ROB Zombie is resurrecting Michael Myers, one of the big screen’s favourite horror villains. Zombie will write and direct a new Halloween movie, serving up what is being called as a brand-new vision for the long-running horror series. Zombie also will serve as producer and music supervisor on the film. The movie will not be a sequel or a straight-ahead remake of the original – which helped director John Carpenter cement his name in the horror biz – but a re-imagining that will infuse new blood into the Myers story.  

“Halloween started off as a very terrifying concept, a terrifying movie. But over the years, Michael Myers has become a friendly Halloween mask. When it came to the point where you could buy a Michael Myers doll that was cute-looking and press its stomach and play the Halloween theme, you knew the scare factor was gone. But I think the story and the situation is scary. All it needed was someone to come in and take a totally different approach to make it scary again. To me, that’s the challenge and that’s the fun,’’ Zombie said.