Dimension Films have appointed flamboyant rocker Rob Zombie as the director of the next film to be associated with the vastly popular Halloween series. Empire reports that Zombie, who was behind “House of 1000 Corpses” and the more recent “The Devils Rejects”, will be writing and producing as well as directing the project. The reaction to the news, from the online horror community, has been mixed with some saying that Zombie will do a commendable job and others proclaiming that he should stick to his music.

“I have been a huge, huge fan of John Carpenter’s original film since its release. So when Bob Weinstein approached me about this, I jumped at the chance to join forces with Dimension Films on this amazing project,” Zombie said to Bloody Disgusting.

On his official blog, Zombie also clarified the situation which had been misinterpreted by many who were expecting the new film to be a sequel - “Okay here’s the real deal for those of you who are confused. As I said yesterday - I am not making Halloween 9. That series is done, complete, over.

But what I am doing is starting totally from from scratch. This the new HALLOWEEN. Call it a remake, an update, a reimaging or whatever, but one thing that for sure is this is a whole new start… a new begining with no connection to the other series. That is exactly why the project appeals to me. I can take it and run with it.

I talked to John Carpenter about this the other day and he said, “Go for it, Rob. Make it your own”. And that’s exactly what I intend to do.”

All hail Michael Myers!