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Mr.ChooChooSep 15, 2009

I loved RZ's 1st 2 flicks. This one is his weakest. The girls are dumb and annoying, expecially the lead, who spends most of the movie crying (when she's not partying). This is a chick flick for the goth-depraved-and-proud crowd. I loved RZ's 1st 2 flicks. This one is his weakest. The girls are dumb and annoying, expecially the lead, who spends most of the movie crying (when she's not partying). This is a chick flick for the goth-depraved-and-proud crowd. The action is all a blur due to hand held jittery close-up's. The suspense and fright of Carpenter's original is totally missing here, despite (and maybe because of) the constant intensity. There's a good funny moment with Weird Al and a good inside joke with McDowell.… Expand

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MoviebuffreviewApr 22, 2011

I don't understand this. THESE ARE REVIEWS TO THE WRONG MOVIE! Alright, now time to review the ORIGINAL Halloween II. The first Halloween was a great movie, and while this one is stale and definitely cliche, it does have a good ending, someI don't understand this. THESE ARE REVIEWS TO THE WRONG MOVIE! Alright, now time to review the ORIGINAL Halloween II. The first Halloween was a great movie, and while this one is stale and definitely cliche, it does have a good ending, some scary scenes, and is probably the best sequel that the series has had. Not good necessarily, but it isn't horrible. Rental at best.… Expand

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Spielberg00Nov 14, 2011

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bottom Line: Slashings. Slashings. More slashings. For whatever reason, Michael Myers enjoys it, but even seeing it, Halloween II comes across as dull.

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spadenxDec 3, 2011

(First of all, Quite a few idiots commenting on this. They have the wrong film - This is the original Halloween 2 and not the remake)

Overall, It was a rather generic horror film. I find it rather stupid that Michael couldnt hunt down a(First of all, Quite a few idiots commenting on this. They have the wrong film - This is the original Halloween 2 and not the remake)

Overall, It was a rather generic horror film. I find it rather stupid that Michael couldnt hunt down a girl with a bum leg and many other injuries. Also it ended rather stupidly as well. The acting was average, A little bit better then the previous film. Its no where near as good as the previous film. I expected better.… Expand

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GlitterAug 30, 2013

Relying more on blood-let than the debut, it builds fear but loosens it into a pit of mayhem that abounds through Dr. Loomis' foreshadowing madness, and Laurie Strode's ever-growing lust for innocence and freedom. Not as beloved as itsRelying more on blood-let than the debut, it builds fear but loosens it into a pit of mayhem that abounds through Dr. Loomis' foreshadowing madness, and Laurie Strode's ever-growing lust for innocence and freedom. Not as beloved as its predecessor, not scorned and forgotten as its sequels. Halloween II works best as an optional viewing. Just above the threshold of average, for the fact that The Shape still maintained that quality of fear-invoking evil (before becoming a clown in the sequels.)… Expand

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MovieGuysOct 10, 2013

I'm kind of in the middle here. This movie was good, but it had some bad aspects to it. The plot wasn't as strong as the first one, but it wasn't weak either. I give it a solid 5.0/10; no more, no less.

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kyle20ellisMar 26, 2022

John Carpenter's 1978 'Halloween' is wholly deserving of its status as a horror classic. To this day it's still one of the freakiest films personally seen and introduced the world to one of horror's most iconic villainous characters MichaelJohn Carpenter's 1978 'Halloween' is wholly deserving of its status as a horror classic. To this day it's still one of the freakiest films personally seen and introduced the world to one of horror's most iconic villainous characters Michael Myers.

Which is why it is such a shame that not only are all of the sequels nowhere near as good but that the decline in quality is so drastic. Ok, the original 'Halloween' is very difficult to follow on from, but most of the sequels could at least looked like effort was made into them. 'Halloween II' is not the worst of them, or one of the worst of them. It is not really a good film, not by a long shot, but oddly enough it still manages to be one of the better 'Halloween' sequels and one of the few semi-watchable ones despite its glaring faults.

'Halloween II' has strengths. It is one of the better-looking and more polished sequels and has a suitably eerie look. The music has a spine-chilling atmosphere, if not as much as the first 'Halloween' and not as big a character of its own that the music in the original was.

Didn't care much for the acting generally, but both Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance make successfully game efforts and Michael Myers does evoke some creepiness.

There are also unfortunately some significant drawbacks. The biggest fault is that the atmosphere and tone are just wrong. The film just feels like a stale retread minus the chilling scares, nail-biting suspense and the feeling of being unsettled. There is nothing creative or shocking about the scares or deaths, it's all by-the-numbers, over-familiar and indifferent. Everything is just too predictable and dull in pace to be remotely suspenseful.

