Rob Zombie, the former White Zombie creator turned Hollywood director, has another hit flick on his hands with his remake of the 1978 slasher 'Halloween'.
Hollywood's historic summer is ending, appropriately enough, with another box-office record.Zombie's movie slashed $26.5 million from horror fans and into the cash registers of movie theaters all over America on the weekend, making it the number one film in the USA.
It's good news for the horror genre. Other recent films such as 'Hostel: Part II' and 'Captivity' were recent box office flops.
Zombie made the successful transition from music to movies with the horror hit 'House of 1000 Corpses' in 2003 although his first movie was meant to be 'The Crow: Salvation' in 2000. That fell over due to conflicts with the producers.
'Halloween' is the story of Michael Myers, who breaks out of a mental institution and goes on a murderous rampage.
Zombie's wife Sheri Moon plays Myers sister Deborah in his movie.
The Monkees Mickey Dolenz also has a part in the movie, playing the character Derek Allen.
