombie as a director and fun little tid-bits like favorite moments or kills in the new flick. Tyler and Scout fought a bit over the mic, especially when trying to clarify a funny story about how Scout accidentally stabbed Tyler in the shoulder with a real knife on their first night of shooting on the first HALLOWEEN. Akkad gave out posters, masks and fun HALLOWEEN themed collectibles and the group filled us in on what was up next for them. (Apparently HALLOWEEN 3D isn't as sure a thing as the recent news posts have indicated.) All in all a fun event, especially for a die-hard HALLOWEEN fan. Below are some pics from the Q & A session! ENJOY! 

From left to right: Malek Akkad, Andy Gould, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Angela Trimbur, Brea Grant, Danielle Harris, Scout Taylor-Compton and Tyler Mane.














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September 07, 2009

Special HALLOWEEN 2 Cast & Crew Screening In LA September 9th!

Want to attend a special cast & crew screening of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2? Well, now's your chance! The event is taking place September 9th at the Muvico Theaters located at 166 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360. You can order tickets on-line at www.muvico.com or by telephone at 805-496-5487.

In attendance for a special Q & A after the screening will be stars Tyler Mane, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Angela Trimbur, Jeff Daniel Phillips, along with producers Malek Akkad and Andy Gould. Details on the flier below! ENJOY!



Check out ICONS complete HALLOWEEN 2 coverage:







Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)


September 02, 2009

RUMOR: Director Found For HALLOWEEN 3D?!

Late in the weekend, The Weinstein Company announced it's intentions to continue the HALLOWEEN franchise with HALLOWEEN 3D. And not only would they be aiming to get a 3D Michael Myers movie in theaters by next summer, but it'll be a different take from what Rob Zombie had established with his 2 HALLOWEEN flicks. In that last post, it was hinted that "the studio was in negotiations with a new director, who has experience in horror." Rumor going round through all the other horror outlets is that it may be Steve Miner.

Steve Miner is no stranger to the genre, nor to Michael Myers. He directed HALLOWEEN: 20 YEARS LATER aka H20 starring Jamie Lee Curtis. His other genre credits include the recent DAY OF THE DEAD remake, FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 and LAKE PLACID. Hell, he's got 3D experience having also directed FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3.

For now, let's consider this a rumor until confirmed, but could be interesting to see what Miner's take on Myers is, 10 years after H20. (Just... get the mask right this time, k?)


August 30, 2009

Are You Ready For A Rob Zombie-Less HALLOWEEN 3D?! It's Coming!

Wow. That was fast and... obvious. The big winner this weekend at the box office wasn't Rob Zombie's sequel HALLOWEEN II, but rather THE FINAL DESTINATION 3D. So, fresh from that loss, Bob Weinstein from The Weinstein Company announced via the LA Times today that HALLOWEEN 3D is in development.

From the article: "Weinstein said Rob Zombie, who directed "Halloween II" and 2007's reboot of the 31-year-old horror series, won't return for "Halloween 3-D." He said the studio is in negotiations with a new director, whom he declined to name, who has experience in horror and has a "different take" on the franchise."

Well... we've never seen a HALLOWEEN flick in 3D. And it'll be nice to see a "new take" on Michael Myers after these last 2 flicks.

With a "new take" on the horizon, no word on if Scout Taylor-Compton or Tyler Mane would be returning to reprise their roles as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers respectively. Although in our recent interviews, they both seemed keen. (Check that out HERE!)

Also of note: The LA Times article lists "Summer 2010" as the release date for HALLOWEEN 3D. Considering the 3D process and the fact that no one's officially attached yet, there is NO way in hell they can make the movie in that amount of short time... but ya never know?

More when we hear it!


HALLOWEEN 2 INTERVIEWS: PART 1 - ROB ZOMBIE!

Earlier this week, ICONS OF FRIGHT was invited to join in on a series of roundtable interviews for HALLOWEEN 2. (Now playing in theaters!) We've decided to pair up the interviews in batches and offer them to you in their entirety. ('Tis the ICONS way!) Beware of major spoilers! We've done our best to mark them before you get to them, that way you can come back after you've seen the movie. Keep in mind that several journalists are asking questions here, so ICONS is credited when it's us asking. This edition features the writer/director himself, ROB ZOMBIE! Enjoy!


Rob Zombie:

What’s the fun in horror movies?

That’s funny, that was the last question they just asked me in the other room. I didn’t really have a good answer. For me, it’s just movies period. Not necessarily horror movies. I just like dark, violet material.

Why?

I don’t know why? Its funny, because I’m writing this thing about CLOCKWORK ORANGE for the DGA magazine, and I was doing some research and I found that Roger Ebert gave this movie a horrible review when it came out in 1972. And everything he said which is why he hated it is exactly why I like it. So I don’t know.


Hard childhood?

I guess, yeah. I don’t know! If you’re life is weird and fucked up, you like to see things that are weird and fucked up.

What movie scared you as a kid?

Weird things are scary when you’re a kid. I think probably the scariest thing, as stupid as it sounds was THE WIZARD OF OZ with the flying monkeys and the witch. I remember seeing that when I was really little and it still seems freaky. Seems really fucked up!

ICONS: That and WILLY WONKA scared the shit out of me.

Yeah, WILLY WONKA too! Not even like, I’d watch FRANKENSTEIN and it never seemed scary yet somehow THE WIZARD OF OZ was a freak show.


ICONS: So, HALLOWEEN 2. Obviously you had quite a time restraint to get this movie in theaters by August 28th. Hope it didn’t compromise what you wanted to do. Is the movie coming out in theaters essentially what you set out to do? Will there be a longer director’s cut for the DVD? I know there’s tons of material that didn’t make it into the theatrical cut.

Um, ya know, except for THE DEVIL’S REJECTS, I feel like everything has been compromised in some way by scheduling. Because THE DEVIL’S REJECTS was the only movie I ever made that had no release date. We worked on it and worked on it until we got it right. Or at least until we felt we got it right. We sort of looked at it and thought, ya know? There’s nothing else I want to change. There’s nothing else I want to do. Whereas, I’ve never had that luxury since. And um, I don’t know what would be different. The thing is – editing is a crucial time and when you get rushed through that process, you’re never 100 percent sure that you’ve got exactly the perfect take of every actor, or the perfect moment because there’s so much footage to go through and so you do your best to do it with the time that you have. As far as a longer cut for the director’s cut, there is another version of the movie that’s very, very different that will probably be the director’s cut. There were 2 ways we could cut the movie. The way we cut it for the theatrical, Laurie Strode’s character is the main difference in the two. (In the theatrical) She’s holding it together, getting her life together and it starts spiraling downward. In the other version, she’s an incredible mess and gets worse. She never has any good moments, she’s just messed up, she’s lashing out at everyone, she’s horrible. Messed up on drugs, she’s just completely spun out through the whole movie. It makes for a real challenging movie to watch and I feel like I don’t know if fans would’ve embraced so much darkness.


Is there still a white horse motif in that version?

Yeah, everything’s the same in that version except for her. There’s other scenes with her, and mostly with Annie. Her relationship with Annie is horrible and they’re at each other’s throats through the whole movie. They are not in the theatrical version.

What's the story with the leaked unused trailer?

The trailer that got leaked I remember really, really liking.


What was the inspiration for the white horse motif?

Well, I wanted – the horse thing, I was just trying to find some significant thing that could be a through line. It could’ve been anything, it’s not so much that that’s so significant. It had to be some minor event from young Michael Myer’s life that he has stuck in his brain. That I could then tie through to Laurie. And that just seemed like – the white horse is such a great visual image. And then when I started researching these meaning of dream type books, even though it’s a bunch of bullshit to me. They all reference this great significance with the white horse. And I put the definition at the beginning of the movie. It seemed like the perfect childlike image to carry through.


For your characters, is there an urge to get behind the violence and anger?

Well, I like making everything a bit wishy-washy in the sense that, we don’t want people to feel bad for Michael Myers necessarily, but I don’t want him to just be the “villain”. That’s why I like giving him something he didn’t have much of in the other movies is making him a character. It’s a little bit like you might feel a little bit bad because he’s this big hulking monster that’s basically still got the brain of a 10 year old boy. And who’s been locked away his whole life. Like I was saying, it’s like the FRANKENSTEIN scenario. No matter what he does, it’s still sort of this misunderstood monster scenario and I always find that more interesting. I guess with growing up with all those old movies that always had that motif to it.


This one’s more your feel. How’d the 2 differ for you?

This film to me is more like a logical follow-up to THE DEVIL’S REJECTS. Whereas HALLOWEEN the first one seemed like a weird side step, where I think because it was someone else’s material, it kinda of messed with me. I made the first half of the movie my thing, and the second half I felt well I should bring in more John Carpenter beats because that’s what people are going to be expecting. But as soon as I started doing that, I don’t think I had quite the enthusiasm for the film as I did with the new stuff, because the fun of it is creating your world and when you go ‘oh ok’, Annie Bracket and Lynda and Laurie. These are someone else’s characters. That’s why in this movie, I tried to flip them all upside down and make them my characters.


Any interest in moving away from horror?

Yeah, totally. Even after my first movie I wanted to move on. The thing is, it’s hard to get movies made. It’s virtually impossible. It’s hard to get people to green light projects, so you just sort of take them as they come and try to deal with them. I didn’t want to make HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES PART 2. So I thought I’m going to make this movie called THE DEVIL’S REJECTS and make it totally different and make it like this post-modern Western. Technically it’s a follow-up, it’s the same characters, but I had no interest in re-visiting what I’d already done. It’s sort of the same thing with HALLOWEEN II. I tried to push it away from what I had done. People come into something called HALLOWEEN expecting something.


Also coming to expect something from you as well.

Yeah, so there’s expectations on something like this.

What's next? THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO?

EL SUPERBEASTO is done. That comes out September 22nd. And that’s an animated movie that’s a comedy. It’s totally different then anything I’ve ever done. It’s sort of like X-Rated SCOOBY DOO. And it’s ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. It’s part musical, part comedy. It’s crazy.


What scary movies do you go to see?

I don’t know. I tend to avoid horror movies at the theater, because I always think they’re going to be lousy. And my friends work on them so they’ll tell me in advance, oh man this movie’s terrible. Don’t waste your time! So it kills your excitement factor. (Laughs)

So you haven’t seen the big horror movies of the last few years like HOSTEL or SAW?

I saw HOSTEL and I saw HOSTEL PART 2. It gets weird because you’re friends with these people, so I really want to go see Eli’s movies and support Eli. SAW, I saw the first one, I haven’t seen any of the other ones. Um – It’s not really my type of thing. Even if they’re awesome. It’s just not my type of thing. I don’t know. Even if it’s 500 DAYS OF SUMMER. Everyone loves that, so I went to see that and it’s just not my thing. I thought it might be my type of thing.

But you're often paired up with those filmmakers as part of the "Splat Pack".

I don’t relate to that. I don’t want to be part of any group that’ll have me as a member. So as soon as I heard “The Splat Pack”, I was like please, kick me out of that group. If there’s one thing as a director that you don’t want to be, it’s part of a “group”. I just have an aversion to that. Same thing with music, whenever there’s a “scene”, I just don’t want to be part of a scene. Just leave me alone! That’s just my nature. It’s nothing against the people that are in that group. They’re all friends of mine & I know all of them and they’re all great. I just like to be left alone.

Is TYRANNOSAURUS REX next?

It’s a boxing movie, actually. Yeah, it’s about this guy named Rex. His nickname is “Tyrannosaurus Rex” and it’s about this washed up prize fighter who goes to prison for assaulting these guys in a bar because he’s kind of this born to loose out of control personality. And when he gets out of prison, he’s too old to box so he gets caught up in underground fighting. Because he’s so filled with rage that he can’t control himself in normal society. It’s pretty dark. That’d be a darker movie then HALLOWEEN. That might be my next movie and that’s not a horror movie.

Given your tight schedule on editing, was this movie tougher then the first HALLOWEEN?

Yeah, I will not make another movie under these circumstances, it’s just not the way to do it. When you lock into a release date and then you move the release date up by 2 months, it’s just not good. It’s good for everything but the cast, crew and people who are creatively trying to make a film. (Laughs)


Post is always the part that is rushed and the most crucial.

That’s where you make or break a film. With DEVIL’S REJECTS, we didn’t reshoot anything on that, we had limited time, that was the cheapest movie we made. But we had the time to craft it afterwords. For this one, luckily I always use the same editor and we have a really good short hand, usually he immediately gravitates towards the takes I like best so he knows & we can work really fast. But I don’t know. The problem is and everybody says it, nobody makes movies anymore, they just make schedules and budgets. They don’t make movies anymore. Unfortunately it’s so true.

A lot of filmmakers for these types of films say making these movies is very therapeutic. Is that how it is for you?

I think so. Everybody’s just so repressed, that if they could get more sex and violence into their life, they might feel happier. Not necessarily at the same time!


Can you talk about the kills in HALLOWEEN 2?

The killing I always try to keep very basic and brutal, because that’s the thing about some of these movies, they get really into concocting elaborate scenarios which make sense if that’s the movie, but for this movie it doesn’t.

Is this more intense then the first HALLOWEEN?

It might be. It’s definitely more violent I think. It’s nastier. It’s uglier and grosser.



Be sure to check out our other HALLOWEEN 2 INTERVIEWS! (Click each image below to read them!)








Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II is in theaters now!

HALLOWEEN 2 INTERVIEWS: PART 2 - SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON, DANIELLE HARRIS, BREA GRANT, SHERI MOON ZOMBIE!

Earlier this week, ICONS OF FRIGHT was invited to join in on a series of roundtable interviews for HALLOWEEN 2. (Now playing in theaters!) We've decided to pair up the interviews in batches and offer them to you in their entirety. ('Tis the ICONS way!) Beware of major spoilers! We've done our best to mark them before you get to them, that way you can come back after you've seen the movie. Keep in mind that several journalists are asking questions here, so ICONS is credited when it's us asking. This edition features all the lovely ladies of HALLOWEEN 2! Scout Taylor-Compton (Laurie Strode), Danielle Harris (Annie Brackett), Brea Grant (Mya Rockwell) and Sheri Moon Zombie (Deborah Myers). ENJOY!


Scout Taylor-Compton:

In the original HALLOWEEN series, Jamie Lee got to come back 20 years later. What’s it like for you to come back a few years later?

Our Laurie Strode is definitely different. For Jamie Lee, she revisited the character 20 years later. I felt like I created Laurie Strode in my own way and Rob’s way. And took it in a realistic way.


What do you appreciate about horror movies?

I love horror movies. I love the feeling of walking out and feeling very uncomfortable with what I just saw. I love that, that’s what horror movies are supposed to do, right?

Did growing up with horror movies, coupled with your father's profession help prepare you for HALLOWEEN 2?

Yeah, It definitely did. It helped me a lot, especially with my dad being a mortician. But it was very uncomfortable, because I was stuck in the gurney for 8 hours straight and I couldn’t move, I couldn’t get up. I’ve seen that stuff a lot and it’s truly uncomfortable.


ICONS: With the exception of the ending scene in the first movie, this one seems a lot more physically demanding of you. Was this a tougher movie to make? The 2nd one?

This one was tough, honestly. It was a lot for me to do. It was very tough emotionally. It was really, really tough emotionally. I felt like I was going crazy while filming this movie because I was always upset or sad. I felt like I was bipolar. Every time I was on set, I had to play a different feeling. So to portray that, it just took a lot out of me. Honestly, what you guys have seen, that wasn’t all of it. There’s a lot more that I put into the movie, but Rob had to tone it down a bit. Honestly it was really sad just seeing this girl go down this path and not being able to control it. It was fun.


I was always sad that she had to buy her own copy of the book.

(Laughs) Yeah, she had to pay for it. They didn’t even send her a copy!

ICONS: One of the coolest things about this movie from your perspective as an actress is playing against people like Brad Dourif, Malcolm McDowell, Margot Kidder. Great actors. Can you talk a bit about working with the other actors in this movie, people that maybe you looked up to and learned from?

Oh gosh. Nerveracking? Totally completely nervous. Totally goo-goo eyed. I envy these people, I really do. Not just the actors, but Rob. Just working with him, I’m such a fan. And to actually be a good friend of his is amazing. And working with Malcolm who’s an amazing actor. To be able to sit with him and have a normal conversation and ask him about his life and having that trust. Even with someone new like Margot Kidder, and hearing all these stories & kind of thinking “What am I getting myself into with these scenes? I’m about to do these emotional scenes and work with somebody who’s supposedly crazy!” But no, she’s so amazing. She’s really an amazing person. And we got really close actually, and we only filmed for a day and that was a lot.


ICONS: There were a couple of scenes with her, no? Because there’s only one in the final movie.

Yeah, and we did all our scenes in one day. We met the night before, and the next day we felt so comfortable with each other. She was very cool. With Brad, I just love Chucky! (Laughs) That’s always like “how’s Chucky?”

ICONS: It’s hard not to hear his voice and think of Chucky!

Exactly! I didn’t know it was him while I was filming the first one and then I found out at the premiere and then I went crazy. From then on, I’d hear Chucky anytime he spoke!


ICONS: Can you elaborate more on working with Brad and Danielle, because Brad has a lot bigger of a part in this one, he’s your surrogate father in this one. I thought he stole the movie pretty much.

Yeah, Brad is great. Um, he’s an amazing, amazing actor. He’s very dedicated to his work and you get used to that. Danielle’s great. I had a couple of tough scenes with Danielle, which were really tough to get out of. She’s just so amazing to work with and I feel like, she’s like my older sister. So it was great doing these scenes with her.

ICONS: Let’s talk about the FX, because there’s some pretty grotesque things that happen on camera. Wayne Toth told us a story how Rob didn’t tell you about the long shot of the guy getting his head crushed and then they showed it to you and you were like “Oh my God!”

I really freaked out! I thought it was a real guy! And I looked at Rob and said, “Oh my God! What did you do!” It was awful. It was a real guy and they had edited it together where all of a sudden you see Tyler big giant foot crush his face and I saw it and just jumped and freaked out! (It was a full body anamatronic) And the fact that you can’t tell the difference, bravo to Wayne Toth! (Laughs) Bravo. Every morning, I’d go in to say hi to Wayne and there’d always be a different dead body in the seat. You had to get used to that every morning. (Laughs) He’s an amazing make up artist and he did some stuff on me this time. The whole prosthetics on my hand at the beginning.


How do you move on from this being so emotional?

ICONS: RUNAWAYS!

I join a band! Playing Lita Ford. Yeah, I did THE RUNAWAYS with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. It’s the Joan Jett movie! That’s how I move on! That’s pretty amazing! (Laughs)

ICONS: I don’t know too much about that but did you interact with Lita Ford at all, since you’re playing her?

I didn’t really meet Lita, but Joan Jett was always there, during band practice, during the filming, she was always there. Always hanging out with us, it was great. And Cherie Curry was there.

Was that tough too?

There’s a lot of hard work, because we basically had to have band practice and we had to learn the instruments in a short amount of time. We performed for 8 hours straight. I felt like I was Rob for a second, it was crazy.

So you guys formed a real band.

Yeah, basically.

Which of the songs did you get really good at?

Um, “Cherry Bomb” of course! Come on! All of us had something to do. Dakota will blow your minds. She’s amazing in it and so is Kristen. But yeah, “Cherry Bomb” definitely. And “Queens Of Noise”. If somebody told me this 9 years ago that I’d be in a Rob Zombie film chased around by Michael Myers and then you’re going to join Joan Jett and be in THE RUNAWAYS & play Lita Ford, the lead guitarist, I would’ve thought you were crazy. It’s amazing to be able to play all these different characters and learn all these different things. I’m very lucky.

ICONS: Did you guys shoot multiple endings for HALLOWEEN 2?

Um, yeah, I think that’s out there, right? We filmed some different stuff. We did that on the first one too. You can always find ways to make it better. In reshoots. Or just different.

ICONS: Can you talk about your relationship with Tyler Mane? Because he’s scary to us but to you I’m sure he’s like a big teddy bear.

He’s like my dad! He is! I look up to that guy and he takes care of me which is great to have. He’s a really sweet & sincere guy.

Are you a fan of Danielle's other HALLOWEEN movies? HALLOWEEN 4 & 5?

Gosh who hasn’t seen 4 and 5? (Other journalists nod no) What? There’s a TV over there! We need to set you guys up right away! No, Danielle’s amazing. I think out of all the HALLOWEEN movies, I loved 4 & 5 because I related to Danielle. She’s amazing and still amazing. Like I said before, every scene that I had with her was just really emotional and acting off of her is so easy.


You had a lot of screaming to do on this one!

Oh gosh, I’m just good at screaming, I really am. I lost my voice on this one a lot. I just started talking like a man for a while. Which could be sexy! (Laughs)

Have you ever met Jamie Lee Curtis?

No! I still want to, I really do. I would love to have a conversation with her. Maybe in the future? There’s so many things that I would ask her. Honestly, I’d want to know what she thought of me portraying her character and what she thought of the movie. I put so much of her character into the first one that I’d just love to hear her input.


Can you talk about your acting process?

I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing especially when I’m dealing with something where I’m supposed to be really sad, but I’m not one of those people that go off and think about something sad, and have to take like 5 minutes to get out of it. I’m not like that at all. I’m ready in 2 seconds. We’re rolling? Ok, we’re rolling. And then I’m done. It’s just really easy for me to get out of it, which is really good. I think I’d go crazy if it were the other way around.