Stupidity is also all over the film. So many moments are intelligence-insultingly ridiculous and almost illogical, and the hospital setting would have been more effective if it wasn't so under-populated and drab (it actually didn't feel like a hospital at all). Didn't care for the direction either, there is no flair and very little engagement with the material, at times there is too much of an imitation of the direction of the first 'Halloween' but with no success.

Curtis and Pleasance aside, the acting is ropey and everybody has to work with a clunky script, with a stilted flow and a lot of unintentional laughs, and annoying characters (with the old characters being so dumbed down that they are no better).

Overall, mediocre but one of the semi-watchable sequels of the series. 4/10 Bethany Cox… Expand

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perkjlJan 4, 2016

Obviously better than H4-6, but still doesn't hold a candle to the original. I'll give HII some credit for trying to wrap up the Michael Myers story (not for good sadly), however, the HII doesn't even attempt to succeed on the original'sObviously better than H4-6, but still doesn't hold a candle to the original. I'll give HII some credit for trying to wrap up the Michael Myers story (not for good sadly), however, the HII doesn't even attempt to succeed on the original's scares, but rather feels more like a cash in. It just becomes a generic slasher, but far more boring than even Friday the 13th mediocrity. You might be more satisfied watching H20, which is another attempt at recreating Michael Myers' epic "conclusion"... (not for good sadly).… Expand

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ViniciusBritoNov 4, 2018

This movie takes place exactly after the final events from the last movie in 1978, from now on, Michael Myers will hardly focus his killing hunger in Laurie Strode, while she go to a hospital because of her fight with Michael in the fristThis movie takes place exactly after the final events from the last movie in 1978, from now on, Michael Myers will hardly focus his killing hunger in Laurie Strode, while she go to a hospital because of her fight with Michael in the frist movie, a big blody chase will happen in that hospital. Directed by Rick Rosenthal and Written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill.
In the first movie the story was good because it was functional in making we care about the characters, in this sequel, we don't really care more about any other character, we still care about Laurie, but only because of what we saw in the first one, if you only watch this one, most likely won't care about anyone, but considering that this is a sequel, that is not a problem, we still gonna care about Laurie, and maybe care more about other characters that are in here again, but in overall with other characters, we don't really give a damn, wich is a problem, in the first movie i did cared about other characters, like Laurie's friends, in here it didn't had that appeal, so a lot of the deaths weren't very shocking. The movie have some dialogues that aren't really interesting, but still, it doesn't dominates the whole film, there are some natural dialogues that people would really do. They decided to do some revelations in here that for me, was kind of out of place, it was like nothing to do with anything, it is a spoiler, but i don't that, that worked out. In this story they decide to go for Michael Myers in a more mystical way, going more for a supernatural path, that, for me, immediately takes away the fear a bit, it made things not so easy to relate and fear as in the first one, but considering the way that they are going in here, it was ok.
The Michael Myers look in here, is a bit different, in his mask now, you can see his eyes most of the time, personally, i prefer how they did in the first movie, where in his eyes in the mask, it was all black, but i get it, it is a small change for things not look the same, is a good change after all. The kills are good, not great, but good, comparing to the first movie, Myers have a more diversified storage, he use now different weapons to hit his victims, there are also scenario things that he use wich was different, he also is a stalker, but not by far so creep as in the other movie, where you could not just feel the despair and also relate yourself with that situation, in here, since that you are in a hospital, the stalker thing got a little weaker, but still worked a bit.
This movie isn't even by far as scary as his predecessor, i didn't had much moments during this one that i felt unsafe or creeped out, they couldn't repeat that atmosphere where anything could come out of anywhere in any moment, you pretty much knew where things was going to happen, it didn't had much surprises in his attacks, there is some jump scares, some tense moments, but still, it ain't by far as scary as the 1978 one.
The movie becomes really good when the one on one moments start once again with Laurie and Michael, the persecution was tense, how broken she was after the events that already have happened, her will to escape from him was really nice to watch, while Myers quietly was walking behind of her. These moments were so dope, that reforced how badass the character of Laurie Strode is, she running around, in a very weak position, in unknown territory, that was really nice to watch.
Jamie Lee Curtis was definely badass, she didn't had much dialogues, but where she gain me again in this movie, was at the moments where she figures that Michael is there after here, her faces of rage or fear was very nice. Donald Pleasence as Dr. Loomis was once again very good, i could get his affliction on Myers, his need to caught him and also how feared he was of him at the same time.
The soundtrack is once again made by John Carpenter, and it is once again fantastic, it isn't the exact same as the others, it does have some peculiarities that are very nicely done, the soundtrack in here really pumped me up, it was done, once again, with maestry.
As a slasher movie this definely worked, it ain't that much of a horror or a tense film, but it can be fun to watch the one on one between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers.… Expand

