Halloween (2007)

***Halloween*** is a 2007 American slasher film written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie. The film is a remake of the 1978 horror film of the same name and the ninth installment in the *Halloween* franchise. The film stars Tyler Mane as the adult Michael Myers, Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Sam Loomis, Scout Taylor-Compton as Laurie Strode, and Daeg Faerch as the young Michael Myers. Rob Zombie's "reimagining" follows the premise of John Carpenter's original, with Michael Myers stalking Laurie Strode and her friends on Halloween night.

*Halloween* was initially released on DVD in the United States on December 18, 2007 by Genius Products and Dimension Home Entertainment, both of whom would later initially release it on Blu-Ray in that territory on October 21, 2008. It was also released on DVD in the United Kingdom and Ireland on April 28, 2008 by Paramount Home Entertainment and Dimension Home Entertainment.

Working from Carpenter's advice to "make [the film] his own", Zombie chose to develop the film as both an origin story and a remake, allowing for more original content than simply re-filming the same scenes. Despite mixed reviews, the film, which cost $15 million to make, went on to gross $80.3 million worldwide in unadjusted U.S. dollars. Zombie followed the film with a sequel, *Halloween II*, in 2009.

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## Storyline

### Plot

The residents of Haddonfield don't know it yet... but death is coming to their small sleepy town. Sixteen years ago, a ten-year-old boy called Michael Myers brutally kills his step father, his elder sister and her boyfriend. Sixteen years later, he escapes from the mental institution and makes his way back to his hometown intent on a murderous rampage pursued by Dr Sam Loomis who is Michael's doctor and the only one who knows Michael's true evil. Elsewhere a shy teenager by the name of Laurie Strode is babysitting on the night Michael comes home... is it pure coincidence that she and her friends are being stalked by him?

### Genres

* Horror
* Thriller

### Home Media Rating

* **18** (Ireland)
* **18** (UK)
* **R** (US)

## Details

### Category Number

* 80557 (US) (DVD, 2007)
* PHE 9526 (UK / Ireland) (DVD)
* 81588 (US) (Blu-Ray, 2008)

### Home Media Release Dates

* December 18, 2007 (US) (DVD)
* April 28, 2008 (UK) (DVD)
* April 28, 2008 (Ireland) (DVD)
* October 7, 2008 (US) (DVD re-release)
* October 21, 2008 (US) (Blu-Ray)
* October 6, 2009 (US) (DVD re-release)
* September 23, 2014 (US) (Blu-Ray re-release)
* October 12, 2021 (US) (DVD re-release)

## Company Credits

### Production Companies

* Dimension Films
* Nightfall Productions
* Spectacle Entertainment Group
* The Weinstein Company
* Trancas International Films

### Distributors

* Dimension Home Entertainment (2007) (US) (DVD) (through Genius Products)
* Genius Products (2007) (US) (DVD) (through)
* Dimension Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD) (through Paramount Home Entertainment)
* Dimension Home Entertainment (2008) (Ireland) (DVD) (through Paramount Home Entertainment)
* Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD) (through)
* Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (Ireland) (DVD) (through)
* Dimension Home Entertainment (2008) (US) (DVD / Blu-Ray) (through Genius Products)
* Genius Products (2008) (US) (DVD / Blu-Ray) (through)
* Dimension Home Entertainment (2009) (US) (DVD) (through Vivendi Entertainment)
* Vivendi Entertainment (2009) (US) (DVD) (through)
* Scream Factory (2014) (US) (Blu-Ray) (through Shout! Factory)
* Shout! Factory (2014) (US) (Blu-Ray) (through)
* Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2021) (US) (DVD)