Did you ever think you'd end up in a HALLOWEEN movie? Let alone 2 playing the character of Laurie Strode?

I had no idea I'd get to play her. My uncle would scare me with the Michael Myers mask when I was younger. And I was absolutely terrified of the movie and I never thought that I’d end up in a HALLOWEEN movie. Let alone play Laurie Strode. When I first heard about the audition, I just never thought it’d happen. I just thought it’d be so great. And I just kept getting closer and closer to it. And when I got it, I thought, “Oh my God. I’m going to be Laurie Strode.” It’s crazy to me. I never would’ve imagined.

Did you take home anything from the set?

(Smiles)

ICONS: You took home the cloths, didn't ya!

(Laughs) I got the cloths. And some of the paintings.

ICONS: Would you be game to play Laurie again should a HALLOWEEN 3 come your way?

I’d be so game. I would. I would love to develop her a little bit more. I could see a lot that I would do with her, so yeah. I’d be real excited to do it again.


Danielle Harris & Brea Grant: (Major Spoiler About Annie Brackett through-out)

ICONS: So Danielle, HALLOWEEN II. This is your 4th HALLOWEEN film!

Danielle Harris: 4th and final! (Laughs)

ICONS: Hey! Ya never know!

Danielle Harris: Right, ya never know. I’ll come back as someone else. I’ll come back as Jamie Lloyd’s mother. Well wait, that would be Laurie. I'll come back as someone else when we do HALLOWEEN 4.


ICONS: The point being that the only other person to make 4 HALLOWEEN movies is Jamie Lee Curtis. So you’re tied with her. How does it feel to be the only other person so attached with this series?

Danielle Harris: I would love to meet her one day! My boyfriend just did a movie with her the other day and I said I’d love to meet her and he’s like “Oh, I worked with her today & she’s great!” I was like you worked with her today?! Do you tell her that your girlfriend is me? And he’s like “I didn’t even think about it.” (Laughs) Thanks! I appreciate it. Maybe he could’ve set up a coffee date or something for me? I think it’s a really cool “title” I guess for lack of a better word. It’s weird. I still can’t believe I’m talking about this 25 years later! It’s good that I came back as somebody else and it was acceptable and that people dug it. And I didn’t get a lot of slack for it.

ICONS: I was really bummed they killed you off this time.

Danielle Harris: I think people are like “you’re going to live! You’re going to live!” I don’t think they’re expecting me to actually finally be dead. I’m hoping there’s going to be a little mourning! You’ll never see her in another HALLOWEEN again! I don’t know if it’s in the movie, because Rob had asked me for some Super 8 footage of me as a little girl. I don’t know, is there any footage of me as a little girl?

ICONS: I don’t think so. No.

Danielle Harris: OK, well he had asked me this to pull some stuff. I was like I don’t have Super 8 stuff but I have some VHS stuff, so my mom dug thru their crap and sent me like 10 tapes and I put them all on DVD and sent them to him. And he was going to put it in, again I haven’t seen the movie, so I guess when Brad finds me, there’s a moment where he looks up for a second while he’s taking it all in, and Rob wanted to have a clip of me as a little girl, and it might be in the director’s cut, because he thought there would not be a dry eye in the house if he put that in there. That’s such an emotional thing, he wanted to have that. You rarely feel anything when anyone dies in these movies. It’s like “That was a cool death”. You don’t really get invested in these character but I think because people have grown up with me, that it’s sort of like – as you know I had a stalker incident years ago – and people are still like “Is everything OK?” Like these guys that I’ve never met before until a conventions are like, “Is everything alright? Because I’ll kick his ass!” (Laughs) It’s like the big brother syndrome. Because they know you as a little girl and you’ve been in their house for so long over the years and they don’t want to see anything happen to you. They’ll do whatever they can to protect you, and now I’m going into this movie and knowing that he finally got me. I’m curious to see what people think.

ICONS: Well, it’s long and drawn out.

Danielle Harris: Is it long and drawn out?

ICONS: Well, the hardest part is you’re alive in Laurie’s arms for like 5 minutes when she finds you!

Danielle Harris: I love that though! Because you’re like ‘please live, please live, please live’ and you think she might. I’m done. Which is different. That scene, we made up as we went along. All I was supposed to say was “He’s in the house.” That was the only thing, that’s it. Then you’d see my head hanging out of the bathtub, and I thought we can’t go out like that. I knew I’d get shit for it. People were going to say I can’t believe that that’s how you went out. So I thought, let me out of the bathtub and let’s do it on the bathroom floor. And then with Scout, Scout and I are close. I am like her older sister. We have that relationship and someone asked me earlier how I feel about carrying the torch in these movies & the other ones. I’ve passed the torch to her. She’s got it now. So it’s nice to have that. Again it goes back to that there’s not much emotional that gets drawn out within you as an audience member, as a fan in a lot of these movies. You’re not very invested for very long. And usually the girls are dumb bitches. Most of the time! Rob sort of flips it a little bit. But these girls you really do care about because they’re smart, they’re sassy, they’re friends, they’ve got their shit together. The guys are always the dorks in his movies. It’s kind of cool to be part of that.


ICONS: For Brea, this isn’t your first genre movie, you also did MIDNIGHT MOVIE.

Brea Grant: I did a couple of low budget horror movies that no one wanted to see. Thank God!

ICONS: I’ve seen a few!

Brea Grant: Have you? What'd ya think?

ICONS: I like 'em! What was it like for you stepping into HALLOWEEN 2, were you a fan of these films?

Brea Grant: It was really exciting. I was.

ICONS: Were you really a fan?

Brea Grant: Yes! I was! I grew up watching them. I’m a horror fan and I grew up watching these movies. Honestly, FRIDAY THE 13TH was more of my scary movie that I remember forever (as a kid), and I’m still scared of Freddy Krueger BUT, HALLOWEEN - definitely watched it as a kid. Yeah, it was exciting. It’s scary to go into this film, because it already has a huge following. You don’t want to walk in and screw everything up for everybody. I’m really excited to be scaring a whole new generation of fans.


ICONS: For Danielle and Rob and everyone involved, this was their second feature together, they already had friendships, did they welcome you to the fold with open arms?

Brea Grant: They were like so cliquish, it’s unbelievable! (Laughs) Kidding! They were really nice, and everybody was really cool. And Rob is really cool. He - You don’t walk on the set & figure out what you’re doing. In rehearsals, we hung out and got to know each other.

Danielle Harris: He like hangs out with you while they’re setting up which I’ve never had any other director ever do. I remember the first day on set, Scout and I were sitting together and we had just blocked a scene and he came over and sat across from us and just started talking to us about My Space or Facebook or something like that. I thought I can’t believe we’re sitting here and talking and just sort of gossiping! (Laughs) This is the weirdest thing. He wants to just talk and hang out. He knows what he wants, he comes in, he tweaks stuff, he does stuff and then you’re ready to roll.


What’s he like as a director?

Brea Grant: On this movie essentially, we'd show up and these are the scenes we’re supposed to be doing. You go in and you think you’re doing these scenes and then you walk in and he gives you pages and they’re different scenes. And that’s what you’re actually doing today because he rewrote them all last night at 4 in the morning! And so, it’s a different style of shooting but it was really fun. You get to hang out. You kind of get to play and he puts things you said earlier that day in there.

Danielle Harris: And then he screws with you too. In the last HALLOWEEN, I put on my cheerleading jacket & you guys probably never saw this, but on the back of it, it says munchkin in big letters. (Laughs) And then he had my boyfriend calling me “munchy”. He told him to do it while we were having out little sex scene. So I was like ‘seriously, Rob? People are going to be calling me munchy forever now!’ And this time around, it’s not in the movie, Sheri asks young Michael Myers “Why didn’t you kill her last time?” And he says, “Because she’s just so small.” And I get these pages thinking ‘Oh Rob! Seriously?’ What in the hell! People are going to give me such crap! Then I was supposed to have a boyfriend in HALLOWEEN 2, and this great actor flies out for the shoot and I’m looking at all these pages and I go to Rob, ‘I just don’t think, now that we’ve created these characters through out the process of shooting, Annie’s not ready to have a boyfriend yet. She stays in the house, she doesn’t put on make-up. I just wouldn’t have a man 2 years later after what happened to my last boyfriend. I just don’t buy it.’ So he said, ‘Alright. I’ll send him back.’ And I was like ‘No, this guy’s here’ and I hate to be the one to make that decision! Like this actor flies all the way out to Georgia to shoot, probably already telling all his friends that he’s doing HALLOWEEN 2 and then he gets axed the moment he gets there? So, Rob asked me ‘What do you want him to be?’ And I thought, maybe some guy that my Dad sends to keep me company but he’s this big dork. Like something like that. So we started riffing on that and we shot like 7 or 8 scenes with this guy. It’s all cut out of the movie because it just didn’t work. But he’s a comic book geek that keeps trying to get me to go to a horror movie convention. And all I’m doing is going ‘yeah, dude, I’m not into it. Horror conventions are cool for you, but not for me.’ So Rob’s kind of mocking me a little bit at the same time. Because the fans will come to see me at a lot of the conventions and be like ‘Hey! So you think I’m a dork? What’s up with that?’ So Rob has that fine line of finding the humor in things and puts little subliminal messages in there.

Brea Grant: Yeah, I don’t know if you can even see it, but during the whole movie I have a vegan tattoo on my arm, and I am vegan so I think it was a knock at me. (Laughs)


Since you did the original HALLOWEEN series and now you’re doing this one, how is Michael Myers different?

Danielle Harris: He’s twice the size! (Laughs) He’s bigger, the knife is bigger. Everything is just bigger and badder! Times have changed. It’s been a long time, it’s been 20 years. So it’s just – it’s funny after I did the other one, I was having a really tough time as an actress shaking it off. They shot for 4 or 5 days with the love scene through to my death. It was a lot of little pieces, and I was getting in my car a few days later and I was still feeling this weird feeling. As an actor, you’re done, you think that was my job and now I can separate from reality and working. And I just couldn’t do it. I wondered what the hell was wrong with me? Plus, it’s HALLOWEEN too. I realized that was the first time I’d ever been touched by Michael. Michael Myers never touched me as Jamie. He never got me, ever. So no wonder it was so much harder for me & I’ve never been attacked before. So it’s weird. In the script there was no scene between Michael Myers and Annie. I thought if I’m going to go out, I gotta go in a scene with Michael, & he’s got to get me at some point. I can’t not have a scene with Tyler the entire movie, that’s just nuts. It’s bad enough I don’t have a scene with Malcolm either! I spend so much time with Loomis in the other ones. So, at least Rob agreed and said, absolutely we have to put that in there. We wrote that on the fly.

And you’re still playing a teen in these movies, that’s so awesome.

Danielle Harris: (Laughs) You can thank my mother! Good genes! It’s weird, I can’t believe I’m here in this interview talking about it 20 years later, I can’t believe I’m playing 19 when I’m 32 years old. And with Scout & I, people think we’re similar and I’m 12 years older then her. Brea and I are closer in age.


Sheri Moon Zombie:

ICONS: Were you surprised when Rob told you you'd be returning for HALLOWEEN 2?

Yes! Well, I read the script, one of the first incarnations that he was writing, and I though how’s this going to work? I know I’m going to get cut out! I don’t see how this is going to work. It seemed so separate. And even when we were filming, I really felt like wow, I don’t have the vision that he has. He knew how he was going to make it all come together so, yeah, I think it worked.

Why was it important to have Michael’s mom back?

Well, if you asked me that before Rob wrote the script, I’d say, egh, not really. (Laughs) But it’s Rob’s writing, he wrote the story. You get more into Michael’s mind by seeing Deborah through his eyes. It’s really twisted, because he’s essentially mentally stunted at the age of 10 or 11, and it just gives more insight into the workings of Michael Myers.


Did you have influence on how Deborah appears in this movie?

Not when he’s writing, but when we’re rehearsing or I’m on set, we discuss things, as he does with any other actor.

What are the merits of horror films?

Somebody just said to me the other day that women are the number one horror fans, and I was kind of shocked by that. When I sit and watch a horror movie, I’m always blocking my eyes. It’s not the first type of film that I’d go see. Um, I like old horror movies that are character driven. I’m not into the slasher stuff. I loved and to this day I still can’t watch AMITYVILLE HORROR by myself or THE SHINING by myself. I loved INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. And FRANKENSTEIN. And DRACULA and KING KONG. I like those types of horror movies.

Do you and Rob watch horror movies on the couch?

We watch all types of movies at home and if we’re watching a few comedies in a row, and we’re just watching light hearted movies, a few days will go by, which is what we like to watch because our days get so stressful sometimes, that we just want to read and laugh at the end of the day. But we watch all different types. We don’t fight about what we’re going to watch. (Laughs) Unless he’s watching boxing, I’ll go do something else. I’m not a big fan of boxing.

ICONS: You shot a few sequence with Daeg Faerch before Chase Wright Vanek came on board. Can you talk about working with Chase as the new young Michael Myers?

We actually shot one scene, which was a film test with Daeg one day in Georgia, we were trying to cheat the furniture to make him look smaller and it just wasn’t working. He’s going to be a big boy, just like Michael Myers! Um, but yes, Daeg is a very mature kid and understood and took it like a man. And working with Chase, we found Chase and he just had that angelic face, just like Daeg had and I think he worked out great. We bonded and had a great time.


How do you deal with horror stuff around children?

We shot some scenes in the strip club in Georgia, and it was a skanky, skanky real strip club in Georgia, they went and cleaned it out the night before and I heard all these horrific thing they found on the floor. When we were filming a scene there, there was a naked girl in the scene, so under Chase’s clown mask, they put tape over the eyes, so he couldn’t take a peek. He’ll see the scene at the premiere! (Laughs) He was not allowed to see the naked woman. But Chase was really into it. He was like, ‘Can I smash somebody’s head?’ Daeg was the same way in the first one. He was so excited to grab a baseball bat. Little boys, ya know?

ICONS: I know by shooting the first one in Pasadena, people were always crashing the set. How was shooting in Georgia different?

Well believe it or not, down in Georgia, when we were filming scenes in town squares and doing outdoor locations, and even in the fields, people that lived in the farms would come out, and they would put up a little barricade and just watch. They’d get all excited when they saw Tyler or somebody walk by. It was fun. We didn’t have the big crowds like we did in Pasadena, but it’s cool to have people come out to see it. I would find it tremendously interesting if I weren’t in it. On my day off I don’t want anything to do with on the set!

This feels more like a Rob Zombie film. Did he have more control on this one as opposed to the first film?

Well, I think he had some limitations with the first one because he was playing off of John Carpenter’s original. Rob loved shooting the first third of the first movie. He felt that was his own and he got to establish a lot of the characters and for this one he feels it’s his own, because he didn’t have any limitations or anything. I think he’s happier with it. He does feel that it’s more of his own.


How’d you like wearing the white dress?

Ya know, I loved the white dress for the first 2 weeks. And then, I was like ugh, getting sick of it. And then I got to wear the black dress and I was thrilled to wear that and yeah. I have one of them. It was a beautiful dress.

You do a lot of movies with Rob, what else are you working on?

Well, right now I’m taking a break but generally I have a clothing business called TOTAL SKULL and you can go to totalskull.com and buy toys for girls and guys. Rock n’ roll stuff. And I voiced one of the characters Suzi X for Rob’s THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, which comes out September 22nd. It’s a sexy, raunchy Rated R animated movie. That was a lot of fun so I can’t wait to see that.

How’d you meet Rob?

We met through a mutual friend over a decade ago. A long time ago.

ICONS: I was wondering if you could elaborate on this one cool sequence in the new movie. It’s one of the dream sequences where it’s the last supper and you see all these Halloween-esque characters at the table that are all in Michael’s head. Can you talk about filming that?

That was very elaborate and it was the last day of shooting. Rob had this idea for this dream sequence and once again, it seemed like something that was so separate from the movie that I thought ‘How is that going to work?’ And so, part of my world, Deborah’s world – and um, I think for him that was really important to show because it helps you to understand Michael Myers more. For fans of Michael Myers, if you want to understand his brain and how he’s working and you love the character, then you get that from those types of scenes.

ICONS: It seems like a warped version of how Michael sees Halloween because they’re all Halloween-esque characters.

Yeah. The weird pumpkinhead’s that are totally freaky looking and his sister laying out on the table, it works.


Have you watched the original HALLOWEEN’s to prepare for these?

I’ve seen the first one, John Carpenter’s. I would watch it on Halloween every few years. John Carpenter’s a great guy. I mean, it’s such a different pace to Rob’s. It’s such a slow moving movie. Which is great, that’s why people loved it, it is what it is. It’s just different from Rob’s. There’s nothing wrong with that. Now, so what are we up to? 15 Halloween movies?

Would Rob come back for HALLOWEEN 3?

Is he saying no to PART 3? Yes, but to you guys that probably means nothing! (Laughs) Yeah, I think he now has a sense of finality with it. He didn’t want somebody to take his vision from the first one and ruin it and wash it down and have it go straight to video. He wanted to have a sense of completion with it. He says he has that now.

TYRANNASAURUS REX might be next for Rob. Do you know what your part would be in T-REX?

Um, no. It’s up in the air. Honestly, I haven’t read the script in such a long time, I’d have to refresh myself. Hopefully it’ll get made next.


Be sure to check out our other HALLOWEEN 2 INTERVIEWS! (Click each image below to read them!)








Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II is in theaters now!

HALLOWEEN 2 INTERVIEWS: PART 3 - TYLER MANE, MALCOLM MCDOWELL!

Earlier this week, ICONS OF FRIGHT was invited to join in on a series of roundtable interviews for HALLOWEEN 2. (Now playing in theaters!) We've decided to pair up the interviews in batches and offer them to you in their entirety. ('Tis the ICONS way!) Beware of major spoilers! We've done our best to mark them before you get to them, that way you can come back after you've seen the movie. Keep in mind that several journalists are asking questions here, so ICONS is credited when it's us asking. First up? How 'bout Michael Myers and Dr. Loomis? Enjoy!

Tyler Mane:

Did you need any help lifting the car?

Um, I practiced on weekends. It was a lot of fun! No, I had a little assistance… but it looks pretty cool doesn’t it?

Was it a crane underneath that was removed?

Well… I’m not going to tell you how we did it! Movie magic.


ICONS: Can you talk about the character of Michael Myers in this one? You probably had an inkling you were going to come back and do another one....

I was signed to another one.

ICONS: But what’s cool is you’re more of a character then Michael’s ever been in any of the other movies. I love the half mask. It’s great to be able to have you wear the mask and yet see your face at the same time. How’d you approach this version of Michael Myers?

I knew it was going to be different, because the first one followed the HALLOWEEN story and I knew Rob was going to have a little bit more free reign with this one and I was excited to see what he’d come up with. And it turned out really well.


ICONS: Did he give you a heads up to start growing the beard in advance?

Um, I might’ve gotten a call. (Laughs)

How grueling is it making this kind of movie?

It’s very physically exhausting. I mean, at the end of the day if you have to kill somebody 10 times, especially the way we do it in this movie. Like in the nurses scene. I stick her a few times. And then the last stick, I just looked up and said, ‘Rob, I’m done!’ (Laughs) And he said, ‘I like it! It’s good!’ But yeah, it’s very physically demanding and intense. At the end of the day I had to unwind with a cigar and a glass of wine.


Does the mask start to stink after you sweat in it for a while?

No, it was taken care of very well. I was very appreciative of that extra opening though! It let air move in a little better then the last version.

Are you a horror film fan at all? And how did this change your look on them?

I was not really into horror films all that much, because when JAWS came out, I was a really young kid and after seeing that, I didn’t want to go in the bathtub let alone the beach! So, I gradually have come to appreciate them since taking on the role of Michael Myers.

What appeals to you in horror?

What I like to see and it’s sad to say, but I like to see the dirty kills. The very realistic kills, because in a lot of horror movies you go ‘no way that would ever happen’. And the one thing I said if I was going to be doing this is that I wanted the kills to be more realistic and dirty. If you see any of those shows on death, there’s a definite aftermath. We’re making movies here and it’s all pretend but it does happen in the real world. If you see those shows, there’s a definite aftermath that is left behind and that is what is shown in this HALLOWEEN. Like a crime scene.


More realistic the scarier.

This HALLOWEEN is definitely not your typical cookie-cutter horror film. I call it more of a Greek tragedy because everyone is a tragedy and no one comes away unscathed one way or another. Everybody’s lives has changed. By the end of it – I felt like I was run out. This was the first movie that I’d ever done where at the end of it, I said I’ve got to see it again. It’s just that intense.

What’d you think of the white horse motif? (In the film, Deborah Myers appears to Michael with a white horse. Young Michael Myers speaks to her.)

I saw the white horse in person! That’s a big ass horse! (Laughs) It is a symbol to him of the white horse given to him by his mother. I mean, that is what Michael Myers draws to. When he gets out of the crash, he thinks he sees his mother and the little white horse. You’ve probably had toys as a kid that mean something to you, like a toy car or a little motorcycle or something. And that’s exactly what’s going on with Michael Myers.


Favorite kill in HALLOWEEN 2?

It’s hard to say. The rednecks got it pretty good. The nurse got it real good. Danielle put up a hell of a fight. So it’s hard to say. Each one has their own separate little thing to it.

ICONS: How collaborative are orchestrating the kills between you, Wayne Toth and Rob Zombie? Do you guys talk about it & try to put a little more into each one?

