If you’re a horror fan, you’re likely familiar with the filmography of musician-turned-director Rob Zombie. From “House of 1,000 Corpses” to the most recent film, “31,” the filmmaker has covered the gamut of horror subgenres. He’s even responsible for a massive horror film remake, as he directed a new “Halloween” and “Halloween II” back in 2007 and 2009, respectively.
And in a new interview with Forbes, while promoting his latest flick, “3 From Hell,” Zombie went on to describe the working conditions on the hit remakes from a decade ago. And while the films made a lot of money, it appears that the director had a miserable time working on both films.
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“Making ‘Halloween’ with the Weinsteins was a miserable experience for me, and so I was very reticent to do the second one,” he revealed. “I did do the second one, and I thought, ‘Okay, well the first one was a miserable experience, but it did well, so maybe it’ll be easier the second time?’ It was worse. Oh my God. I felt like they weren’t trusting me on the first one because they wanted to make sure it was a hit and now they weren’t trusting me not to fuck up their hit.”
As for how the experience was miserable, Zombie detailed just how micromanaged he felt while on the set of the sequel film.
“They would show me scenes from ‘Halloween’ to try and make a point and I’d be like, ‘Yeah, I know. I made that movie. Why do you show me that like I’ve never seen it before?’” Zombie said.
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He added, “We made a behind the scenes documentary for the making of ‘Halloween.’ That has somehow gotten lost in the vaults. That shows how messed up everything was and what was going on when we were making those movies.”
With the Weinsteins’ Hollywood empire in ruins, thanks to numerous sexual assault and misconduct allegations, it’s unlikely that the “lost” documentary about the making of “Halloween” will ever see the light of day. But who knows? Stranger things have happened. And if nothing else, the doc could be used as a cautionary tale of how to ruin a horror remake.
“3 From Hell” is set to be released in select theaters September 16, 17, and 18 as a special event.
