Customer Reviews
How do you control Michael Myers? 
2008-12-10
It's been a little while since our last entry but that doesn't mean we haven't been hard at work watching b. We hit a rough patch for about a month or so but now we are back in full force. For our comeback why not go with a heavy dose of Dr. Loomis? Which brings us to our title feature of the evening Halloween 2. Released in 1981, 3 years after the original masterpiece, Halloween 2 picks up where the first one left off as Myers is being pursued by the mighty Loomis and Haddonfield Police department.
After Myers killing spree that Halloween evening he is on the run after being laced up by Loomis about 9 times. Naturally the bullets do nothing but inspire him to continue in his quest to murder Laurie. As he takes to the streets Loomis and the police chief cruise around looking for him where the first moment of hilarity occurs. These two see someone dressed up like Myers and assume it's him forcing them to chase him down with guns. As the suspected Myers takes off he gets wedged in between to moving cars forcing an explosion, which then leads to him being burned alive. When you get a brief shot of the victim on fire it is so obvious it's a dummy which just adds to the delight of the film. Talk about entertaining! Later at the lab they discover the burn victim wasn't myers but a regular kid doing some trick or treating. Now they realize they wasted all this time thinking they got him when really he's on his way to the Haddonfield hospital to finish Laurie off. Instinctively Loomis knows where Myers will be headed off to and makes his way to the hospital.
Once in the hospital we are introduced to the human version of Quagmire which leads to many many laughs throughout the film. This guy is a nurse and seems his sole purpose is to get laid. Being the smooth operator he is he hides under a sheet pretending to be a dead body. Once his woman walks in the door he jumps up nearly giving her a heart attack. Yeah this guy has it coming. He finally talks he into a nude hot tube romp only to get choked out by Myers and his lady drowned. After this there is a lot of cat and mouse between Myers and Laurie. There were a few tense scenes and the hospital did provide a creepy atmosphere, but it wasn't quite a scary as we remembered it to be long ago. The best part came in the end when Laurie is cornered by Myers until Loomis comes to the rescue. He does enough to distract Myers while Laurie turns on some gas valves and shoots Myers in the face. Somehow he only acts like he has some dirt stuck in his eye and aimlessley swings his blade in the air trying to strike Laurie as she runs right past him. Loomis then gets his attention and ignites the gas fumes with his lighter blasting a wing of the hospital to shreds. Naturally Myers comes walking ot on fire but does eventually fall to the ground while Mr. Sandman plays.
All in all it was pretty decent for a sequal but nowhere near the original. On it's own it would stand as a good flick so don't bother comparing the two. The scares really weren't there but the laughs sure were. This was some vintage Loomis that any Halloween fan can appreciate. Definately worth the watch but could use a little assistance (oh yeah) to gain a 5 star effort.
Michael Myers Is The Lord of the Dead 
2008-10-31
HAPPY THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY, MICHAEL MYERS!!!
"Halloween II" is one of the best sequels ever made in horror history. It begins exactly where the first one ended - Michael Myers is shot and falls from the balcony. Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance reprise their roles as Laurie Strode and Dr. Sam Loomis. John Carpenter and Debra Hill wrote the suspenseful script and Rick Rosenthal provided great direction. The eerie trademark soundtrack from the original is also used in this superb sequel.
If you enjoy a high body count, you will enjoy "Halloween II." Michael Myers pursues Laurie Strode to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital; he begins dispatching the entire staff within its sanitized, claustrophobic corridors. In this sequel, we learn why Michael Myers is intent on destroying Laurie. We also learn that Michael Myers is well versed in the ancient occult religion of Druidism.
Michael Myers is Samhain, the Lord of the Dead. He can't be killed because he is already dead. Satanic evilness has possessed his body and given it the illusion of life. Bullets and fire can not stop him.
This film is a must see for fans of high body count slasher flicks and horror films set at hospitals. "Visiting Hours" is also highly recommended.
a new tip for u 
2008-10-18
just a tip that box set IS NOT worth it. If you want all the movies> walmart has halloween 1 for $10, H-2, H-3 combo pack for i think $8.00 and then theres BEst bUY whom has H-4, H-5 for $15 ea. Walmart just got in recently a NEW odd never seen b4 till recent a box set of Halloween 6, 7, 8 combo for $15. Buy it if yur a hard core fan. Good $ price for 3 movies!! Plus just about anywhere has the 2007 vs of halloween for about $20 i think. so for bout $85 you can get all the Halloween movies if you got the $$$ and are a hard core fan! SOOOO wish a produceers cut of H=6 would come out. I heard its about 45min of additional footage that the theatrical release didnt show?? for whatever reason... SO there you go... AND another Halloween movie a sequal from last years (2007) will be out in 2009 i heard>?? who knows the more remakes and or ssequals they make there just ruining what few great halloween movies there are currently. If there going to make a sequal make one w/ john(josh hartnett) lauries son coming back and facing michael one last time or something like that. who knows what those joker producers will end up doing???
Good Sequel 2008-09-07
What makes Hallowen II a good a slasher sequel is that director Rick Rosenthal had a lot of help from the films writers Debra Hill and John Carptener. The hosptial setting gives the film a dark atmopshere and although the film isn't as scary it's fun.
Picks up right where the original left off. 2008-06-20
The horror continues and it should have ended the series after this one.
Buy you know Hollywood????????
Any chance to milk a franchise to death and they'll do it.
Is this as good as the first? No.
It's a good continuation of the first one.
The classic cast is back and the story is great.