Yeah, when you’re filming something like that you have to take a look at it and see – sometimes you have to change the angle or the movement, because sometimes a realistic movement doesn’t play as well as a little tweak here or there. (For the camera) So it’s very collaborative. And you do it, you see playback and for me, I look at it and go ‘what if I do this? Would you get what you’re looking for?’ And we give it a shot. So it’s very collaborative.

Have you ever met Derek Mears who recreated Jason Voorhees?

Derek Mears and I are buddies. And we live about a block and a half away from each other. He’s a great guy.

Fan reaction to your Michael Myers?

Overall, it’s been really great. People were a little skeptical at first with the first movie, but since they saw it and seeing how I played Michael Myers, they’ve been very receptive.


How’d you feel when Rob first called you about playing Michael Myers?

To tell you the truth, I was up in Canada getting ready to talk to producers and the phone rang and it was Rob and he says, “Hey, I want you to play Michael Myers” in HALLOWEEN and I said, “Rob… I don’t want to be the guy with the hockey mask.” (Laughs) “Dude… wrong mask!” So that shows you what I knew about it. I’d seen the original HALLOWEEN when I was younger, but I’ve enjoy doing it now.

ICONS: Did you go back and watch the previous films to see how other people portrayed Michael Myers?

Oh yeah. I’ve seen all of them except for 3 where Michael doesn’t appear. I’m definitely the tallest Michael. Well, all the other Michael Myers' were very one dimensional characters. I wanted to give Michael Myers the depth that he deserved and that came from all my research because if you look at any serial killer, they could walk out into the street and no one would think they’d be capable of doing what they’d done. I wanted to bring that to it. So to bring the physicality to this movie and different moods to it, gives it a whole lot more.

I noticed a lot of audible grunts in the new movie. Don't remember that in the first, but was that something you added?

It was there (in the first HALLOWEEN), we did the ADR for the 1st one, but the ones we did on the day, like when I stabbed the nurse it was pretty intense. That’s what Rob & I brought to it. You would be doing something like that if you were stabbing someone like that.


ICONS: I think besides George Wilbur, you’re the first actor to play him more then once. Would you do it again should the opportunity come?

(Pause)

ICONS: How 'bout this... Are you obligated to play him again?

No, I signed on for 2. I did the 2. But it’s hard to say. I’d have to see who’s doing it. And just see which way we wanted to take it. It’s kind of going to be hard to carry on from this one, and … if Michael Myers is going into space, well, I ain’t going! (Laughs)

ICONS: Did you guys shoot multiple endings? I thought I saw a little something on set that was different then what's in the movie.

Well there were parts from what you saw used. When you shoot something, you’re always shooting different things and you have to add to it and work out the way you wanted it to originally come out.

(SPOILER ALERT)

ICONS: I'm not one of those fans that cries blasphemy at the idea of your Michael talking. I know you said the word "Boo" in the first one. And I'm pretty sure I heard you say something on set for this one. So did you film stuff of Michael talking?

Well, hey, you have to realize you’re doing several takes. And it was probably Malcolm screwing with me, and I just screamed out “die”! “Die already!” I think he wanted a Shakespearean death and we were like no he’s just going to die!

(END SPOILER)

What’s next for you?

I’m starting up Mane Entertainment and my first project is sort of along these same lines, it’s a horror/thriller called PENANCE LANE. And hopefully we’ll be filming that this winter. I’m producing it and going to be in it. I play a con that gets out of prison, and he goes around on a mission to this house and people turn out to be different then they appear – it’s got a lot of twists and turns.

What's your favorite horror movie of the last 3 years or so?

Last few years? HALLOWEEN and HALLOWEEN II. Wait – can’t be those? THE SHINING is my favorite. Although that’s not recent. But it is classic!


Malcolm McDowell:

What's the attraction to horror for most people?

I think people just love to be scared but know that they’re safe really. They love the thrill to be frightened. Personally I find them incredibly boring but that’s just me. As an individual. I’m not a great fan of horror films, but people love ‘em. They’re big genre movies. These horror conventions are just jammed with people that love ‘em. Rob’s a good director so that helps. It’s nice if you get a good director to do it. I haven’t seen this one and apparently it’s a bit different.


Were you able to be collaborative about Loomis this time out?

Yes, I wanted to bring a bit of comedy to it. I got bored playing the other Loomis, we just completely changed the character arbitrarily. I just got bored.

How's Loomis different this time? He's kind of a jerk this time.

It was dictated not by his success but more by his near death experience. I thought if somebody is that close to death from this big, raging, bulky guy and um – I mean then I think you’d be pissed off. So I decided to play it that way, which was fun. I had this wonderful actress Mary Birdsong who played my publicist & she was great. We were able to sort of improvise it. Which was great. I don’t know if a lot of it made it into the film, but we had a lot of fun making it.


Have you seen the first HALLOWEEN you did a lot? Do you watch your movies?

Yeah, I watched the first one once. I saw it at the premiere, I’ll probably never see it again. I don’t watch any of my films more then once. If there’s a premiere, if there’s not I never see them at all. I would say there’s a good 20 films I’ve made that I’ve never seen.

Like?

I don’t know! I’ll meet someone in the cast and they’ll say ‘we were in blah blah blah together’ and I don’t even remember being in that movie? I do too many movies. The good ones I remember.

Have you seen CLOCKWORK ORANGE more then once?

Oh yeah, I remember that one! (Laughs) Of course I’ve seen that one more then once, it’s a classic. But I have to go back every 10 years to see it again because there’s always some big thing going on so I’m invited to sit there, because it’s rude if I tip toe out. People will go ‘he’s leaving!’ So I sit there and watch it. It’s coming up again, I’ve got to sit through the damn thing again. The 40th anniversary is coming up.


Does it take on new meaning over the years?

Well, it takes on new meaning for the new audiences that find it. The kids, they love that film. It is a remarkable film. I got very lucky with that, so um, it’s a great film and as you say, it holds up. Of course it is about a timeless subject. Which is great, the brilliance of Burgess, plus Kubrick – it’s a great film really, the essence. Last time I saw it was around 5 years ago at the Egyptian theater. Now I got this email asking if I’d go back to the Egyptian since they’re going to screen it again. I don’t know why they’re going to when they showed it 5 years ago! But anyway, I’ll probably go back, because it’s nice – films like that, or the Lindsay Anderson films are so great. It’s nice to see them occasionally although I wouldn’t want to – I mean, my kids, they’ve never seen them. They’ve seen CLOCKWORK ORANGE. My older kids. My daughter called me when she went to college, she goes, “Dad! Um, I’ve been into a few dorms of my friends and … there’s posters of you up on them!” She had no idea. She had never seen the film.

How old were they when they saw A CLOCKWORK ORANGE?

My daughter was in college so she was 18. My son saw it when he was 20. So I think the boys can kind of take it. Maybe. I don’t know. I kept saying, ‘No, you’re far too young. You can’t see that one.’

What’s scary to you?

Well, it’s horror but it’s horror of the mind. Psychological horror. It’s much more affective in a way. Psychological stuff – when you get into a character that can be very disquieting. Yeah, that was… of course, the whole thing has changed. The meaning of the movie (CLOCKWORK ORANGE) has changed so much over the years. When it first opened, it was a big scandal. This really violet film, it’s not really violet today. People just couldn’t get past the violence at all when it opened. I mean, people were running out of the theater and throwing up in the lobby. Rob – he’s certainly a great talent and very interesting, and I think he tried to do something different with this film. Well, what do you want to see? The same old boring HALLOWEEN again and again? So, just put it on repeat and sit there watching the same damn movie.

Considering the ending of Rob's first HALLOWEEN, did you think you could come back?

Of course! (Laughs) I’ll be back for the 3rd one! Even though I know I lost my head! Who cares? It’s not real.


ICONS: This was your 2nd feature length with Rob, so how’d this differ from the first time out? Was it easier considering you've developed a friendship and rapport since the first?

Well, yeah – Absolutely. Rob and I are good friends. He was a little more harassed by the studio people this time. They were cutting days and pretty much driving him nuts. I felt bad for him because he was under a lot of pressure. But he stuck to his guns and did what he wanted. I think so, because they were coming down on budget and going crazy and blah blah blah. That’s the film business.


ICONS: Can you talk about shooting in Georgia? It was some cold nights out there!


Yeah! There were cold nights in good old Georgia. I quite enjoyed it, I thought that Georgia was quite a nice state. I hadn’t really been anywhere outside of Atlanta. And to actually get into the countryside and the small towns, east of Atlanta. I thought they were very beautiful and terrific and good golf courses, of course. That’s what’s important to me. The food? Heart attack waiting to happen. Couldn’t live there, but no, I mean once in a while it was great. I think Georgia is a beautiful state, I really do. And the people were very nice, I had a great time. A lot of fun.

Do you consider yourself American or an Englishman?

I don’t consider myself an American or an Englishman to be honest. I consider myself a Californian. (Laughs) I feel more of a Californian then I do an American and an Englishman. California is of course a huge state. My kids are American because they were born here.

ICONS: Can you talk about the Weird Al scene in HALLOWEEN 2? It's one of the highlights of the whole film.

He is great! I don’t know how it happened, he came down. I’d never really heard about him. Weird Al, I didn’t know who he was, but I loved working with him. The whole thing where I’m getting pissed off was so perfect. It was all improvised. Like when I called him “Mr. Weird”. I thought, well his name is Weird Al, so I guess I’ll call him Mister Weird. I don’t know! He goes “zapped!” He does something weird, and I said, ‘how the hell do you think you are?’ It was just great. Of course, they paired down the scene we had together but it was great fun working with him. He’s a terrific guy. We had so much fun doing that. It was shot in half a day, the whole thing.



Be sure to check out our other HALLOWEEN 2 INTERVIEWS! (Click each image below to read them!)








Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II is in theaters now!

August 28, 2009

Next For Rob Zombie? Remaking THE BLOB!

I actually had to triple check this story because it just seemed so out of left field! Variety is reporting that Rob Zombie's next feature will be a remake of THE BLOB!?! Of course, THE BLOB is the 1958 classic that launched the career of actor Steve McQueen and was later remade (brilliantly I might add) in 1988 by Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont. Why remake it again?

The Variety article says, "In the original, an object from space crashes into a field, containing a red blob-like substance that absorbs the humans it contacts and grows exponentially. While Zombie was a fan of the original, his version will be much different.

`My intention is not to have a big red blobby thing, that’s the first thing I want to change,' Zombie said. `That gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s, but people would laugh now. I have a totally different take, one that’s pretty dark.'"

(Hey, a kid gets eaten in the 1988 version. THAT one's scary, damn it!)

The article continues, "`I’d been looking to break out of the horror genre, and this really is a science fiction movie about a thing from outer space,' Zombie said. `I intend to make it scary, and the great thing is, I have the freedom once again to take it in any crazy direction I want to. Even more than `Halloween,' where I had to deal with accepted iconic characters like Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. `The Blob’ is more concept than specific storyline with characters, so I can go nuts with it.'"

Zombie will produce with Genre Company’s Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten, original `Blob' producer Jack H. Harris, and Judith Parker Harris of Worldwide Entertainment Corporation.


 

Rob Zombie Talks Alternate Director's Cut Of HALLOWEEN 2!

We recently sat down for a roundtable interview with Rob Zombie to discuss all things HALLOWEEN 2 and among one of the topics that came up was the "unused" trailer, which features snippets of footage NOT in the final theatrical version. Considering the time restraints on the editing process, I asked Zombie if the version of HALLOWEEN 2 opening in theaters this weekend was his complete vision, or if there was a longer or alternate "director's cut" with more of the stuff from the trailers. Here's what he had to say:

"The thing is – editing is a crucial time and when you get rushed through that process, you’re never 100 percent sure that you’ve got exactly the perfect take of every actor, or the perfect moment because there’s so much footage to go through and so you do your best to do it with the time that you have."

"As far as a longer cut for the director’s cut, there is another version of the movie that’s very, very different that will probably be the director’s cut. There were 2 ways we could cut the movie. The way we cut it for the theatrical, Laurie Strode’s character is the main difference in the two. (In the theatrical) She’s holding it together, getting her life together and it starts spiraling downward. In the other version, she’s an incredible mess and gets worse. She never has any good moments, she’s just messed up, she’s lashing out at everyone, she’s horrible. Messed up on drugs, she’s just completely spun out through the whole movie. It makes for a real challenging movie to watch and I feel like I don’t know if fans would’ve embraced so much darkness."

"Everything’s the same in that version except for her. There’s other scenes with her, and mostly with Annie. Her relationship with Annie is horrible and they’re at each other’s throats through the whole movie. They are not in the theatrical version."

So we can probably look forward to a DVD with an alternate, "darker" cut. I'm not sure I myself as a fan could embrace the idea of Laurie Strode being unsympathetic, which is what the above scenario sounds like to me. While brief, I appreciated her estranged relationship with Annie in the theatrical cut of HALLOWEEN 2.

More interviews later today!


HALLOWEEN II 5th TV spot is HERE. 4th TV spot is HERE. 3rd TV spot can be viewed HERE. See the 2nd TV Spot at our previous news post HERE. See the latest trailers right HERE as well as the 1st TV Spot right HERE! Behind-the-scenes video can be found right HERE.

Click the following image for an ICONS exclusive pic of Michael Myers:



Make sure to check out the first trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II is now playing!!!

Would Laurie Strode & Michael Myers Be Game For HALLOWEEN 3?

We recently sat down with both Scout Taylor-Compton and Tyler Mane for HALLOWEEN 2 roundtables (look for those later today) and chatted to both about portraying their iconic characters. Scout still gushes over getting the opportunity to play Laurie Strode:

"I had no idea I'd get to play her. My uncle would scare me with the Michael Myers mask when I was younger. And I was absolutely terrified of the movie and I never thought that I’d end up in a HALLOWEEN movie. Let alone play Laurie Strode. When I first heard about the audition, I just never thought it’d happen. I just thought it’d be so great. And I just kept getting closer and closer to it. And when I got it, I thought, 'Oh my God. I’m going to be Laurie Strode.' It’s crazy to me. I never would’ve imagined."

Would she be game to come back for HALLOWEEN 3 and give Laurie Strode one more chance?

"I’d be so game. I would. I would love to develop her a little bit more. I could see a lot that I would do with her, so yeah. I’d be real excited to do it again."

As for Tyler Mane, he's the only other actor besides George Wilbur to portray Michael Myers more then once. When asked about coming back for a HALLOWEEN 3, he paused and thought about it for a moment. Further pushing, I asked if he's "contractually obligated" to come back?

"No, I signed on for 2. I did the 2. But... it’s hard to say. (Pause) I’d have to see who’s doing it. And just see which way we wanted to take it. It’s kind of going to be hard to carry on from this one, and … if Michael Myers is going into space, well, I ain’t going! (Laughs)"

Check back later today for more HALLOWEEN 2 interviews!


What's ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX About?

In our recent roundtable chat with Rob Zombie about HALLOWEEN II, the subject of his much teased about film TYRANNOSAURUS REX came up. And to our surprise, he was for the first time fairly open on what that movie will be about.

"It’s a boxing movie, actually," says Zombie. "Yeah, it’s about this guy named Rex. His nickname is “Tyrannosaurus Rex” and it’s about this washed up prize fighter who goes to prison for assaulting these guys in a bar because he’s kind of this born to loose out of control personality. And when he gets out of prison, he’s too old to box so he gets caught up in underground fighting because he’s so filled with rage that he can’t control himself in normal society. It’s pretty dark. That’d be a darker movie then HALLOWEEN 2. That might be my next movie."

Might being the key word. It was just announced that Zombie will next be tackling a 2nd remake of THE BLOB. (Another news post on that in a bit.)

Look for the rest of our HALLOWEEN 2 interviews later today! HALLOWEEN 2 is now playing in theaters!


August 25, 2009

Another Pair Of Images From Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie posted yet another great Michael Myers image via his My Space blog. Check out his comments and the pic below:

"Holy shit dudes there are only five more days until Halloween 2 hits a screen near you! Are you going or what? If so drag a friend who hates to be scared. It's  time to fuck up your nice friends. This sucker is brutal. I promise."


Meanwhile IGN got the following mysterious exclusive pic below. Could this be a dream sequence? An actual scene from the movie? All will be revealed when HALLOWEEN 2 opens this Friday on August 28th!



Look for more exclusive interviews from Rob Zombie and the cast of HALLOWEEN 2 later this week here on ICONS OF FRIGHT!

Check out the unused HALLOWEEN II trailer HERE! HALLOWEEN II 5th TV spot is HERE. 4th TV spot is HERE. 3rd TV spot can be viewed HERE. See the 2nd TV Spot at our previous news post HERE. See the latest trailers right HERE as well as the 1st TV Spot right HERE! Behind-the-scenes video can be found right HERE.

Click the following image for an ICONS exclusive pic of Michael Myers:



Make sure to check out the first trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

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August 20, 2009

Red-Band Trailer For Rob Zombie's THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO!

Below you'll find the official "red-band" trailer for Rob Zombie's upcoming animated feature THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO. Anchor Bay Entertainment puts it out on DVD & Blu-Ray September 22nd! Watch the "naughty" trailer below:



See the full press release along with the other cover HERE.

Rob Zombie's THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO features the voice talents of Rosario Dawson, Paul Giamatti, Sheri Moon Zombie, Tom Papa, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Daniel Roebuck, Harland Williams, Cassandra Peterson, Clint Howard, Dee Wallace, Rob Paulsen, Tura Satana, and Danny Trejo.

Unused Trailer For Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

Bloody-Disgusting have uncovered an unused promotional trailer for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN II, which opens in theaters on August 28th. And quite frankly, this is by far the best of all the trailers we've seen thus far. (Even Rob Zombie thought so as he posted a link to it via his Twitter this morning!) Check it out at B-D's site HERE or embedded below. Multiple kudos to B-D for this find!



HALLOWEEN II 5th TV spot is HERE. 4th TV spot is HERE. 3rd TV spot can be viewed HERE. See the 2nd TV Spot at our previous news post HERE. See the latest trailers right HERE as well as the 1st TV Spot right HERE! Behind-the-scenes video can be found right HERE.

Click the following image for an ICONS exclusive pic of Michael Myers:



Make sure to check out the first trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!


Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)


August 19, 2009

2 New HALLOWEEN 2 Clips!

With Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 opening next week, the video clips and mysterious photos are popping up everywhere on-line! First, the below 2 video clips come from WPIX and MSN. The MSN one has an intro by Zombie himself. Check that one out HERE:





Meanwhile, Shock Till You Drop has got 2 exclusive pictures of Danielle Harris HERE. And IGN scored this image below, which has many fans speculating at it's intent. Is Laurie Strode dreaming? Or taking a cue from her crazy older brother? We'll know for sure on August 28th!


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August 18, 2009

5th TV Spot For Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 opens August 28th, and now Dimension's Horror You Tube page has debuted the 5th TV spot for the film titled "Fight"! Check it out below!



4th TV spot is HERE. 3rd TV spot can be viewed HERE. See the 2nd TV Spot at our previous news post HERE. See the latest trailers right HERE as well as the 1st TV Spot right HERE! Behind-the-scenes video can be found right HERE.

Click the following image for an ICONS exclusive pic of Michael Myers:



Make sure to check out the first trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

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Rob Zombie & Sheri Moon Zombie At PLANET HOLLYWOOD, NY August 18th!

ROB ZOMBIE AND SHERI MOON ZOMBIE PROMOTE DIMENSION FILMS’ HALLOWEEN II WITH A MEMORABILIA DONATION AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD TIMES SQUARE TUESDAY, AUGUST 18th AT 12:45 PM

WHAT: Rob Zombie and Sheri Moon Zombie will be at Planet Hollywood Times Square to promote Halloween II with a memorabilia donation in the main dining room.

Halloween II - - It is that time of year again, and Michael Myers has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some unfinished family business. H2 picks up at the exact moment the first movie stopped and follows the aftermath of Michael Myers murderous rampage through the eyes of heroine Laurie Strode. - - Written and directed by Rob Zombie; Halloween II opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, August 28th.

WHO: Rob Zombie - - horror rocker-turned-film director. Originally known as the hard rocking front man for the band White Zombie and later as a solo artist, Zombie would quickly add prolific video director and most recently film director to his already impressive resume. Best know for his directorial work on the high-octane classics The Devil’s Rejects (Lions Gate) and House of 1,000 Corpses (Lions Gate), Zombie also sat in the director’s chair for the 2007 box office smash Halloween (Dimension); a bold re-imagining of John Carpenter’s smash cult horror film Halloween (Dimension).

Zombie has recently wrapped a raunchy, R-rated, animated film entitled The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, to be released in later 2009, and is currently promoting his work on the forthcoming much-anticipated sequel Halloween II (Dimension 2009).

Sheri Moon Zombie - - has brought the role of Deborah Myers to life (and death) in the box office smash Halloween (Dimension 2007), and the forthcoming much-anticipated sequel, Halloween II (Dimension 2009). The character, which never appeared in the classic John Carpenters films, gave a depth and history the sociopath Michael Myers that audiences had never before seen.

Sheri started her career in 1995 playing a cat-suited go-go dancer in a video for the band White Zombie. Over the next several years she became a staple of MTV, appearing in over a dozen rock videos. In 2003 Sheri made the jump to the big screen with her head-turning portrayal of blonde psycho killer Baby Firefly in Rob Zombie’s cult hit House of 1,000 Corpses (Lions Gate). She would follow this up with a cameo in The Toolbox Murders (from the director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist) and a reprisal of her role as Baby Firefly in the sequel to House of 1,000 Corpses entitled The Devil’s Rejects (Lions Gate).

