Back when White Zombie was huge, I listened to them often. I still rock out to “Thunder Kiss 65″ and “Black Sunshine” every chance I get. But what, you ask, does this have to do with horror movies? Allow me to explain.

If you’ve listened to White Zombie or former frontman gone solo Rob Zombie, you know that their music is laden with awesome horror movie sound effects and sound bites. The local Halloween haunted house often plays Rob Zombie’s albums during their show. Zombie now writes and directs horror movies, and does a fine job of it.

Zombie’s latest project, Halloween the movie, is scheduled to be released on August 31st. It’s a remake of the original movie of the Halloween series. I’m not a horror movie fanatic myself, and it takes a lot to impress me. But the Halloween movies have always been among my favorites, and I can’t wait to see what Rob Zombie will do with this.

If I were to speculate, I would say that he will make it a bit more modern and intensely gory and detailed. The original Halloween was in my opinion one of the best horror movies ever made, and there is little room for improvement. But Rob Zombie is definitely the right guy for the job, and I think he’s going to rock the house with this one.

Check out the trailer below, and mark your calendar to go see Halloween the movie on August 31st.