Zombie spends 40 minutes or so building up Michael's character before he escapes from the ward. Which method is scarier? The answer is clear. We actually see him walk away, instead of just appearing and disappearing as he did in the original film. He stands there for a few moments, then trudges away off-screen.

He stands in the middle of an open road, in front of three teenage girls walking home from school, and they all see him. Michael stalks Laurie in her hometown, but we never see any real flesh behind the mask, we never really see him moving around like a normal human being. Carpenter had a way of framing the action in the original movie.

Monsters aren't scary when we know they're flesh and blood. This is a movie about a monster, a soulless creature a boogeyman, as per the original film. And if it were a movie about a serial killer, it would work. It makes him an average movie serial killer: a guy with a messed up life as a kid who snaps one day and goes on a killing rampage.

By providing a reason and displaying a human character on screen, you give the character a soul - and despite what Zombie may claim, this does NOT make Michael scarier. Although I can understand what Zombie was trying to do by exploring Michael's background, it contradicts the whole point of the original. But the problem that arises while doing this with 'Halloween' is that it comes into conflict with the concept of Michael being purely evil. Zombie tries to go back to the character's origin and reinvent him - it's a recent trend in Hollywood ('Batman Begins,' 'Casino Royale,' the upcoming 'Incredible Hulk,' etc.), so it's not quite surprising that Hollywood greenlit the project and it got the push it received. On paper, a 'Halloween' remake looked interesting.

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