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Name: Halloween II
Released: 1981-10-30
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Lance Guest, Pamela Susan Shoop

Halloween II

R
1h 32m
1981

34%

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John Carpenter's Halloween scared the living daylights out of 25 million people and set a precedent in smashing box office records for a horror film. But the nightmare is just beginning... Picking up precisely where its predecessor left off, Halloween II follows the same ill-fated characters as they encounter the knife-wielding maniac they left for dead in the first Halloween. It seems the inhuman Michael Myers is still very much alive and out for more revenge as he stalks the deserted halls of the hospital where his sister lays waiting. As he gets closer and closer to his terrified target, Dr. Loomis discovers the chilling mystery behind the crazed psychopath's savage actions. Written by horror masters John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween II is a spine-tingling dark ride into the scariest night of the year.

Director:

Rick Rosenthal

Producer:

John Carpenter

Writer:

John Carpenter, Debra Hill

Cast:

Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Lance Guest, Pamela Susan Shoop, Hunter von Leer, Tawny Moyer, Ana Alicia, Dana Carvey

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

34%

Critics Consensus: Halloween II picks up where its predecessor left off - and quickly wanders into a dead end that the franchise would spend decades struggling to find its way out of.

Reviews

InSession Film

Brian Rowe

Curtis and Donald Pleasence reuniting at the end always fills me with joy, as does the explosive final scene that feels so beautifully definitive.

The tagline, “More of the Night He Came Home”, never felt truer than when watching Halloween II.

While not quite the timeless classic that the original has proven to be, Halloween II is still one of the most effective sequels in the franchise. The hospital setting paired with some memorably brutal kills shines above the fairly generic script.

Hollow and pointless.

Despite Carpenter's claim that they sought to give audiences what they expected after the first one, they instead supplied a cheap and gristly horror show far removed from the original's restraint.

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