Halloween II Vs. Halloween II, and Other Remakes with Sequels

By now, glitzy horror remakes have become a fact of life, like bad weather and Michael Bay (who, it’s worth noting, is a producer on many of the most egregious ones). There is the occasional surprise, but for the most part, the remakes are cynical-but-harmless attempts to cash in on an old brand name one last time.Except, of course, when it’s not one last time. What happens when a remake of a movie that already has a sequel gets a sequel of its own? All kinds of things! For a particularly crazed example, consider Rob Zombie’s Halloween II, which opens...  read more