Year: 1981
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis
Directed By: Rick Rosenthal
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Rating: R
There is nothing quite like the original, and they never even thought they would be making a sequel to the first movie. This was also supposed to be the final in the set, but due to the horrific movie that was Halloween III: Season of the Witches, they decided revamp the series, but that is not what this post is about. Halloween II is one of the better sequels in all of them that are made, but there has still not been a sequel or remake that really can match what the first one created.
Halloween II starts off where the first one ended, Jamie Lee Curtis returns to reprise her role as Laurie Strode and Donald Pleasence also returns as Michael Myers doctor. Michael Myers continues to stalk Laurie Strode who is taken to the hospital. A difference with this movie to the last is that Michael starts off the movie by killing random people, which strays from what he was doing in the first movie. Also, and something that will be a problem until Halloween H20 comes out, is Michael's mask will never be the same. The one thing that they should have repeated, was the man who played the Shape in the first movie. Again, Michael Myers will never move the same way again. Really, A Nightmare on Elm Street did it right, by having Robert Englund in all 8 sequels, until the reboot.
The story follows Michael in the hospital stalking his prey yet again. It has a similar feel, except there is way more "jump out" scenes in order to try to make the audience jump in their chairs. Again, this does contain the idiot plot, that slasher films love, so I am sure people are still going to be saying, "Why doesn't she just do this, or that...etc." Like why the hell was the hospital so empty? But again, if those didn't exist, slasher films also wouldn't exist. The great thing about this movie, is that it answers all your questions about why he is stalking Laurie Strode. I don't want to give that away here, but if you know anything about the movies, you already know. In the end, this was again meant to be the last of the Michael Myers series, but that is not the case. Jamie Lee Curtis would not return to reprise her role as Laurie Strode until Halloween H20 in 1998.
I will give this one 3 of 5 over-sized butcher knives, where as it is not as good as the first, but better then the rest. I would go on a limb and give it 3 1/2, but that would be like 3 over-sized butcher knives and a paring knife. I guess that is another different in this movie, Michael strays away from his butcher knife, and uses a variety of weapons, which kind of takes away from his signature weapon, but he will eventually get back to his use. In comparison to other iconic horror movie figures, Michael uses the most of different weapons, so maybe it isn't such a stretch. Definitely see this, after you see the first, so your questions will be answered.
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Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis
Directed By: Rick Rosenthal
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Rating: R
There is nothing quite like the original, and they never even thought they would be making a sequel to the first movie. This was also supposed to be the final in the set, but due to the horrific movie that was Halloween III: Season of the Witches, they decided revamp the series, but that is not what this post is about. Halloween II is one of the better sequels in all of them that are made, but there has still not been a sequel or remake that really can match what the first one created.
Halloween II starts off where the first one ended, Jamie Lee Curtis returns to reprise her role as Laurie Strode and Donald Pleasence also returns as Michael Myers doctor. Michael Myers continues to stalk Laurie Strode who is taken to the hospital. A difference with this movie to the last is that Michael starts off the movie by killing random people, which strays from what he was doing in the first movie. Also, and something that will be a problem until Halloween H20 comes out, is Michael's mask will never be the same. The one thing that they should have repeated, was the man who played the Shape in the first movie. Again, Michael Myers will never move the same way again. Really, A Nightmare on Elm Street did it right, by having Robert Englund in all 8 sequels, until the reboot.
The story follows Michael in the hospital stalking his prey yet again. It has a similar feel, except there is way more "jump out" scenes in order to try to make the audience jump in their chairs. Again, this does contain the idiot plot, that slasher films love, so I am sure people are still going to be saying, "Why doesn't she just do this, or that...etc." Like why the hell was the hospital so empty? But again, if those didn't exist, slasher films also wouldn't exist. The great thing about this movie, is that it answers all your questions about why he is stalking Laurie Strode. I don't want to give that away here, but if you know anything about the movies, you already know. In the end, this was again meant to be the last of the Michael Myers series, but that is not the case. Jamie Lee Curtis would not return to reprise her role as Laurie Strode until Halloween H20 in 1998.
I will give this one 3 of 5 over-sized butcher knives, where as it is not as good as the first, but better then the rest. I would go on a limb and give it 3 1/2, but that would be like 3 over-sized butcher knives and a paring knife. I guess that is another different in this movie, Michael strays away from his butcher knife, and uses a variety of weapons, which kind of takes away from his signature weapon, but he will eventually get back to his use. In comparison to other iconic horror movie figures, Michael uses the most of different weapons, so maybe it isn't such a stretch. Definitely see this, after you see the first, so your questions will be answered.
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