Why Rob Zombie's Munsters Reboot Will Avoid His Halloween Remake Mistakes
Despite the critical failure of the director’s fandom-dividing 2007 Halloween remake and its sequel, Rob Zombie’s The Munsters reboot will not run into the same issues as his earlier effort. As far as horror directors go, Rob Zombie has always been an acquired taste. Some of his work in the genre has been praised for reviving the grindhouse aesthetic and bringing the conventions of exploitation movies into the twenty-first century, while other projects he has helmed have been derided for being too self-consciously edgy, nihilistic, or relentlessly downbeat.
However, while there are many fans and critics alike who defend Zombie projects like House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects, the consensus on the director’s 2007 Halloween remake is more unanimous and unambiguous. Unlike the Halloween franchise’s successful 2018 reboot, Zombie’s Halloween remake was largely viewed as an ambitious misfire. Disliked by both fans and critics, 2007’s Halloween and its sequel 2009’s H2 were both failed attempts to revisit the famous slasher franchise from a fresh new angle, which has led some to fear that Zombie’s much-anticipated Munsters remake will befall a similar fate.
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Expected in 2022, Zombie’s Munsters reboot has a lot in common with his Halloween remake at first glance. Both projects are remakes of classic originals that are beloved by both a legion of loyal horror fans and Zombie himself, who said he has been chasing the chance to remakeThe Munsters for twenty years now. Both Zombie’s Halloween movies and The Munsters are iconic properties that were dormant for some time before the director rebooted them, and both were broadly agreed to be past their
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