Substandard sequel.
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05/01/05
Halloween II (1981)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:8
Rotten:23
Average Rating:4.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Picking up right where the last film ended, this sequel begins as Dr. Loomis pumps evil Mike Myers full of lead, then watches helplessly as the maniac killer stands up again and runs away. Laurie... [More]
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer
Director: Rick Rosenthal
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Reviews for Halloween II
Does the worst thing any sequel can ever do: it retroactively taints the original and makes it less interesting.
07/21/08
While it’s nowhere near the classic that the original is, this sequel deserves credit for trying to stay on track with its predecessor and succeeding most of the way.
11/01/01
No review available.
04/28/05
A bad sequel to a good movie.
08/27/07
No review available.
11/08/02
Rick Rosenthal, who directed this 1981 sequel, doesn't have Carpenter's expansive, affectionate way with stereotypical characters, and without it they're empty shells -- bodies waiting for the slaughter.
08/27/07
Top CriticIt's a little sad to witness a fall from greatness, and that's what we get in Halloween II.
10/23/04
Top CriticNo review available.
10/24/07
No review available.
10/23/02
A more than solid if admittedly inferior continuation.
10/28/08
No review available.
07/06/05
It's a little cheap to have a sequel that merely completes the story you SHOULD have told in Part 1, but as sequels go, this one's not bad.
11/29/03
The film is best if watched back-to-back with the first.
10/08/08
Absolutely awful, with no trace of the original's terror.
09/28/03
This kill-happy sequel is a lot bloodier than needed, but it's still pretty frightening nevertheless.
10/21/05
A senseless remake; a series that should have stopped after the first movie.
08/20/02
No review available.
08/01/02
Had Halloween 2 not been a sequel to one of the greatest genre films of all time, it would be regarded as little more than another bad slasher film from an era full of bad slasher films -- a fate that it richly deserves.
02/13/01
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June 05, 2006:
Get Ready for a Very Zombie "Halloween"
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November 11, 2005:
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