We all know the fans of Halloween are fiercely divided about RZ’s “reboot” of the series, and I don’t want this to be a bashfest. What, if any, direction would you like to see the series go? Another restart? More from Rob? Back to the basics with suspense?..I’m not sure I want to see any more Halloween movies at all. To me Michael ended his screen career when he and Loomis blew up. I don’t want, although it seems to late, for the beloved series to trickle out like other franchises have. Children of the Corn anyone?
R.I.P. Michael Myers 1981
I really wish they had continued a different story with each movie, after H2. Personally, I thought Halloween 3 was a great film, all things considered. Imagine all the great Halloween stories we could have had…instead we get the same character again and again, with a shape shifting mask. I can appreciate what some of the sequels gave us, but I’m with you, Larry. In my mind, Myers and Loomis died in the explosion.
Oh, and whilst I would like to see the fans get what they want, personally, I really wouldn’t mind if there weren’t any more (Myers centred) Halloween films.
Mark
They should do what they did with the F13 remake. I know it wasn’t great by any means, but it changed the original story somewhat. That’s what they need to do. Change the main story, have the suspenseful… stalking… Myers. Go back to the basics… when I say basics I mean, “Kills family when young… stuck in sanitarium… comes out and goes after Haddonfield.” It doesn’t even have to have the whole sister angle or anything.
I know that a suspenseful… closer to Carpenter’s Myers, won’t be what the NEW AGE wants. I don’t care, haha. Unfortunately, its going to be about making the most money. That means that here will be a ton of gore, Myers will probably be more Jason-like, and there will be crude over the top language and a ton of T&A.
I am old enough to remember how pissed the public was when H3 came out and there was no Myers. Box office poison. The film has grown considerably over the years in respect and fans, but I’m not sure how a different movie would do under the Halloween banner…Larry
People will watch anything these days. Suspense still works. I remember seeing the When a Stranger Calls remake when it came out and the theater was totally into it. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever been to another movie with a reactive audience like that. That being said, I don’t see why we can’t go back to making Michael a “shape” again, actually keeping the camera steady, and making the holiday of Halloween one of the main characters in the movie and not the guy wielding the knife. I say, reboot the franchise again and do it right by making modern but still suspenseful and focus on what matters in the story: babysitter on Halloween. All new characters, but with the same plot. It would work and keep the masses and the hardcore fans happy.
I would rather they leave Zombie’s films alone, as I thought he finished his story quite nicely. It’d be nice to see a non-Myers Halloween film, but the backlash that would cause would be greater than with Zombie’s films, so it’ll never happen.
Personally I’d like to see a film that isn’t a remake of the original or tied in with any of the films before it. A standalone story that can do its own thing without worrying about being “attached” to anything would be great, as would an adaptation of one of the recent comics. The storyline in those is familiar yet fresh at the same time, which is what the series really needs right now. I definitely think copying from the original ISN’T the way to go, which is what will happen if this rumor about Platinum Dunes taking over turns out to be true.
I really don’t care, just as long as they make it scary, and have a GOOD mask in it. I wouldn’t mind seeing another remake.
Mark nails it again. I’d do anything to see an alternate story, new characters & new setting. Take away the Halloween association, please.
It’s sad a handful of franchises are going on their whatever-teenth movie with the same old story. It’s only about money. I’m only looking forward to original films that haven’t rehashed or remade preexisting material; directors and producers with new & unique visions. I want something original and fresh like when I saw Halloween for the first time or something newer like Trick 'r Treat, which blew me away. I’ve long come to accept the perpetual Halloween franchise is never going to offer this experience anymore unless it is drastically overhauled.
“Myers X” Michael in space. 
Shhhh,don’t give them any idea’s
I’m embarrassed to admit but I liked Jason X. Lol. True
I’m with Madbug and Loogs on that one.
The Myers odyssey ended up with 1981 H2.
They need to exploit fresh material…
As far as I’m concerned, it ended with him vanishing off into the night after the original. That’s the only version I own, and will ever own. Long live HalloweeN 1978.
Rob Zombie actually stated in a documentary (if Halloween had been a stand alone movie) that would have been insane.
i tend to think otherwise,i would have been very content to have had it been a stand alone one off Horror,it was a Masterpiece of Horror cinema and the final montage of shots at the end were just the icing on the cake to finish off what was the best Horror movie of all time,some like to think of H1/H2 as one movie because they take place on the same night but i can’t seem to grasp that concept,i look at them as completely seperate movies,i get a total different feel with H2 i think a lot of that has to do with how the shape is portrayed and the fact the overall majority of the film is confined to a hospital.
This.
Nothing beats the original and its ending but if more movies were to be made this would be my choice.
YEP ! 
I actually think it might have been interesting to see Halloween more so from Loomis’ perspective. Similar to the Silence of the Lambs story with Clarice.
Could have been cool to see a film following Loomis a bit closer as he studies Myers, becomes aware of his rage, then as tracks him down after the escape.
I would do something completely different with the movie. Imagine if they got Carpenter, Cundy, TLW, JLC, etc., and had them direct or at least coment on an amateur crew doing their best to remake the original movie in the original locations all the time with the actual film crew behind the scenes. Layered so to say. three stories in one:) All together or sold seperately. The idea is you have the amateur film crew in front of the original 78 film crew in front of the real film crew. New Nightmare? Reality TV? Documetary? Not sure. However the possibilities are about as endless, as the budget it would take to pull it off:)
That’s exactly what I’d like to see from the series.
I agree, Matty! I’ve wanted for so long for a Halloween movie to actually be about Halloween!! I know I’ve said this hundreds of times but I feel that the only movie in that franchise where the date, October 31st, was really important to the story was Halloween III: Season of the Witch.