Halloween II (2009)

Director:

Rob Zombie

Writer (WGA):

Rob Zombie (written by)

Release Date:

28 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Family Is Forever

Plot:

Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.

Plot Keywords:

Halloween | Hospital | Hippie | Knife In The Head | Death

Cast

Sheri Moon Zombie	...	Deborah Myers
Chase Wright Vanek	...	Young Michael (as Chase Vanek)
Scout Taylor-Compton	...	Laurie Strode
Brad Dourif	...	Sheriff Lee Brackett
Caroline Williams	...	Dr. Maple
Malcolm McDowell	...	Dr. Samuel Loomis
Tyler Mane	...	Michael Myers
Dayton Callie	...	Coroner Hooks
Richard Brake	...	Gary Scott
Octavia Spencer	...	Nurse Daniels
Danielle Harris	...	Annie Brackett
Richard Riehle	...	Buddy the Night Watchman
Margot Kidder	...	Barbara Collier
Mary Birdsong	...	Nancy McDonald
Brea Grant	...	Mya Rockwell

Also Known As:

H2 (USA) (working title)
H2: Halloween II (USA) (promotional title)
Halloween 10 (USA) (working title)
Halloween 2 (USA) (alternative spelling)
Halloween 2: The Devil Walks Among Us (USA) (working title)
Rob Zombie's Halloween II (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, terror, disturbing graphic images, language, and some crude sexual content and nudity.

Runtime:

USA:105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #45526) | UK:18 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Iceland:16 | Ireland:18 | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:M18 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Mexico:C

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

First Halloween movie to include Michael clearly walking around without his mask on.

Quotes:

Deborah Myers: You know who I am, Angel. Now, repeat after me: I love you, Mommy.
[Laurie being held down by young Michael in her mind]
Deborah Myers: I LOVE you, Mommy.
Laurie Strode: [Laurie stops struggling and whispers... ] I love you, Mommy.

Movie Connections:

References Cat Ballou (1965)

Embarrassing piece of work that was hard to watch.

Halloween II is simply one of the worst sequels/remakes I have ever seen. Rob Zombie had a very simple and successful template to work off of and still his version embodied all of the bad aspects of his prior work. The movie writing felt rushed and thus cheap. The overall way the story was told was thoughtless.

The one aspect that was incredibly annoying was the metaphor of the white horse symbolizing rage. He did this to write his wife into this movie. Never have I seen a more deliberate stretch of a story just to incorporate a meaningless character.

Also Zombie did NOT use the classic piano music or any of past pieces that defined this movie. Are you kidding me??? How can you have Halloween and not use this piece of classic music in a killing sequence?? That's not unique. That's not Zombie "putting his personal touch" on the movie. That's just plain stupid! Everything that made this series great from the music, the innocence of protagonists like Laurie Strode and Dr. Loomis, the mask to the haunting sequences were gone. It was stripped of what made Halloween great.

All that remained was a 7-foot bearded man who occasionally wore a white mask with the mentality of a 7 year old following his dead mother with a white horse roaming around killing people. I think about how stupid that is and think how could Dimension allow this to leave the cutting room floor.

I saw it this weekend on a Saturday night at 8pm. It was a really pathetic draw, ~15 to 16 people in the whole theater. I hope that the financial failure of this movie will put to rest this embarrassing run of remaking the Halloween series.