Halloween website scared public will read reviews

naimas · Aug 28, 2009

I just tried to find some reviews of Halloween 2 on the website. When Rob's horrible, terrible, talentless, scare-less remake of Halloween came out even the faithful were skewering the movie and writing robust rebukes of it.

Now, Halloween 2 comes out and it is NOT screened for critics (never a good sign) and the Halloweenmovies website just removed its forum from public viewing and now only allows members to see it.

WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF? Seems like they are more afraid of their own movie than audiences are of Michael Myers.

nitaworm · Aug 28, 2009

There are very few really scary movies for me anymore ... maybe I have become so desensitized that I am no longer scared...

CatSlave · Aug 29, 2009

nitaworm said:
There are very few really scary movies for me anymore ... maybe I have become so desensitized that I am no longer scared...

I'm with you, desensitized and brain-numb. Even Saw movies don't bother me.

The only thing that seriously scared me recently was listening to Sarah Palin's psychobabble during the last election.

Zoombie · Aug 29, 2009

I read one review that was...oddly...not as negative as I expected. Basically, its a horrible mess of a movie that fails to be consistent in both tone and structure...but it still had some moments that worked and a truly shocking celebrity cameo.

There was only one clue as to who the celebrity was: An accordion.

...is weird al in this movie?

ChaosTitan · Aug 29, 2009

I may be one of the few people who actually preferred the new Halloween to the old one. *shrugs* I won't be spending $9 on a theater ticket, but this one will definitely be in my Netflix queue.

And this isn't the first time films are withheld from reviewers. No one got to see GI Joe ahead of time, and it ended up getting skewered. But these kinds of movies aren't made for reviewers. They're made for fans.

BenPanced · Aug 29, 2009

ChaosTitan said:
I may be one of the few people who actually preferred the new Halloween to the old one. *shrugs* I won't be spending $9 on a theater ticket, but this one will definitely be in my Netflix queue.

And this isn't the first time films are withheld from reviewers. No one got to see GI Joe ahead of time, and it ended up getting skewered. But these kinds of movies aren't made for reviewers. They're made for fans.

The fans don't care about what the critics have to say, so why all the kerfuffle? I mean, has anybody read the messageboards on Ain't It Cool News or Rotten Tomatoes?

luke_mushu_2010 · Aug 30, 2009

I saw this movie the night before last. I was not impressed one bit. Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween was in my opinion, fantastic. As for Halloween 2, it seems as though he was just trying to put a script together quickly without even plotting a good storyline.

Kurtz · Aug 30, 2009

Has a movie not screened for critics ever been good?

eyeblink · Aug 30, 2009

It starred Debra Winger and Nick Nolte, was directed by Karel Reisz and had a screenplay by Arthur Miller. Yet Everybody Wins opened without a press show in 1990. I saw it when it received a British release - it's very flawed but not totally uninteresting.

But generally yes, if distributors don't show a film to the press it's a bad sign - the most notorious UK example was The Avengers (which really was crap).

This very weekend The Final Destination has just opened without a press showing. What tends to happen is that the most conscientious critics go to see it at the first showing at Friday lunchtime and review it from that.

Presumably the thinking is that enough genre fans will see it before lousy word of mouth kills it.

nevada · Aug 30, 2009

...is weird al in this movie?

Yes he is. from what i understand (since you couldnt pay me to see this movie) he plays himself in a tv interview a la david letterman that the psychiatrist is a guest on as well. That's all I know

Zoombie · Aug 30, 2009

...weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeird

naimas · Aug 30, 2009

Yes, both FD4 and Halloween 2 didn't screen for critics. But Halloween shut off its message boards to public view..... right as the movie is coming out. Fans might not listen to critics, but they listen to fans.

Halloween website scared public will read reviews

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