Halloween II

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Halloween II

R

1981

1h 32m

Holiday

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence), Michael Myers (Jonathan Prince) has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.

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Critics Consensus

Halloween II picks up where its predecessor left off and quickly wanders into a dead end that the franchise would spend decades struggling to find its way out of.

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Alexander Walker

London Evening Standard

6d

I don't know whether to be more apprehensive of a movie which exists only to carve people up, or the audience for which it was made.

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Jay Scott

Globe and Mail

Jul 23

When it's good, it's because it's imitating its predecessor and when it's bad, it's because it's imitating its own imitator.

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Jul 23

"Halloween II" as a reprise, simply piles up a greater number of corpses.

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Kirk Honeycutt

Escondido Times-Advocate (CA)

6d

"Halloween II" plays out a bewildering series of carefully crafted gross-out moments which bear no real relationship to each other. The only thing that builds is its dumbness.

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Susie Eisenhuth

The Sun-Herald (Australia)

6d

2/4

There's no doubt that producer John Carpenter and his team have perfected a pretty devastating No Frills fear formula. It's a class act all right. If you like that sort of thing.

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Phil Kloer

Florida Times-Union

6d

The movie has all of the originality and good taste of a hotel lounge Elvis impersonator.

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bluemanorlandofan2026 T

@RT92190981 Jul 13

One of the best sequels of all time, the movie gives a great Halloween atmosphere. Michael Myers is a lot scarier in this movie, and it has great kills has an awesome ending, and I love how it takes place the night of Halloween 1

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diogo13 T

@Tua_mera Jul 10

Os primeiros 25 minutos são, sem dúvida, minha abertura favorita de qualquer sequência, independentemente da franquia...

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Jack S

@JackSV Jul 1

Not as good as the original but still great.

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Andr Filipe D

@pixel_bsb Jun 27

A better movie than the first one. It tied up all the loose ends and delivered plenty of tense moments—once again, without jump scares. The only downside was a few "quick-fix" solutions that wouldn't happen in real life. Still, it was worth watching.

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Lucas T

@Groovy Jun 3

I told my friends I would never watch the Halloween sequels and they said it was a good idea as they all sucked. So out of spite I will now watch every Halloween movie I have not yet seen.

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Katie S.

@RT38049882 Jun 1

Also one of other really good Halloween movies I really like the hospital setting and the way Michael looks in this movie also the ending I might even like it better than the first Halloween movie

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Rick Rosenthal

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Jamie Lee Curtis

Laurie Strode

Donald Pleasence

Dr. Sam Loomis

Charles Cyphers

Sheriff Leigh Brackett

Jeffrey Kramer

Graham

Lance Guest

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Synopsis

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence), Michael Myers (Jonathan Prince) has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.

Director: Rick Rosenthal
Producer: Debra Hill, John Carpenter
Screenwriter: John Carpenter, Debra Hill
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Dino De Laurentiis Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Holiday, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 19, 2015
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Surround