Why Rob Zombie Hated Making His Halloween Movies

Why Rob Zombie Hated Making His Halloween Movies

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Rob Zombie wrote and directed two Halloween movies for Dimension in the 2000s, but it turns out he absolutely hated his time working on the films.

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Why Rob Zombie Hated Making His Halloween Movies

Rob Zombie wrote and directed two Halloween movies for Dimension in the 2000s, but it turns out he absolutely hated his time working on the films. Zombie initially gained fame for his music, and while he remains a touring rock star, Zombie is arguably just as well known nowadays for his work as a filmmaker. Debuting with 2003’s House of 1000 Corpses, Zombie has gone on to write and direct seven live-action feature films, all within the horror genre.

Zombie’s most famous creations are the members of his Firefly Family, a group of psychotic serial killers that live to torture, maim, and murder. The Fireflies recently returned to the screen with 3 From Hell, which actually ended up not being the late Sid Haig’s final movie, despite claims to the contrary. In 2007 though, Zombie took a stab at working with the creation of someone else, helming a remake of John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic Halloween.

While Zombie’s Halloween proved divisive among diehard fans of the franchise, the director’s core audience loved it, and it also did very well at the box office. This led Zombie to return as director of 2009 sequel Halloween 2, which most weren’t too crazy about. It turns out, however, that Zombie hated the process of making his Halloween films, making it a minor miracle that they even ended up as good as they did.

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Why Rob Zombie Hated Making His Halloween Movies

The reason Rob Zombie had such a hard time making Halloween and Halloween 2 is that he repeatedly found himself clashing with Dimension Films producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein. This was long before Harvey’s scandal brought the brothers down, and they had a reputation for creatively meddling in the films they produced, often overruling the directors they themselves had hired. While they approached Zombie about directing the Halloween remake, they then turned around and shot down his initial idea for making two films, one focusing on Michael Myers’ childhood and the other being a remake of the original. This led to both ideas being wedged awkwardly into one film.

Zombie and the Weinsteins ultimately battled multiple times on the set of the Halloween remake, leading to the release of one cut in theaters and another, noticeably different director’s cut on home video. Zombie had no plans to come back and make another Halloween, but when the Weinsteins announced they would do it with or without him, Zombie got protective of his work and returned to write and direct. Sadly, Halloween 2’s production was an even more miserable experience for Zombie, as the Weinsteins would second guess his decisions constantly, even showing him scenes he himself had shot from the Halloween remake as an example of what he should be doing. Needless to say, Zombie probably wasn’t very broken up when the Weinsteins eventually got their comeuppance.

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