In a world where mega-stars seem to come and go like the wind, Patrick Swayze was one of those stars who was permanently entrenched from the moment his star rose to fame in 1987’s Dirty Dancing. He was a star who transcended pop culture. His star was bright and nobody ever could put their finger exactly on why. Now, he is gone from the world after a tragic battle with pancreatic cancer. Patrick Swayze will not, however, be soon forgotten. He was too powerful for that as an actor, person and ultimately as an advocate for cancer research.

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Rob Zombie has never been one to be shy about laying all his cards on the table. When he took on the original Halloween, he made no bones about the fact that he was doing it his own way. Still, he did manage to at least keep some measure of reverence for the original John Carpenter classic. In Halloween II, he does not even seem to bother at all with such thoughts, and instead reverts to his gore hound frame of mind.

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