Sheri is also staying busy with a variety of other projects. She started her own clothing line, Total Skull, in 2006. In 2007, Moon starred in a trailer for the faux film Werewolf Women of the S.S., a segment for the film Grindhouse (Dimension), and in 2008 appeared in an episode of Showtime’s Californication. She will also debut her voice-over talents in the role of Suzi-X, an ass-kicking secret agent, in the upcoming R-rated, animated feature The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.

WHERE: Planet Hollywood Times Square - - 1540 Broadway (corner of 45th Street)

WHEN: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 12:45 pm

In honor of ROB and SHERI MOON ZOMBIE’s HALLOWEEN II memorabilia donation tomorrow at PLANET HOLLYWOOD, H2_TheMovie will be giving away a ROB ZOMBIE signed skull straight from the set of HALLOWEEN II! In order to win, make sure you head over to Planet Hollywood in Times Square at 12:45pm tomorrow. Snap a photo of yourself with Rob and Sheri in the background and tweet it @H2_TheMovie by midnight. The fan who snaps the best photo will win the skull! Remember, you MUST be in the photo and it has to be tweeted @H2_TheMovie!


August 11, 2009

HALLOWEEN 2 TV Spot - "Final Destiny"!

With literally only a few short weeks away, yet another TV Spot for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN II has made it's way on-line. The 4th spot titled "Final Destiny" is embedded below!



Check out an ICONS exclusive picture of Michael Myers from HALLOWEEN 2 HERE! 3rd TV spot can be viewed HERE. See the 2nd TV Spot at our previous news post HERE. See the latest trailers right HERE as well as the 1st TV Spot right HERE! Behind-the-scenes video can be found right HERE. Make sure to check out the first trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

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August 04, 2009

ICONS EXCLUSIVE: Killer New Image Of Michael Myers In Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

Icons Of Fright was just provided with this brand new exclusive killer image of Tyler Mane as Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's upcoming HALLOWEEN II. (In theaters August 28th!) Check it out below! (Click image for higher resolution version!)




3rd TV spot can be viewed HERE. See the 2nd TV Spot at our previous news post HERE. See the latest trailers right HERE as well as the 1st TV Spot right HERE! Behind-the-scenes video can be found right HERE. Make sure to check out the first trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

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August 03, 2009

Another DVD Cover For THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO?!

Just a few days ago, Anchor Bay Entertainment issued a press release with a new updated DVD cover for Rob Zombie's animated feature THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO. But Zombie himself just posted the "cover" via his My Space blog. So what gives? Which one's the real deal cover? Maybe one's the sleeve and the other's behind the sleeve? Regardless we wanted to share with you Zombie's version of the cover below.


See the full press release along with the other cover HERE.

Rob Zombie's THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO features the voice talents of Rosario Dawson, Paul Giamatti, Sheri Moon Zombie, Tom Papa, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Daniel Roebuck, Harland Williams, Cassandra Peterson, Clint Howard, Dee Wallace, Rob Paulsen, Tura Satana, and Danny Trejo.

August 01, 2009

3rd TV Spot For HALLOWEEN 2! "Remember The Face"

The Dimension Horror You Tube page has posted yet another TV Spot for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2, making this the third spot for the upcoming sequel. (In theaters August 28th!) Check it out below!



See the 2nd TV Spot at our previous news post HERE. See the latest trailers right HERE as well as the 1st TV Spot right HERE! Behind-the-scenes video can be found right HERE. Make sure to check out the first trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

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Another Batch Of HALLOWEEN 2 Behind-The-Scenes Pics!

Rob Zombie posted yet another batch of behind-the-scenes photos from HALLOWEEN 2 via his My Space blog. The movie opens later this month! Check out the latest TV spot HERE and the new images below:





Go to the official website at: http://www.halloween2-movie.com

See the latest trailers right HERE as well as another TV Spot right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

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July 31, 2009

New HALLOWEEN 2 TV Spot! "Evil Never Forgets!"

The Dimension Horror You Tube page has posted a new TV spot for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 titled "Evil Never Forgets". Check out your latest taste of Zombie's HALLOWEEN sequel below!



Go to the official website at: http://www.halloween2-movie.com

See the latest trailers right HERE as well as another TV Spot right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

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New Cover Art For Rob Zombie's THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO!

We've just received updated DVD cover artwork for Rob Zombie's THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO. So we're going to display it below and re-run the original press release so you've got the full scoop on the movie & disc!



UNDEAD NAZIS, HORNY ROBOTS AND STRIPPERS GET ANIMATED ON DVD! Rob Zombie Presents THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, Hitting the Mat on DVD and Blu-ray™ September 22, 2009

Anchor Bay Entertainment will release THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, the first full-length animated feature from Director/Writer Rob Zombie (The Devil’s Rejects and 2009’s Halloween), on DVD and Blu-ray™ on September 22, 2009. A longtime pet project of Zombie (he based it on his comic book), THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, is an ultra-hip, wickedly funny fantasy that’s a colorful blend of Fritz the Cat, “Scooby-Doo,” “Ren and Stimpy,” and Santo wrestling flicks. El Superbeasto is “Adults Only” animation available on DVD for an SRP of $19.97 and Blu-ray™ for $34.98.

THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO is the twisted tale of El Superbeasto (voiced by Tom Papa), a former world class masked wrestler with super human strength, who now finds himself in the very ordinary capacity as producer/director/star of BeastoWorld Enterprises. But when he can, Beasto spends time fighting evil along with his with his super-sexy sister, Suzi X (Sheri Moon Zombie), in the spooky Monsterland. Our hefty hero faces his biggest battle when he struggles to stop the unholy marriage of foul-mouthed stripper Velvet Von Black (Rosario Dawson) and the diabolical Dr. Satan (Paul Giamatti). Will all hell break loose or will our man save the day? The answer can only be found in The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, a depraved adventure with filthy comedy, ultra-violence, and some bad-ass theme songs!

Along with the distinct voice work of Dawson, Giamatti, Moon Zombie, and Papa, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto also features many other instantly recognizable performers including Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Daniel Roebuck, Harland Williams, Cassandra Peterson, Clint Howard, Dee Wallace, Rob Paulsen, Tura Satana, and Danny Trejo.

With Rob Zombie, a cast of fan favorites, and original songs by Hard ‘n Phirm; The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is a trash culture wild ride that’s a soon-to-be cult classic.

New Laurie Strode Pic From HALLOWEEN 2!

With less then a month to go until the release of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2, the musician/filmmaker unveiled one more pic of a bloodied Laurie Strode via his My Space page. (It's actually a huge spoiler if you choose to save it and see the title of the jpg. You have been warned!) You can check that out below, along with 2 more exclusive pics, one on Shock Till You Drop's site, the other on Dread Central.



Go to the official website at: http://www.halloween2-movie.com

See the latest trailers right HERE as well as a new TV Spot right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

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July 22, 2009

Even More Behind-The-Scenes Images From HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie has posted a last batch behind the scenes photos via his My Space blog from the set of his HALLOWEEN sequel HALLOWEEN II, which opens in theaters on August 28th. Check out the latest below!





Go to the official website at: http://www.halloween2-movie.com

See the latest trailers right HERE as well as a new TV Spot right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

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July 12, 2009

HALLOWEEN 2 Website Updates! 4 New Wallpapers!

There's quite a few updates over on the official HALLOWEEN 2 website at: http://www.halloween2-movie.com. Besides the trailer, you can download the following 4 HALLOWEEN II themed wallpapers for your computer. (I personally dig the pumpkin head dream sequence character in the 2nd one!) Check 'em out below!





Go to: http://www.halloween2-movie.com to download high res versions of all of the above.

See the latest trailers right HERE as well as a new TV Spot right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)


July 09, 2009

The Ladies Of HALLOWEEN 2!

The Ladies Of HALLOWEEN My Space page just debuted a new exclusive image with Brea Grant (as Mya Rockwell), Scout Taylor-Compton (reprising her role as Laurie Strode), and Angela Trimbur (as Harley David) from Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN II. Check it out below! And make sure to hit up the Ladies Of HALLOWEEN My Space right HERE!



There's more behind the scenes pics HERE. See the latest trailers right HERE as well as a new TV Spot right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

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July 07, 2009

Full Press Release For Rob Zombie's THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO!

UNDEAD NAZIS, HORNY ROBOTS AND STRIPPERS GET ANIMATED ON DVD! Rob Zombie Presents THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, Hitting the Mat on DVD and Blu-ray™ September 22, 2009

Anchor Bay Entertainment will release THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, the first full-length animated feature from Director/Writer Rob Zombie (The Devil’s Rejects and 2009’s Halloween), on DVD and Blu-ray™ on September 22, 2009. A longtime pet project of Zombie (he based it on his comic book), THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, is an ultra-hip, wickedly funny fantasy that’s a colorful blend of Fritz the Cat, “Scooby-Doo,” “Ren and Stimpy,” and Santo wrestling flicks. El Superbeasto is “Adults Only” animation available on DVD for an SRP of $19.97 and Blu-ray™ for $34.98.

THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO is the twisted tale of El Superbeasto (voiced by Tom Papa), a former world class masked wrestler with super human strength, who now finds himself in the very ordinary capacity as producer/director/star of BeastoWorld Enterprises. But when he can, Beasto spends time fighting evil along with his with his super-sexy sister, Suzi X (Sheri Moon Zombie), in the spooky Monsterland. Our hefty hero faces his biggest battle when he struggles to stop the unholy marriage of foul-mouthed stripper Velvet Von Black (Rosario Dawson) and the diabolical Dr. Satan (Paul Giamatti). Will all hell break loose or will our man save the day? The answer can only be found in The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, a depraved adventure with filthy comedy, ultra-violence, and some bad-ass theme songs!

Along with the distinct voice work of Dawson, Giamatti, Moon Zombie, and Papa, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto also features many other instantly recognizable performers including Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Daniel Roebuck, Harland Williams, Cassandra Peterson, Clint Howard, Dee Wallace, Rob Paulsen, Tura Satana, and Danny Trejo.

With Rob Zombie, a cast of fan favorites, and original songs by Hard ‘n Phirm; The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is a trash culture wild ride that’s a soon-to-be cult classic.


July 06, 2009

4 More Behind-The-Scenes Pics From HALLOWEEN 2!

Yet again, Rob Zombie has posted a series of behind the scenes photos via his My Space blog from the set of his HALLOWEEN sequel HALLOWEEN II, which opens in theaters on August 28th. Check out the latest below!





There's more behind the scenes pics HERE. See the latest trailers right HERE as well as a new TV Spot right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. HALLOWEEN II hits theaters this August 28th!

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July 03, 2009

Deborah & Michael Myers - New Behind-The-Scenes Pic From HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie just posted another behind the scenes picture of Sheri & Chase (as Deborah & young Michael Myers) rehearsing a scene at Smith's Grove Sanitarium. You can check it out below!



There's more behind the scenes pics HERE. See the latest trailers right HERE as well as a new TV Spot right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!


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July 02, 2009

Rob Zombie's EL SUPERBEASTO Meets MICHAEL MYERS!

A few days ago, it was revealed that Rob Zombie's animated feature THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO would be hitting DVD on September 22nd! (See that post along with the cover art HERE!) Now, Zombie has posted a little tease via his My Space blog answering the question what if El Superbeasto came face to face with Michael Myers? See below:


Also worth mentioning, Zombie posted an image of a HALLOWEEN II standee that you'll be seeing in local theaters starting this weekend. It's a 3D cut-out of the recently released theatrical one-sheet poster. Check it out below!



Don't forget to read our recent new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

June 26, 2009

Rob Zombie's THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO On DVD September 22nd!

DVD Active got the cover art and release date for Rob Zombie's long awaited animated feature THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, which hits both DVD and Blu-Ray on September 22nd. Directed by Zombie along with Mr. Lawrence and Carey Yost, EL SUPERBEASTO features the voices of Rosario Dawson, Paul Giamatti, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brian Posehn, Danny Trejo, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Clint Howard, Dee Wallace, Geoffrey Lewis, Daniel Roebuck, Cassandra Peterson (Elvira!), Ken Foree and many, many more. Check out the cover art below! We'll have more info from distributors Anchor Bay Entertainment soon enough!


June 25, 2009

More Behind-The-Scenes Pics From HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie shared a few behind the scenes photos from the HALLOWEEN 2 shoot via his My Space blog. Check 'em out before for a glimpse at the making of the movie:





See the latest trailers right HERE as well as a new TV Spot right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE. Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

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June 22, 2009

UPDATED! Brand New Trailer For Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

Below you'll find the latest trailer for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN II! Apparently, this trailer debuted last night during the Guys Choice awards. A newer revised version will debut on Yahoo soon enough. In the meantime, take a gander below, while it lasts! Consider it slightly spoiler-ish. (Also check out the latest TV spot at our previous post HERE!)



UPDATE: The new "officiall" trailer has just debuted over at Yahoo's website. It's different from the above version, so check it out right HERE or right below!

Halloween II - Theatrical Trailer


Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

Latest theatrical one-sheet poster right HERE! New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE & be on the look out for the new trailer shortly. Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!


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TV Spot For Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

Whoops! Must've missed this one while I was trekking cross-country last week - but the Dimension Horror You Tube page posted a new 60 second TV spot for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN II. There's a bit of new footage in this commercial, including quick glimpses of the dream sequence characters, Sheriff Brackett getting ready to kick some ass and Michael Myers doing some hardcore damage. Check it out below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

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June 20, 2009

New HALLOWEEN 2 Theatrical One-Sheet Poster!

Yet again, Rob Zombie unveiled the new theatrical one sheet poster for HALLOWEEN II via his My Space blog. Take a peek at it below!



New pic of the pumpkin "dream" sequence character HERE! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE & be on the look out for the new trailer shortly. Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)


Tease Of The "Dream" Sequence Characters In HALLOWEEN 2!

If you recall, back when we did out set report for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN II and we chatted with FX artist Wayne Toth, we caught glimpse of a bunch of character pictures that we can only describe as surreal. They're intended for several of the dream sequences in the upcoming sequel and now Zombie himself is giving a tease of what we saw via his My Space blog. Check out this bizarre pumpkin-headed looking creature below.



Between this and the Michael Myers half-mask, I'm intrigued! New pic of Sheriff Brackett right HERE! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE & be on the look out for the new trailer shortly. Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)

June 19, 2009

Brad Dourif As Sheriff Brackett In HALLOWEEN 2!

As usual, Rob Zombie is keeping a steady flow of sneak peeps at his upcoming HALLOWEEN sequel HALLOWEEN II via his My Space blog. Below you'll find a pic of actor Brad Dourif, returning to reprise his role as Sheriff Lee Brackett (portrayed by Charles Cyphers in John Carpenter's original).



New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE & be on the look out for the new trailer shortly. Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)


June 11, 2009

New Michael Myers "Half-Mask" Action Figure From HALLOWEEN 2!

Ok, I don't know much about when or where this action figure is coming out - I'm guessing it's a Mezco since they're doing the other HALLOWEEN 2 figures for their "Cinema Of Fear" series, but Rob Zombie just posted some images of the "homeless" (or as I like to call him, the "half-mask") Michael Myers via his My Space blog. Pretty bad-ass! Definitely want this one for my collection!



Oh yes. I will own that action figure! New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE & be on the look out for the new trailer shortly. Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

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A Preview Of The "Lost Footage" From John Carpenter's Original HALLOWEEN!

Even with Rob Zombie's sequel to his remake of HALLOWEEN on the horizon, interest in the original John Carpenter classic has not diminished! Don May Jr. of Synapse Films found a slew of original dailies from the original HALLOWEEN with tons of outtakes, alternate footage and even some deleted scenes. There's been no word on how or when us die-hard Michael Myers fans are going to get a chance to see this stuff... well, until now. There's a slight update over on FANGORIA's website today, along with a bunch of cool screengrabs of some of the cataloged footage. Check it HERE or by clicking the teaser images below:



As of now, there are no immediate plans to release a new updated DVD release of the original HALLOWEEN, but hopefully this article will help generate the interest, because I know I would want to see this stuff! Hell, checking out the alternate takes on the FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER DELUXE DVD was a dream come true for me as a fan. Like a lot of you out there, I've seen these movies a million times growing up. It's an incredible thrill to be able to see alternate angles and unused shots from a movie I know so intimately. Check out the full story on the HALLOWEEN "Lost Footage" on FANGORIA's site right HERE, along with thoughts from both John Carpenter and Tommy Lee Wallace. More when we hear it!

 

June 10, 2009

The FX Of ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie just posted a new blog via his My Space page titled "Wayne's World" in which he shows off some of the gruesome FX Wayne Toth had to pull off for HALLOWEEN 2. We saw some of this stuff first hand during our set visit and it was pretty nasty! Check out the intro and pics below!

Rob writes, "Here's a glimpse inside the world of SFX master Wayne Toth. Wayne really out did himself on Halloween 2 creating more bloody Fxs than 1000 Corpses, Devil's Reject and the first Halloween combined. Here are a couple shots of a rather bloody prop. Stay tuned for more mayhem! If want blood you got it on AUGUST 28th!"





New pic of Loomis and a new poster can be seen right HERE! Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE & be on the look out for the new trailer shortly. Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

Continue reading "The FX Of ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN 2!" »

New Loomis Pic From HALLOWEEN 2! My Space Poster!

Rob Zombie unveiled another new image from his upcoming HALLOWEEN 2 featuring Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Sam Loomis (sporting a slightly new look) with his publicist Nancy McDonald (played by Mary Birdsong). Check it out below:


Also, Zombie posted the following image also via his My Space blog and is encouraging fans to post it as their default picture. Check it below:


Check out the 2 latest images of Michael Myers right HERE! See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE & be on the look out for the new trailer shortly. Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

June 04, 2009

2 New Michael Myers Images! HALLOWEEN 2 On The Cover Of FANGORIA!

2 new images of Michael Myers from HALLOWEEN 2 have surfaced on-line! The first via Rob Zombie's My Space blog, and the second on the cover of the new issue of FANGORIA! Check 'em both below:




See the latest behind-the-scenes video right HERE. Make sure to check out the trailer to HALLOWEEN 2 right HERE & be on the look out for the new trailer shortly. Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

June 01, 2009

Rob Zombie On Twitter! New Michael Myers Image!

Rob Zombie has joined the world of Twitter! And unveiled a new image of Michael Myers as the backdrop to his Twitter page. Go add him at: http://twitter.com/rwzombie. And don't forget to check out the new behind-the-scenes video clip from HALLOWEEN 2 at our previous news post HERE!



Watch another video clip from our last post HERE! Check out a new "bloodied" pic of Michael Myers from our previous news post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

May 29, 2009

New Making-Of Video For HALLOWEEN 2! With New Footage!

Dimension Films has launched it's own You Tube page catered specifically to their genre titles and they're kicking it off with a brand new featurette on the making of HALLOWEEN 2! Whether you liked the first one or not, this looks pretty darned intriguing to us! Check out the new footage below right after the introduction video clip from Rob Zombie!





Watch the recent video clip from our last post HERE! Check out a new "bloodied" pic of Michael Myers from our previous news post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

May 25, 2009

New Clip From Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

MTV has posted the first clip from Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2. In it, we get a peek at Michael Myers (Tyler Mane) chasing surviving Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) through the hospital in one of the sequel's early sequences, very reminiscent of the original HALLOWEEN 2. Check out the clip below:



Check out a new "bloodied" pic of Michael Myers from our previous news post HERE! Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

Bloody Pic Of Michael Myers From HALLOWEEN 2!

MTV has unveiled this following "bloodied" photo of Michael Myers from Rob Zombie's upcoming HALLOWEEN sequel H2. MTV will be debuting a clip from the film shortly, so stay tuned for that!


Don't forget to read our brand new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE by clicking the frame below!



Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

Continue reading "Bloody Pic Of Michael Myers From HALLOWEEN 2!" »

May 18, 2009

FRIGHT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - ROB ZOMBIE ON HALLOWEEN 2!

Just added! A FRIGHT exclusive interview with writer/director ROB ZOMBIE! A few months back, ICONS OF FRIGHT were invited down to the set to see the making of Rob Zombie's eagerly anticipated HALLOWEEN sequel H2. We were able to chat with Scout Taylor-Compton, producers Andy Gould and Malek Akkad, as well as FX artist Wayne Toth, but with only 3 days left in the tightly-scheduled shoot at the time of our visit, it was difficult for Zombie to break away to chat & explain his intentions with the latest film in the HALLOWEEN series. Now in the midst of post-production, he took a quick break from editing to fill us in on how the project has evolved since the last time we spoke to him. (Click HERE for that interview!) Click the frame or image below to read our new FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE on HALLOWEEN 2!





Make sure to read our set reports from H2 by clicking the images below!

HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

May 17, 2009

Scout Taylor-Compton's Behind-The-Scenes Video From HALLOWEEN 2!

Actress Scout Taylor-Compton has posted up another behind-the-scene video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2. (Currently in the editing stage) As you recall, she posted another similar video a few months back. (Watch that one HERE!) Below a brief tour of her trailer, some more snippets with her and co-stars Angela Trimbur and (cutie) Brea Grant. Brad Dourif also makes a quick appearance:



Special thanks to The Ladies Of HALLOWEEN My Space page for bringing this to our attention!

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

Make sure to check out the trailer to Rob Zombie's H2 right HERE at our previous post.

