Halloween

Cinema's most famous bogeyman is back to seek revenge in this 2007 remake. Michael Myers kills his sister, is institutionalised, then escapes and returns home on Halloween to kill his younger sister, who escaped his knife first time round. Hot on his tail is the doctor who treated him, played by McDowell. Director Zombie (The Devil's Rejects) spends half the film showing how Myers became the man behind the mask with the rest spent devoted to the slaughter of teenagers we couldn't care less about. Suspense, tension and terror are all missing, in their place just a nasty trail of blood and guts. John Carpenter's original had you on the edge of your seat, with plenty of tension and very little gore. Zombie instead bores his audience to sleep and then tries to shock them awake. All blood and no scares make Mike a dull boy. [Kevin McHugh]