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I suppose I am a Zombie fan and have enjoyed all four of his movies, but can't say I've loved any of them. I probably still like House of 1000 Corpses the best due to its weirdness and direct homage to old movies. Devil's Rejects was an improvement in overall storytelling, but it lost some of the charm that the first one had.
I actually kinda liked both Halloween movies, but would have liked them more if he renamed the killer from "Michael Meyers" to "Bob" or something, and didn't have him wear a Michael Meyers mask. He didn't really respect the original Halloween concept, but the movies were still enjoyable in their own right. I didn't like that we saw Meyers' backstory and are led to empathize with him. One of the best things about Carpenter's Halloween is that the killer has no motive and no human elements. Succumbing to the fact that we have a backstory, I actually liked the surreal "mommy" moments in H2, but thought it was overused.
It also annoys me that all his characters need to use the F-word three times in each sentence, and agree that the first Halloween had too much softcore entertainment in it. Also, the way the chick screams the entire movie in H2 is a bit annoying.
That being said, I'm definitely looking forward to Lords of Salem.
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