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Halloween II
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Halloween II

More of the night he came home.
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User Score2,257 ratings
TMDB 6.616+19811h 32mEnglish
Horror

Synopsis

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.

Director
Rick RosenthalFrom TMDB credits
Studio
The De Laurentiis Company1 production companies
Release
October 30, 1981Released
Box Office
$26MBudget $3M

Top Cast

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Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis
Laurie Strode
Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
Sam Loomis
Charles Cyphers
Charles Cyphers
Leigh Brackett
Jeffrey Kramer
Jeffrey Kramer
Graham
Lance Guest
Lance Guest
Jimmy
Pamela Susan Shoop
Pamela Susan Shoop
Karen
Hunter von Leer
Hunter von Leer
Gary Hunt
Dick Warlock
Dick Warlock
The Shape / Patrolman #3

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Reviews

From TMDB users
Gimly
Nov 8, 2017

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
Nov 8, 2023

**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.

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