Halloween II (1981)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Duration: 92 minuten / 90 minuten (tv-versie)
Alternative titles: Halloween II: The Nightmare Isn't Over! / Halloween II: The Horror Continues / Halloween 2
Country:
United States
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence and Lance Guest
IMDb score:
6,5 (107.059)
Releasedate: 30 October 1981
Halloween II plot
"The nightmare isn't over!"
This movie is set on the same night as part 1. Michael Myers is still around after being shot by Dr. loomis. Now he's on his way to the hospital where Laurie Strode was admitted to kill her.
Actors and actresses
Laurie Strode
Dr. Sam Loomis
Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Graham
Jimmy Lloyd
Karen
Janet
Lindsey
Jill
Darcy Essmont
Reviews & comments
FlorisV
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- 1771 messages
- 748 votes
Halloween coming up soon so I enjoyed re-watching the first two movies.
Actually, this one is more exciting than part 1 because of the more oppressive setting (a fairly deserted hospital during the night), the higher body count due to a higher tempo (where part 1 was a bit slow in the first half) and even more emphasis on the indestructibility of the game. Michael Myers, who is kind of a precursor to the Terminator (and further from the Chuck Norris film Silent Rage). The murders are also a bit more brutal this time.
Curtis and Pleasance are also back and getting some more space. Interesting denouement too: Laurie turns out to be Michael Myers' adopted sister.
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Collins
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- 6895 messages
- 4107 votes
In Halloween II, the illusion that living in a suburb is synonymous with safety and security continues to crumble due to Michael Myers. The masked apparition is raging again. Halloween II begins with a replay of the closing scenes from the first film and then shows the resurrected Michael Myers roaming the suburb's front yards and quiet streets in search of his favorite murder weapon and more victims. A myth is definitely born.
Halloween I raised an interesting question. How human is Michael Myers really? At the end of Halloween I, Myers seemed to possess supernatural abilities. In this sequel, Dr. Loomis (again wonderfully played by Donald Pleasence) speaks clearly about this. He doesn't consider Michael Myers to be human. Maybe Myers once was, but that qualification no longer applies. According to him, Myers is the personification of the deepest fears that live within ourselves. He is a supernatural personification of the black part of our subconscious. Not pleasant to be confronted with and very difficult to destroy.
The film has become more violent and explicit. The zeitgeist (1980s) also demands this. The direction of Rick Rosenthal does not differ much from that of John Carpenter. The atmosphere is there. The setting is lovely. The film is mainly set in a hospital where surprisingly few staff walk around at night. Not to mention patients. That desolation and the spatial boundaries are well used in the film to make the atmosphere wonderfully dark and oppressive. The psychopath and his victims then complete the picture.
Halloween II is a nice slasher.
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Brabants
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- 2856 messages
- 2129 votes
Halloween 2 is a great sequel to the success of part 1. The tension and the story fit well and the whole is extremely entertaining.
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