HALLOWEEN aka HALLOWEEN 9

Year: 2007
USA: Dimension Films
UK: Paramount Pictures UK
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Tyler Mane, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon Zombie, William Forsythe, Richard Lynch, Udo Kier, Clint Howard, Danny Trejo, Lew Temple, Tom Towles, Bill Moseley, Leslie Easterbrook, Steve Boyles, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Skyler Gisondo, Jenny Gregg Stewart, Hanna Hall, Kristina Klebe, Adam Weisman
Director: Rob Zombie
Country: USA
USA: 109 mins
UK: 110 mins
USA Rated: R for strong brutal bloody violence and terror throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity and language
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong bloody violence and horror
USA Release Date: 31 August 2007
UK Release Date: 28 September 2007


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Synopsis

Continuing the HALLOWEEN legacy that spawned eight films over 25 years and began in 1978 with John Carpenter's classic featuring the ruthless, masked killing machine Michael Myers, acclaimed musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie (THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES) directs his version of this successful franchise.

Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN focuses on the early years of young Michael Myers (newcomer Daeg Faerch) and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Following that brutal night, Michael begins seventeen years of incarceration at the Smith's Grove Sanatorium maximum-security mental facility where he is treated by noted child behaviourist Dr Samuel Loomis (Malcolm McDowell) - the only person who can truly understand Michael's evil nature.

Now, seventeen years later, Michael (wrestler-turned-actor Tyler Mane (Sabretooth in X-MEN, TROY) escapes from the mental facility on Halloween day and begins a murderous trek back to Haddonfield to continue his killing streak and seek resolution to events from his past.

In Haddonfield, Michael begins stalking a high school girl, Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton), and her friends, Annie (Danielle Harris) and Lynda (Kristina Klebe). When Dr Loomis, now a successful author for his book on Michael, hears of his escape, he enlists the help of Haddonfield's Sheriff Brackett (Brad Dourif) to find and put an end to Michael's reign of terror.

Rob Zombie's reunites Rob Zombie with several cast members of his previous films, HOUSE OF 100 CORPSES and THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, including his wife Sheri Moon Zombie, William Forsythe, Ken Foree, Lew Temple, and Danny Trejo.