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Halloween II

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United States of America

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Jamie Lee Curtis

Donald Pleasence

Charles Cyphers

Jeffrey Kramer

Lance Guest

Pamela Susan Shoop

Hunter von Leer

Dick Warlock

Leo Rossi

Gloria Gifford

Tawny Moyer

Ana Alicia

Ford Rainey

Cliff Emmich

Nancy Stephens

John Zenda

Catherine Bergstrom

Alan Haufrect

Lucille Benson

Howard Culver

Dana Carvey

Billy Warlock

Jonathan Prince

Leigh French

Ty Mitchell

Nancy Kyes

Pamela McMyler

Dennis Holahan

Nichole Drucker

Ken Smolka

Adam Gunn

Roger Hampton

Robin Coleman

Jack Verbois

Tony Moran

Kyle Richards

Brian Andrews

Anne Bruner

Anne-Marie Martin

Helen Kelly

Kim Gottlieb

Don Ramey Logan

Nancy Platt Jacoby

Lance Warlock

Debra Hill

John Carpenter

Rick Rosenthal

Moustapha Akkad

Joseph Wolf

Irwin Yablans

Dean Cundey

Alan Howarth

Skip Schoolnik

Mark Goldblatt

Dino De Laurentiis

Michael Germain

Peg Cummings

Mary Gail Artz

Barry Bernardi

J. Michael Riva

Duncan Henderson

Diamond Farnsworth

Donna Garrett

David Lewis Yewdall

Bobby W. Brown

Gary B. Kibbe

Steve Burris

Geoffrey Ryan

Michael C. Gutierrez

Eugene J. Reed

Richard M. Sternbach

Jiggs Garcia

Walter Rexford Allen Lott

Thomas Marshall

Steven R. Mathis

Brian Ralph

José Antonio Torres

Kevin Conlin

Ami Agmon

Candy Artmont

Michael Diersing

Ronald Woodward

Susie Johnson

Jerry T. Tirado

Sam Nicholson

Mark Pearson

Patrick G. Ralston

Patrice J. Klinger

Warren Hamilton Jr.

Glynn Rubin

Frankie Bergman

Darrell Huntsman

Frank 'Paco' Munoz

Joe A. Salamdino

Joseph F. Brennan

William S. Beasley

Gene Wahrman

Lawrence J. Cavanaugh

Dic Alexander

Clyde E. Bryan

Ray Thomas

Eddie Lee Voelker

Egbert W. Jetter

Serge Genitempo

Bill Varney

Douglas Ryan

Walt Hadfield

Daniel Stoltenberg

Stephen Purvis

Norris L. Essex

Mark Walthour

Frances Vega Aubrey

Kimberly Ray

James A. Rathbun

Matt Furginson

Gregg Landaker

Steve Maslow

Jesse Wayne

Dennis E. Shelton

Jeffrey Chernov

Terry Feller

Thomas Causey

Carl Fischer

David E. Stone

Jon Antunovich

Douglas Olivares

Bob Burris

Kris Krosskove

Drain M. Marshall

Riggs Murdock

Andy Bonin

Casey Hotchkiss

Terry Marshall

Raymond Stella

Michael D. Ornstein

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I might be the only person who thinks this, but _Halloween II_ is just as good as the original.

_Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

Filipe Manuel Neto

**An honorable continuation, which respects the previous work without bringing anything new.**

I don't like Halloween, and I've had time to say it before, but I recognize that it's the best time for good horror films to be broadcast on television. These days, I saw this film as a follow-up to “Halloween”. I have no doubt that it is a worthy sequel, perhaps one of the best I have seen, in that it is strictly faithful to the original and is made with quality.

It is directed by Rick Rosenthal, but the team and cast remained the same, with the addition of specific names, and John Carpenter's inspiration continues in the script he wrote and in the attention he undoubtedly gave to the entire project. Pleasance is the actor who looks in the best shape here. He finally had better material and more time to show some value on stage. Jamie Lee Curtis has essentially stayed the same and retains much of what he did. It doesn't disappoint, but it doesn't bring any surprises either. The soundtrack also doesn't bring anything new, maintaining the essence of the first film's score, which is positive.

After its initial success, it is no wonder that this film's budget was more substantial than that of the first, and that the number of corpses that fall throughout the plot also increases. A plot that is not particularly brilliant, well written and elegant, and that falls into the most basic clichés of slasher horror without any shame, but that manages, at least, to respect coherence with the original film and give the villain an almost iconic aura, an invulnerability that makes him unstoppable and impossible to kill, and that turned him into a cinema icon. In addition to these points of relative quality, we also have good lighting and cinematography, good use of sets and filming locations, better quality effects that are as well executed and practical as those previously used. Everything comes together, therefore, to form the image of a film that is not surprising, but manages to respect and stand alongside its predecessor.

CinemaSerf

If you recall the conclusion of the first part (1979) then you’ll know that “Michael Myers” is now the deadliest critter alive (that’s assuming that term actually applies!). He’s certainly not forgotten “Laurie” (Jamie Lee Curtis) who’s recovering in the local hospital and luckily for him, this is a dimly lit and largely empty facility that he can wander around with relative impunity slaughtering all who come onto his path. Perhaps the only hope for the bed-ridden gal is the determined doctor “Loomis” (Donald Pleasence) who has teamed up with the sheriff (Charles Cyphers) to try to thwart this latest attempt on her life. What’s pretty clear is that this new, improved, version of “Myers” isn’t going to give up easily and that bullets and knives aren’t going to work. How to stop him? It starts off quite strongly, this film, but once the scenario switches to the hospital it becomes all a bit too stage-managed for me. The place is conveniently dark and gloomy; there is but a skeleton staff and so his rampaging is left unfettered whilst the hitherto poorly patient appears to develop live-preserving ninja skills. Also, fortunately for her her nemesis never appears to want to run anywhere so she can always make it to the timely departing elevator or the conveniently positioned window whilst he flails around robotically trying to impale her on/with something. It relies too heavily on trying to build a gradually increasing sense of peril but with has such inevitability about it that I thought it became quite sterile after about half an hour. JLC doesn’t really feature so much and the only real screaming that goes on here is that which suggests sequel. It’s watchable enough, but hasn’t the creepiness of the first one and most of his victims probably deserved their fates!

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Jamie Lee Curtis

Donald Pleasence

Charles Cyphers

Jeffrey Kramer

Lance Guest

Pamela Susan Shoop

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Dick Warlock

Leo Rossi

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