- Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer, Lance Guest
- Directors: Rick Rosenthal
- Writers: Debra Hill, John Carpenter
- Producers: Barry Bernardi, Debra Hill, Irwin Yablans, John Carpenter, Joseph Wolf
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Prism
- DVD Release Date: 4 Oct 2004
- Run Time: 92 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00002774U
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Amazon.co.uk Review
"You can't kill the boogeyman", explained John Carpenter in the original Halloween, and to prove it Michael Myers returns in the handsome but grisly sequel Halloween 2. Jamie Lee Curtis reprises her role as Laurie Strode but spends most of her time cowering in a hospital gown, and Donald Pleasance runs around like a maniac as the panicky doctor desperate to hunt down Myers before he kills again. Carpenter writes and produces with partner Debra Hill and together they replace the mystery and uncertainty of the original with an exponentially bigger body count, some strange tales about the Druids and Pagan ceremonies, and the now-familiar family ties between Michael and Laurie. First-time director Rick Rosenthal (Bad Boys) paces the film at a brisk jog and directs it with a clean, crisp style, taking the murders out of the dark to display them in all their nasty detail. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com
Product Description
LEADING ROLE: CHARLES CYPHERS, DONALD PLEASENCE, JAMIE LEE CURTIS, JEFFREY KRAMER, LANCE GUEST
RELEASE YEAR: 1999
DIRECTOR: RICK ROSENTHAL
RUNNING TIME: 115 MIN.
REGION: REGION 2: EUROPE
RATING: UK:18
GENRE: HORROR
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A Halloween night of terrifying butchery; a convicted killer on the loose; a frenzied chase after an unstoppable murderer. These are the harrowing ingredients of the follow-up to John Carpenter's sensational hit.
Once again, Michael Myers pursues the beautiful teenager Laurie and satisfies his blood lust with random slaughter: loving couples, a defenceless nurse, a luckless guard and many more fall prey to Myers as he wields axe, bread-knife and even medical syringe in his relentlessly violent quest.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
quality stuff,
By El "Rissel" (Devon, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Halloween II [DVD] (DVD)
This film is an excellent carry on from the first film. continuing the original storyline and expanding past it. keeping it on the same halloween night and adding extra twists just increases the thrill of the ride.I highly recommend it.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The best horror sequel ever.,
This review is from: Halloween II [DVD] (DVD)
It is rare that horror sequels (or any film sequels) manage to capture the tone and feel of their predecessor. However Halloween 2, made 3 years after John Carpenter's original, is a successful excercise in terror. Directed by Rick Rosenthal - who would later go on to direct the 8th installment - H2 continues from the moment Halloween left off. Not to spoil the plot, Laurie is taken to the local hospital where she is again pursued by Michael Myers. It is this continuation of the story, as well as Rosenthal's attempts to recreate Carpenter's visual style (still lots of long POV tracking shots) which differentiates H2 from the other sequels in the series; it actually serves to further the plot in an interesting way and remains consistent with the first film's style and content. A worthy film when taken on its own, H2 also serves as the concluding episode to the first part in the Halloween franchise. However, expect more violence than the almost entirely blood-free first outing. Carpenter himself directed and inserted a number of extra scenes, with the firm intention of making the film more explicitly violent. This is perhaps one area where the film does lose the perfectly crafted suspense of the first, however as it is pointed out in the DVD's commentary, the makers did not simply wish to recreate the first film. A very worthwhile film for lovers of the horror genre - a sophisticated horror sequel, prior to the reign of the Friday the 13th series. Fans of the series who are bound to have already seen it, the DVD provides an entertaining, humourous and insightful commentary, as well as crew bios and widescreen format.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Halloween 2 Synopsis,
By Barnaby Twyman (Staines, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Halloween II [DVD] (DVD)
Finally we understand why Michael is after Laurie. Due to the massive cliffhanger of the first film we see that Michael Myers has escaped and his victim Laurie has been taken away to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital. Soon Michael finds out where Laurie is after hearing her whereabouts on a radio and travels to finish his night of terror. Soon he gets to hospital and discreetly murders the guard, four nurses, two ambulance drivers and a docter until only him and Laurie are left in the deserted building. But with Dr. Loomis on the way things can't go wrong until Michael's connection to Laurie is finally revealed. A strong sequel with a fair share of gore that backs up the first film. Rather cheesy at times but this is the one where we find out how Laurie has become Michael's object of obsession.
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