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MoviezNPMar 7, 2019

If there's a movie, that serves as a sequel for a movie that wasn't primarily designed for any sequel, this type of a movie is perhaps the best you can expect. Not saying it is a great film, but, it is likable to some extent. .
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Good : ItIf there's a movie, that serves as a sequel for a movie that wasn't primarily designed for any sequel, this type of a movie is perhaps the best you can expect. Not saying it is a great film, but, it is likable to some extent. .
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Good : It serves as a direct sequel to the original classic. It (initially) picks up the factors of what made the original Halloween so great. Most of the times, we feel as if Michael Myers is everywhere, but at the same time, nowhere. The last 10 to 15 minutes are quite intense. It doesn't spend more time setting up the characters that were in the original film, and simply focuses on furtherance of the story. This might be on the negatives for some people, I am aware about it. What I don't know is why. We already know about the characters from the first movie. It is simply a direct continuation of the first film. Rather than a sequel, it feels like the second part of a two parter. If you haven't seen the first film, you won't know them. You should've watched the first film, before watching any sequel or second installment. Yes, this movie doesn't work as a standalone movie. But, even if it did, there would obviously be at least some things you need to know from the first film. I will talk about the decision of going gory in the bad aspects, in a much elaborated manner. We just consider for now that it is gory. Some of the gory kills are awesome. Particularly one with a nurse and hot boiling water in the tub. I won't say how the kill is brought about, but the kill is insane to watch (I don't want to give the spoilers). The music is pretty much the same. Carpenter didn't redo or remix the original score, but made it slightly different and it works for the movie. One final thing. This movie makes the original somewhat better - may it be by giving a good continuity to the story or by making some bad story decisions. If we cut away the end credits of the first film and the opening credits of this film, we get one giant Halloween movie. I would say that if Halloween wasn't given any sequel, I would've been totally fine. In fact, that would've been the best decision. But, this film exists. And not as a mere cash grab. So, whenever I rewatch the original, I can never help myself not watching this movie, right after the completion. That **** happens very few times with me. And whenever it does, I love it. This is perhaps the biggest positive of this film. .
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Mixed : I liked how Myers was related to Samhain (Google that **** if you want to know more about it, and it's not a spoiler here) but there has been absolutely no build up to that part. And right after that we get another twist which makes Myers a focused killer. That explains a lot of things, but again, some parts of both the movies are (kind of) contradicted as he killed many people in a random manner. .
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Bad : In my positives, I said that, initially, it picks up the factors of what made the original film good. At the beginning, it resembles a lot to Carpenter's film, but slowly and steadily it shows its inferiority. It loses the subtleness of the first film gradually, and, it focuses on more gore and unnecessary nudity. 1980 gave us Friday the 13th which had poor story and focused on gore and it got popular. This movie did not need to be a response to that. Apparently, Carpenter did some reshoots to make it more Friday-ish. That was a mistake. It could've been just like the previous film, without any Friday **** And, if they wanted gore, they could've done it by being primarily focused on the story and suspense. Also, Michael Myers walks like Frankenstein. The reason that we loved him was because he lied somewhere between human and evil. His gestures were all human. Here, he resembles a zombie. This is nothing but another response to Friday the 13th. Also, there are some illogical things in the screenplay. (Not a spoiler) Michael Myers is related to Samhain because the a character sees "Samhain" written in blood on a board. It was definitely Myers as per the story, but why would he do that? Also, if you clearly follow the story, all Michael did to write that feels totally stupid. Completely illogical. And there are other stupid things. Some of the characters are merely stock characters who are there just to get killed. A lot of them are stupid people who do stupid and nonsensical things to make us laugh, forcefully. It had a potential to be much better than this. .
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Conclusion : I won't say it is a well deserved sequel for the original (by which I mean the original doesn't really deserve this), but I would say that it deserves to be the sequel to the original. There are flaws in this movie. But it can be watched - right after the original. It will never serve as a standalone film, but as a sequel to something that wasn't really designed for a sequel, it does its best to make itself worth being a sequel to an amazing film. .
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akshatmahajanOct 8, 2020

Halloween II was a disappointment. The story, and suspense which made first part masterpiece was missing in this part.

The setting was a bad idea, a hospital which is almost empty. The suspense of this movie was not even scary. At one time IHalloween II was a disappointment. The story, and suspense which made first part masterpiece was missing in this part.

The setting was a bad idea, a hospital which is almost empty. The suspense of this movie was not even scary. At one time I was thinking that why producers greenlit this type of senseless story.

Overall, you may enjoy it little bit but at the end it will be disappointment.… Expand

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AdamCAug 30, 2009

Mediocre horror film with too many dream sequences and way too much allusion to white horses and princesses for my taste. The film literally falls apart before your very eyes. I am a tried and true Halloween series fan, but Rob Zombie's Mediocre horror film with too many dream sequences and way too much allusion to white horses and princesses for my taste. The film literally falls apart before your very eyes. I am a tried and true Halloween series fan, but Rob Zombie's reboot just goes further and further astray. Let's hope this is the last of the sequels.… Expand