It's been a while but we're coming back!

Hello once again old friends!

It has been a while since we've been up and running as this review blog is usually seasonal, typically coinciding with the fall season.

Last season I tried to keep the reviews coming year round but alas we were unable to continue due to various reasons. The main one being I had to disband my office and lost my computer to my wife for her Netflix addiction.

Among other reasons were failing health ( no need to worry we are all safe and back in good health ), the joys of a job change and the time it takes to settle into place ( my old job was a horrible place to work in general so this was a welcome change ) and the hardship of finding the  time to read and review books which are much more time consuming.

After careful consideration, we here at Horror Shoot have decided to make a few changes to how we do things around here and figured we should share them with you!

-  We are officially removing ourselves from book reviews. If someone if interested in starting them up again for us you are more than welcome to send us an email for details.
(Heads up: we this wouldn't be for monetary gain just for the love of the genre.)

- Instead of going full spoiler free, we have decided to delve into some of the finer details of the films in order to keep the reviews from sounding repetitive, which has been a complaint in the past.

- And finally, just for the love of nostalgia and greatness, we will occasionally have  an "old school" review. Maybe we will make it a weekly event, maybe it will fall by the wayside. We will figure that out once we get to that point, but until then here's how it will work.

Any thowback film we review will have to be a minimum of 20 years old and possess either a blockbuster status or have to be considered to have a large cult following.

Now that our new rules and regulations have been set up, I can give you the fine details.

We will be starting up, at the latest, on September 10th. Reason behind this is that our seasons typically start after the yearly release of everyone's favorite drink, the Pumpkin Spice Latte. (Yes, I'm one of those people. But let me assure you, I was doing pumpkin spice everything, before it was cool!)

With everything settled, I have to say thank you for your continued support even after we go on hiatus.

Talk to you all again soon!

- Kyle
  Owner / Writer - Horroshoot

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Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007)

Rob Zombie's Halloween is the story of a young boy named Michael Myers (not to be confused with the guy from the Austin Powers movies) growing up in a broken home. He is constantly abused by kids at school, his sister and his step father.

When he is finally pushed over the edge, Michael decides to take matters into his own hand and eliminate each and everyone of his problems by course of murder.

After a small killing spree takes place, Michael is placed in a psych ward until his inevitable escape.

Written and directed by Rob Zombie. Starring Malcom McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brad Dourif, Danielle Harris, Scout Taylor-Compton and Tyler Mane as Michael Myers.

This movie came in midway through the "let's remake every movie ever" phase that all the large scale studios were involved with. Basically, if the original made them a decent amount of money or had a fair sized fan base, then it would be considered for a reboot and Halloween was no exception.

I was not looking forward to this one once I heard about it as I am a fan of the John Carpenter original. But my distaste for remakes wouldn't stop this one from getting made, so why even bother complaining about the inevitable.

But hell, was I ever wrong!

Rob Zombie is a pure genius, he not only made this remake work, he made is better than the original.
While sticking to the original film, Zombie reworked the story and gave Michael a strong background which gave the audience a sense of pity for Michael when he was being bullied as a child. That pity translated over to cheering for him when he was taking out some of his victims.

Clearly, I love this movie, there is no other way of putting it. The story was awesome, the casting for most of the roles were spot on (especially for the Sheriff and Loomis) and the kills were perfectly done.

Not really much else I can say about this without sounding like a huge ass kiss, so I will leave it at that and give this movie an 8 out of 10. It was amazing, not perfect but I can watch this one over and over again anytime.

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