Debra Hill and John Carpenter produced and wrote the screenplay, but this film is still a totally unnecessary and extremely poor sequel to the original HALLOWEEN. Although Dean Cundey's photography goes a long way toward recapturing the look of the first film, director Rick Rosenthal is
no Carpenter, and the emphasis here is on graphic blood and gore rather than the skillful manipulation of the audience. Picking up minutes after the last film left off, HALLOWEEN II finds the lone survivor, Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis), being taken to a local hospital to recover from shock. The
killer, Michael Myers, eludes police and hunts her down, slaughtering a bevy of nurses and d...
Released:
1981
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins