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    Halloween II (1981)

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    It is still Halloween night 1978 and Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is in Haddonfield Hospital recovering from Michael Myers’ near-fatal attack upon her in John Carpenter’s seminal horror film.

    She now believes Myers to be dead, but somehow he comes back from the grave and the mayhem begins all over again.

    The majority of the hospital staff have gone home for the evening and those who remain, like Karen (Pamela Susan Shoop) and Bud (Leo Rossi), head to the hot tub for a quick make-out session.

    This becomes one of the film’s stand out murder sequences as Michael looms in the background, pumps up the heat lever on the tub forcing Bud to get out; strangles him before continually dunking Karen’s face in the scolding hot water simultaneously burning and drowning her to death.

    It’s the movie’s nastiest kill, but it was lifted directly from Italian master of horror Dario Argento’s Deep Red (1975).

    Slowly but surely, Michael makes his way through all of the hospital staff  – Jimmy (Lance Guest), Graham (Jeffrey Kramer), Jill (Tawny Moyer), head nurse Mrs Alves (Gloria Gifford), Janet (Ana Alicia), Dr Mixter (Ford Rainey) and bumbling security guard Mr Garrett (Cliff Emmich) – and tracks down Laurie for a drawn-out chase through the building for the conclusion.

    At this point, Dr Loomis (Donald Pleasence) finds out about a secret file that was sealed after Michael was institutionalised that revealed his true relationship with Laurie Strode.

    It turns out Laurie is, in fact, his sister, and since he murdered his older sister when he was 6 years old, they deduct that he’s obviously come back home to kill his other sister.

    With the exception of H20, the sequels to John Carpenter’s 1978 horror masterpiece have been universally awful. However, like the aforementioned 1998 version, this was the only one to feature the original star, Jamie Lee Curtis, and is a better film for it.

    Carpenter had a hand in the script but this is a by-the-numbers retread and the direction of Rick Rosenthal lacks flair.

    halloween2_007Laurie Strode
    Jamie Lee Curtis
    Dr Sam Loomis
    Donald Pleasence
    Sheriff Leigh Brackett
    Charles Cyphers
    Graham
    Jeffrey Kramer
    Jimmy
    Lance Guest
    Karen
    Pamela Susan Shoop
    Gary Hunt
    Hunter Von Leer
    Budd
    Leo Rossi
    Janet
    Ana Alicia
    Dr Mixter
    Ford Rainey
    Mrs Alves
    Gloria Gifford
    Jill
    Tawny Moyer
    Mr Garrett
    Cliff Emmich
    Marion
    Nancy Stephens
    Marshall
    John Zenda
    Mrs Elrod
    Lucille Bensen
    Craig
    Bill Warlock
    Randy
    Jonathan Prince
    Gary’s mother
    Leigh French
    Young Gary
    Ty Mitchell
    Annie
    Nancy Loomis
    Laurie’s mother
    Pamela Mcmyler
    Laurie’s father
    Dennis Holahan
    Young Laurie
    Nichole Drucker
    Young Michael Myers
    Adam Gunn
    Bennett Tramer
    Jack Verbois
    Michael Myers, age 23
    Tony Moran
    Lindsey
    Kyle Richards
    Tommy
    Brian Andrews
    Alice
    Anne Bruner

    Director
    Rick Rosenthal

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