Pretty Good

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Absolutely the worst movie.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

This movie seems to get a lot of hate but, in my opinion, it's the best of the Halloween sequels. It picks up right where the original ended and continues Michael Myers' attempts to murder Jamie Lee Curtis (sporting an awful wig). This time around John Carpenter passed on directing but did some writing and eventually stepped in to direct some additional scenes. The new director does a decent job at emulating the style and feel of the first one but it does feel somewhat like a cheap imitation. I actually remember seeing this during a Halloween marathon on TV before I had even seen the original and it's always had a special place in my heart. It definately is more heavy on gore and lighter on suspense and atmosphere but it is nowhere near as dumb as later sequels. The finale is probably the best in the series (in spite of the goofy blind swinging of the scalpel) as far as giving Michael Myers a definitive death and bringing an end to him and good ol Dr. Loomis. Is it on par with the original? Definately not, but if you want to see what happens next, watch this one then pretend the series ended here.

I can't lie, Halloween II vastly exceeded my expectations. It's a rare horror sequel that actually respectively works. Yah, occasionally it gets cheesy and predictable, but coming off of John Carpenter's classic, I thought it did quite well. Also, the "Hot Tub" and the "Blind Myers" sequences were exhilaratingly as hell. (My Shocking Verdict: A-)

Halloween II is a great example of why bigger doesn't always equal better. It has a bigger budget, a bigger cast, a wider set of locations, a higher body count, and a more complicated plot, but it just isn't as good as the original. Even though the first movie wasn't without its cheese, it still felt grounded in reality, making the existence of a seemingly unstoppable killing machine like Michael feel more threatening. When your sequel features a scene in which a man, who just so happens to be wearing the exact same getup as Myers, boiler suit and all, get briefly mistaken for him before immediately getting hit by a police car and dying in an explosion, your movie ceases to feel believable. I can buy the fact that Michael shrugged off six bullets, but this feels maybe a little too silly. The fact that the movie isn't patient enough and has the first, present-day, on-screen killing take place within the first ten minutes, as opposed to forty or so minutes in, means that there isn't enough time for suspense to be built up, making Halloween II feel more like a run-of-the-mill slasher movie where you're just waiting for another body to be added to the pile. It's predictable and it's not scary. That's not to say the movie is without its merits. Many of the shots are pretty spooky, the lighting is dark, the acting is still pretty good, and the hospital setting is interesting. The music actually works in favor of the bigger scale too, as tracks from the first movie are remade with synth instruments that lend themselves well to the bigger scenes. The final chase in the hospital is almost on-par with the one in the first movie, even if its marred by the fact that the side-characters have god-awful peripheral vision. Overall, a very uneven and lesser sequel. Ignoring my gripes, this is where I think the story of "The Shape" should've ended, with the following movies being anthology stories instead of the same Michael Myers stuff every time. But no. Now we have a bunch of terrible sequels, with Halloween 3, the only one that tried to be different, being unfairly hated for doing something new. "I SHOT HIM SIX TIMES!" out of ten.

In this first sequel to Halloween, picking up where the events of the first film left off, Michael Myers returns and continues to go after Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), with Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance) determined to end Michael's reign of terror.This movie has plenty of jumpy moments, screams and carnage - just right for a scare, especially during Halloween. Michael Myers is as creepy as ever, and is indestructible. The plot is fast-paced from start to finish, and the script is simple but straight-forward.Good acting with great suspense, intrigue and thrills.Grade B+