Continue reading "Scout Taylor-Compton's Behind-The-Scenes Video From HALLOWEEN 2!" »

May 12, 2009

Danielle Harris On The Set Of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

Actress Danielle Harris posted some candid behind the scenes pics from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 on her official My Space page. She's with writer/director Rob Zombie in one and Tyler Mane in the other. Note - the nasty scars on her face after the events of the first HALLOWEEN! Look for our chat with Rob Zombie later this week, exclusively on ICONS!



Continue reading "Danielle Harris On The Set Of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!" »

May 08, 2009

New Theatrical Poster For Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie revealed the new theatrical one-sheet poster for his HALLOWEEN sequel HALLOWEEN 2 (aka H2), which you can check out below. Of note is the title on this poster is now being referred to as HALLOWEEN 2 (rather then H2). Universal still owns the HALLOWEEN 2 and 3 titles here in the states. Wondering if they resolved that little technicality? More when we hear it!


Continue reading "New Theatrical Poster For Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!" »

May 07, 2009

Official Synopsis For Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

The Weinstein Company have released the official synopsis to Rob Zombie's eagerly anticipated HALLOWEEN sequel H2! It reads as follows:

It's that time of year again, and Michael Myers has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some unfinished family business. Unleashing a trail of terror that only horror master Rob Zombie can, Myers will stop at nothing to bring closure to the secrets of his twisted past. But the town's got an unlikely new hero, if they can only stay alive long enough to stop the unstoppable.

Make sure to check out the trailer to Rob Zombie's H2 right HERE at our previous post.

Don't forget to check out ICONS OF FRIGHT's own exclusive 4 part set visit by clicking ANY of the images below!


HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

May 02, 2009

One Of Michael Myers Victims! New HALLOWEEN 2 Image!

Rob Zombie checked in via his My Space blog to give us a taste of some of Michael Myers handywork in his upcoming HALLOWEEN sequel H2! He writes, "I've been super busy lately editing H2 so I haven't been able to post anything new, but here's a shot I thought you might dig. It doesn't pay to work the late shift at Haddonfield General."



Make sure to check out the trailer to Rob Zombie's H2 right HERE at our previous post.

Don't forget to check out ICONS OF FRIGHT's own exclusive 4 part set visit by clicking ANY of the images below!


HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

April 30, 2009

Closer Look At Young & Adult Michael Myers In HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie released another cool image of young actor Chase Wright Vanek as the little Michael Myers from his upcoming HALLOWEEN sequel H2 via his My Space page. You can check it out below:


Also of note, Shock Till You Drop has a high resolution look at the new Myers mask that Tyler Mane wears for the 2nd half of H2 which you can check out HERE or by clicking the teaser image below. (Pretty rad!)



Make sure you check out the trailer to Rob Zombie's H2 right HERE at our previous post.

Don't forget to check out ICONS OF FRIGHT's own exclusive 4 part set visit by clicking ANY of the images below!


HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

April 24, 2009

Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 Teaser Trailer Is HERE! New Mask Revealed!

Forget yesterday's You Tube version, Yahoo has debuted the first teaser trailer to Rob Zombie's H2! Check it out for yourself HERE or embedded below!!!



Michael Myers creepy new half-mask visage:



Don't forget to check out ICONS OF FRIGHT's own exclusive 4 part set visit by clicking ANY of the images below!


HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

April 23, 2009

Early Look At Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 Trailer!

You'll be able to watch this properly on Yahoo's website on Friday, but in the meantime, you can check out a You Tube "bootlegged" look at the trailer to Rob Zombie's H2 (aka HALLOWEEN 2) Check it out below before it's gone!



Don't forget to check out ICONS OF FRIGHT's own exclusive 4 part set visit by clicking ANY of the images below!


HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

HALLOWEEN 2 Trailer On-Line This Friday?

A few weeks back when we did our set visit for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2, the producers had informed us that the first trailer for H2 would be playing before prints of CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE. Then word got out that it would only be attached to prints in only NY and LA markets. We have yet to hear from anyone who's seen it, despite a tease popping up via Entertainment Tonight. (See that HERE!)

Well, studio reps confirm that you'll get your first peek at Michael Myers latest outting on Yahoo's site THIS Friday. Keep your eyes peeled and we'll post the link as soon as it goes live!

Don't forget to check out ICONS OF FRIGHT's own exclusive 4 part set visit by clicking ANY of the images below!


HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

2 New Images From Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

Filmmaker Rob Zombie unveiled 2 more images from his upcoming HALLOWEEN sequel H2 via his My Space blog. He also answered another fan submitted question:

Another question that comes up a lot is " Why Halloween 2? You said you would never do another one!"

Well, that's true. If I said it once I said it a million times. When I finished Halloween I was so fucking burnt out that the thought of doing another seemed totally insane to me at the time. I was done. But after a year and a half break I started to think that maybe another one wasn't such a bad idea. I love the characters and felt that I had only just scratched the surface of what could be done with them. The basic story was out of the way and now the series could go anywhere. Seeing the aftermath of Michael's rampage through the eyes of Laurie and Loomis was very exciting to me. So I came back and now we have a movie. Never say never.




A new pic of Myers can be found HERE and another one HERE. More video segments can be found at our previous news post HERE. And don't forget to check out ICONS OF FRIGHT's own exclusive 4 part set visit by clicking ANY of the images below!


HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)

 



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



More on H2 via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:



And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


April 19, 2009

H2 SET REPORT PART 4: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON!

When ICONS Tim Sullivan spoke to Rob Zombie several months back, right after it’d been announced that he was writing & directing the next HALLOWEEN movie, the filmmaker admitted, “The first one is really Michael’s movie. This movie is really going to be Laurie’s movie.” With the knowledge that Rob intended to fully explore the affects of the first film’s carnage on Laurie Strode’s fragile psyche for the sequel, we asked returning actress Scout Taylor-Compton her initial thoughts to this totally different version of Laurie Strode.

“The first time I heard about HALLOWEEN 2, I heard that 2 French director’s (INSIDE helmers Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury) were doing it, and I was kind of hesitant about doing it. Then, actually Rob emailed me and said “Hey I’m doing this film, but don’t tell anybody yet.” I hadn’t read the script until a day before I was leaving. All he said to me was ‘Be ready to kick ass.’ So I had no idea what this script was about or anything until I read it on the plane. So I had no idea what Laurie was going to go through or anything. And then I found out on the plane and I thought, ‘Holy shit, this movie is about me.’ Well, I guess I’ve got to be prepared!”


We asked Scout how she went about preparing herself to play a character that’s going to go through some intense post-trauma. “Just by reading the script and by talking to Rob, and talking about what he wanted, it’s just really intensive what she’s gone through. She’s happy one moment, then she’s yelling at the people that she loves and then she’s crying. She’s going through these big bi-polar moments. I mean, that’s the only way I can explain it. He definitely wanted to see my character go into this really dark place. And just by little pieces here and there.”


Where do we find Laurie Strode in the beginning of H2? “I know all my friends are dead and now my parents are dead, and then it’s 2 years later,” explains Compton. “And here’s this run down Laurie Strode and she just learns these things, and it’s just more and more and more adding to her, she doesn’t know how to deal with it. But yeah, you find all that stuff out in the movie (with her), which is a great element. There’s a lot of stuff that people can guess how she transformed into this new character.”


Going through such an emotionally draining character arc has gotten Compton to pull things out in her performance even she didn’t anticipate. “I did this scene with Margot Kidder, and we had to do both of her scenes in one day. The first scene is just me with the psychiatrist; I’m just expressing my feelings. I had just told Danielle Harris how ‘I hate expressing my feelings. I hate this, I hate that I have to talk about everything. Why can’t all this shit just go away?’ And then here I am sitting in this and I kind of develop this friendship with my psychiatrist, but then I just freak out and go ape shit on her. I just yell at her and scream at her and it was just so powering. Rob just looked at me and was like, ‘Oh my God. I didn’t know that you had that in you.’ There’s a lot of things that I didn’t know I had in me and that I’ve discovered while filming this movie. It’s great. It’s great to discover now. (Laughs) Before I get older and I don’t know if I can do it.”


Michael Myers goes through a few incarnations during the course of the film. We asked Compton her thoughts on the maskless Myers from the middle portion of the movie. “They filmed with Tyler before me, and I just heard things about a jacket and something going over him. It freaks me out a lot more then just a suit and a mask. It’s him trying to hide himself!” But don’t fret fans, he wears the mask as well, and the final incarnation that we got a sneak peek at is rather impressive. Scout agrees, “The mask, I hadn’t necessarily seen it until 2 weeks into shooting and it was quite shocking, but I think it’s more scarier then what he wears in the first one.”


Zombie’s always really good at keeping us eager fans at bay by dishing out some teaser images via his official My Space blog. Recently, he posted a picture of Laurie Strode with the quote, ‘She is ready to kick your fucking ass and Michael Myers too!’ As with everything HALLOWEEN related, reactions were varied. “Ya know, actually, I took that picture,” confesses Compton. "Those are my boots and people were commenting that my boots are ‘white trash’ and I’m like ‘Hey, those are my boots!’ (Laughs) ‘Those are MY boots!’ The first time that we were trying on wardrobe, the wardrobe people got it totally wrong, and Rob came into the session ‘What the fuck is all this? She’s run down. Her family’s been murdered. She’s messed up, make her look grundgy.’ So we did and it totally kicks ass because I’m taking all the cloths home with me! (Laughs)”


Despite having taken part in movies with her infamous adversary, Compton has an interesting confession to make about Michael Myers. “I used to be scared of Michael Myers because my uncle used to put on the mask all the time and he used to creep me out. And I hated that mask so much. And by filming the first HALLOWEEN, it kind of freaked me out the first time. But now I’m kind of used to it because I’m used to Tyler. He’s like my dad now, so it’s not really scary. When I was younger, I was scared of that mask.”

The first HALLOWEEN was shot in various locations across Pasadena, California where most of the original John Carpenter film was shot. But for H2, the production set up in Georgia. We asked Compton the difference in location between the 2 films. “It’s colder! (Laughs) It’s really cold. But it’s great. Plus the people are a lot nicer. Especially when we’re filming in their area, they’re really excited. In LA, they’re like ‘get the fuck off my lawn’ or ‘get the hell away from my house’. But they’re actually really excited here, which makes it a lot easier for us, because then we can talk to the fans and say ‘Hey, can we use your house?’ (Laughs) It’s great. I love Georgia.”

-Robg.

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H2 SET REPORT PART 3: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD!

If there’s someone who can give you the real scoop on what Rob Zombie is up to, then you should be chatting with Andy Gould, Zombie’s long-time producer and friend. ICONS got the chance to talk with Gould briefly in-between takes of H2, Zombie’s HALLOWEEN sequel out in theaters August 28th.

After Zombie completed the publicity tour for the first HALLOWEEN 2 years back, he had sworn off coming back for a sequel. Well, as the musician/filmmaker/artist has said many times since, “Well, I say that after every tour too…” I asked Gould when he knew that they’d both be back to make a HALLOWEEN sequel. “When we were filming the first one,” Gould recalls, “there was a moment there when Rob had said – we even called the studio and said “we can complete this if you let us do 1 and 2 together.” (Laughs) And they were like “Uh, no.” As always. Rob always had this thought that there was a continuation of the story. He just wanted to have his take on it. Because the first one was great and it told a lot of his story, but it also was a retelling of the original and this one he wanted it to be a completely original Rob Zombie story. Not a re-tell.”


From the conversations we’ve had on set thus far and from what we’ve seen, H2 is definitely a far more ambitious film for Zombie then the first HALLOWEEN was. “This one’s got a bigger scope to it,” agrees Gould. “Just the overall feel of the movie is a little bigger, the other one was a little more contained. And ya know, when you’re retelling a story, there’s a part of it where you have to stay within the context of the story because you’re damned it you do, damned if you don’t. If you follow the story too closely, you’re ripping it off, but if you go too far all the purists are like “fuck you!” How dare you? This one was a joy in that respect, because it’s Rob’s original idea. This is definitely a Rob Zombie “halloween” story, as opposed to coming in and taking elements from elsewhere. The only real element in this is obviously some of the characters. This one picks up where the first one left off.


The most interesting thing about H2 has been Zombie’s approach to take all the characters in radical new directions that we’ve never seen in previous HALLOWEEN movies. That includes Michael Myers himself. “As I said before, you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Especially with the real die-hard fans. If you do it the same, they say, “It’s just like everything else”. And if you take something and go with it, “You’re trampling on an icon” but actually I like what he did with Michael. I like that. I like taking an idea and fucking with it. That’s the thing with Rob is that he wanted to have a character driven piece, that was one of the things that we wanted to have more of then in the last one. You felt for these characters, and with Laurie you have this thing, what would happen if you went through this kind of experience? Really. Horrible things happen to real people. How would that affect you if you went through something like that? That’s what I love about this one. I like this character studies. There’s a Dr. Loomis character study. There’s a Sheriff Brackett character study. There’s a Laurie character study. There’s even a Michael character study! They converge towards the end of the film.”


As with all movies, there are many challenges and obstacles that come along during the making of the film. But what about afterwords? As of press time, FINAL DESTINATION 4 (aka FINAL DESTINATION: DEATH TRIP 3D) has moved its release date to August 28th, the same day as Zombie’s H2. “It’s really hard, because you try to put a movie where there isn’t another big one,” says Gould. “I think one of them’s going to move and it ain’t going to be us! (Laughs)”

In the past year prior to Zombie’s involvement with HALLOWEEN 2, the filmmaker had been posting production art from TYRANNOSAURUS REX, a project that Gould loves and it very excited to make. “We got another studio that are very interested in making it, but this thing came up and we were like, ‘We should go. If you want to tell the rest of this story, tell the rest of this story.’ We did have a 2 picture deal with the studio, so now we’re done with that and we can move on to some other pastures. And there’s some really cool stuff out there. We really want to make T-REX.”


So with H2 winding down and heading straight into post-production to make the August 28th release date, what’s next for Gould and Zombie post H2? “T-REX is set to go. I’d like to do it next. We’ve got THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO finally done and out of that studio. That’s all finished completely, finally. It takes so long to do animation. We’re expecting to do a limited theatrical on SUPERBEASTO and then DVD. We have a new Rob Zombie album in the can, ready to go and we want to put the album out around the same time as HALLOWEEN 2. We want to do HALLOWEEN (H2), then his album and then SUPERBEASTO Spring of next year.”

On the subject of animated features, one of the journalists mentioned HEAVY METAL, which is currently being prepped by David Fincher and Kevin Eastman. “They had actually asked us to do it. They asked 5 filmmakers to do it and they asked if we would be interested when we were available.” Would Zombie be interested in combining his music & animation for something like HEAVY METAL? Gould replies almost immediately, “Yeah! Of course! It would be great! To be honest with you, it’s amazing to have the kind of artist like Rob who just does a lot of everything. It’s just keeping up. He’s always got such a veracious appetite. He’s called me on Sunday on downtime after weeks & weeks, and says ‘what are we doing next?’ Next? I’m on a vacation! (Laughs)”

-Robg.

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H2 SET REPORT PART 2: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD!

It’s the late night hours of April 7th, and myself along with several other journalists are out in a field in Newborn, Georgia watching dozens of cop cars out front and a helicopter hovering above. Yep, looks like everyone’s out for Michael Myers! Malek Akkad, producer and protector of the HALLOWEEN franchise takes a quick cigarette break in between shots to talk to us about the new HALLOWEEN movie, H2, due out in theaters August 28th.

First things first. Rob Zombie said he was completely done with Myers and company after finishing the last movie, yet here we are again watching him direct scenes a few yards ahead of us for another brand new HALLOWEEN movie. Why’d Rob Zombie come back?

“Rob did such a great job on the first one and thankfully it was very successful,” says Akkad. “And of course, the idea of a sequel came up, and I personally would’ve loved to do something with Rob again where he could’ve taken his characters a little further and kind of wrapped up his whole vision, and that’s fortunately what we were able to do.”


How far did the alternate HALLOWEEN sequel get before Rob came back? “We starting out trying to just look at how we could go into sort of the normal sequel. We actually had a couple of writers do a draft and we weren’t happy with it at all.” Akkad’s speaking of course of French director’s Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury. “I liked INSIDE. And I met the guys and I found them – it wasn’t them as much as - it’s just Rob, we wanted Rob back. And it wasn’t necessarily a good fit, because Rob’s sensibility, what he brings to it, you just can’t get that (with any other filmmaker) and these guys were French, so there was something lost in translation somehow. (Laughs) Obviously Halloween is a very American sort of tradition & Michael Myers is an American kind of icon. Rob gets that and what he’s done in this film, which I love is he’s really hit on the Halloween holiday itself. So, it’s not just a “slasher” film, he brought in the element of the holiday, which is great.”


Judging from what we’ve seen on set, it seems that this time around Zombie has complete control over which direction he wants to take all of these characters that were established in the first HALLOWEEN, something that Akkad is incredibly supportive of. “The fact that he was doing a remake, maybe there were some constraints, he felt that there were certain elements he had to be true to. And he also was able to flesh it out in his own way, but in this one, I think he’s really taking it in his whole own direction. It’s packed. It’s so many elements, so many character arcs going, and it’s really satisfying to see where he takes each character and how he resolves each character. He’s brought new elements into the franchise that we’ve never seen before.”

One of the most surprising elements is the character arc of Michael Myers himself, something that no other filmmaker has ever tried to play around with on any of the previous HALLOWEEN films. Akkad elaborates, “I obviously put a lot of trust into Rob after the first one, and one thing that stood out, we’d gotten into the habit of using a stuntman for Michael. And he was insistent on using an actor, which I agree with 100 percent. So, we got an actor, and that brought a lot of different textures to Michael, a lot of subtleties. Tyler obviously is fantastic. So after seeing that and seeing what Rob had done with it, yeah, I trusted him 100 percent and I told him when we started this, ‘Don’t feel hindered by any of the sort of ‘rules’ that we’ve had in the past. I want this to be your vision and feel free to really express that vision.’ He’s taken it into new ways, and I think its good. I think we needed it. I think we needed to break out from the rules that have been established over the course of the franchise. Like “you can only do this”, “he only goes after this person.” It’s a whole new side to Michael. A whole new look to Michael. I’m really thrilled with what he’s doing with this.”


It seems all the alumni from the previous film are also thrilled by Zombie’s vision for H2. Every one of the principle characters is back for the sequel. “The great thing is is that everyone really enjoys working with Rob,” explains Akkad. “It wasn’t even a problem with anyone. We’d just say Rob’s coming back, he wants you back, and the deal was done. He inspires everyone from the cast through out the crew so passionately. He cares so much about getting what he wants and this has been a really tough shoot. He’s stayed in it and he’s really fought for what he wants, and I really appreciate that.”

This writer couldn’t help but point out that H2 marks Danielle Harris’s 4th appearance in a HALLOWEEN film. We asked Malek his thoughts on Harris and her continued popularity amongst HALLOWEEN fans. “Danielle is amazing. I adore her. She’s a fan favorite for a good reason, because she pays attention to the fans and responds to them. And actually she’s now up to her 4th HALLOWEEN movie, so she’s equal to Jamie Lee Curtis. So her and Jamie are neck to neck. But I love working with Danielle, such a good sport, and there’s good reason why she’s remained a fan favorite.”


We also brought up all the cool stuff we got to see in Wayne Toth’s FX trailer earlier in the evening. “Wayne Toth & his FX crew - they’ve been doing such an amazing job. They’re taking it to a whole other level. Because normally it’s just Michael and a knife and he’s taking it to a whole new level in terms of the newer mask, new FX. If you compare this to any of the other Halloween’s, it just takes it way beyond what anyone’s seen or done and that’s really exciting.”


The HALLOWEEN franchise has always had it’s die-hard supporters, and they’re not afraid to get vocal about what they hear or see on-line. We asked Akkad if the fan feedback ever affects Zombie during the filmmaking process. “I highly doubt it. This is a Rob Zombie film and I believe in that 100 percent. I want to give him all the tools he needs. He writes a story that he feels he wants to tell, and ultimately we want the fans to love it, but you can get in a trap if you start trying to please everybody. There’s going to be the diehards that are just never going to be happy unless it’s frame by frame the John Carpenter version. The one thing we talked about before we did the last one was we didn’t want it to be a frame by frame version of the original. He wanted it to be something completely different, so it’s not that comparison. This is Rob’s version, and this one takes that even further. Ultimately, of course I hope the fans love it and I’m sure they will.”

And what can we expect in the future from the HALLOWEEN franchise? “Like last time, on the DVD there will be Rob’s “let it all hang out” version (Laughs)” And as far as another sequel? “Our deal with Dimension is that ultimately they can opt to do another one. I think Rob has ended it in a way that is very satisfying, very complete. It feels like these 2 films are really Rob’s take. We’ll address it if we see the possibilities of going forward later. The potential’s there.”

-Robg.

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H2 SET REPORT PART 1: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH!

It’s early evening, April 7th and ICONS is out in a big open field of Covington, Georgia, where the town tonight is subbing for Haddonfield in Rob Zombie’s much anticipated (and much debated about) HALLOWEEN sequel, H2.

We got the chance to stop by the make-up trailer of Wayne Toth, the FX maestro responsible for the gore & carnage of all of Rob Zombie’s films to date. It was hard not to be overwhelmed (and immediately excited) by the plethora of photographs plastering the walls and mirrors of Toth’s trailer. It takes a moment to soak it all in, because quite frankly, none of it’s what I expected at all. In fact, these quick glimpses only make me more intrigued by what Zombie has in store for us when we walk into those theaters on August 28th.


