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.

The first Halloween was a classic, the ending was pretty effective, and in my opinion, it didn't need a sequel. Think of it, Halloween with that ending, nothing follows, I think that's pretty scary, but as it also goes, success always brings more, so here we have Halloween 2. It's not a bad sequel at all, but it's no where as good as the original. Plus it depends highly on bloody violence, brutal killings, which is okay sometimes, but a huge difference from the bloodless original. This one is more action packed, but not as scary. You do get more jump scares in this one, mostly done with loud music of course. I do like the new remix, John Carpenter did with the score, it sounds more techno, it's a bit stronger sounding than the original. But the movie done have some real questionable things in it, the biggest ones are, why is that hospital so empty?, why is there only one baby moving in a room filled with others in it, and wouldn't those new mothers be also in the hospital, if their babies are and many questions more. Halloween 2 is still a fun, never boring horror fest, fill with some dumb characters doing dumb things. Donald Pleansence and Jamie Lee Curtis returns, and both are still great in their roles, and Michael Myers is still a creepy dude, who has gotten a little more inventive with his killings. All in all, I like this sequel, but I didn't love it, it's still a pretty good movie for what it is, a straight forward bloody slasher film, that doesn't care about its obvious inconsistenci es, I'll still recommend it, no matter what.

Halloween II is a great example of why bigger doesn't always equal better. It has a bigger budget, a bigger cast, a wider set of locations, a higher body count, and a more complicated plot, but it just isn't as good as the original. Even though the first movie wasn't without its cheese, it still felt grounded in reality, making the existence of a seemingly unstoppable killing machine like Michael feel more threatening. When your sequel features a scene in which a man, who just so happens to be wearing the exact same getup as Myers, boiler suit and all, get briefly mistaken for him before immediately getting hit by a police car and dying in an explosion, your movie ceases to feel believable. I can buy the fact that Michael shrugged off six bullets, but this feels maybe a little too silly. The fact that the movie isn't patient enough and has the first, present-day, on-screen killing take place within the first ten minutes, as opposed to forty or so minutes in, means that there isn't enough time for suspense to be built up, making Halloween II feel more like a run-of-the-mill slasher movie where you're just waiting for another body to be added to the pile. It's predictable and it's not scary. That's not to say the movie is without its merits. Many of the shots are pretty spooky, the lighting is dark, the acting is still pretty good, and the hospital setting is interesting. The music actually works in favor of the bigger scale too, as tracks from the first movie are remade with synth instruments that lend themselves well to the bigger scenes. The final chase in the hospital is almost on-par with the one in the first movie, even if its marred by the fact that the side-characters have god-awful peripheral vision. Overall, a very uneven and lesser sequel. Ignoring my gripes, this is where I think the story of "The Shape" should've ended, with the following movies being anthology stories instead of the same Michael Myers stuff every time. But no. Now we have a bunch of terrible sequels, with Halloween 3, the only one that tried to be different, being unfairly hated for doing something new. "I SHOT HIM SIX TIMES!" out of ten.

In this first sequel to Halloween, picking up where the events of the first film left off, Michael Myers returns and continues to go after Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), with Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance) determined to end Michael's reign of terror.This movie has plenty of jumpy moments, screams and carnage - just right for a scare, especially during Halloween. Michael Myers is as creepy as ever, and is indestructible. The plot is fast-paced from start to finish, and the script is simple but straight-forward.Good acting with great suspense, intrigue and thrills.Grade B+