Gruesome First Official Trailer of Rob Zombie's "H2"

Dimension Films has released the trailer for “H2,” the sequel to Rob Zombie's 2007 reinvention of John Carpenter's horror classic “Halloween.” This time, the story will pick up at the exact moment the first movie stopped and follow the aftermath of Michael Myers murderous rampage through the eyes of heroine Laurie Strode. "H2" which opens August 28th 2009, stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Danielle Harris, Daniel Roebuck, Ezra Buzzington, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips, and Dayton Callie. Check the trailer just after the break below.

In an interview, Zombie expressed how the exhaustion of creating the first "Halloween" made him not want to come back for a sequel, but after a year of cooling down he was more open to the idea. He explains that with the sequel, he is no longer bound by a sense of needing to retain any "John Carpenter-ness", as he can now do "whatever [he] wants to do". Zombie explains how he is trying to create almost the exact opposite of what people will expect. Instead of focusing on Michael, Zombie says that the film will look more at the psychological consequences on Laurie after the events of the first film. As Zombie explains, two years after Michael murdered her friends and family, Laurie is a "wreck", who continually sinks lower as the film moves forward.