The first thing fans are curious about when it comes to HALLOWEEN is obviously the look of their iconic villain, Michael Myers. Judging from the pictures we’ve seen on-line, both official and unofficial, we can guess that we’ll see a minimum of 3 different looks for Michael over the course of the film. “There’s another time lapse, or jump in time in this one, like in the first one,” explains Toth. “So there’s a couple of different versions of the mask. Rob just wanted to take it a step further even though one of them is basically supposed to be the last mask, we changed it anyway just so it’s its own thing. Toward the end of the film is the current version of the mask, which is a lot different from any of them that we’ve seen. The final incarnation, I think it’s going to throw the real Myers fans for a loop.”


Just from scanning the photos covering the mirrors in Toth’s trailer, we see a shot of Tyler Mane in a hood with a large beard, the unmasked Myers, which no doubt is one of the many looks of Michael this time out.

“Percentage wise, it’s probably… at least 70 percent of the film he looks like that. We just came up with an exposure kind of look like you’d see on a homeless person, cracked skin and that kind of stuff. Again, Michael Myers fans will be a little shocked. “What?! No mask on Michael Myers?” But just like anything else, as long as you’re doing something cool, people will get it.”

The FX wiz points out, “I mean, no one’s really dared to change the actual character. They’ve just always put him in different situations and that gets old pretty fast. So to actually be daring with Michael Myers and change it – I think that’s kind of the appeal of this movie, it wasn’t limited to a remake like last time. We could take it a step further.”


And speaking of taking it a step further, this writer’s a tad surprised to see quite a few surreal looking masked characters that fit easily in a Halloween (the holiday) inspired movie, but it’s the type of thing we’ve never seen yet in a HALLOWEEN (the franchise) movie. “There are a few dream sequence characters that were fun,” says Toth. “We actually got a jump on those characters because they didn’t rely on casting actors or anything like that. So those were the things we did first, so we had a little bit of time at the beginning to play around with that kind of stuff. It’s neat to have some fantasy elements. This was a chance to change it up a bit. So I think people will be surprised. You’d never expect to see something like that in a modern horror remake sequel! So it’s kind of fun to get a chance to do stuff like that.”

How much free reign did Toth have with the dream sequence characters? He tells us it’s always a very collaborative effort with Rob. “Most of the time when we come up with stuff like that, we’ll talk about it first. And he’ll wind up doing some sketches. They’re real rough sketches, but usually it’s enough where I get his vibe already by now, so I just take those and translate it into something like this. So, it’s kind of a back and forth, but he’s got a really good eye, so it helps a lot to have a starting point like that.”

Judging from the incredibly detailed work of some of the pictures we’re seeing from the dream sequences, we asked Toth if this was something we’d frequently see over the course of H2. “Yeah, there’s a lot,” he replies. “What makes it kind of interesting because Laurie’s going a little crazy, and she’s Michael’s sister, so there’s the shared dementia. Sometimes their dream sequences start to have similarities and stuff. Again, it was a good opportunity to go haywire and come up with something new.”

“A lot of the stuff we did on this movie wasn’t even planned. We’d come in in the morning and Rob would be like, ‘What can we do to these people? I have this idea…I’m thinking about having like 20 people in a body pit in the basement of the hospital.’ (Laughs) Like literally we’re having breakfast and he’d say, ‘How do you feel about 20 dead people in the basement?’ I’m like “Alright, sure!” (Laughs) So it’s fun. It’s a big variety and it was kind of fun to improvise and come up with stuff like that on the fly.”

From the initial looks of it, this is definitely going to be a HALLOWEEN movie that delivers the unexpected. However, one thing fans can always expect is Michael's innovative and unique ways of dispatching of people unlucky enough to get in his way. Just from scanning pictures of the aftermath of Myer’s many victims this time, we’re definitely going to get our variety of kills in H2!


“We tried to do something a little different, like this slit faced nurse was supposed to be a slit throat. Because you’re limited. His only weapon is a knife, so it’s either a stabbing or a slit throat, stuff like that. So we tried to come up with a couple of different things just to change it up a little bit. That one seems to be everyone’s favorite, because no one likes to get slashed across the lips or nose! (Laughs) The way we do it, like with everything else, we try not to shoot it like an ‘insert make-up FX gag’ kind of way, just for the sake of doing a gag. We shot one (kill) in a wide shot with a full body dummy with an animatronic head. We wanted to do things a little different and shoot it in a way where you wouldn’t expect it. It’s done in more of a voyeuristic way. What it might actually look like if you were witnessing stuff like that.”

Zombie has spent a good chunk of time teasing us with ads for the film’s infamous Halloween bash, the PHANTOM JAM. We asked Toth if it was fun going all out dressing characters up for a huge Halloween party. “We did some of the featured characters who were dressed in Halloween costumes, it was kind of a fine line – we have the wolf man character. These are supposed to be people just attending this Halloween party. Typically when people do their own costumes, they don’t look very good, so how realistically should we approach this? You don’t want to do something that just looks bad, because then it looks like you did a bad job! So… we gave it the vibe that these people are so into it that they work on their own costumes and make them a little bit better. That’s how they wound up looking like that as opposed to just… ya know for the wolf man, like some guy gluing hair to his face. (Laughs) Typical thing that happens.


And how about the mysterious late night horror host, Uncle Seymour Coffins? “We used the Vincent Price MADHOUSE make-up as reference, just cause it’s supposed to have that kind of vibe, and I always liked that make-up a lot. We showed it to Rob and he was like ‘Yeah, let’s do something like that.’ We did it first on Bill Moseley. He came in and shot some stuff that was going to be playback, like a TV commercial for the Phantom Jam party. But then he had another film that conflicted with the next time we were going to shoot that character so we wound up actually using a different guy.”

One can’t help but notice the many familiar faces that grace these trailer walls, including alumni from the previous HALLOWEEN. Fan favorite Danielle Harris’s Annie Brackett survived the first film, but not without quite a few scars! One pic we spotted shows her with dozens and dozens of stitches across her face from the beginning of H2, the gruesome aftermath of her previous encounter with Myers. “She wound up doing a lot more then what was originally scripted (for her), because Rob just kept coming up with more stuff so we see her at the beginning of the film like that, the aftermath of the last movie.”

“Then there’s Dan Roebuck as the Frankenstein. He’s the owner of the strip club that Michael’s mother worked at and in this movie, he puts on the local family Halloween carnival, but in the meantime, he’s trying to drum up business for the strip club. (Laughs)”


Toth seems excited and proud of the work that he & his crew have put forth into H2. And from seeing it first hand, it’s hard not to be impressed by the unexpected. “I think there’s enough to satisfy the horror fans easily, and then some stuff on top of that. I think people will get a real kick out of this HALLOWEEN.”

And just wait until you see the final mask. –Robg.

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April 17, 2009

Rob Zombie Addresses Michael Myers "Mask" Rumors In HALLOWEEN 2!

From Rob Zombie's latest My Space blog entry:

"Another question that seem to have been asked quite a bit is about the mask. Their have been reports and rumors that he only wears the mask 25% of the time or not at all.

Well, the truth is the movie is just now being edited so the exact percentage of mask wearing is unclear at this point. But fear not, Michael is seen wearing the mask as much if not more than you've ever seen him wearing a mask in any Halloween film. As seen below. Enjoy."



Don't forget to check out ICONS OF FRIGHT's own exclusive 4 part set visit by clicking ANY of the images below!


HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)



More on H2 via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:



And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!

 

April 16, 2009

FearNET Video From The Set Of HALLOWEEN 2!

Wow. Between our week long reports, as well as the coverage all the other horror publications are posting this week, it seems to be a great week for HALLOWEEN fans! FearNET posted a video on-set visit to Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 hosted by his brother Spider. You can check that out embedded below!



More video segments can be found at our previous news post HERE. And don't forget to check out ICONS OF FRIGHT's own exclusive 4 part set visit by clicking ANY of the images below!


HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART ONE: FX ARTIST WAYNE TOTH! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART TWO: PRODUCER MALEK AKKAD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART THREE: PRODUCER ANDY GOULD! (Click image below to read it!)



HALLOWEEN 2 SET REPORT! PART FOUR: ACTRESS SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON! (Click image below to read it!)


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Bad-Ass Michael Myers Picture From HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie put out an open call for fan questions to answer in his personal My Space blog about HALLOWEEN 2. And the first response also netted us another picture of Tyler Mane as Michael Myers doing what he does best! (See below!) The first fan question and response was as follows:

"Is this movie a remake of Halloween 2?"

The answer is no. This movie has nothing to do with the movie that came out back in 1981. The only thing slightly the same is my film has a brief hospital scene at the top of the film and even that is 100% different. These are all new characters and all new situations. This is not a remake of a sequel, this is the continuing story of the Halloween I started. So hopefully that clears up that confusion.

Now I present a killer moment from the above mentioned hospital scene."





More on H2 via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Margot Kidder, Daniel Roebuck, Chase Wright Vanek, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:



And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


April 14, 2009

HALLOWEEN 2 Video Interviews With Rob Zombie, Tyler Mane & Wayne Toth!

We sadly didn't get any face time with Tyler Mane or Rob Zombie when we hit up the set of H2: HALLOWEEN 2 last week, but they made time for AMCTV! And those video interview segments are on-line. You can check those down below, and keep checking back for our set report coverage from H2 through out the rest of the week:






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April 13, 2009

Weird Al VS Dr. Loomis? Another HALLOWEEN 2 Pic!

Now that principle photography on Rob Zombie's H2 has wrapped, the filmmaker's having a bit of fun giving us glimpses of what we'll see in his HALLOWEEN sequel. Who would've thought we'd see Weird Al Yankovic Vs Dr. Loomis?! Zombie writes, "Dr. Loomis is clearly out of his comfort zone as he takes on Weird Al during his appearance on The Newman Hour. It's tough hawking those books."



More on H2 via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Don't forget to check out PART ONE of our HALLOWEEN 2 on-set coverage with Wayne Toth right HERE!


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April 11, 2009

First Look At Michael Myers (In Mask) In Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

HALLOWEEN 2 officially wrapped production this past week in Georgia and to celebrate, Rob Zombie has posted a new picture of Michael Myers (in mask) via his My Space blog. He writes, "Well, after 35 days of snow, freezing rain, fire ants, mud and blood we are done! The cast and crew kick ass beyond ass to bring you the most demented Halloween ever! In less than five months Michael will be back in your face! And speaking of face... here is your first glimpse of one of the many faces Michael 2009."

Earlier this week, the on-line community was voicing their concerns about Myers being "mask-less" for a good portion of the new film. Rest assured, you will see him in this version of the mask, as well as another one later in the movie. (Hence Zombie's quote alluding to "many faces") From what we've sen on set, all his looks will be awesome in the context of the entire film. (Technically he didn't don the infamous mask until the 3rd act in the first HALLOWEEN, so fans relax!)

We'll have 5 days of full coverage from the set of H2 starting early next week, so check back here on Monday! Early word on the first teaser trailer can be found HERE!



More on H2 via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!


Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!






April 10, 2009

Another Uncle Seymour Coffins Clip! HALLOWEEN 2 Update!

Rob Zombie continues his viral videos with another vintage clip of Uncle Seymour Coffins, the late night horror host that throws the annual PHANTOM JAM bash during the 3rd act of H2 (aka HALLOWEEN 2). This clip introduces the creature double-feature of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Zombie writes, "This one was buried beneath a pile of junk in the vault's of Haddonfield's 18. Enjoy!"



You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Check out Scout Taylor-Compton's behind the scenes video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 at our previous news post HERE! Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


April 08, 2009

H2 Trailer Running Before CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE!

Who's more indestructible? Michael Myers or Chev Chelios?

HALLOWEEN 2 producer Malek Akkad confirmed that the first teaser trailer for Rob Zombie's H2 will be attached to prints of CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE when it opens next Friday on the 17th. I'm sure you can expect the trailer to debut on-line on or around that date as well.

We'll have a full well of coverage from the set of H2 in the following week, so check back shortly!


 

You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!


Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!

 

April 04, 2009

Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures Music Video?! HALLOWEEN 2 Update!

Want a taste of Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures, the fictional band that appears in Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2? This music video popped up on-line on the fictitious band's My Space page. The band (fronted by Jesse Dayton) plays Haddonfield's 4th PHANTOM JAM festival (flier below), a scene which plays prominently in the 3rd act of H2. Check out the music video below to get a glimpse from inside Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN world:





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April 02, 2009

Laurie Strode Ready For Michael Myers! New HALLOWEEN 2 Pic!

Rob Zombie just posted the following tease via his My Space blog: "Here's a new pic of Scout as Laurie! She is ready to kick your fucking ass and Michael Myers too! Enjoy fuckers!"


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April 01, 2009

A Vintage Uncle Seymour Coffins Clip! HALLOWEEN 2 Update!

As you may have read before, there's a TV horror host character named Uncle Seymour Coffins that appears in Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2. Originally, Zombie vet Bill Moseley was supposed to play the character, but apparently had to bow out due to other professional commitments. The man behind the make-up is still a bit of a mystery for now. Regardless, Zombie posted this vintage clip from Uncle Seymour Coffins' Creature Double-Feature! Check it out below!



Check out the new young Michael Myers right HERE and the latest picture of adult Michael Myers on HALLOWEEN night over at our previous news post HERE!

You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Check out Scout Taylor-Compton's behind the scenes video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 at our previous news post HERE! Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


March 31, 2009

Meet The New Young Michael Myers! HALLOWEEN 2 Update!

A few weeks back, it was announced that Chase Vanek would be replacing Daeg Faerch as the young Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's sequel HALLOWEEN 2. Today, Zombie debuted his new young Myers via his My Space page! Here's the pic and what he had to say:

"Here he is for the first time CHASE VANEK the new young Michael Myers. Chase has been kicking ass on set and we are sure you will love him as much as we do. Chase's favorite question to ask me is "When do I get to kill someone ?" Kind of reminds me of another young Michael I used to know."



Check out the latest picture of adult Michael Myers on HALLOWEEN night over at our previous news post HERE!

You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Check out Scout Taylor-Compton's behind the scenes video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 at our previous news post HERE! Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


March 29, 2009

Michael Myers Is Coming! New Teaser Pic From HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie posted a cool new teaser image from his currently shooting HALLOWEEN sequel H2 with the simple caption, "Michael on Halloween night. Things are about to get very nasty." Check it out below:


You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Check out Scout Taylor-Compton's behind the scenes video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 at our previous news post HERE! Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


March 26, 2009

Weird Al Yankovic Cameo's In Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2?!

Rob Zombie just revealed on his My Space blog that legendary comic musician Weird Al Yankovic is making a brief appearance in his currently lensing HALLOWEEN sequel H2. (The movie UHF is totally underrated!)

He says, "Be afraid... be very afraid. Weird Al rolls into Haddonfield as well Weird Al a guest of THE NEWMAN HOUR - a local talk show. The other guest that night is Dr. Loomis hawking his new book THE DEVIL WALKS AMONG US... let's just say things get weird." Here's a picture of the 2:



Yesterday, we got our first peek at Captain Clegg and The Night Creatures. (See 'em HERE!)

You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Check out Scout Taylor-Compton's behind the scenes video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 at our previous news post HERE! Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


HALLOWEEN 2 Update! Rob Zombie Unveils Captain Clegg and The Night Creatures!

Rumor has it that the HALLOWEEN 2 production called upon up to 250 extras for the Haddonfield's 4th Annual Phantom Jam sequence in the final act of the new Rob Zombie directed sequel. Jesse Dayton plays the frontman of the band headlining the event, "Captain Clegg and The Night Creatures". Here's what Zombie had to share via his My Space blog:

"Here they are ! The one... the only... Captain Clegg and The Night Creatures! Ready to destroy Haddonfield's 4th Annual PHANTOM JAM!"



You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Check out Scout Taylor-Compton's behind the scenes video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 at our previous news post HERE! Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


March 24, 2009

Brea Grant Answers YOUR 'HALLOWEEN 2' Questions!

The HALLOWEEN MOVIES website is continuing in their series of fan created interviews, this time with actress Brea Grant who plays Laurie Strode's best friend Mya Rockwell in Rob Zombie's currently lensing HALLOWEEN 2. (aka H2) Genre fans may recognize Grant from her appearance in MIDNIGHT MOVIE, or more likely as Daphne Millbrook on HEROES. Click HERE of the image below to read PART ONE of the Brea Grant interview!


Don't forget to read Danielle Harris's HALLOWEEN interview by clicking HERE or the image below:

 
Producer Malek Akkad answered a round of questions which you can read by clicking HERE or the image below.


Michael Myers himself TYLER MANE answered your questions HERE!

More HALLOWEEN 2 goodies HERE! Check out Scout Taylor-Compton's behind the scenes video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 at our previous news post HERE! Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


March 21, 2009

Dr. Sam Loomis's New Book THE DEVIL WALKS AMONG US!

Rob Zombie just unveiled the front cover of Dr. Sam Loomis's new book THE DEVIL WALKS AMONG US! Since HALLOWEEN 2 picks up immediately after the events of the first film and then cuts to 2 years later, I guess Loomis had time to crank out this new book based on the events of the first film!


You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

More HALLOWEEN 2 goodies HERE! Check out Scout Taylor-Compton's behind the scenes video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 at our previous news post HERE! Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


Danielle Harris Answers Your HALLOWEEN Questions!

The Official HALLOWEEN MOVIES website has posted Part 2 of their interview with Danielle Harris from the set of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 (or H2) currently shooting in Georgia. All of these questions came from YOU, the fans, so check it out right HERE or by clicking the image below!


More HALLOWEEN 2 goodies HERE! Check out Scout Taylor-Compton's behind the scenes video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 at our previous news post HERE! Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


March 20, 2009

HALLOWEEN 2 Updates! Danielle Harris & Tyler Mane; Fan Interviews & More!

When it comes to Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2, there's always plenty to report. This time all the goodies are coming from the official HALLOWEEN website, www.halloweenmovies.com.

Firstly, they unveiled a behind the scenes photo of Tyler Mane (minus mask, of course) with Danielle Harris who is reprising her role as Annie Brackett!


Secondly, if you've been keeping tabs on halloweenmovies.com, they've been asking fans to submit questions for various cast & crew from H2. You can check out the first round of questions for star Danielle Harris by clicking HERE or the image below.


Producer Malek Akkad answered the 2nd round of questions which you can read by clicking HERE or the image below.


Lastly, ever wonder how Michael Myers winds down after a long day of slaying on camera? Wonder no more and enjoy a new behind the scenes video - "Fireside Chat with Michael Myers"



Check out Scout Taylor-Compton's behind the scenes video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 at our previous news post HERE! Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!



March 17, 2009

Behind-The-Scenes Video Of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 With Scout Taylor-Compton!

Actress Scout Taylor-Compton just posted up a fun behind-the-scenes video from the set of HALLOWEEN 2 (aka H2) now shooting in Georgia. The video opens with Scout and her co-stars Brea Grant (that cutie from HEROES and MIDNIGHT MOVIE) and Angela Trimbur. You'll also get some cameos with Margot Kidder, Wayne Toth and Rob Zombie himself. Check it out below! And special thanks to The Ladies Of HALLOWEEN My Space page for bringing this to our attention!



Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!





March 16, 2009

Margot Kidder Joins HALLOWEEN 2 Cast! New Young Michael Myers!

Rob Zombie has announced the latest addition to the cast of his currently shooting HALLOWEEN sequel, H2 and it's none other then Margot Kidder. Zombie writes, "Margot Kidder has joined up as Laurie Strode's therapist Barbara Collier." Most fans recognize her as Lois Lane in the Christopher Reeve SUPERMAN films. She's also appeared in genre classics BLACK CHRISTMAS and THE AMITYVILLE HORROR.


Meanwhile, Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that young Michael Myers Daeg Faerch has been replaced by Chase Wright Vanek (pictured below). You can see another pic of the young actor over on Bloody-Disgusting's post HERE.



You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

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March 13, 2009

FINAL DESTINATION 4 VS. HALLOWEEN 2?

A few days back, we heard that FINAL DESTINATION: DEATH TRIP 3D had been pushed to an August 14th release date. Now, Box Office Mojo has it listed back at it's original August 28th release date. That's the same day the Dimension & The Weinstein Company will release Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2. Will one of them back out of that coveted spot? (Hint hint, please put out HALLOWEEN 2 around Halloween?)

If not, which will YOU see? A 3D FINAL DESTINATION sequel? Or Rob Zombie's latest outting with Michael Myers?

David Ellis, the director of FINAL DESTINATION 2 returns behind the camera for FINAL DESTINATION: DEATH TRIP 3D which stars Nick Zano, Krista Allen (FEAST), Andy Fiscella, Shantel Van Santen, Bobby Campo, Haley Webb, Justin Welborn (THE SIGNAL), Mykelti Williamson & Richard T. Jones. Eric Bress penned the latest sequel. Check out pics from FD4 HERE and HERE!

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

March 08, 2009

A Look At Bill Moseley In HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie debuted a picture of Bill Moseley as "Uncle Seymour Coffins", the TV host of the Haddonfield's Creature Double Feature show via his My Space blog. The make-up job is an obvious homage to Vincent Price's "Dr. Death" from MADHOUSE. (And considering Moseley died in the theatrical version of the first HALLOWEEN, I'd imagine covering him with make-up was the easiest way to bring him back without any confusion.) Take a gander below:



You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


March 06, 2009

Young Michael Myers Re-Cast For HALLOWEEN 2!

