Halloween
There were only two places Mike Myers could have come from; the rich, Hampton dwelling upper classes, or the poor, white-trash suburban backwaters of America.
I'm glad they chose the latter, as it gives the film the edge it needs, and makes the violence from the young Myers somewhat understandable, and, well, justified.The parents in Mike Myers' childhood have the requisite harshness required to shape him into the Monster that he becomes, and the early part of the film has a chilling believability.
The film is dark, brutal, and well executed, but does tend to drag towards the end. I heard that Rob Zombie declared he was going to 'revolutionise the horror genre' with his take on Halloween, but it still uses many, many plot devices originated in the horror genre for its bread and butter, such as the age-old 'chase, run, trip, die'. Still, it's nice (well, not nice, but entertaining) to see the beginnings of such a vicious child character unfold in such a believable manner. In many ways, it's the film that Hannibal Rising should have been.
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