Old Hollywood vs New Hollywood

Halloween (1987) vs Halloween (2007)

The original Halloween, which was made in 1987, was an independent slasher film which was scored and directed by John Carpenter, co-written and produced by Debra Hill and started Donald Pleasance and Jamie Lee Curtis, who was making her acting debut, the film then turned into a 7 film franchise. 

The film, set in a fictional town called Haddonfield in Illinois, is about a six-year-old boy named Michael Myers who murders his sister on Halloween night. He is placed in a mental health institute, and then the film jumps 15 years forward, where he escapes and kills again. The film had a budget of on $300,000 and managed to gross $47 million at the box office in the US and $23 million internationally, which equates to $267 million in 2016, which would ma it one of the highest-grossing independent films ever. 

However, Halloween has been largely criticized for encouraging sadistic behavior and misogyny amongst its audiences, especially as some identified with the villain. It can also be considered as increasing the Male Gaze amongst its audience, as many of Michael's victims are shown as being sexually promiscuous and substance abusers, whereas the lone heroine who survives who is shown as innocent and pure.

The 2007 reboot of Halloween was written, directed and produced by Rob Zombie. It was the first in the rebooted Halloween film series and the ninth film in the Halloween franchise. The film stars Tyler Mane as an adult Michael Myers and Daeg Faerch as a ten-year-old Myers.

The plot follows the same idea as John Carpenter's original, with Michael Myers stalking Laurie Strode and her friends on Halloween night. However, unlike Carpenter's film, it goes much deeper into the psychological side of Myers, and questions why he tried to kill, whereas in the original, Carpenter doesn't give a reason as to why Myers killed. 

Despite negative reactions to the remake, which cost Zombie $15 million to make, the film went on to gross $80,208,039 worldwide, with made it the highest grossing Halloween film. In 2009, Zombie made a sequel called Halloween II.