A few days ago, we published a photo of Daeg Faerch from the set of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 courtesy of The Ladies Of HALLOWEEN My Space page. The post vaguely mentioned that although the young actor was on set reprising his role of Michael Myers, he'd been re-cast. Faerch later confirmed this via his My Space blog in a post that read, "SADLY, although I was contracted to reprise the role of young Michael Myers in the upcoming H2 (Halloween 2, 2009) after filming briefly on the set in GA, I am to be recast due to my increased height."

Rob himself talked about the re-casting on his blog saying, "I know some of you are confused as to why Daeg is not in the film. Recasting young Michael was not something I wanted to do, but the scenes just didn't work anymore. Daeg is no longer a little boy, he is a teenager with a deep voice. Once you see the film you will understand why I made this choice. It was not an easy choice and was not made lightly. Daeg kicked ass in Halloween, but things change. I think Daeg is very, very talented and I wish him all the best."


You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

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Daniel Roebuck Is All Dressed Up For HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie posted the below photo of actor Daniel Roebuck all dressed up for the 20th Haddonfield Pumpkin Bash. (Glad to see more the new film will incorporate more about Halloween, the holiday itself!) Roebuck appeared briefly in the 2007 HALLOWEEN as Lou Martini, the owner of the Rabbit In Red Lounge where Michael's mother Deborah Myers worked. Check out more on Rob's My Space blog HERE or by clicking the image below!


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Tyler Mane On The Set Of HALLOWEEN 2!

A reader named 'Adam' sent over a batch of behind the scenes photos to Shock Till You Drop from the set of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2, currently shooting in Georgia. Of note is Tyler Mane walking around with a giant beard and red splotch on his forehead. (Perhaps the wound sustained when Laurie shot him at the end of the last movie?) Click HERE or the image below to check out a slew more.



Also, the Rated-M blog has even more cool pictures of a Halloween themed converted Georgia! The sets have got a HALLOWEEN 4 feel to 'em. Click HERE or the image below to see even more of those pictures!



Check out more behind the scenes pics from our previous post HERE. The first new pic from set HERE and the 2nd one HERE! Click HERE for a 3rd pic of Zombie with actress Caroline Williams.

Continue reading "Tyler Mane On The Set Of HALLOWEEN 2!" »

March 04, 2009

New Behind-The-Scenes Pictures From Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

The Ladies of HALLOWEEN My Space page debuted a new exclusive behind-the-scenes picture from the set of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 featuring Rob, Sheri Moon Zombie and Daeg Faerch. The blog post where this picture originated says, 'Below is an exclusive shot of Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon Zombie and Rob Zombie on the set of H2. Daeg has said that he is to be recast due to "increased height." More news when it becomes available. Thanks everyone!'


If you haven't visited The Ladies of HALLOWEEN My Space page, check it out HERE and add the profile to your friends list.

Also, Shock Till You Drop got a few behind-the-scenes pictures of Scout Taylor-Compton (Laurie Strode) and Howard Hesseman (Uncle Meat) at the set of Uncle Meat's Java Hole. Click the image below to see 3 more pictures over on Shock's site:


Check out the first new pic from set HERE and the 2nd one HERE! Click HERE for a 3rd pic of Zombie with actress Caroline Williams.

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Daeg Faerch, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


March 01, 2009

CHAINSAW 2 Alumni Caroline Williams On The Set Of HALLOWEEN 2!

One week into the shoot, and Rob Zombie is still checking in via his My Space page to let us know how all is going on the set of HALLOWEEN 2 (or H2). He posted a pic with TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 alumni Caroline Williams (still looking lovely!), along with the following post:

"One week is under our belt and things are really cooking. Last night was crazy, cold and rainy but as always it kicked ass. I'm too tired to think right now so I will leave you with a shot of me and Caroline Williams shortly after wrapping on the first night."



Check out the first new pic from set HERE and the 2nd one from yesterday's post HERE!

Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Daeg Faerch, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.


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February 27, 2009

Laurie Strode's Not Looking So Good! New HALLOWEEN 2 Pic!

Rob Zombie never officially acknowledged that Scout Taylor-Compton was reprising her role as Laurie Strode in his HALLOWEEN sequel H2 (now shooting in Georgia). He writes the following on his My Space blog:

"I never posted this since I figured everyone already knew this, but I was wrong. I've gotten tons of emails asking who's playing Laurie. Scout is back and she is tearing it up as Laurie. We've only worked for 4 days and she is battered and bruised, but she is hardcore and kicking ass.

Here is a new pic of Laurie Strode being rushed into Haddonfield General. Let's just say this is the best part of her stay. The worst is yet to come."




Rob Zombie returns to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2, which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Daeg Faerch, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence. H2 hits theaters this August 28th!

You can check out the first image from set at our previous news post HERE! You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.

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Danielle Harris, Sherri Moon Zombie & Daeg Faerch All Returning For HALLOWEEN 2!

A ICONS reader had asked me earlier today if Danielle Harris was reprising her role as Annie Brackett for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 (aka H2). While rumors claimed that her as well as several other cast members from the first film were returning, I wanted to wait for official confirmation before posting anything.

Now with filming underway, we got this press release earlier this evening, "We are excited to announce that we have recently begun production on H2 (ROB ZOMBIE’S HALLOWEEN 2), the follow-up to the 2007 hit film HALLOWEEN. H2 follows the adventures of Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor Compton) two years after her first vicious encounter with Michael Myers. Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Daeg Faerch and Danielle Harris will reprise their roles in the film. Joining the cast is Brea Grant of NBC’s acclaimed show HEROES."

The cast also includes Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips & Mark Christopher Lawrence.

You can check out the first image from set at our previous news post HERE! You can keep up to date on the production via Rob Zombie's My Space blog at: http://blogs.myspace.com/robzombie.


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February 26, 2009

First Image From Rob Zombie's H2 aka HALLOWEEN 2!

Now 3 days into the shoot, Rob Zombie posted the first picture from the set of his HALLOWEEN sequel H2 (or HALLOWEEN 2). I'd imagine this image takes place moments after the finale of the first movie as lead actress Scout Taylor-Compton doesn't look like she's in good shape! Check it out below!



Zombie writes on his blog, "Well, we made it through the first three days. Everything is going great. This film is going to blow away my last trip to Haddonfield. Ultra gritty, ultra intense and very real. Here is a sneak peek of Laurie moments after being wheel in to the ER."

Malcolm McDowell is officially back on board to reprise the role of Dr. Sam Loomis. Other cast members include Brea Grant (who will play Laurie Strode's best friend Mya Rockwell), Daniel Roebuck (returning as Lou Martini, owner of the Rabbit In Red bar), Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Mark Christopher Lawrence & Tyler Mane (reprising his role as Michael Myers).

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


February 18, 2009

Jesse Dayton To Rock Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

Admittedly, I'm a bit late on this one, but a few days back Rob Zombie announced via his My Space blog that Jess Dayton will be in his upcoming sequel H2 (aka HALLOWEEN 2). "Jesse Dayton will appear in H2 as Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures -- a local Haddonfiled shit-kicker group," says Zombie. "Jesse has recorded an entire album of tunes as Captain Clegg and they fucking rock. As you may remember Jesse was the man behind the sound of BANJO AND SULLIVAN from The Devil's Rejects." Check out a quick video clip over at Zombie's blog HERE.

Shooting begins in Georgia at the end of this month with Rob Zombie returning to write and direct. Malcolm McDowell returns as Dr. Sam Loomis and is joined by Brea Grant (HEROES), Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Daniel Roebuck, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Mark Christopher Lawrence & Tyler Mane (reprising his role as Michael Myers). Scout Taylor Compton & Danielle Harris are also expected to return.

More updates when we hear 'em.



Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


February 15, 2009

Loomis Back For HALLOWEEN 2!

After much speculation (including a post on Ain't It Cool last week), Malcolm McDowell is officially back on board to reprise the role of Dr. Sam Loomis for Rob Zombie's H2 (aka HALLOWEEN 2). Zombie made the announcement himself via his My Space blog HERE!

Also of note is the addition of Bill Moseley and Caroline Williams to the cast. Moseley appeared in Zombie's previous films HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES and THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, and also had a bit part in the theatrical cut of HALLOWEEN. He's back here playing another character, but what's cool is this is the first time since THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 that he'll be on screen with the lovely Caroline Williams! "Bill returns as Uncle Seymour Coffins a local Haddonfield horror host and Caroline plays Dr. Maple the head doc at Haddonfield General," says Zombie.

HEROES own Brea Grant will play Laurie Strode's best friend Mya Rockwell. And Daniel Roebuck returns as Lou Martini, owner of the Rabbit In Red bar. Other new cast members include Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Mark Christopher Lawrence & Tyler Mane (reprising his role as Michael Myers). Scout Taylor Compton & Danielle Harris are expected to return.

More updates when we hear 'em.

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


February 12, 2009

Official Teaser Poster For ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN 2; More Casting!

The website for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 (aka H2) has debuted the "official" teaser poster for the upcoming sequel, due in theaters August 28th. The image is a slightly tweaked version of what Zombie unveiled when his involvement was first announced. Check it out below or at the official website: http://www.halloween2-movie.com.



Meanwhile, in additional casting news, HEROES own cutie Brea Grant will play Laurie Strode's best friend Mya Rockwell. And Daniel Roebuck returns as Lou Martini, owner of the Rabbit In Red bar. They join previously announced cast members Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Mark Christopher Lawrence & Tyler Mane (reprising his role as Michael Myers). Scout Taylor Compton, Danielle Harris & Malcolm McDowell are all expected to return.

Dread Central reports that Daeg Faerch will be reprising his role as young Michael Myers. (Although in our interview with Rob, he said there'd be no flashbacks in the movie.) Check Dread's post HERE!

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!



February 07, 2009

Latest Casting On ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie revealed several more additions to the cast of HALLOWEEN 2 (aka H2), which begins shooting later this month. Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Matt Bush, Howard Hesseman and Bill Fagerbakke join previously announced cast members Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Mark Christopher Lawrence & Tyler Mane (reprising his role as Michael Myers). Scout Taylor Compton, Danielle Harris & Malcolm McDowell are all expected to return.

Here's what Zombie had to say about each of his latest cast additions via his My Space blog:

"Dayton (DEADWOOD) Callie has joined the cast of Halloween 2 as Coroner Alan Hooks." "Richard Brake has joined the cast of H2 as Gary Scott, a corpse fucking obsessed coroner's assistant." "Matt Bush the son on the hilarious AT&T roll over minutes commercials has joined the cast of H2." "The great HOWARD HESSEMAN aka Dr. Johnny Fever has joined the cast of H2 as Uncle Meat owner of Uncle Meat's Java Hole." "Bill Fagerbakke has joined the cast of H2 as Sheriff Brackett's right hand man DEPUTY WEBB. Here he is as Spongebob's right hand man Patrick."

Visit Rob Zombie's My Space at: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ROBZOMBIE

Check out his first extensive interview on HALLOWEEN 2, exclusively here on ICONS by clicking either image below:





And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making the first HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!



January 22, 2009

ICONS EXCLUSIVE: Tim Sullivan Interviews ROB ZOMBIE About HALLOWEEN 2! SHOCK N ROLL ISSUE 7!

ICONS exclusive! SHOCK N ROLL ISSUE 7: ZOMBIE 2 HALLOWEEN 2! Our staffer Tim Sullivan got the chance to chat with Rob Zombie and uncover what the filmmaker has got in store with his recently announced HALLOWEEN sequel, H2. No, it's not a remake of the original sequel set in a hospital, but a completely original beast of it's own.

Of note is how Zombie plans on approaching the character of Laurie Strode. (The first film focused on Michael, whereas HALLOWEEN 2 will be about Laurie.) He also addresses what would happen to the Loomis character should Malcolm McDowell's schedule conflict with the upcoming shoot. He gives a quick update on his latest record. (Tyler Bates orchestrated one track!) And talks about the influence of the recently departed Forrest Ackerman. Click the frame and image below for the full details on ALL of thew above! As an added bonus, Tim let us include reprints of his interviews with Sheri Moon Zombie & Rob Zombie from THE DEVIL'S REJECTS release!





Tim's interview intro:

With MY BLOODY VALENTINE kicking ass at the box office and anticipation high for FRIDAY THE 13TH, remakes of 80’s splatter classics (and not so classics) continue; like it or not. As someone who has remade an exploitation favorite, (TWO THOUSAND MANIACS!), it’s hard for me to throw rocks while living in a glass house. For the most part, I wish Hollywood would be a bit more original and allow filmmakers to come up with something new. But if remakes are to continue, then I guess those opposed should hate the game, not the player.

So when a remake (or sequel to a remake) is announced, then we should be grateful that someone like Rob Zombie is behind the lens, and not some TV commercial director hired by a producer who gives more about the “buck” than the project. I have a lot of love for Rob Zombie. Besides the fact that I consider him among one of my best friends in this industry, I think he is one of the greatest American filmmakers alive today- a modern Scorsese. Every time I talk to Rob I wish I had a tape recorder present. The conversations are always that good. Rob is thoughtful. Passionate. Often pissed off. And always REAL. Which could also describe both his music and his films. At first, I’ll admit, I was a bit skeptical when I heard about his pending HALLOWEEN sequel. Like most of Rob’s projects at the outset. But in the end, Rob always makes a true believer out of me.

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January 17, 2009

Chris Hardwick, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Join ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN 2 Cast!

Casting news on the new HALLOWEEN movie continues via Rob Zombie's My Space blog. The writer/director reveals that Chris Hardwick & Mark Christopher Lawrence have joined the cast of HALLOWEEN 2 (or Rob Zombie's H2).

Chris Hardwick appeared in Zombie' directorial debut HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES. Says Zombie, "Well, he didn't do so well against Dr. Satan, but maybe he'll have better luck with Michael Myers. My good buddy Chris Hardwick is returning to the fold as DAVID NEWMAN host a of a local radio talk show called THE DAILY READER."



On Mark Christopher Lawrence, "Well, again another cast member who got cut out the first time is back MARK CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE is back as Deputy KIng a member of the Haddonfield police force."



These 2 join recently announced cast members Ezra Buzzington, Jeff Daniel Phillips and Tyler Mane returning as Michael Myers. (No word yet on Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell or Danielle Harris reprising their roles, but they're all expected to return.) Tyler Bates resumes scoring duties. The follow up picks up immediately where the first HALLOWEEN left off.  Shooting begins in February 23rd in Atlanta, Georgia with a August 28th, 2009 release date locked.

Visit Rob Zombie's My Space at: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ROBZOMBIE

And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


January 15, 2009

ICONS EXCLUSIVE: FREE DOWNLOAD - HALLOWEEN: THE SHAPE OF HORROR CD EP!

Back on October 30th & 31st of 2006, John Carpenter's original horror classic HALLOWEEN played in select theaters across the country. Fans that caught those screenings were treated to a short featurette titled HALLOWEEN: THE SHAPE OF HORROR, which featured new interviews with HALLOWEEN alumni Nancy Loomis, PJ Soles and Charles Cyphers, as well as Rob Zombie talking for the first time since he was announced as director about what he was planning to do with his remake of HALLOWEEN. Those 2 nights were the only time fans were able to see this exclusive featurette.

Enter ICONS own Robg. I was asked to come up with a few pieces of HALLOWEEN inspired music by the projects writer/director/producer Anthony Masi. Considering Rob Zombie's music had a bit of an "industrial" flavor to it, I opted to play around with some of the classic Carpenter themes and inject  that style of music into them. Along the way, I came up with 2 completely original pieces of music as well that were just inspired by the whole process. When I was done, I had a neat little 6 song EP of HALLOWEEN inspired music that I submitted for consideration.  Only a few seconds of one of the pieces made it into the final featurette and the remainder of the EP has remained unheard since.

Until now!

Just for fun, I wanted to offer the 6 song HALLOWEEN: THE SHAPE OF HORROR CD EP to fellow fans.

Click the following link to download a zip file of the MP3's:

http://www.iconsoffright.com/HALLOWEEN_MP3.zip

Note: This is not in any way, shape or form affiliated with the current or previous series of HALLOWEEN movies. This was simply musical experiementation inspired by the original movies and the prospect of Rob Zombie launching a new series. Hope you enjoy the EP!


January 12, 2009

First Casting On ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie revealed the first 2 members of his H2 (aka HALLOWEEN 2) cast via his My Space blog. Ezra Buzzington joins the cast as Ned Atkins. Zombie writes, "Ezra has joined the cast of H2 as Ned Atkins - beer delivery man for The Rabbit In Red Club. Unfortunately Ezra's scene were cut from Halloween, so he had to come back and rock it again."



Also freshly cast in the film is actor Jeff Daniel Phillips. On this choice, Zombie writes, "Jeff Daniel Phillips has joined the cast of H2 as Howard Boggs - the bouncer at The Rabbit in Red club. If you don't recognize the Jeff as his normal self you might know him from his genius Geico TV spots."



Lastly, he confirms that composer Tyler Bates is back for HALLOWEEN 2. "Tyler Bates has returned to begin work on H2. Fresh off his composer duties on DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and The WATCHMEN. The man himself will begin work immediately on the soundtrack to H2. Expect a bold new direction for the sounds to make you shiver."



The follow up, going under the shooting title of H2 picks up immediately where the first HALLOWEEN left off. At press time, besides the above only Tyler Mane is officially signed on to reprise his role as Michael Myers. (No word on Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell or Danielle Harris yet, but they're all expected to return.) Shooting begins in February 23rd in Atlanta, Georgia with a August 28th, 2009 release date locked.

Visit Rob Zombie's My Space at: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ROBZOMBIE

And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


January 03, 2009

Sneak Peek At Michael Myers Mask In Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie unveiled a nice treat for HALLOWEEN fans this morning on his My Space blog. It's a look at an early sculpt for the Michael Myers mask in his upcoming sequel HALLOWEEN 2. (Pictured below!) FX guru Wayne Toth is once again providing Myers with his killer visage and also providing the film's gory set pieces.

Zombie says, "If you thought Michael was fucked before, you ain't seen nothing yet! He is bigger, meaner and more psycho than Dr. Loomis ever thought possible". Should be interesting to see which direction Zombie takes his H2 in! Check out more shots of the mask at his blog HERE!



The follow up, going under the shooting title of H2 picks up immediately where the first HALLOWEEN left off. At press time only Tyler Mane is officially signed on to reprise his role as Michael Myers. (No word on Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell or Danielle Harris yet.) Shooting begins in March of 2009 with a August 28th, 2009 release date locked. Rob Zombie will write & direct.

Visit Rob Zombie's My Space at: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ROBZOMBIE

And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 Moved Up To August 2009?

Dimension Films have decided to push up the release date of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 (aka ROB ZOMBIE'S H2) from it's originally announced October 2009 date to August 28th, 2009. As you recall, Zombie's first HALLOWEEN pic also opened to huge success in August of 2007, so it's no doubt that Dimension is hoping to replicate the successful opening weekend of the first. I just hope this leaves Zombie with enough time to finish his film properly! Shooting begins in March of 2009, so they have to shoot it, edit it and get it in theaters by August!

The follow up, going under the shooting title of H2 picks up immediately where the first HALLOWEEN left off. At press time only Tyler Mane is officially signed on to reprise his role as Michael Myers. Rob Zombie will write & direct.


Visit Rob Zombie's newly launched website: WWW.ROBZOMBIEWORLD.COM

And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!


December 23, 2008

ROB ZOMBIE Talks HALLOWEEN 2!

Rob Zombie recently chatted with FearNET's Spider (his brother & POWERMAN 5000 frontman) for the first time since the announcement was made that he'd be returning to write & direct HALLOWEEN 2 (or H2 as it's being called). Here's a sample of what he had to say about the upcoming sequel!

On why he's returning? "For some reason Halloween was one of those shoots that was stressful and crazed from day one. Everything was a struggle and a problem. So, when it was done I was ready to be done. Then time goes by, you regenerate, forget and the idea of a sequel seems okay. But by that point I thought someone else was already doing it. So I just forgot about it. Then I ran into Matt Stein from Weinstein Company at the Scream Awards and found out that it was still up for grabs. So I grabbed it. I love my version of the characters and can't wait to take them further. This sequel will be different than the first film, much like The Devil's Rejects was different from House of 1000 Corpses."

As of now, only Tyler Mane is officially signed on to return as Michael Myers for H2. Rumor had it that Malcolm McDowell might not be back as Dr. Sam Loomis. (And yes, he survived in the director's cut.) However, Zombie says, "I've talked with Malcolm and Scout and both are ready to jump back into the madness. There are a few new characters, but things will change a lot over the next few months so I can't really shed any light on that."

He also says that TYRANNOSAURUS REX should be his next film after "Halloween Two" and tells FearNET that composer Tyler Bates has already started working on new music for the new HALLOWEEN. Read the entire article HERE!

More when we hear it!


Visit Rob Zombie's newly launched website: WWW.ROBZOMBIEWORLD.COM

And make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!



December 16, 2008

It's Official! ROB ZOMBIE Is Back For HALLOWEEN 2!

Shock Till You Drop broke the news several weeks back, and now it's official! According to a post on Variety, it's been confirmed that Rob Zombie will in fact return to write and direct the sequel to his remake of John Carpenter's classic HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN 2 (going by the title H2)! Shooting begins in March of 2009 with an expected October 2009 release! (Good! Let's skip the August release this time around!) Tyler Mane is back as Michael Myers, and while yet-to-be confirmed, we expect Malcolm McDowell and Scout Taylor-Compton will also be back.



The article says, "Dimension Films and Rob Zombie are teaming for another chapter of "HALLOWEEN," and he's racing to scare up the pic for release in October."

