Do you think Rob Zombie's Halloween remakes are better than the originals?

[BGTNJeff]

I don't want to know a lot about my crazed killing machines. All we learned from Carpenter's "Halloween" was that Michael is indeed the Boogeyman. That's enough. At least, it was enough to make the nine-year-old X, watching the movie for the first time, sink down into his seat and cry silently for eight solid hours.
Too much background for a horror icon like that is wrong. It humanized him too much and completely obliterates the fear factor. It's why kidnappers don't want to know the names of their hostages. If you know that much about someone, you can essentially own them.