However........... H2 starts to go in a more typical horror direction with this one and every one after it.
Less intense thriller than the first and more of a typical Hollywood bloodbath.
The intensity is lost among the increasing body count.
More blood, more gore, less brilliance.
They messed with the music too, not as scary, not as effective.
Still, a must see for fans of the original and the last decent one in the series until Halloween H20.
The Nightmare has just begun... 2008-06-16
A killer follows his injured target to the hospital on oct. 31 in haddonfield iii. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/28/2004 Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis Jeffrey Kramer Run time: 93 minutes Rating: R Director: Rick Rosenthal
What a disappointment. 
2008-04-22
Halloween II starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence picks up right where the original left off. This seuqel is a complete letdown, the actors look bored and robotic and the twist ending just about killed it for me. Stick to the original and leave this one to rot!
Got What I Wanted 2008-02-13
I always wanted the whole collection of halloween and ordering it from amazon was a great, recieved all of the movies really quick.
Collectables 2008-02-08
The spooky atmosphere makes these films. I recommend this Film to anyone. My favourite movies are pts 1-5. Pt 1 - 3 brings me back to my youth and the DVD transfers are fine, if you are after something intelligent, this is not for you, for the films are a fun and entertaining session of good-looking horny teens getting slashed. Not great but what the hell its all popcorn stuff anyway. If anyone is interested in Halloween collectables, email taylor5821@hotmail.com
Solid sequel, but inferior to the original 2008-01-25
Making a sequel is very easy and also very hard; it's easy in the aspect that you already have a basic idea to follow, but hard that when you make a sequel to a classic you are bound to fail. Halloween II though for the most part gets it right. While in my opinion Halloween II is far inferior to the original it's still in its own right a solid flick and better than most 80s slasher films.
The interesting thing is how this movie almost never came to be. Originally Halloween was meant to be a one shot deal sort of. There was never meant to be a sequel with Michael. John Carpenter wanted to take the series in a very different direction. Make a few sequels with a new plot each time. But with a lot of money on the line the powers that be first wanted a direct sequel with Michael. A lawsuit was gonna be filed forcing John Carpenter and Debra Hill to return, than it got to the point to where the movie was gonna be made with or without them. So might as well end the Michael Myers plot and get paid as well.
John Carpenter and Debra Hill return to write the screenplay and both produced the movie as well. The script is fairly good it's nothing brilliant, but overall well done. As much I love the original it's probably my favorite horror movie of all time, the script was a little weak in some areas. It was Carpenter the director that made it so brilliant. The idea here is interesting. Halloween II starts where the last one left off. And also I have to say it does feel like it's the same night. Many times in sequels if it's the same night or even next day it feels like time elapsed, but not here.
But there is a slight problem; the original was so great because the story was simple, and the plot for Halloween II is a direct continuation of the last. So around the 20-min mark things to slow down a little bit. As great as Halloween was and still is actually the plot is simple and can only work for so long. Overall the script is well written though, but also times a rehash.
Donald Pleasence returns as Dr. Loomis and once again does a great job. What I love about the guy is he can play a dramatic role, but also play an over the top role and not be afraid to ham it up. Here Pleasence once again is excellent, but only problem is he does the same thing here as he did in the original, and a lot of his dialogue seems like something from the original script that was cut out. But being the great actor he is Pleasence sells it and is a blast to watch. Jamie Lee Curtis is also back and really doesn't have much to do this time around. For a majority of the movie she's in a hospital bed until the final act. With little to do Jamie Lee still delivers an excellent performance.
Rick Rosenthal makes his directorial debut and it was quite solid. What happened to this guy? Almost everything he's done since hasn't been very good with a couple of exceptions. Following up Halloween isn't an easy thing to do and to his credit Rosenthal makes a fairly creepy and even suspenseful movie. Not everything he does though works quite well. The original had great pacing. Every scene further advanced that movie and quite honestly the scariest scenes were ones with Michael just watching and stalking. From beginning, middle to end Carpenter had the audience on the edge of their seat and that is why it's so scary.
Halloween II also features a lot of shots of Michael walking around trying to avoid capture and than later on the hospital and while these scenes do have a creepy tone to them they don't work nearly as well as they did in the original. The pacing here can lag at times it's mostly in the middle sections when the story starts to dry up, but a kill scene will get you right back into it. What worked so brilliantly in the original doesn't work fully as well here, but still gets the job done overall.
The final act though is excellent and very creepy and suspenseful. While not as strong as the original it very much gets the job done and is bound to have the viewer hanging in suspense. The opening act is excellent and the middle sections do lag just a bit, but it's never boring. But the final act steps it up a notch and turns Halloween II from a good and semi-creepy movie to an excellent and creepy movie.
John Carpenter did do some re-shoots since he felt the movie was lacking a little bit. I don't know all the scenes Carpenter shot, but if anything they did more help than harm. By 1981 the slasher film was in full bloom and when you trace the history of the slasher film 1981 was the golden year. After that there were still some good ones, but it was starting to fall a part. Due to more violent slashers with such a high body count what worked so well in the original wouldn't work as well at this point and again you cannot recreate the original it's one of a kind. H20 tried that and in my opinion very much failed at that. So I think Carpenter did the right thing.
Overall Halloween II is an excellent if not inferior sequel, but it gets the job done. Rick Rosenthal does a good job even if his scenes aren't as creepy as the original. But he does a fine job and the scenes Carpenter shot also work well. While Halloween II may not be as good as the original, it's a solid and creepy flick.
