Halloween II is a direct continuation of the saga.
Halloween II furthers the tale of Laurie Strode and the
night Michael Myers came home. By adding insight and drama to the story
a horror icon was created.
Release: 1981 Directed by: Rick Rosenthal Written by: John Carpenter and Debra Hill
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis Charles Cyphers as Sheriff Leigh Brackett Jeffrey Kramer as Graham Lance Guest as Jimmy Lloyd
Halloween II was released 3 years after the first installment of
the franchise. John Carpenter, who co-wrote and directed the first,
turned down the request to direct the sequel. Ultimately he
couldn’t keep his hands out of it however, and produced Halloween II and wrote the screenplay (with co-writer Debra Hill).
Halloween II begins by showing the last dramatic moments from the first Halloween.
Laurie is saved by Dr. Loomis, who shoots Michael 6 times before
watching him fall with a thud to the ground below through a second
story window. But this is Michael Myers…and he won’t die
that easily. When Loomis peers down from the window a second time
Michael is gone.
Laurie is taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital to recover from her
injuries and trauma, and Loomis continues his search for the escaped
mental patient. Michael, it seems, is fixated on Laurie Strode, and
discovers where she has been taken by watching a news broadcast in a
shop window, and heads to the hospital to finish the job that he
started. At this point nobody realizes that Laurie is more to Michael
than a random victim, and so there are no security precautions taken to
ensure that Laurie remains safe.
Most of Halloween II takes place within the
walls of the hospital. Michael cuts the phone lines, kills the night
watchman, and generally terrorizes the skeleton crew of the hospital.
Meanwhile Laurie has an allergic reaction to a medication that leaves
her fuzzy and unable to protect herself should the need arise.
Halloween II does a great job of cementing the Michael Myers
horror movie monster and furthering the story of Laurie Strode and her
difficult past. That said, I recommend steering clear of number 3. You
see, way back in the late 70s and early 80s moviemakers believed that
if a horror monster were to die in a movie that meant that they
couldn’t bring him back in later installments. Pretty silly, huh?
Number 3 moves away from Michael Myers and Laurie Strode completely to
some kind of television show that makes the children want to kill their
parents. It’s really stupid. Once Michael was back in number 4
the franchise again was presentable.
Halloween and Halloween II simply must be watched
together. Just consider it a late-night double feature. The first will
introduce you to the characters and scare the pants off of you, and the
second will reveal little tidbits of information that help everything
make more sense…and scare the pants off you.
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