ROB ZOMBIE Taps MALCOLM MCDOWELL For 'Halloween' Remake

December 22, 2006

Rob Zombie has tapped Malcolm McDowell (more info from IMDb) to take on the role of Dr. Loomis in Zombie's upcoming remake of the John Carpenter classic "Halloween". This will NOT be a sequel, and it will be a complete "re-imagining" of the movie, similar to Zack Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead". ("Halloween" was a 1978 film in which a patient in a mental hospital, Michael Myers, escapes the asylum and goes on a killing spree. He was pursued by Dr. Loomis, who was brilliantly portrayed in the original film by the late Donald Pleasance.)

Commented Zombie: "As many of you know, 'A Clockwork Orange' is my favorite film and I am a huge, huge fan of Malcolm. I know Malcolm will kick ass as Dr. Loomis. He is thrilled to be part of 'Halloween' and is ready to make a new classic.

Rob Zombie will not only serve as director of the new "Halloween", but he is also a producer and music supervisor. "Halloween" will be Zombie's third gig as director, after "House of 1000 Corpses" and "The Devil's Rejects". Andy Gould is one of the co-producers; Gould has worked with Zombie on his two previous movies. The new "Halloween" is slated for release in October 2007.

Zombie says that this will be a "new take" on the "Halloween" franchise, and he hopes that it will oblige fans of the original while offering something fresh to movie-goers. The film is planned to be both a prequel and a remake of the original. The story is set before the events of 1981's "Halloween 2", and will focus on Myer's youth (before he was institutionalized) and how he develops into a serial killer.

Rob Zombie had this to say about John Carpenter in an interview with Variety: "The original 'Halloween' is hallowed ground to me, and I talked to [Carpenter] about it and he was very supportive of what I wanted to do. He said, 'Go for it, Rob. Make it your own.' And that's exactly what I intend to do. Over 25 years and a lot of movies, a very scary character became something of a Halloween cliché, with Michael Myers dolls that play the Halloween music when you press their stomachs. By the end of the sequel cycle, there was little connection to the original. I take that film very seriously, and I want to make it terrifying again."

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).