Zombie will write and direct "H2," the sequel to his 2007 reinvention of the John Carpenter horror classic. Production will begin in March.

The new film picks up right as the first remake ended, following the aftermath of Michael Myers' murderous rampage through the eyes of the sister he hunted.

Zombie said it won't resemble the original second installment, as the "House of 1000 Corpses" helmer continues to take the franchise in different directions.

Zombie took Carpenter's original and stamped it with an original storyline that treated Myers as a clinical psychopath. The film grossed $60 million domestically in 2007.

Zombie had told Dimension chief and TWC co-chairman Bob Weinstein he wanted nothing to do with a sequel. But just like the franchise's villain, Zombie was compelled to come back.

"I was so burned out. (But) I took a long break, made a record and I got excited again," Zombie said. "Now, we'll be hauling ass, and that's the problem making a movie called 'HALLOWEEN': If you come out Nov. 1 or after, nobody cares. If it was called anything else, I'd be fine."

Malek Akkad of Trancas Intl. Films will produce with Spectacle Entertainment's Andy Gould.


Click the frame below to read our extensive FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE about the first HALLOWEEN!


December 03, 2008

ROB ZOMBIE Launches New Website ROB ZOMBIE WORLD!

Rocker/filmmaker Rob Zombie just launched a brand new website over at WWW.ROBZOMBIEWORLD.COM which will act a central hub for all of Zombie's upcoming projects in music, film and beyond. At the site you'll find Zombie news, Zombie merch, Zombie pics and Zombie's BLOG. (Where he's already started posted some entries with his personal favorite videos.)

Check it all out at WWW.ROBZOMBIEWORLD.COM or by clicking the image below.



Hopefully, we'll hear for sure if Zombie is in for HALLOWEEN 2 as rumored earlier this week. We'll keep you posted!

December 02, 2008

Is ROB ZOMBIE Back For HALLOWEEN 2?!

This should be considered rumor until it's officially confirmed, but Shock Till You Drop got a tip from a reliable source that Rob Zombie is being courted back to write and direct HALLOWEEN 2. Earlier this year, INSIDE directors Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury were in talks to direct the sequel to ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN. Then at last months 30 YEARS OF TERROR convention, producer Malek Akkad said pre-production was slated to begin in January 2009 with a March 2009 start date for shooting. Tyler Mane was always signed to reprise the role of Michael Myers, but a writer/director hadn't been locked as of the convention.

Shock reports, "An insider phoned in this afternoon exclusively informing ShockTillYouDrop.com that Rob Zombie is going to reprise his duties as director and carry on the new Myers legacy that he forged with Tyler Mane behind the mask."

If true, this puts Rob Zombie's TYRANNOSAURUS REX on hold until after HALLOWEEN 2.

Parties from Akkad and Zombie's camps are all keeping quiet. But we'll let you know as soon as we hear something concrete!


Click the frame below to read our extensive FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE about the first HALLOWEEN!


October 07, 2008

3-DISC UNRATED COLLECTOR'S EDITION Of ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN NOW AVAILABLE!

The new 3-Disc Unrated Collector's edition of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN hits store shelves today! The main draw is the 4 hour plus documentary chronicling the entire filmmaking process behind Rob Zombie's remake of HALLOWEEN. HALLOWEEN was written & directed by Rob Zombie and stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Danielle Harris, Kristina Klebe, William Forsythe, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brad Dourif, Danny Trejo and Hanna Hall.



Make sure to read what is arguably Rob Zombie's most extensive on-line interview about making HALLOWEEN by clicking the frame below!




September 06, 2008

RIDE THE PAIN! New Poster For ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX!

Hot on the heels of the "There Will Be Blood" teaser art posted on Rob Zombie's My Space page, the musician/filmmaker has now debuted another new poster, this time with the tagline "RIDE THE PAIN". Nothing else we can tell you yet about the mysterious TYRANNOSAURUS REX other then that it's officially locked down for a August 28th, 2009 release! Check out the poster below!



Click HERE for 1st TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 2nd TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 3rd TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 4th TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 5th TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 6th TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork! ("There Will Be Blood!")

ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX is set to hit theaters in a little less then a year now on August 28th, 2009. This is Zombie's 4th feature after HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS and HALLOWEEN. More when we hear it!

There Will Be Blood in ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX!

Rob Zombie debuted yet another piece of conceptual art from his mysterious upcoming project TYRANNOSAURUS REX via his My Space page.The artwork comes with a caption that promises "There Will Be Blood!" Check it out below!



Click HERE for 1st TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 2nd TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 3rd TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 4th TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 5th TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX is set to hit theaters in a little less then a year now on August 28th, 2009. This is Zombie's 4th feature after HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS and HALLOWEEN. More when we hear it!

August 23, 2008

First Word From Directors On HALLOWEEN 2; Sequel To Rob Zombie's Remake!

Back in a news report from June of this year, word got out that French director's Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury were in talks to helm HALLOWEEN 2, the sequel to Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN remake. Now, the director's themselves have commented about the upcoming flick in the pages of Rue Morgue magazine according to SHOCK.

Maury says, "it's a proposition we couldn't refuse." (From the SHOCK post:) He explains they're reverent of Zombie's re-imagining of Michael Myers and they're out to put their stamp on the character not copy what came before them. "Therefore, our vision will be done with upmost respect, with a continuity of [Zombie's] work but also a real evolution of the world he set in place."

Have you guys seen INSIDE yet? The flick these 2 crazy bastards made? It's by far one of the most brutal and bloody movies that this writer has seen in years, so the idea of these guys making a Michael Myers flick is intriguing. We would assume that Scout Taylor-Compton would return as Laurie Strode. Rumor has it that Tyler Mane (Michael Myers) and Malcolm McDowell (Dr. Sam Loomis) signed sequel contracts when they signed on to the first film. September's issue of Rue Morgue magazine will have the full interview with the director duo. More when we hear it!


Click the frame below to read our extensive FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE about his take on HALLOWEEN!




August 04, 2008

Chase Sequence Artwork From ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX!

Rob Zombie debuted yet another piece of fantastic conceptial art from his mysterious upcoming project TYRANNOSAURUS REX via his My Space page. The artwork (by Alex Horley and the 5th to be revealed by Zombie) features an all-out action set-piece from the movie. Check it out below and we'll keep you posted on all the latest!



Click HERE for 1st TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 2nd TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 3rd TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

Click HERE for 4th TYRANNOSAURUS REX artwork!

ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX is set to hit theaters on August 28th, 2009.

July 29, 2008

What's ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX Think Of This World?

The tagline says it all. Rob Zombie release the image below, the 4th bit of teaser art for his upcoming flick TYRANNOSAURUS REX via his My Space page. Interestingly enough, Nat Jones is the artist of this particular piece, who also illustrated Zombie's collaboration with Steve Niles THE NAIL, long rumored to be the basis of T-REX. (Which it's apparently not.) Check out the first, second and third art at the respective links.


ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX is set to hit theaters on August 28th, 2009.

July 28, 2008

ROB ZOMBIE'S WEREWOLF WOMEN OF THE S.S. Comic Book Cover!

Several weeks back, Rob Zombie revealed via his My Space blog that he'll be revisiting WEREWOLF WOMEN OF THE S.S., his contribution trailer to GRINDHOUSE (sandwiched between PLANET TERROR & DEATH PROOF) in the comic book medium. Today, he posted a front cover image from the upcoming comic series! here's what we can expect!


From our original post: "Werewolf Women of the SS is back! This time it's back as a comic book series! The wacky exploits of Commandant Hess, Lt. Boorman, Von Strasser Eva and Gretchen Krupp, Fu Manchu and even Hiltler will be coming you way. Everything you ever wanted to know about Project Pure Wolf but were afraid to ask!"

Visit his page: http://www.myspace.com/robzombie

July 11, 2008

ROB ZOMBIE'S WEREWOLF WOMEN OF THE S.S. ... The Comic?

Remember Rob Zombie's GRINDHOUSE trailer for WEREWOLF WOMEN OF THE S.S., which played in between PLANET TERROR and DEATH PROOF? And all the talk of a potential full length feature? Well... how 'bout a comic book?

From Rob Zombie's My Space blog today: "Werewolf Women of the SS is back! This time it's back as a comic book series! The wacky exploits of Commandant Hess, Lt. Boorman, Von Strasser Eva and Gretchen Krupp, Fu Manchu and even Hiltler will be coming you way. Everything you ever wanted to know about Project Pure Wolf but were afraid to ask!"

Visit his page: http://www.myspace.com/robzombie


July 10, 2008

3rd Piece Of Artwork From ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX!

A 3rd piece of artwork from Rob Zombie's mysterious 4th feature film TYRANNOSAURUS REX has debuted on his official My Space page. The art was done by David Hartman and is set up to look like a vintage old pulp comic book cover. (Hell, it's pretty darned awesome!) Check out the image below! And check out previous news posts to see the first piece of art HERE, the second piece HERE! ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX is set to hit theaters on August 28th, 2009.

ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN 3-Disc Cover Art & Features!

FANGORIA got the exclusive first look at the cover art for the recently announced 3-Disc Collector's Edition of ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN, which hits store shelves on October 7th. (A 2-disc Blu-Ray release streets October 21st) Arguably one of the most controversial horror remakes of the last decade, Rob Zombie's version of HALLOWEEN starred Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane and Danielle Harris. Features are listed below the DVD cover!



- A nearly 5 hours making-of documentary
- Unrated Director’s Cut with 11 additional minutes of footage
- 17 deleted scenes with optional director’s commentary
- Alternate ending with optional commentary
- Bloopers
- Director audio commentary
- Casting sessions
- The Many Masks of Michael Myers featurette
- Re-Imagining HALLOWEEN
- Meet the Cast
- Scout Taylor-Compton screen test (Laurie Strode)

Read our extensive review of the original Unrated Director's Cut DVD for ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN HERE! And while you're at it, check out our FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE (his most extensive on HALLOWEEN!) by clicking the frame below!


July 07, 2008

New Artwork From ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX!

Rob Zombie has revealed some more conceptual artwork from his next feature TYRANNOSAURUS REX, scheduled to hit theaters August 28th, 2009. Make what you will of the teaser image! It's down below. You can see the first piece of artwork at THIS previous news post. And visit the official My Space page for ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX HERE!


June 26, 2008

3 Disc Collector's Edition Of ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN This October!

Dimension Extreme will release a brand new 3-disc special "collector's edition" of ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN on October 21st, 2008 reports FANGORIA! While all the content for the 3 discs is yet to be announced, Fango confirmed that the new special edition will feature a 4 and a half hour (!) documentary on the making of the film, ala THE DEVIL'S REJECT's 30 DAYS IN HELL doc. Once we get the list of special features, we'll let you know!



In the meantime, read our extensive review of the Unrated Director's Cut DVD for ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN HERE! And while you're at it, check out our FRIGHT exclusive interview with ROB ZOMBIE (his most extensive on HALLOWEEN!) by clicking the frame below!


June 24, 2008

Steve Niles Comments On ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX

Yesterday, Rob Zombie revealed the teaser art for his next film TYRANNOSAURUS REX. A lot of fans have been commenting on the similiarites between the T-REX artwork and Zombie's comic book collaboration with Steve Niles, THE NAIL. Niles set the record straight via his My Space blog last night. Here's what he had to say:

"I've been getting a lot of calls and mail about Rob Zombie's new project, Tyrannosaurus Rex. People seem to be under the impression that Rob is doing The Nail and cutting me out. This is not true. Not only is T-Rex a different story, but also Rob is 100% owner of The Nail and is welcome to cherry pick anything he wants. It's his concept. I was just along for the ride.

There are NO issues between Rob and I. Creep might be dormant at the moment, but we are not ruling out more team-ups down the road.

I hope this clears things up.

-Steve"

There you have it.

Check out our vintage interview with writer STEVE NILES below:


June 23, 2008

Teaser Art From Rob Zombie's TYRANNOSAURUS REX!

Rob Zombie revealed the first teaser conceptual artwork from his next film TYRANNOSAURUS REX via his official My Space page! Not much is known about the mysterious project other then the fact that Zombie will write and direct TYRANNOSAURUS REX for The Weinstein Company/Dimension Films. A release date of August 28, 2009 has been penciled in. Check out the teaser image below!

June 02, 2008

Are The INSIDE Directors Helming HALLOWEEN 2?!

Shock Till You Drop.com is reporting that INSIDE director's Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury are in talks to helm HALLOWEEN 2, the sequel to Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN. The duo were originally tapped by Bob Weinstein to write and direct Dimension Films new HELLRAISER flick. And after seeing the bloody mess these crazy bastards made with INSIDE, we were beyond excited at the prospect of these guys bringing Pinhead back. They eventually left the project, but according to SHOCK's article, "Weinstein has offered them an opportunity to helm HALLOWEEN 2".

The French pair are currently developing their INSIDE follow-up film SNOW, but if true, HALLOWEEN 2 could end up being next. Quite frankly, I'm excited to see what these filmmakers do next within the genre, and I'd be totally OK with them at the helm of Michael Myers next theatrical outing. More when we hear it!


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April 28, 2008

This'll Make A Good Car Bumper Sticker... ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX!

There's still very little known about Rob Zombie's follow-up film to his HALLOWEEN remake, other then the title - TYRANNOSAURUS REX, and the bare-bones My Space page, currently up and running. A new image surfaced on the My Space page that I can already see on the back bumpers of all my friends cars. Check the image below! ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX is tentatively set to open on August 28th, 2009.

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March 25, 2008

ROB ZOMBIE Posts Mystery T-Rex Image?

The Incredible Mr. Z has posted an intriguing image on the MySpace page for his next project, "Tyrannosaurus Rex". The movie supposedly has nothing to do with dinosaurs but...

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February 08, 2008

ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX?!

Back when Rob Zombie completed work on HALLOWEEN, he inked a two-picture deal with the Weinstein Company for his next pair of features. Now, it seems a date has been set for his next movie going only by the mysterious title of "ROB ZOMBIE'S TYRANNOSAURUS REX". (Due out August 28th, 2009.) SHOCK is confirming that they got word from Zombie's rep stated it is in fact his next project, that date is accurate and the movie "has nothing to do with dinosaurs." Interesting. We'll keep you posted on when Zombie's camp sends out an official press release!

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December 29, 2007

HALLOWEEN, EVIL DEAD: ULTIMATE EDITION, MANEATER DVD'S REVIEWED!

Greetings fiends! Robg. here with 3 lengthy DVD reviews! (Complete with pictures and screengrabs!) First up, I give a extensive look at the Unrated Director's Cut DVD for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN. I break down for you fans why THE EVIL DEAD: ULTIMATE EDITION is a must-buy and I give you the run-down on Gary Busey's latest movie MANEATER!? Click the covers below to read the full ICONS reviews!

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December 18, 2007

HATCHET and ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN On DVD Today!

Ah, today's the day! The much-talked about HATCHET is finally available to the masses as of today on DVD in it's original Uncut Director's Cut thanks to the fine fiends over at Anchor Bay Entertainment. Go pick it up asap! Also, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN hits stores today in both an Unrated Director's Cut and a Theatrical Cut DVD. We figured now was a good time to reflect and re-read our interviews with the people behind HATCHET, and also take another peek at our extensive Rob Zombie interview about HALLOWEEN. It still ranks as one of our most popular interviews ever! All of them are linked below!

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November 07, 2007

ROB ZOMBIE Remaking... C.H.U.D?!

Count this among one of the weirdest things we've ever heard of! You need look no futher then THE VAULT OF THE FORGOTTEN AND OBSCURE section on this site to know we love the 1984 flick C.H.U.D! (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers) Well, according to an article on Billboard.com, ROB ZOMBIE is planning on remaking the beloved cult-classic! Now, this was the first that anyone had heard about this, but Dread Central are CONFIRMING that Rob is in fact remaking C.H.U.D as his next feature! Follow the links below for the full scoop!

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October 23, 2007

ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN DVD Features Revealed! UPDATED!

Rob Zombie's reimagining of HALLOWEEN comes to DVD on December 18th. FANGORIA got a hold of the disc's specs! On top of the packed special features, the movie will be available both in a theatrical cut and an unrated director's cut which adds 11 more minutes to the film! Read on for the full scoop!

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September 06, 2007

ROB ZOMBIE TALKS HALLOWEEN DVD!

For the record, both myself and Mike C really enjoyed Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN. I'm not sure what the recent fuss is all about. Especially considering the quality of the last couple of sequels. You can't validly argue that HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION or HALLOWEEN 6 were better films then Rob Zombie's take. But every one's got an opinion, I suppose. Regardless, I enjoyed the flick, and look forward to this DVD, which looks like it's going to offer plenty in the way of special features. FANGORIA's got the whole scoop. Read on.

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August 31, 2007

CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN TODAY!

With Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN hitting theaters TODAY, we thought why not look back at ALL the HALLOWEEN themed interviews we've run in the 4 years of Icons Of Fright. Below are links to all of our HALLOWEEN interviews spanning the entire franchise, starting with our most recent interview with ROB ZOMBIE! Read on!

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August 21, 2007

BEHIND THE MASK - New HALLOWEEN featurette and movie clip!

Yahoo is hosting a nice 4 and a half minute featurette on the making of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN called BEHIND THE MASK. You can also find a clip from the movie on the Yahoo link showcasing the escape of Michael Myers and several Zombie actor alumni such as Bill Moseley, Leslie Easterbrook and Tom Towles. Go to the link below to check it all out! HALLOWEEN opens August 31st!

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August 10, 2007

FRIGHT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - ROB ZOMBIE! WRITER/DIRECTOR OF HALLOWEEN!

Just Added! The interview you've been waiting for! We've got an extensive, candid FRIGHT exclusive interview with writer/director ROB ZOMBIE about ALL things HALLOWEEN! Rob answers all of our questions and explains how and why he went about the daunting task of re-inventing HALLOWEEN. Fiends, this one's a MUST-READ!

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August 09, 2007

3 New HALLOWEEN TV Spots/Website Upgrade!

The official website for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN has just been given a major upgrade. Head on over to www.halloween-themovie.com and you can check out the latest theatrical trailer, 3 brand new TV spots, screensavers, IM Icons and 7 cool wallpapers. (Pictured below!)

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August 05, 2007

Final Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN theatrical trailer!

The new and final theatrical trailer for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN is embedded below. Just click play to watch it. HALLOWEEN opens August 31st. Special thanks to HALLOWEENFLASH.com for making this available.

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July 30, 2007

New HALLOWEEN TV Spot!

A new TV spot for Rob Zombie's upcoming HALLOWEEN redux popped up on You Tube. Just... check it out below!!!

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June 05, 2007

Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN site launches!

Sheesh. Another Rob Zombie HALLOWEEN update already?! Well YEAH! The official website for his version of HALLOWEEN just launched with a cool little flash introduction and the trailer. Click the link below!

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ROB ZOMBIE panel footage from FANGO BURBANK!

The My Space page for Fangoria's Weekend Of Horrors just posted 2 short clips from Rob Zombie's panel at the Fango Burbank show. Check them out below!

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June 02, 2007

FRIGHT EXCLUSIVE - COMPLETE FANGO 2007 BURBANK REPORT!!!

Greetings fiends! Two weekends ago, the entire ICONS staff were at the massive FANGORIA WEEKEND OF HORROR's show in beautiful Burbank, California. With stellar guests such as Rob Zombie, Frank Darabont, Thomas Jane, Thora Birch, Michael Madsen, Neil Marshall, Clive Barker, Heather Langenkamp, Doug Bradley, Shawnee Smith and close to a hundred more, how could the show NOT be a 5 star event? Well, we go into detail as to why the show fell short of it's usual high expectations. Read on...

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May 14, 2007

FANGORIA WEEKEND OF HORRORS in Burbank, CA THIS WEEKEND!

Well, here it is again! The massive FANGORIA WEEKEND OF HORROR'S convention, this upcoming weekend May 18th through the 20th at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel, located at 2500 Hollywood Way! The ICONS OF FRIGHT crew will be there! Read on for the incredible guest list!!!

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April 12, 2007

Rob Zombie talks HALLOWEEN with BD!

Bloody-Disgusting recently posted a one-on-one exclusive interview with writer/director ROB ZOMBIE where he gives some details on his intentions for his HALLOWEEN update. Including the story behind Michael Myer's fixation with masks, weather there are multiple endings, and what Michael's motivations are for Laurie...

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April 07, 2007

Trailer for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN now on line!

Most of you probably caught this before screenings of GRINDHOUSE last night, but if not, no worries, because the first teaser trailer for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN is now on line!

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March 28, 2007

ROB ZOMBIE teases us with NEW MICHAEL MYERS FIGURE!

If you head on over to ROB ZOMBIE's official My Space page, he's posted a sneak peek picture of the MICHAEL MYERS prototype figure coming from NECA!

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March 23, 2007

TYLER MANE - MICHAEL MYERS interview on the official HALLOWEEN website!

The official HALLOWEEN website, HALLOWEENMOVIES.COM just posted the first interview with new MICHAEL MYERS actor TYLER MANE.

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March 22, 2007

Last Day of shooting on Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN! Release date set for August 31st!

Rob Zombie reports on his official My Space blog that today is the last day of shooting on HALLOWEEN. Editing begins first thing Monday morning as the release date is still set for August 31st of this year! (Too bad it's not October. :-/)

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January 05, 2007

Casting on Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN! Plus Deathship UK DVD!

Casting is full underway for Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN. If you've been following along, he's been dropping names on his official My Space blog. Here's the latest:

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