Let's be realistic.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

I will say Halloween 2 is filmed very well & has a similar atmosphere & style to the CLASSIC original but it's too stupid in many parts ridiculous actually!!! The whole story of making Michael lauries brother was RIDICULOUS no need at all & takes away how scary & random the killings was in the first film so makes no sense & was a STUPID idea. They also waited too long to follow the first film 4yrs, so the fact it literally carries on from the same night is Stupid again as you can see they all look different & aged & hair everything again STUPID!!! Also the part where Laurie wants to scream & all of a sudden can't scream loses her voice? until dr.loomis is in the hospital & the door closes & the of course she can scream again RIDICULOUS!!! Those are the bad points but the Good stuff is the excellent creepy atmosphere when using the excellent dark Hospital setting,that always stuck with me from watching it on my double feature video with the original. The cinematography is great & the music is good a more synthesized score as it's 4yrs later in the 80s!!! But yeah there is also alot of good stuff in this sequel, Jamie lee curtis is again really good but like i said had to do some stupid stuff in this & Donald Pleasance is back & basically being the same as usual but good. The hospital setting in very good & that makes the film exciting & scary, the kills are brutal & violent & myers looks very scary in this just like the first film so that is really good. A very good sequel just not Brilliant

Halloween II continues exactly right where the original left off on October 31st 1978. Dr. Loomis fires six shots at Michael, knocking him off the balcony but when Loomis check for Michael's body, he's gone. Where did he go? Michael is still alive, bleeding and roaming around the area. Loomis and sheriff Brackett are all over town searching for Michael while Laurie is being taken to Haddonfield Memorial hospital to treat her injuries in which, of course, Michael follows her there and kills the hospital staffs one by one. Ok, this is a good sequel with a simple plot. Could it have been better? Of course. There are key elements that the original had for example, the first person camera view when Michael is walking and you can hear his heavy breathing. This sequel has a bigger budget than original that features higher body count, gore and nudity. Halloween II was intended to be the last Halloween film to revolve around the story of Michael Myers and Haddonfield because John Carpenter's intention for the sequels was to make an anthology series (Halloween III was the first). He didnt want to do a follow up to the original but was convinced to do the script and produce it with Debra Hill.-Laurie doesnt do much in this film. All she does is sleep in the hospital and runaway from Michael. There are alternate scenes that aired on tv that showed Laurie having more screentime and speaking..-Dr. Loomis determination in finding Michael indirectly causes the death of a teenager named Ben Tramer (Laurie's crush in the original film but never seen) because he mistook him for Michael since Ben's Halloween costume/mask resembled Myers, why is this guy even dressed like Myers?? Whatever..-Sheriff Brackett is in the film shortly and all he does is tell Loomis "you let him out", holding Loomis responsible for Michael running loose in Haddonfield. When Bracket receives the bad news about the death of his daughter Annie from the original, he again, angrily tells Loomis "YOU LET HIM OUT!!" Loomis had told him from the very beginning (since the original) that he fought to keep Michael locked up because he knew Michael was evil. Anyways, Brackett goes home to tell his wife the bad news and leaves his deputy Gary Hunt in charge of the manhunt with Loomis helping him..-Michael Myers has more screentime than the original. Stuntman Dick Warlock plays Michael Myers, he's shorter than Nick Castle who played Myers in the original. Warlock isnt bad but he's short. His version of Michael is walks too damn slow and very robotic/zombish with no energy, nothing like Nick Castle. Michael's mask is the same as the original according to Debra Hill but it looks different (pale yellowish dirty, blond/reddish hair) they could've retouched it to look pure white and dark brown hair like the original to make it consistent with this sequel. Michael's outfit looks small on him and tight, the length of his pants are up to his ankles and he wear lifts on his boots, wtf?? He just looked funny. -The hospital setting is fine but why was it so dark? Was Laurie the only patient in that big hospital? There were babies but there was no other patient besides Laurie..-I've noticed something funny, this film has stock footage. When Michael is first shown on the hospital camera walking in the hallway. This same camera footage is shown again later on but extended when one of the nurse is looking for the security guard. -Another funny thing I noticed is that Michael walks in the same corridor that leads to the operating room (where he blows up at the end) like three times. First, when he's first seen walking with the scalpel. Second, when he's looking for Laurie after he discovers that she wasnt in her room. And third, when he chases Loomis and Laurie to the operating room you can see there was no back way out in the section of the hospital so how did Michael appeared to be walking in the hallway from that section on the his "second" run?-I dont like the Carpenter/Alan Howarth mixed gothic version of the Halloween theme. I prefer the original all the way. Michael is after Laurie because she's his younger sister, thats fine, fun but I prefer that they werent related. Michael is just an evil force wanting to kill her because she got away in the original. I also didnt like that ridiculous "Mr Sandman" song, it doesnt fit the film, whats the point of that song?Overall, Halloween II is a good, fun sequel but predictable, not scary and not suspenseful like the original. Its just a generic horror/slasher sequel like Jaws 2 and Friday The 13th Part 2.

What should I say? The sequel is not that bad if you ask me. Good story, the acting is good, good characters, and build up suspense like the first one. It's better than most horror sequel like Friday The 13th Part 2 (I like that one), Freddy Revenge: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 (it's okay), Ring Two (It's boring), Saw II (I like that one), and better the Halloween 2 remake (that one suck). This is the best sequel and it's worth a watch!

The first Halloween is one of the best Horror films of all time, and easily the best film centered around the holiday of Halloween. Halloween II, taking place on the same night, attempts to essentially recreate the magic of the original, but without the focus or sharp execution.Picking up directly after Michael Myers falls out of the window and to "his death", the divisive sequel is in large part the same plot as the 1978 original. Myers is on the loose, seemingly won't die, and is on a killing rampage for no good reason. Interestingly enough, there's even less method to his madness this time around, which is typically where the film fails. There was something about watching Myers go around killing sex-obsessed teenagers, and specifically Laurie Strode's friends, that made the first film so intense and more personal. But with Laurie spending most of the film in a hospital bed, there's a lack of emotional connection.That's not to say Myers doesn't have his frightening moments. In fact, the new ways Myers chooses to kill his victims was pretty creative, and luckily just gruesome enough to send chills up and down your spine (but not too gruesome where you feel like turning the movie off). We still have the first person camera movement and well edited cuts to legitimize the kills and keep a sense of reality to the situation. It's in these moments that I feel the film solidifies itself even if it doesn't nearly have the impact the first did.There is one particular third act twist/reveal that I'm sure ticked off fans of the franchise at the time, and I found it to be quite a reach as well. There's always a way to build mythology without overdoing the reasoning behind Myers' crimes and exploiting them. To me, Halloween II is a worthy horror film, but not nearly satisfying enough as a sequel to feature the main two characters from the original. Why not use Jamie Lee Curtis a little more?6.8/10