A killer follows his injured target to the hospital on oct. 31 in haddonfield iii. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/28/2004 Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis Jeffrey Kramer Run time: 93 minutes Rating: R Director: Rick Rosenthal
"You can't kill the boogeyman," explains John Carpenter in Halloween, and to prove it he brings Michael Myers back in this handsome but grisly sequel. Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode but spends most of her time cowering in a hospital gown, and Donald Pleasence runs around like a maniac as the panicky doctor desperate to hunt down Myers before he kills again. Carpenter writes and produces with partner Debra Hill, and together they replace the mystery and uncertainty of the original with an exponentially bigger body count and some strange tales about the Druids and pagan ceremonies, and the now-familiar family ties between Michael and Laurie. First-time director Rick Rosenthal (Bad Boys) paces the film at a brisk jog and directs it with a clean, crisp style, taking the murders out of the dark to display them in all their nasty detail. --Sean Axmaker

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Summary: How do you control Michael Myers?
Comment: It's been a little while since our last entry but that doesn't mean we haven't been hard at work watching b. We hit a rough patch for about a month or so but now we are back in full force. For our comeback why not go with a heavy dose of Dr. Loomis? Which brings us to our title feature of the evening Halloween 2. Released in 1981, 3 years after the original masterpiece, Halloween 2 picks up where the first one left off as Myers is being pursued by the mighty Loomis and Haddonfield Police department.

After Myers killing spree that Halloween evening he is on the run after being laced up by Loomis about 9 times. Naturally the bullets do nothing but inspire him to continue in his quest to murder Laurie. As he takes to the streets Loomis and the police chief cruise around looking for him where the first moment of hilarity occurs. These two see someone dressed up like Myers and assume it's him forcing them to chase him down with guns. As the suspected Myers takes off he gets wedged in between to moving cars forcing an explosion, which then leads to him being burned alive. When you get a brief shot of the victim on fire it is so obvious it's a dummy which just adds to the delight of the film. Talk about entertaining! Later at the lab they discover the burn victim wasn't myers but a regular kid doing some trick or treating. Now they realize they wasted all this time thinking they got him when really he's on his way to the Haddonfield hospital to finish Laurie off. Instinctively Loomis knows where Myers will be headed off to and makes his way to the hospital.

Once in the hospital we are introduced to the human version of Quagmire which leads to many many laughs throughout the film. This guy is a nurse and seems his sole purpose is to get laid. Being the smooth operator he is he hides under a sheet pretending to be a dead body. Once his woman walks in the door he jumps up nearly giving her a heart attack. Yeah this guy has it coming. He finally talks he into a nude hot tube romp only to get choked out by Myers and his lady drowned. After this there is a lot of cat and mouse between Myers and Laurie. There were a few tense scenes and the hospital did provide a creepy atmosphere, but it wasn't quite a scary as we remembered it to be long ago. The best part came in the end when Laurie is cornered by Myers until Loomis comes to the rescue. He does enough to distract Myers while Laurie turns on some gas valves and shoots Myers in the face. Somehow he only acts like he has some dirt stuck in his eye and aimlessley swings his blade in the air trying to strike Laurie as she runs right past him. Loomis then gets his attention and ignites the gas fumes with his lighter blasting a wing of the hospital to shreds. Naturally Myers comes walking ot on fire but does eventually fall to the ground while Mr. Sandman plays.

All in all it was pretty decent for a sequal but nowhere near the original. On it's own it would stand as a good flick so don't bother comparing the two. The scares really weren't there but the laughs sure were. This was some vintage Loomis that any Halloween fan can appreciate. Definately worth the watch but could use a little assistance (oh yeah) to gain a 5 star effort.

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Summary: Michael Myers Is The Lord of the Dead
Comment: HAPPY THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY, MICHAEL MYERS!!!

"Halloween II" is one of the best sequels ever made in horror history. It begins exactly where the first one ended - Michael Myers is shot and falls from the balcony. Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance reprise their roles as Laurie Strode and Dr. Sam Loomis. John Carpenter and Debra Hill wrote the suspenseful script and Rick Rosenthal provided great direction. The eerie trademark soundtrack from the original is also used in this superb sequel.

If you enjoy a high body count, you will enjoy "Halloween II." Michael Myers pursues Laurie Strode to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital; he begins dispatching the entire staff within its sanitized, claustrophobic corridors. In this sequel, we learn why Michael Myers is intent on destroying Laurie. We also learn that Michael Myers is well versed in the ancient occult religion of Druidism.

Michael Myers is Samhain, the Lord of the Dead. He can't be killed because he is already dead. Satanic evilness has possessed his body and given it the illusion of life. Bullets and fire can not stop him.

This film is a must see for fans of high body count slasher flicks and horror films set at hospitals. "Visiting Hours" is also highly recommended.

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Summary: a new tip for u
Comment: just a tip that box set IS NOT worth it. If you want all the movies> walmart has halloween 1 for $10, H-2, H-3 combo pack for i think $8.00 and then theres BEst bUY whom has H-4, H-5 for $15 ea. Walmart just got in recently a NEW odd never seen b4 till recent a box set of Halloween 6, 7, 8 combo for $15. Buy it if yur a hard core fan. Good $ price for 3 movies!! Plus just about anywhere has the 2007 vs of halloween for about $20 i think. so for bout $85 you can get all the Halloween movies if you got the $$$ and are a hard core fan! SOOOO wish a produceers cut of H=6 would come out. I heard its about 45min of additional footage that the theatrical release didnt show?? for whatever reason... SO there you go... AND another Halloween movie a sequal from last years (2007) will be out in 2009 i heard>?? who knows the more remakes and or ssequals they make there just ruining what few great halloween movies there are currently. If there going to make a sequal make one w/ john(josh hartnett) lauries son coming back and facing michael one last time or something like that. who knows what those joker producers will end up doing???

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Summary: Good Sequel
Comment: What makes Hallowen II a good a slasher sequel is that director Rick Rosenthal had a lot of help from the films writers Debra Hill and John Carptener. The hosptial setting gives the film a dark atmopshere and although the film isn't as scary it's fun.

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Summary: Picks up right where the original left off.
Comment: The horror continues and it should have ended the series after this one.
Buy you know Hollywood????????
Any chance to milk a franchise to death and they'll do it.
Is this as good as the first? No.
It's a good continuation of the first one.
The classic cast is back and the story is great.
However........... H2 starts to go in a more typical horror direction with this one and every one after it.
Less intense thriller than the first and more of a typical Hollywood bloodbath.
The intensity is lost among the increasing body count.
More blood, more gore, less brilliance.
They messed with the music too, not as scary, not as effective.
Still, a must see for fans of the original and the last decent one in the series until Halloween H20.

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